
Menagerie, One Minute Happiness Gallery, Calgary, October 2005
In September 2005, I was approached by the United Congress artist collective to exhibit at One Minute Happiness, a phone booth-sized window space on 17th avenue in Calgary. Instead of showing my own work, I opted to see how many artists could be collectively stuffed into such a small venue. Sixty-nine Canadian artists, several of which were children, displayed images of monsters, aliens, and robots, working through drawing, painting, collage and photography.
List of artists: Tony Baker, Jim Laing, Anthony Reiss, Mandy Wold, Andrew Brown, David Sikma, Tamara Bond, Jamie Quail, Patrick Jan, Keith Murray, John Bride, Lindsay Brandon, Shaun Friesen, Keeley Partridge, Clement Yeh, Sebastian Maroti, Anna Horabin, Mandy Pattinson, Malcolm Sutherland, Lisa Shannahan, Jacqueline Hudon, Fish, Jesse Powell, Ricardo Caruana, Ray Kruger, Will Rice, Sandy Lam, Jill Hobson, Brian Batista, Cameron Melin, Dave Reilander, Brent Potts, Ben Jacques, Mark Wasyleczko, Toby Cougar, Brandon Blommaert, Garret Price, Heather McLean, Michael R, Melissa Hefffernan, Karrie Davis, Leigh Moore, Melissa Bruglemans, Marie Choi, Angie Hamill, Danilo Sera, Tonya Spears, Daniel May, Lucy Davis, Chris Bell, Lisa Mizeri, Stu Hughes, Jen Bysterveld, Michelle Gee, Mark Lowe, Anke Buruma, Cory Hopfner, Warren McLachlan, Tim Huesken, Amalie Atkins, Paul Atkins, Eric Louie, Cameron Melin, Emily Gorda, Lee Nielsen, Brandy Warwoda, Aran McCormick, Kelly Garding, Shawn Chamberlain