Noam Gonick – CCCA Canadian Art Database

Noam Gonick

Working in scripted, documentary film/television and contemporary art Noam Gonick RCA has explored iconoclastic issues from queer Olympic athletes and Russian activists to Utopian hippie cults, Aboriginal street gangs, labour uprisings, stockbroker meltdowns, and semaphore in prison architecture (amongst other themes). Gonick’s work has premiered at TIFF, Venice, Berlin, and Sundance, is in the collection of MoMA, the National Gallery of Canada, the UBC Belkin Gallery and available to stream on Netflix. Feature documentaries include GLAAD-nominated 'To Russia with Love' about the Sochi winter games narrated by Jane Lynch and Hot Docs award-winning 'Waiting for Twilight' about Guy Maddin narrated by Tom Waits. Short docs include '1919' a re-visioning the Winnipeg General Strike and the edited in-camera 'Island of Hermaphrodites' shot on Super8. His feature-length narrative films 'Hey, Happy!' and 'Stryker' were distributed theatrically in multiple territories. Gonick created the shopping mall makeup kiosk comedy 'Retail' for Showcase Television, where he also worked as a field director on the reality series 'Kink'. Art works include the sculptural/performative film installation 'Wildflowers of Manitoba' (with Luis Jacob), 'Precious Blood', 'Commerce Court' (Nuit Blanche Toronto), the JumboTron water boarding work 'No Safe Words', and repeat collaborations with Anishinabe artist Rebecca Belmore. Published work includes an interview with Jeff Wall for Bad Day and the book 'Bruce LaBruce: Ride, Queer, Ride!' Gonick curated the group show ‘Winter Kept Us Warm’ for Paris’ la Maison Rouge. He lectured on his hybrid work at London’s Serpentine Gallery. Curated Exhibitions Winter Kept Us Warm, 2011, Maison Rouge, Paris. [Part of My Winnipeg Exhibition] WinnPig, 2012, Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. The CCCA Winnipeg Artists Project was generously supported by the Winnipeg Foundation.

Creator Id: 235
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Manitoba
Year of Birth: 1973
City: Winnipeg
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: collaboration, film, installation
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Work by Noam Gonick

1919

Work ID: 81840

Collection: National Gallery of Caanda

Date Made: 1997

Materials: Short Film, 35mm, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Tinkertown

Work ID: 81841

Collection:

Date Made: 1999

Materials: Short Film, Super8, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Psychic Saturday Night, Gigi in Tube

Work ID: 81842

Collection:

Date Made: 2001

Materials: National TV Call-In Show, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Hey, Happy!

Work ID: 81843

Collection:

Date Made: 2001

Materials: Feature Film, 35mm, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Honeycomb Building [from the Scouting Series]

Work ID: 81905

Collection:

Date Made: 2001-2005

Materials: photo transparencies

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Stryker

Work ID: 81845

Collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York

Date Made: 2004

Materials: Feature Film, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Stryker

Work ID: 81844

Collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York

Date Made: 2004

Materials: Feature Film, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Wildflowers of Manitoba, with Luis Jacob

Work ID: 81902

Collection: Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Date Made: 2007

Materials: Film installation with live performance

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Wildflowers of Manitoba, with Luis Jacob

Work ID: 81904

Collection:

Date Made: 2007

Materials: Photo edition

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Wildflowers of Manitoba, with Luis Jacob

Work ID: 81903

Collection:

Date Made: 2007

Materials: Silkscreen print edition

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Precious Blood

Work ID: 81846

Collection:

Date Made: 2007

Materials: video installation

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Commerce Court [Nuit Blanche Toronto]

Work ID: 81847

Collection:

Date Made: 2008

Materials: video installation

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

No Safe Words

Work ID: 81848

Collection:

Date Made: 2009

Materials: 9 Channel Video Installation

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Talking Table

Work ID: 82029

Description: Exhibited at the Dalnavert Museum, Winnipeg

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Collection:

Date Made: 2010

Materials: installation with accompanying audio work

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Hirsch

Work ID: 81849

Collection:

Date Made: 2010

Materials: Short Film, HD, production Still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Selkirk

Work ID: 81907

Collection:

Date Made: 2012

Materials: photo transparency

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Voices in Longitude and Latitude

Work ID: 81850

Collection:

Date Made: 2015

Materials: 4-Channel Video Installation with accompanying Audio Work, with Marnina Gonick

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

To Russia with Love

Work ID: 81851

Collection:

Date Made: 2015

Materials: Feature Documentary, production still

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA