Public Speaking

Co-workers & Funding

2015
Artist roundtable and dialogue with Meri Ojanen (MTK), Oulu Art Museum (January 24, 2015)
Scientific pictures of plants – a history of photography and art, workshop and demonstration for MSL, Oulu Art Museum (January 24, 2015)
Why EK Modernism matters? Presented as part of Absorbing Modernity Panel, Architecture and Design Scotland for Venice Biennale celebrations of Architecture Scotland Pavilion (March 17, 2015) Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland

2014 Absorbing Modernity, Panelist, British Council for Venice Biennale for Architecture, Northern Ireland (October 25, 2014)
The roots of nature and art: Exploring the National Galleries of Canada Flora & Fauna exhibition, Surrey Art Gallery, BC (October 4, 2014)
An artist’s interpretation from Vancouver to Finland, Center for Sustainable Studies, Green Speaker Series Autumn Launch, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC (Sept 25,2014)
Green Lab Art Alliance, Swedish Exhibition Agency (May 22-13, 2014) Speakers: Sylvia Borda, Bigert & Bergström, and T.J.Demos
Helsinki International Arts Program Peer to Peer: Sylvia Grace Borda and Laura McLean, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland, April 3, 2014

2013 Artist roundtable and discussion with Christiane Monarchi, Photomonitor UK (Nov 23, 2013), Street Level Photoworks
Artist TV Interview: Summerhall TV, November 10, 2013 http://vimeo.com/80559198
Facing the camera’ Artist Presentation, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland (Oct 22, 2013)
‘This one’s for the Farmer’ Artist Presentation in tandem with BC Young Farmer’s Association and the Surrey Urban Market, Surrey Art Gallery, BC (October 10, 2013)
Artist roundtable: Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography The Mac, Belfast (May 17, 2013)
mrulster.org/2013/05/19/northern-ireland-30-years-of-photography-discuss/

Artist Talk: Agency of Light: Street Level Photo works Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Artist Talk: Sylvia Grace Borda and Colin Gray in Dialogue: Street Level Photo works Gallery, Glasgow, UK

Artist Talk: Camera Art, University of Iasi, Romania (December 8, 2013)
Artist Talk, Daniel Blau Gallery, London, UK (October 25, 2012)
Artist presentation, City of Richmond Public Art Board
Artist Talk, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Northern Ireland (February 10, 2013)

2011 Chair, Photography and the Artist’s Book Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University
Artist roundtable participant, Scottish Sculpture Workshop + Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (GradCam), Ireland “Public Cultures and the Commons 2011”
Artist Presentation and Law Panel, A & D Gallery, London, UK
Visual Arts Chair & Panelist, Contemporary Arts in Northern Ireland, European Irish Studies Conference, Manchester, UK
Artist Presentation, Avon&Clyde Valley & Heritage Lottery Public Consultation Day, Scotland

2010 Artist presentation, Electronic Visual Arts conference, London, UK
Keynote, Visual Arts Ireland (Belfast and Dublin) conference
Artist presentation, Cavan County Council Public Arts
Artist presentation, Hear About It, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Northern Ireland
Artist presentation, Graduate Studies, Media School, University of Ulster

2009 Artist Presentation, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Artist presentation, Image and Text, Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Belfast
Artist Presentation, Glocal – Cultural Capital of Canada Project, Surrey Art Gallery

2008 Architecture Foundation, London, England: Panelist with Sir Peter Hall and Derek Walker
Cultural Capital of Canada Award for Community Arts Delivery, Surrey Art Gallery
Workshop presentation about Glocal and Picture-Text at the Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Balkans Exhibition: A Space for Dialogue

2007 Robert Gray’s School of Art in conjunction with Scottish Arts Council at Scottish Parliament: Public Art Policy - Guest Panelist
Invisible Dynamics, Exploratorium Museum, San Francisco: Guest Panelist
Surrey Art Gallery, Suburban Exchange: EastKilbride.uk<>Surrey.ca: Curator’s Talk
Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland: Source Magazine Panelist
EK Modernism – Writer’s Reception and Book Launch, Emily Carr Institute

2006 Re:Mote exhibition, ISEA 2006, San Jose, USA, Curator Adam Hyde: Guest Artist talk
Architecture Week (Glasgow) at the LightHouse Gallery, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture:
CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art), Glasgow, Scotland : Guest Artist talk
CRUMB: Newcastle Art Forum (June 3, 2006) with Charlie Gere, Jon Ippolito and Honor Hager
College Arts Association, New Media Caucus, Boston: Keynote panelist

2005 Refresh Conference, Banff New Media Institute and Humboldt University Berlin: Panelist
80th Anniversary Open House: Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC: Guest Speaker
Resonance Roundtable, Rutherglen, Scotland: Moderator and Keynote Guest Speaker
Electronic Media Group (Stanford) AIC, Minneapolis, USA): Guest Lecturer
Department of Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa: Guest Lecturer

2004 City of Surrey, Surrey Art Gallery, Reflection on Every Bus Stop in Surrey, BC Art roundtable
Electronic Social Culture Exhibition, A Space, Toronto: Curator’s talk and discussion
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Artist presentation

MUTATIONS < > CONNECTIONS Cultural (Ex)Changes in Asian Diasporas International Symposium and exhibition Centre A (June2-5, 2005): Chair and guest speaker

National Research Council, Institute for Information Technology: Keynote speaker
University of Ottawa and ArtEngine Association: Guest speaker

2003 Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) Skinning Our Tools: Keynote comments and speaker panelist
HG Cox: Athens on the Fraser exhibition, Presentation House Gallery: Guest panelist

2002 Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) BRIDGES Consortium Two Theme: Cross-Disciplinary
4th International Cuban Digital Art Symposium Art Perceptions, Havana,Cuba: Guest panelist
02.02. Digital Dystopias, University of California Los Angeles, Dept of Art History: Guest Speaker

2001 Pacific Conservation Group: Guest Speaker, Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Presenter: “New Media in Conservation Reporting”
Museums and the Web 2001, Seattle, Washington, Panelist

1998 Museum Computer Network Conference '98, Virtual Exhibitions : The Ultimate Community Experience, Guest panelist

1997 E-Photography: The Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography, Guest Speaker (London, England)