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evangeline brooks ︎︎
Evangeline Y Brooks (she/her) is a postdigital artist working in the spaces between races and post-internet technology. She works to maintain sustainable and accessible artist communities in online and DIY spaces, against cultures of immediacy, with sincerity and radical compassion. She co-hosts the monthly A/V showcase ponyHAUS and works with Frequencies as the in-house visual artist.
She has roots in
Toronto, ON & Rochester, NY.
ev@evangelinebrooks.com
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EDUCATION
2016 - 2020 | BFA in Film Studies with Integrated Digital specialization
                     X University School of Image Arts | Toronto, ON
2020 - 2020 | User Experience Design Certificate
                    York Univeristy School of Continuing Studies | Toronto, ON
2016 - 2020 | Certificate for Design in Arts and Entertainment
                     Raymond G. Chang School of Continuing Education | Toronto, ON
            2015 | Digital Video Concentration
                     New York State Summer School of the Arts | Oswego, NY

SELECTED SCREENINGS + EXHIBITIONS + LIVE EVENTS
2021 | Night Lights | Project Coordinator 
            ArtworxTO, LPD BIA, Victory Social Club | Underscore Projects, Toronto, ON. https://nightlights.live/
2021 | The Beyond Within: Annie Macdonell | Animator
            Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
2020 | Musicians During COVID 19: Collaboration, Connection and Cacophony |
          Live visual artist Jack Layton Chair | twitch.tv/laytonchair
2020 | "306AFTERDARK" | Featured visual artist
            BDO.fm 2 | twitch.tv/bdofm
2019 | "Good Morning!" | Solo exhibition
            Gallery 310 | Toronto, ON.
2019 | “High Honey!” | Liminal, The Six Hundred
            Beaver Hall Artists Gallery | Toronto, ON
2019 | “Lane” | A Black Hole is a Black Hole in the Ground
            Images Festival | Toronto, ON
2019 | “Anna: Part Two”. | Solo exhibition
            Gallery 310 | Toronto, ON
2018 | “Sheep” | TIFFxInstagram Festival
          Toronto International Film Festival
2018 | “Mermaid” & “Very Cool Honey” | Open Doors Toronto: 180 Film Festival
         Toronto Youth Shorts | Toronto, ON
2016 | “Rabbit” | Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
          Toronto Youth Shorts | Toronto, ON
2016 | “Submerge” | Mississauga Youth Film Festival
2016 | “Submerge”| ConVerge
            Victoria Film Festival | Victoria, BC
2015 | “Submerge” | Youth by Youth Cinema
         Calgary International Film Festival | Calgary, AB


SELECTED GRANTS + AWARDS
2021 | Explore and Create - Concept to Realization. Canada Council for the Arts
2020 | Student Project Grant. Ryerson Communication and Design Society
2019 | InterAccess Membership Award. X University School of Image Arts
2018 | Honorable Mention, “Anna: Part One”. X University School of Image Arts
2017 | Elvino Sauro Film Award. X University School of Image Arts
2017 | Second Prize, “Very Cool Honey”. X University School of Image Arts
2016 | Third Place, “Submerge”. Mississauga Youth Film Festival


PUBLICATIONS
2020 | Good Morning! Kaleidoscope No.4
2020 | Evangeline Brooks: Student Spotlight, Good Morning! Function Magazine
2020 | Good Morning! &AfterImages. The Humming Collective

REVIEWS
2020 | Evangeline Brooks: Student Spotlight. Function Magazine Online.
2018 | THE RYERSON MAFIA WITHIN TIFF. The EyeOpener, Brian Meler.
2018 | OLD AND NEW: RYERSON STUDENT DEBUTS OLD FILM ON THE NEW SCREEN. Ryersonian, Sabrina Gamrot.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2021 | Executing Your Vision as a Production Designer: Notes on Building a Sustainable Career and Being a Self-Advocate. In My ToolKit, Charles Street Video, Toronto, ON
2021 | Featured Alumni Artist, Professional Practices Photography Thesis Class, X University School of Image Arts, Toronto, ON
2020 | Featured Video Artist | New York Summer State School of the Arts, Alfred, NY
2018 | Film, After Effects, and Foley | Sinoway International Education, International Summer Sessions, East China Normal University: Shanghai, China
2017 | 16mm Film | Sinoway International Education, International Summer Sessions, East China Normal University: Shanghai, China