Jackie Bagley

Temporary Showroom + zoom	Wall Mural + zoom	Fashion Week Berlin + zoom
Fashion Week Berlin 2 + zoom	Study in Blue + zoom	Fashion Week Berlin 3 + zoom	Study in Orange + zoom
Capitalism Destroys Kills + zoom	Temporary Showroom + zoom

Breath 1 A + zoom	Breath 1B + zoom	Breath 2 A + zoom	Breath 2B + zoom
Breath Fragment 1A + zoom	Breath Fragment 1 B + zoom	Breath Fragment 1 C + zoom

Artist Statement

Situated in the former East Berlin, lies unified Berlin’s new Hauptbahnhof; the new central train station of unified Germany; a monument to the massive reconstruction that has happened in East Berlin since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Made completely of glass, no two panes alike, one senses a connection to the Old World and the New Modern World, whilst navigating connections to the high-speed, high-tech trains that take one throughout Europe.

This juxtaposition of Old East Berlin and the New Modern World i.e. West Berlin, is a common recurring theme wherever one walks throughout former East Berlin; evidence of the devastating, crumbling past, merged with the new hope of the Modern World.

From beginning to end, no digital manipulation of the actual image takes place. The images seen are as they appear on the film negative – small captures of the stunning architecture and spatial design of the Berlin Hauptbahnhof – fleeting moments, blurred impressions; brief expanses of Western Europe’s advanced technology, blown up to large expanses.

This series presents the blurring of the lines between East and West Berlin. The layering of Old and New.

Lines are blurred
Evidence fades

Old breath remains

After dropping off a roll of film at the local Film Developer in former East Berlin, and returning the next day, hoping to retrieve the prints, I was met by instead by an irritated shop clerk, who threw the role of unprotected negatives on the counter and said, “…they are all ruined – none of it is any good”.

Grabbing a loop, and viewing them at the light table, I observed a beautiful mosaic of light, forms, shadows, blurs, - exciting juxtapositions of imagery, shapes, colors and non colors – many presented as simple black and white imagery with suggestions of color. An unexpected suspension of captured imagery, of speed, blur, complexity, indicative of the masses of people moving quickly through the station, and of the speed of the trains.

In retrospect, it’s fitting that this manual camera, whose brand originated in Eastern Europe under its Communist regime, should find its way to the former East Berlin, also once under Russia’s communist control. This experimental camera, stripped of any luxuries or excesses, is much like the people and the city of East Berlin, since the onset of its siege. In its “defectiveness”, the camera is a tribute to the former East Berlin, where very little was maintained, the buildings and streets were allowed to decay and deconstruct, and the workmanship was questionable.

Thus completes the cycle we see evident in Unified Berlin today – a juxtaposition and layering of the New Modern Berlin with the former East Berlin – new structures built on former East Berlin sites, newly restored, and newly renovated structures and systems, and newly constructed monuments bring the hope of a bright new modern future, gradually extinguishing the devastating memories and crumbling buildings of the past; captured with a manual “old world” Eastern Eruope film camera, printed onto aluminum using modern digital  processes to bring these images to life.

As an outsider, as a visitor, and as a child of German immigrants, one sees this day in the context of past stories, past mental imagery and vivid ongoing imagination.

Bio

An Artist with a successful Film design and Advertising background, has developed a diverse range of work including Installation, Video, Aleatoric Photography, Water and Electricity media, and Figurative Sculpture. Having studied and shown in New York, with work in collections as far as the UK, and having received awards/nominations in film design, her studio practice and work is described as “…an articulate, perceptive and analytical mind…… solutions that have a meaningful and provocative presence”. (Katie Ohe) and “… very interesting. Such a hippo-realistic approach and very well crafted.” (Marek Dobrowolski, Film Designer for Steven Spielberg).

Lecturing for several years at ACAD, and a guest speaker to various arts groups, she continues the artistic legacy of her great grandfather, a German Sculptor of civic monuments in Western Europe.

Collections (selected)

• Wellcome Trust, London, UK
• Esther Krasnow, Director, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Canada

Upcoming Exhibitions (* Solo Shows)

• * Articule, Montreal (pending)
• Berlin (in progress)

Exhibitions (* Solo Shows)

Publications

• National Post - Cover Story: "What is Canadian? Simply Shatner - How to explain the cultural phenomenon that is William Shatner? A Calgary Art Exhibit tries". (covering the Shatner Show : photograph features Shatner Sculpture ) Kevin Libin, Jun 30, 2007
• The Shatner Show - (A Hard Cover Book; Featuring 80 Artists from Canada and the U.S.), Curated by Janine VanGool, UpperCase Gallery, Calgary, AB Jun 2007
• Fast Forward (Calgary) - Cover Story: "The Man, The Myth - The Shatner, Uppercase Gallery pays homage to larger-than-life pop icon". (Interview with Peter Hemminger) Jun 14, 2007
• Faith Today - "Lights, Camera Controversy", (Interview with Kevin Miller), Jan / Feb 2005
• Calgary Herald - "Macho Image Poster Could Help Reduce Teen Smoking",
  (Interview with Nancy Tousley, Art Critic), Jan 20, 1994 Pg A17

Media

• Artland - Television's Tour of Americ'’s Art. Mame McCutchin and Toby Amies. Featuring the Shatner Show in one episode, 2007
• CBC Newsworld - (covering the Shatner Show - closeup of Shatner sculpture)
  June 16-18, 2007
• Global Television (Calgary) - The News Channel : Interview with Gill Tucker.
  June 4, 2007
• Bravo - (Story on the Calgary Art Scene: Featuring the 2-person Show: Italia March, 2006
• Channel 2 & 7, Breakfast Edition (CAlgary - (Featuring Advertising Poster for Canadian Cancer Society, geared towards young female teens) February 1994

Lectures / Public Speaking Engagements

• 2004 - Alberta College of Art and Design, Guest Artist, "Storyboarding/Games Design" (Course)
• 2004 - Rosebud Theatre of the ARts, Guest Artist, Rosebud, AB
• 1994-2001 - Alberta College of Art and Design, Lecture Hall, Calgary, AB Guest Artist, "Art and Design Now" (Course) - Lecturer(Spring, Fall, Winter)
• 1997 - Alberta College of Art and Design, Guest Artist "Destination Anywhere" Panel Discussion

Instructor / Teaching

• 2007-2008 - Teacher - Private School System: Fine Art (High School), Digital Graphic Design, Set Design, Digital Software: Photoshop, Illustrator (High School and Middle School), Masters Academy and College, Calgary, AB
• 2008 - Instructor: Sculpture Workshops, "Clay Bust Portraits", Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, AB

Professional Activities

• 1999-2009 - Assistant Art Director/Art Director - Film Productions (LA, NY) (With Producers such as Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Disney Studios.) Received Nomination (art department): Art Directors Guild (LA) - Excellence in Production Design.
• 1998, 2001 - Production Designer – Film Productions, received AMPIA nomination, Golden Sheaf Award, and Iris Award, for Best Art Direction. Art Film: Beauty Crowds Me, Shown at MOMA New York (Museum of Modern Art)
• 1994-2005 - Art Director/Graphic Designer –Advertising and Corporate Designer - see awards section.

Awards: Visual Arts

• 2008 - Visual Arts Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Publications: Exerpts

• “Up Till Now! The Autobiography: William Shatner”
• “"I’d even been honored as the subject of an entire art show – about seventy six artists created original pieces about me for an exhibition and book called The Shatner Show…. It is an astonishing collection, with pieces made from a variety of materials - including a bust made of LEGOs and another one of clay, limestone, artificial ferns, and plumbing pieces (by Jackie Bagley). So I’ve seen myself in plastic and plumbing…." (William Shatner) (St. Martins Press Published 2008 Hardcover ISBN - 10:0312372655)

Additional Exerpts

• “… an articulate, perceptive and analytical mind…… solutions that have a meaningful and provocative presence”. (Katie Ohe, Canadian Sculptor)
• “… very interesting. Such a hippo-realistic approach and very well crafted.” (Marek Dobrowolski, Hollywood Film Designer for Steven Spielberg)
• “ ….These are so beautiful...I love them….they catch me”. (Richard Hoover, Hollywood Film Designer for Brad Pitt, Producer)

Education

Additional Coursework / Workshops

• New York Studio School - Figurative Sculpture, Bruce Gagnier, Chris Cairns, Johnathan Shahn, Ed Smith, New York 2004
• School of Visual Arts New York - Graphic Design Workshop with Milton Glaser, New York 1995
• Private Tutorage - Drawing (Calgary, AB) with Dr. Anna Loseva from the Academy of Leningrad, Russia 1990-1992

Awards: Post-Secondaryy Education

• 1994 - ACAD Board of Governor’s Award, Nominee, ACAD
• 1994 - Illingworth Kerr Travel/Study Scholarship, ACAD
• 1994 - Verna Reid Humanities Award, ACAD
• 1994 - Aids Provincial Program/Alberta Health, Advertising Poster Award ($1,000)
• 1992 - Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Government of Alberta ($2,000)
• 1991 - Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Government of Alberta ($3,000)

Awards: Advertising & Graphic Design

• 2000 - Ad Rodeo, Calgary Advertising Awards
• 1998 - Oilweek, Oil and Gas Annual Reports, Design Awards
• 1997 - Ad Rodeo, Calgary Advertising Awards
• 1996 - Art Director's and Designers Club of Toronto, National Design Awards
• 1996 - Ad Rodeo, Calgary Advertising Awards
• 1995 - Ad Rodeo, Calgary Advertising Awards
• 1994 - Studio Magazine, National Design Awards

Awards: Motion Picture Film and Television

• 2005 - (Nomination of Art Department), Excellence in Production Design, T.V. Movie or Mini-Series, Art Director's Guild (Los Angeles), (“Into The West”, Mini-Series), (A Stephen Spielberg Production)
• 2000 - (Nomination) Best Art Direction, Feature Film, AMPIA
• 1999 - Best Art Direction, Short Film, Yorkton International Film Festival (also screened at the MOMA in NY)
• 1998 - Best Art Direction, IRIS