Projects
(LIST OF PROJECTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
ART INSTALLATION
Medicine Cabinet
2022
Outdoor installation; 9'x6' (wall), 3.5'x6' (base)
Tiled wall (lumber, subway tile, 2 solar-powered lights, linoleum flooring, cloth); medicine cabinet, sink, waste basket, and empty bottles of antiretrovirals and PrEP (a pre-exposure prophylaxis).
Presented in 2022 as part of Capital Pride’s inaugural Public Art Project (group show) in Ottawa, Ontario.
(Installation view)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Las Vegas series
2009-2020
The Las Vegas series, composed of six photographs, features famous Las Vegas landmarks photographed from an adjacent parking lot or a multi-storey car park. The cream-colored scenes, originally taken in 2009, were revisited in 2020 for Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art’s Interview series. The images were also featured in Al-Tiba9’s Collectors' Art Book Vol.01 publication in 2022.
(Untitled (Imperial Palace) from Las Vegas series)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Echo Chamber
2019
Ink Jet Print; Printed on Epson Premium Luster 260 paper
19"x19"
Echo Chamber, was presented in 2019 as part of the Reality Vanishing In Plain Sight exhibition at the Propeller Art Gallery in Toronto, Ontario. The image was also used (see below) for the cover image of HAS Magazine (English, French and Mandarin covers; January 2021 Edition: Between Anxiety and Hope); a project by UNESCO-MOST, C.I.P.S.H and Mémoire de l’Avenir.
(English cover Jan. 2021 edition of HAS Magazine)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WRITING
Modern Monuments
In collaboration with Nico Valenzuela
Ottawa Magazine article, Interiors 2000 Edition (pages 29-39)
Modern Monuments is an architectural survey featuring six important Ottawa buildings: Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (Maki and Associates, Moriyama & Teshima, 2008); Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre (Blouin, Ikoy & Associates, 1997); National Holocaust Monument (Daniel Libeskind, Claude Cormier, and Edward Burtynsky, 2017); North River Road residence (Ian MacDonald Architect, 2011); Reserve Hangar, Canadian Aviation and Space Museum (Architecture 49 + Provencher Roy, 2005); and Social Sciences Building, University of Ottawa (Diamond Schmitt Architects, 2012).
(Introductory Page)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
ART INSTALLATION
The illusion of choice
2019 (ongoing)
40 photographs and two text panels (adjusted to fit)
The installation was presented in 2020 at the Union Gallery, Queen's University, as part of the gallery’s Vitrine Project.
(Installation view of The illusion of choice)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Vanier | Vanier
2019 and 2020
Ink Jet Print; Printed on Epson Premium Luster 260 paper
2 versions: 26”x52” and 36"x36"
The 26”x52” version was purchased by the City of Ottawa and presented as part of the Signal exhibition at City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa (November 22, 2019 to January 12, 2020). The 36”x36” version was presented as part of the You Are Here exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (March 5 to April 3, 2020).
(Vanier | Vanier; 36"x36" version)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBITION CONCEPT
Thresholds
Âjagemô, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
February 20 to June 9, 2019
(Installation view of Thresholds by Michel de Broin)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBITONS MANAGEMENT
Thunderstruck: Physical Landscapes
Âjagemô, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
June 20, 2018 to January 27, 2019
Curated by Jenn Goodwin, the group exhibition included works by Shary Boyle, Francesca Chudnoff, Ella Cooper, Mario Côté, Aganetha Dyck, Brendan Fernandes, Angela Miracle Gladue, Deepti Gupta, La calq, Michelle Latimer, Brandy Leary, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Zab Maboungou, Lola MacLaughlin, Freya Björg Olafson , Omar Rivero, aka Driftnote, Tedd Robinson, Brian Solomon, Laura Taler, Rosanna Terracciano and Anne Troake.
(Installation view of Close Knit by Aganetha Dyck
from the Canada Council Art Bank collection)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographic study of Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
2005 to 2015
Between the period of 2005 and 2015, I had the opportunity to photograph the interior of the Library of Parliament, as well as the Memorial Chamber and the heritage rooms in East Block. As Centre Block closed to the public for major renovations and rehabilitation work in January of 2019, I put together a collection of 50 images marking my favorite photographs of Parliament Hill. Sprinkled within this selection are a handful of archival images I came across (and collected) as part of my research for a master's thesis on the visual representations of Ottawa’s famed buildings. The series begins with an image (see below) taken high above the Reading Room of the Library of Parliament: a small utility door opens up to the drum of the lantern; the view presents the most spectacular angle of the inner dome of the library. Click here to view the full set of 50 photographs.
(Utility Door, Library of Parliament)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ottawa: 2008-2012 (solo exhibition)
The Manx Pub, Ottawa, Ontario
May 6 to June 3, 2014
19 photographs from the Ottawa series.
(Exhibition poster)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
ART INSTALLATION | FILM
Respite
2013
Experimental short film (9:28 min.)
DVD Player, Four 19” TVs, and two sets of headphones
A film by Mike Steinhauer with music by François-Eudes Chanfrault. Presented as part of Supernova! Nuit Blanche Ottawa+Gatineau on September 21, 2013. The short was also shown at the Vanier Independent Filmmakers Festival on August 28, 2015. View the film here.
(Installation view of Respite from Nuit Blanche)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
RESEARCH | WRITING
St Charles Church: Heritage Designation Project
2013
St Charles Church was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2013. Click here to read about the designation process and the church’s heritage value.
(St Charles Church, Ottawa, Ontario)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
ART INSTALLATION
Your Dream Starts Here
2013
18”x24” Coroplast realty signs (14 signs, +2AP), website (2013-2018)
(Fake realty signs affixed to abandoned property)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WRITING | DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY
VanierNow (community blog)
2011 to 2014
Founded in November of 2011, by Mike Bulthuis and Mike Steinhauer, the popular community blog brought to light Vanier’s unique and sometimes lesser-known attributes. In September, 2013, an expanded VanierNow editorial collective was created. The blog entries from 2011 to 2014 can be viewed here.
(One of VanierNow’s signature visuals that
accompanied each blog post)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Vanier series
2008-2012
Digital images printed on archival paper; 19”x19” (Edition of 10); 6”x6” and 12”x12” versions presented as part of C'est Chill art festival in 2012 and Beechwood Solstice Stroll in 2013.
(Notre Dame de Lourdes from the Vanier series)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
WRITING | EXHIBITION CONCEPT
Hidden Treasures from the Bytown Museum (exhibition and catalogue)
Bytown Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
June 23 to October 2, 2011
The exhibition Hidden Treasures from the Bytown Museum presented some 40 artefacts from the museum's permanent collection of Canadian art and historical artefacts. The exhibit, curated by Judith Parker, presented lithographs by Cornelius Krieghoff, a marble bust by Marshall Wood, drawings by Goodridge Roberts, and photographs by Daniel Alexander McLaughlin, Wm Notman & Son, and Alfred G. Pittaway. An illustrated bilingual catalogue with texts by Janet Carlile, Charlotte Gray, Lilly Koltun, Steven C. McNeil, Judith Parker, Mike Steinhauer, Rosemarie L. Tovell, and René Villeneuve accompanied the exhibition.
(Lady Macdonald by Marshall Wood was presented
as part of the exhibit; Photo: Justin Wonnacott)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
CURATORIAL
Evocative Objects: Artefacts Unfolding Neighbourhoods
Bytown Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
May 20 to September 5, 2010
The exhibition explored the meaning of objects, both museum artefacts and ordinary objects, as things that matter as they connect us to the community we live in.
(Yvon by Tony Fouhse was shown as part of
the Evocative Objects exhibition)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
PHOTOGRAPHY
Built Heritage (solo exhibition)
Bytown Museum, Community Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
April 2 to June 22, 2007
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBITION CONCEPT | EXHIBITION DESIGN
Sabra: Portrait of a Spinster
Billings Estate Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
May 15 to October 31, 2005
A collaboration between Andrea Deneau, Michelle Godin, Vanessa Selics and Mike Steinhauer, the exhibition, in part, fulfilled the requirements for the Applied Museum Studies diploma at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario.
(Exhibition catalogue cover)
*Photos/designs by Mike Steinhauer unless noted otherwise.