BIO

b wijshijer is a queer Indonesian artist and researcher currently based in Tkaronto, Canada. Their work primarily consists of video, web-based media and performance. Informed by acceleration aesthetics and the air of the trickster, Wijshijer's work plays with excess and artifice to interrogate how late capitalism affects identity, routine and interpersonal relationships.

CV

EDUCATION 

​

2018-20   Master of Fine Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

2018-19   Fundamentals of University Teaching Certificate, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON                

2013-17   Bachelor of Fine Art, Major Printmaking, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

​

2021       shrimpychip YouTube, UWAG. Waterloo, ON (forthcoming)

​

2019       Fruit Platter Mukbang, Student Art Innovation Lab. Waterloo, ON

​

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

​

2021       Memima, Ed Video at Platforms Project NET 2021. Athens, Greece (forthcoming May)

​

               Temporary Collection, Ed Video. Guelph, ON

2020       now that the artifice is dissolved, Hearth. Toronto, ON

               The Body as a Fever Dream, Xpace Cultural Centre. Toronto, ON

               SYSTEM FAILURE, Spectacle Theatre. Twitch.tv

               Invisible Footprints: Life to Art, Toronto Media Arts Centre. Toronto, ON

​

2019       CONNECTION_FOUND., Feelspace. URL: feelspace.cargo.site

​

               Hot Girl Summer, The Artery. Waterloo, ON

​

               Supermarket 2019, Ed Video Booth, Slakthusområdet. Stockholm, Sweden

​

2018       Selfies, Bump Television. URL:

​

               Le Petit Déjeuner, The Artery. Waterloo, ON

​

               Entanglement, Roundtable Residency. Toronto, ON

​

               RECAP, Vuco Artscpace. Toronto, ON

​

2017       Halo-Halo, 187. 187 Augusta Ave., Toronto, ON

​

               The Women’s Kit Regeneration. Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, ON

​

               That Would Be Fine Too. Ryerson Artspace at the Gladstone, Toronto, ON

​

                VUCO No. 1. Vuco Artspace. Toronto, ON

​

                GradEx 102. OCAD University, Toronto,  ON

​

                No-Sto. Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON

​

PERFORMANCES

​

2020       Pi*llOry *part 5. Glad Day TV. Toronto, ON

               ASMR | DATE WITH SHRIMPY | I’ll Be Knocking on Heaven’s Zoom Door Asking You To Pls Pick Up...Don’t                      Ghost Me :(:(:(. Artcite Windsor. Zoom.us

​

2019       Soirée de Performances, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse. Montreal, QC

​

AWARDS/ GRANTS

​

2021       Arts Response Initiative: Project Grants for Individuals, Ontario Arts Council

​

2020       Ed Video Special Production Grant for BIPOC Artists

               Walter Metzger Memorial Award, University of Waterloo

2019       Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship Scholarship, University of Waterloo

2017       Open Studio Prize, OCAD University

2015       OCADU Printmaking Scholarship, OCAD University

​

2014       Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

​

RESIDENCIES/ WORKSHOPS

​

2021       Zoom Obscura. University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland

​

2020       Silverfish Magazine Artist and Writer Program. Toronto, ON

​

               Little Musings: We Solicit the Darkness, MICE Magazine. Montreal, QC

                Invisible Footprints 0.3, ACAS. Toronto, ON

2019        /Working Through the Body/With the Body/, Residency with Bojana Videkanic and Claudia Bernal, La                            Centrale galerie Powerhouse. Montreal, QC

2018        Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy. Toronto, ON

​

2017        OCADU X RYERSON Art Camp 2017. Toronto, ON

​

EMPLOYMENT/ VOLUNTEERING

​

2021        Workshop Instructor, InterAccess. Toronto, ON

                 Committee Member, Silverfish Magazine. Toronto, ON     

                 Digital Communications Assistant, InterAccess. Toronto, ON   

​

2018-20   Studio Arts Undergrad Thesis Mentor. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

​

2020        Teaching Instructor. CrueTV. Toronto, ON

                Video Director, CrySP. Waterloo, Ontario

​

2019        Gallery Assistant/Install Team, UWAG. Waterloo, ON

​

                Artist Assistant for !Mediengruppe Bitnik. Berlin, Germany

​

                Teaching Instructor, First Year Fine Art. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

​

2018        Teaching Assistant, First Year Fine Art. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

​

2017        Jr. Graphic Designer, Spoof. Toronto, ON

​

2015-16   Gallery Attendant/ Gallery Assistant, Younger than Beyoncé Gallery. Toronto, ON

​

PRESS

​

2021       ‘How To Make a Queer Counterpublic.’ Maddie Lychek, Racquel, Rowe, 

               Jenna Chase, and Bea Wijshijer

    
              ‘Cement’. tele- magazine

2020       'B. Wijshijer'. Hopping the Fence. Podcast

               ‘Impenetrable Intimacies: The Body as a Fever Dream.’ Dana Snow

               ‘Silverfish 001: Cyborgities’. Silverfish Magazine

​

2018        ‘Roundtable Residency 2013–2018.’ Roundtable Residency publication

​

2018        ‘Becca Wijshijer, I Know You; I See You, I Hear You, You Post All the Time.’ Laura Demers

​

2017        ‘The Women’s Kit Regeneration – Review.’ James Knott

​

2017        ‘The Women’s Kit is Brought Back to Life Through Digitization Project & Exhibit.’ She Does the City

​

2017        ‘On Intentional Disruption in Viewing.’ James Knott

​

​