Patrick Jenkins
Artist, Animator, Filmmaker
54 Austin Terrace Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 1Y6
Phone:1-416-533-2440 Fax:1-416-533-0508
email: pjenkins@interlog.com
website: www.interlog.com/~pjenkins

Education: -M.F.A. and Honours B.F.A. in Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, Canada

Awards:
-1996 -Special Mention for Animation for "Kids' Works" in recognition of quality children's television, from the Alliance for Children and Television.
-1995 -Bronze Apple Award for "Animation For Kids", National Educational Media Competition, Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Grants:
-Two Ontario Arts Council Film Production Grants -Canada Council "B" Grant, Visual Arts, Drawing Professional and Work

Experience:
-2001 -"Ralph: Coffee, Jazz and Poetry; The Poetry of Ralph Alfonso", Director/Animator, Documentary, premiering at the JVC Jazz "Reel Jazz" Film Festival, June 23rd
- "Frame by Frame, Animation by Toronto Animators", Curator, Ed Video, Guelph. -"Crawling Around In A Fountain", Director/Animator
-2000 -"This Is My Corner Of The World", Director/Animator
-"Can You Pretend?", Director/Animator, animated movie of a song by Terry Draper.
-1999 -"The Goatee Club", Director/Animator, animated movie of a poem by Vancouver poet Ralph Alfonso shown shown at the Toronto Digital Image Festival and at Recent Films By Toronto Animators at Cinecycle, Toronto
-1998 -"Other Worlds", exhibition of drawings, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
-1998 to 2001 - President, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto
-1997 -"Venus In Violets", Director/Animator, animated movie of a poem by Vancouver poet Ralph Alfonso. Shown on Bravo and MuchMusic Television Stations.
-1996 -"Animal Tales", Director/Producer/Animator, a series of cut-out animated films.
-1995 to Present -"Kids' Works", Director/Producer/Animator, a series of over 100 animated films created in collaboration with school children and broadcast on CBC, YTV, TVOntario, the British Columbia Open Learning Agency, Access Alberta and the SCN Television Network, Saskatchewan, Canada, Australian TV and HBO USA.
-1994 -"Animation for Kids, How To Make Your Cartoons Move", Associate Producer Writer, Animator and On Screen Host, an educational videotape.
-1993 -"Coca-Cola Alien", Animation Storyboarding, Character and Animation Design for CD ROM application, Coca Cola Limited and King West Communications.
-"Out of This World" and "The Magic Wand", two flipbooks, Animator.
-1992 -Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Animation Workshop. Page One
-1991 -"Flipbook Animation and Other Ways To Make Cartoons Move", Author/Illustrator, instructional book on animation for children, published by Kids Can Press (Canada) and the Addison Wesley Publishing Company (U.S.A.)
-"Skateboarding" and "Slap Shot!", two flipbooks, Animator.
-1990 -"The Flipbook Movie", Director/Producer/Animator, animated film.
-"Clutching The Heat", Cinematographer/Editor for movies created for the play, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto.
-1989 -"The Amazing Children's Animated Movie Workshop", Associate Producer, Writer, Animator and On Screen Host, 1/2 Hour Television Program produced with and broadcast on the Roger's Cable Television System, Toronto.
-1989 -"Art In Animation", exhibition of animation artwork, Aird Gallery, Toronto.
-"Moving Images", TVOntario Television Network, Toronto, Canada.
-1988 -"Play Ball!" and "A Fishy Tale", two flipbooks, Animator.
-"Independent Animation", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
-1987 to Present -Books That Move Flipbooks, Animator and Publisher. Clients include The Museum Company Stores, The Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rizzoli Bookstores and the M. H. De Young Museum, San Francisco.
-1987 -"Four Short Animated Films", Director/Producer/Animator, animated film. -York/China Exchange Exhibition, art exhibition Hangzhou, China.
-"Toronto: A Play of History", Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
-1986 to 2001-Animation Workshops, directed for the National Film Board of Canada; the Art Gallery of Ontario; Harbourfront Centre; the Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mohawk College; Humber College and school boards throughout Ontario.
-1985/87-Visiting Lecturer, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, Canada.
-1983/85-Visiting Assistant Professor, Film Production, York University, Toronto.
-1984 -"Uncommon Language", exhibition, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada.
-1983 -Broadcast of Films, WNED Channel 17, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. and Antennae 2 T.V., Paris, France.
-Film Screenings, Tyneside Cinema and Canada House Cinema, United Kingdom; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Oakville Art Gallery, Oakville, Canada.
-1982 -"Sign Language", exhibition of drawings, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Canada. -Solo Film Screenings, Millenium Film Theatre, New York City; Pasadena Film Forum, Pasadena, California; Akademie Der Kunste, West Germany; University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; University of Victoria and Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia; Simon Fraser University and Metro Media Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; The Funnel, Toronto.
-1981 -Visiting Filmmaker, National Film Theatre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
-1980 -Solo Drawing Exhibition, YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
-1979 -Solo Film Screening, The Funnel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada -FIrst Prize for Experimental Film, Toronto Super-8 Film Festival