Walter Willems (1972, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) EDUCATION 1999         MFA, Dutch Art Institute/AKI2, Enschede, The Netherlands 1996         BA, AKI, Enschede, The Netherlands EXHIBITIONS 2004         “Panorama”, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Canada                 “The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists 2004”, Vrsac, Serbia & Montenegro.                 Solo show, Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands                 “Monkey See Monkey Do”, group show, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, Canada                 “Parrot Project”, group show, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2003         "Shogi Knife", a performance event with Shonen Knife, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto                 "Art Rotterdam", art fair in Rotterdam, represented by Loerakker Galerie, The Netherlands                 "Opportunity is just around the corner", Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.                 "Oogcement", Loerakker Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.                 "...the beginning", liveARTs @ the Bestiary, Toronto, Canada.                 "The Porn Party", group show at Art System, Toronto, Canada.                 "Grope For Luna", 64Steps Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada.                 "Ontplooid", Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands. 2001         Video screening at Art System, part of the "Starting Now" exhibition, Toronto, Canada.                 "Een Jaar Later", show involving artists who lost their studio and/or house after the fireworks                  disaster on May 13th, 2000 in Enschede, The Netherlands.                 "New Remote Label Flashing", a New Remote exhibition at SKC in Belgrade, Serbia. 2000         "Paradoxes of Time", 4th Yugoslavian Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia.                 "Kunstvlaai, de een minuten", video screening at the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam,                  The Netherlands.                 "Vienna Video Awards 2000", video screening of "Untitled, right before my eyes", presented by                 Das Palmenhaus und Jacobs, Vienna, Austria. 1999         "Like the Cheese to the Burger, the Burger to the Bun", group exhibition at the MEG Gallery,                 Toronto, Canada.                 "Zirkelslag, Junge Kunst '99 aus Enschede/NL", exhibition with young artists from Enschede at                  the Museumdorf, Cloppenburg, Germany.                 "New Remote”, simultaneous exhibitions in the Nieuwe Vide Gallery in Haarlem, The                  Netherlands and the Ketilhús Gallery in Akureyri, Iceland.                 "Landscapes", AKI2 exhibition space, Enschede, The Netherlands. 1998         "Foto Biennale Enschede", Stads Schouwburg, Enschede, The Netherlands.                 "Photographic Landscapes", solo exhibition of photographic work at the Muzelinck, Centre for                  Culture, Oss, The Netherlands.                 "History and Temptation of St. Laurentius Church", at St. Laurentius Church,                  Dieden The Netherlands                 "Niet de Kunstvlaai", alternative art fair, Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.                 "Cyberslag", group exhibition of media art at the USVA Theatre in Groningen, The Netherlands.                 "Nieuw in Enschede KUNST....More of the same and more", group exhibition at De Bamshoeve                 in Enschede, The Netherlands. 1997         "Burn", audio art broadcast on radio stations in Cambridge, England.                 "Ice-land", solo exhibition in De Brink, Zelhem, The Netherlands.                 “Smakies”, group show in the Grote Kerk, Enschede, The Netherlands. 1994         “dood van een vriend”, solo show, AKI/De Barak, Enschede, The Netherlands.   PROJECTS New Remote is an independent artists collaborative with artists from Canada, Iceland, The Netherlands and Serbia. New Remote media projects resulted in realizing simultaneous exhibitions and presentations in Haarlem, The Netherlands and Akureyri, Iceland and a 'New Remote Label Flashing'  event in Belgrade, Serbia. COMMISSIONS / CURATORIAL / PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / INTERVIEWS 2004         “Het ego in de mens…”, Oss Het Magazine interview, The Netherlands.                 Exhibition catalogue “The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists 2004”, Vrsac,                  Serbia & Montenegro.                 “Condone Culture (Social Design)”, curated outdoor photo exhibition with the work of Dutch                  Photographer Gertjan Kocken, 952 Queen West Courtyard, Toronto, Canada.                 CONTACT 2004, 8th annual Toronto Photography Festival exhibition catalogue, “Condone                  Culture (Social Design)”, Toronto, Canada.                 Art Ad" project with Camilla Singh, dART International, Vol 5 #4 2002         "Oogcement", Kunstbeeld, Dutch Art Magazine, The Netherlands.                 "The New Zoo", LOLA Magazine, Toronto, Canada.                 "Art Meets Animal", National Post Newspaper, Canada.                 "d'Art Ad" project with Camilla Singh, dART International, Vol 5, #1 - 3                 "Grope For Luna", artist/exhibition spotlight, The Loop, MuchMoreMusic Television, Canada.                 "Making shapes out of Pixies dust", The Toronto Star, Toronto, Canada.                 "Pixies set tune for Sixty4steps show, The West End Revue, Toronto, Canada.                 "Ontplooid" exhibition catalogue published by Rijksmuseum Twenthe,                  Enschede, The Netherlands. 2001         "Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Beautiful", LOLA Magazine, Toronto, Canada.                 Lecture about New Remote in Turku, Finland.                 Interview on TV Politika about "New Remote Label Flashing" at SKC in Belgrade, Serbia.                 "New Remote Label Flashing" on TV Kosava, Serbia.                 TV documentary about New Remote on TV Apolo in Novi Sad, Serbia.                 Radio interview about New Remote on Radio IN in Novi Sad, Serbia.                 Radio interview about New Remote on Radio 021 in Novi Sad, Serbia.                 Presentation of the New Remote website, "www.newremote.org".                 Dutch Art Institute CD-Rom release, Enschede, The Netherlands. 2000         Lecture at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.                  TV broadcast of New Remote material for the Vienna Video Awards 2000, Austria.                 New Remote lecture at the Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, The Netherlands. 1999         "The New Remote Quartet" CD release, Akureyri, Iceland.                 "Like the cheese to the Burger, the Burger to the Bun", lecture at the Dutch Art Institute,                  Enschede, The Netherlands.                 C Magazine, photo documentation for review of Meg Gallery exhibition "Like the cheese to the                  burger, ..." in Toronto, Canada.                 Exhibition catalogue "Zirkelslag, Junge Kunst aus Enschede/NL", Museumdorf                  Cloppenburg, Germany.                 New Remote lecture at the Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, The Netherlands.                 Various photo documentaries for Volkskrant Magazine and                  De Volkskrant, Dutch national newspaper. 1998         Interview published in De Sleutel, Dutch regional newspaper.                 Interview published in Het Brabants Dagblad, Dutch provincial Newspaper.                 “Verkrachte Onschuld", for De Volkskrant, Dutch national newspaper. 1997         "Portfolio", publication in FOTO, photographic magazine, December.                 Lecture at the NAFV, National Photography Association, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.                 "Burnt", CD release of the radio blipverts, Cambridge, England.                 "Scenes", publication in a special photo edition of De Volkskrant, Dutch national newspaper. 1996         AKI Graduation, publication in FOTO, photographic magazine, June.                 "Barbie", first commission for De Volkskrant, Dutch national newspaper.