Screenings / Exhibitions – Film
| 2021 | Disco-Babel, Nantes, France – Seeing in the Rain Groupe 6, Paris, – Seeing in the Rain, Terminal City |
| 2019 | Light Cone (scratch collection) – Seeing in the Rain Centre de Cultura CONTEMPORÀNIA Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain – Undivided Attention Le Bal, Paris Seeing in the Rain Collectif Mu, Paris – Terminal City |
| 2016 | Noise and Soundscape in Structural Film, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelon – Seeing in the Rain Present Perfect, Vancouver International Film Centre 17 Short films |
| 2015 | Mire, Nantes, France – Plastic Surgery Rhythmus 17, Open City Cinema, Winnipeg – Seeing in the Rain FILMMADRID, Alteraciones del espacio, Madrid, Spain – Seeing in the Rain MovieLab: Urban Landscapes, les ateliers claus, Bruxelles, Belgium – Terminal City The Image Before Us, Pacific Cinemateque, Vancouver – Seeing in the Rain Concordia Moving Image, Montreal – Mirage |
| 2014 | Lima Independiente Festival Internacional De Cine, Centro Cultural de España en Lima, June 1, 2014 – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2013 | Backbone, 2013 DOXA Film festival, Vancouver, May 4th and 12th – Seeing in the Rain E-M ARTS associazione culturale, Naples, ITALIE, 29/06/2013, – Terminal City Le Bal, Paris, FRANCE, 04/06/2013, – Terminal City Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montreal Kino-Pedals, 13-24 November, 2013, Montreal – Seeing in the Rain L’Association du Tati Roulant, Lille, France – Mirage Concordia Moving Image, Montreal – Mirage |
| 2012 | Art for Consenting Adults – Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society Vancouver – Seeing in the Rain C. 1983 – Presentation House Gallery and Pacific Cinematheque – Terminal City Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, The Passions; Dresden, Germany – Seeing in Rain, Mirage Mire, Nantes, France – Buddha’s Pizza, Hear to There, Terminal City Autre Exil, Lille, France – Terminal City L’Association du Tati Roulant, Lille, France – Mirage, Seeing in the Rain VisonTV national broadcast relicense – Mortal Remains Illuminate Yaletown, Vancouver – Time Being Antitube, Quebec City – Mirage |
| 2011 | Backbone Vancouver Experimental Cinema – Seeing in the Rain Vancouver 125 – Seeing in the Rain Winter Solstices, Vancouver – Time Being Time’s Excesses in Music, Literature and Art, Caen, France – Time Being Braquage & le Studio Galande, Paris – Time Being Time-based art, Vancouver – Seeing in the Rain E-M ARTS O.N.L.U.S, Naples, Italy – Mirage |
| 2010 | Okanagan International Film Festival – Time Being Vancouver International Film Centre – Time Being Strasbourg International Film Festival – Time Being |
| 2009 | 36th Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, USA – Time Being Light Cone (Scratch), Paris, France – Seeing in the Rain Nyktalop Mélodie, Poitiers cedex, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2008 | Elu par cette crapule, Le Havre, France – Seeing in the Rain Espace Grün, Cernay, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2007 | Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours, TOURS CEDEX 1, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2006 | Belkin Satellite – The Infra-Structural Image Vancouver – Seeing in The Rain |
| 2005 | Centre Pompidou – La Pellicule Du Chaos En Marge De L’exposition – Terminal City Conseil Général du Territoire de Belfort / espace multimédia gantner, Bourogne, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2003 | Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Bourges, France – Seeing in the Rain Mire Nantes, France – Seeing in the Rain Musée Léon Dierx , Saint-Denis de la Réunion, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2002 | Vision TV, Nation Broadcast – Mortal Remains Le Plateau / Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, France – Seeing in the Rain LUX Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Pays-Bas – Seeing in the Rain Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Bourges, France – Seeing in the Rain Mire, Nantes, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 2001 | Making Death a Part of Life Conference – Foxglove Films Inc – Mortal Remains |
| 1999 | Ethnicolor, Bordeaux, France – Seeing in the Rain Associazione Culturale Generazione Media, Milan, Italy – Seeing in the Rain Soc. Coop. arl A lato, Bologne, Italy – Seeing in the Rain L’Abominable La Courneuve, France – Seeing in the Rain Sciences en Fête, Balma, France – Seeing in the Rain Braquage Paris, France – Seeing in the Rain |
| 1997 | Centre Georges Pompidou, “In Front of History”, Paris – Where is memory |
| 1994 | One World Film Festival, Ottawa, Guest Screening – Where is memory Semana de Cine Experimental, Madrid, Spain – Where is memory SBS TV, National Television License, Australia – Where is memory Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France – Terminal City |
| 1993 | Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Guest Screening Florida Film Festival, Orlando, USA – Where is memory Seattle International Film Festival, USA – Where is memory Festival of Festivals, Toronto, Short films |
| 1992 | Festival International Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal – Where is memory Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, USA – Where is memory Cinematheque Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Undivided Attention |
| 1991 | La Part Du Visuel, Opening Address, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. – Terminal City La Part du Visuel, Switzerland, Belgium, France – Undivided Attention |
| 1988 | Edinburgh International Film Festival, invited guest – Undivided Attention San Francisco Cinematheque – Undivided Attention Millennium, New York – Undivided Attention Film Forum, Los Angeles – Undivided Attention Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, USA – Undivided Attention |
| 1987 | Festival of Festivals, Toronto, Guest – Undivided Attention Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal – Undivided Attention Athens Film Festival, Ohio, USA – Undivided Attention Yorkton Film Festival, Saskatchewan – Undivided Attention Northwest Film & Video Festival, Portland, USA – Undivided Attention Chicago Art Institute – Undivided Attention Concordia University, Montreal – Undivided Attention Innis College, University of Toronto – Undivided Attention Regina Public Library, Regina – Undivided Attention Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg – Undivided Attention Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon – Undivided Attention Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver – Undivided Attention |
| 1986 | Los Angeles Film Forum, Short films Manhattan Cable, Cast Iron TV, Short films |
| 1985 | The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina – Short films Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg, Short films |
| 1984 | Festival of Festivals, Toronto, Guest, Short films Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Short films |
| 1983 | Vancouver Art & Artists 1930-83 Film Screenings, Short films London Filmmakers Co-op, London, England, Short films |
| 1982 | Biennale De Paris, International Exhibition of New Art, Paris, France. Invited guest, Seeing in the Rain O’Kanada, West Berlin, Short films Northwest Film & Video Festival Tour of North America, Short films The Arsenal, West Berlin, Group Screening, Short films Oberhausen International Film Festival, West Germany, Short films Ann Arbour Film Festival, Michigan, USA, Short films Canadian High Commission Film Tour, England, Short films Anthology Film Archives, USA, Short films Pasadena Film Forum, USA, Short films Cinema Parallele, Montreal, Short films The Funnel, Toronto, Short films Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique, Vancouver, Short films Open Space, Victoria, Santa Sideshow, Atmosphere, The Nine O’Clock Fun, Terminal City and Seeing in the Rain |
| 1981 | Knowledge Network, USA Television Broadcast, Kitsilano Solar House Buffalo Media Study Centre, USA, Short films The Funnel, Toronto, Short films Cineworks Tour, National, Short films Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique, Vancouver Filmmakers, Short films |
| 1980 | C.B.C. Kitsilano Solar House Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, USA, Short films C.B.C. Pacific Wave, Vancouver, Short films Video Inn, Living Arts Performance Festival, Vancouver, Short films |
| 1979 | Third International Avant Garde Film Festival, London, England, Invited guest, Atmosphere. |
| 1978 | George Pompidou Centre, Paris, France, Short films Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Short films American Federation of Arts, Experimental Film in the 70’s Tour, North America, Short films Collective for Living Cinema, New York, USA, Short films |
| 1977 | Edinburgh Film Festival, Scotland, Short films The Funnel, Toronto, Short films Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Short films |
| 1976 | Bellevue International Film Festival, Bellingham, Washington, USA, Short Films Ann Arbour Film Festival, Michigan, USA, Short films |
| 1975 | Northwest Film & Video Festival, Portland, USA, Short films Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Short films |
Film Collections
| 2016 | XCENTRIC – Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Cinema digital archive, Seeing in the Rain |
| 2014 | Angular: Cine experimental y videocreación, Seeing in the Rain |
| 2011 | Concordia University Library Film and Video Studies, Seeing in the Rain |
| 2005 | York University Library Film and Video, Terminal City and Atmosphere |
| 1997 | Concordia University, Montreal Seeing In The Rain |
| 1995 | Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Terminal City |
| 1992 | Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa, Atmosphere |
| 1991 | Art Bank, Canada Council, Seeing in the Rain |
| 1990 | Art Bank, Canada Council, Undivided Attention |
| 1988 | National Archives of Canada, Undivided Attention |
| 1985 | National Archives of Canada, Seeing in the Rain |
| 1984 | Metro Toronto Public Library, Santa Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Calgary, Terminal City Vancouver Art Gallery, Mirage |
| 1983 | Canadian High Commission – London, England, Seeing in the Rain Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Seeing in the Rain |
| 1982 | Sheridan College, Oakville, Seeing in the Rain |
| 1980 | Provincial Educational Media Centre, Kitsilano Solar House |
| 1978 | Queens University, Kingston, Atmosphere University of Montreal, Atmosphere |
| 1977 | Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique, Vancouver, Plastic Surgery |
Films
| 2016 | Water Falls – 7:33 / HD Jump The Gun – 7:46 / HD |
| 2015 | Optical Silence – 4:33 / HD Velocity Made Not Very Good – 4:33 / HD |
| 2014 | From Time to Time – 9:21 / HD Coping with Loss – 4:33 / HD |
| 2013 | Dis Solve – 4:33 / HD Iris – 4:33 / HD |
| 2012 | Future Perfect – 5:00 / 35mm to HD Silent Fiction– 4:33 / HD The I in Film– 3:20 / HD |
| 2011 | From Hear to There – 7:20 / HD Movie Still – 4:07 / SD It’s Only A Movie – 4:18 / SD |
| 2010 | Thaw – 3:48 / HD You are Here – 6:37 / HD Euclid’s Gym – 2:36 / HD The Reals – 1:11 / SD Do as I say not as I do – 1:09 / SD |
| 2009 | Time Being – 88:00 / 35mm to HD |
| 1992 | Where is Memory – 97:00 / 16mm, SD |
| 1987 | Undivided Attention– 107:00 / 16mm, SD |
| 1983 | Mirage – 8:00 / 16mm, HD |
| 1982 | Terminal City -10:00 / 16mm, SD |
| 1981 | Seeing in the Rain – 10:00 /16mm, HD |
| 1980 | The Nine O’clock Gun – 9:00 / 16mm, SD |
| 1979 | Santa – 8:00 /16mm |
| 1976 | Atmosphere – 11:00 /16mm, SD |
| 1975 | Plastic Surgery – 20:00 / 16mm, SD |
| 1973 | 11-12 – 4:00 / 16mm |
| 1972 | Sideshow – 5:00 / 16mm |
Foxglove Films / Other
| 2003 | Chius A Two Way Street – 19:04 / SD (Producer, Camera, Editor) |
| 2000 | Mortal Remains – 52:00 / 16mm to Beta SP |
| 1999 | Breaking Bad News – 8:00 / Beta SP Breaking News Badly – 8:00 / Beta SP |
| 1994 | Homework and Great Looking Hair – 23:35 / 16mm to Beta SP |
| 1980 | Kitsalano Solar House – 23:00 / 16mm |
| 1976 | Listen to the Music Makers – 15:00 / 16mm (Camera, Editor) |
| 1986 | Self-Polaroids – 7:00 / ¾” video |
| 1983 | History of Art – Videodisc |
| 1982 | The Vancouver Video Disc – (Creative Consultant, Cinematographer) |
| 1980 | Filmmakers Showcase – 20:00 / ¾” video |
Photography – Exhibitions
| 2017 | I Will Not Shoot any more Polaroid Pictures, Autoform Gallery, Capture Photography Festival |
| 2016 | Around Here, Pendulum Gallery, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver BC |
| 2015 | Project Impossible Canada V2.0, Science World |
| 2014 | Project Impossible Canada V1.0, Photohaus Gallery |
| 2006 | Mirror Mirror Self-Portraits, group show, Richmond Art Gallery |
| 1992 | Nine of a Kind – 34 works in Polaroid, Faculty Club, UBC and Gallery 56, Vancouver |
| 1984-5 | Contemporary Canadian Photography, National Film Board, Book and National Tour |
| 1983 | Vancouver Art and Artist 1930-1983, Vancouver Art Gallery |
| 1982 | Privileged Views, Gallery Reflections, one-man show, Vancouver New Canadian Photography, Canadian Centre of Photography and Film, Toronto Group Show, Gallery Reflections, Vancouver |
| 1981 | True North, Optica Gallery, Montreal Sights of History, National Film Board, National Tour |
| 1980 | Works in Cibachrome, National Film Board Gallery, Ottawa 13 Cameras/Vancouver, Norman Mackenzie Gallery, Regina Station to Station, A Space (Toronto Subway) Creative Flight, Surrey Arts Gallery Portraits, Western Front, Vancouver Vancouver Fresh, Kamloops Art Gallery |
| 1978 | 13 Cameras/Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery |
| 1977 | Xerox Show, Western Front, Vancouver |
| 1974 | Scan, Vancouver Art Gallery Emerging Artists, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver |
Installations / Performance
| 2016 | Pendulum Gallery, Take me to your Leader |
| 2012 | Illuminate Yaletown, Time Being |
| 2010 | Winter Solstice, UBC, Time Being |
| 1993 | Artropolis, with Al Benjamin, Vancouver, Dollar Forty-Nine Day |
| 1985 | Neutral Ground, Regina; Plug In / Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg, Aerial Image |
| 1980 | Tungsten Shadows, Vancouver, Slide Show Living Arts Performance Festival Cabaret, with Sir Real, Vancouver, Santa Claus |
| 1977 | Tungsten Shadows, Vancouver, Santa’s Luau |
| 1976 | Tungsten Shadows, Vancouver, The Kodak Kahuna Show |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2021 | Moments of Perception: Experimental Film in Canada, 2021, by Michael Zryd, Stephen Broomer, Jim Sheddan, Barbara Sternberg |
| 2015 | Project Impossible Canada V2.0, Science World, Honorable Mention |
| 2014 | Project Impossible Canada V1.0, Photohaus Gallery, Honorable Mention |
| 2010 | Honorable mention, Los Angeles International Film Festival – Time Being Best Feature Experimental, Strasbourg International Film Festival – Time Being Silver Screen Award, Documentary Film Competition, Nevada Film Festival –Time Being |
| 2009 | Rising Star, Canada International Film Festival – Time Being Cinéma du Réel – International Documentary Film Festival, poster image Terminal City |
| 1993 | Bronze Award, Independent Theatrical Feature Film, Worldfest Houston, USA Where is Memory |
| 1992 | Judges Choice, 19th Northwest Film Festival, Portland, USA – Where is Memory |
| 1989 | Director’s Choice, Black Maria Film Festival – Undivided Attention |
| 1988 | Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, USA – Undivided Attention |
| 1987 | Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival – Undivided Attention Merit Award, Athens International Film Festival, Ohio, USA – Undivided Attention |
| 1984 | Aerial Image, Winner of Neutral Ground, National Site Installation competition Honorable mention, Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon – Seeing in the Rain |
| 1976 | Honorable mention, Bellevue Film Festival – Atmosphere |
Texts On Work
| Moments of Perception: Experimental Film in Canada, 2021, by Michael Zryd, Stephen Broomer, Jim Sheddan, Barbara Sternberg; P. 208-211 Stephen Broomer |
| The Elusive Present Chris Gallagher’s Seeing in the Rain, February 10, 2016 by Stephan Broomer. |
| Chris Gallagher: Terminal City (an interview) (1994), Chris Gallagher: Movie Machines (1994) – 2001, Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada, ed. Mike Hoolboom, 2nd edition; Coach House Press. http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=73 |
| Nationalsozialismus im Film Where is Memory, 1998 by Ansgar Wojahn |
| Take One, Film in Canada, Where is Memory, Winter 94, by Peter Harcourt P.42/43 |
| Les Cinemas Du Canada, Editions du Centre Georges Pompidou, edited by Sylvain Garel and Andre Paquet. Chapter 2 |
| Structurel Au Neo-Narratif, Le Cinema Experimental, by Bart Testa P. 239/40 |
| The Ubyssey, January 26, 1993, Review of Where is Memory by Douglas Ferris |
| The Vancouver Sun, January 29, 1993, Where is Memory by Katherine Monk |
| The Georgia Straight, January 29, 1993, Where is Memory by Ken Eisner |
| The Courier, January 26, 1993, Where is Memory by Mike Usinger |
| Ottawa Citizen, November 1992, Where is Memory, by Conway Daly |
| The Jewish Review, November 15, 1992, Where is Memory, by Paul Haist |
| Back and Forth: Early Cinema and the Avant-Garde. Toronto, Ont.: Art Gallery of Ontario/Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario, 1992 by Bart Testa |
| The Visual Aspect Recent Canadian Experimental Films, 1991, Editions des Archives du film expérimental d’Avignon, by RoseLowder, William C. Wees, Mike Hoolboom, Alain -Alcide Sudre. |
| Chris Gallagher: Short films, Independent Eye, Fall 1990 by Jim Shedden & Michael Zryd, P.10-12 |
| The Body in Film, 1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, by R. Bruce Elder, P. 11 |
| Independent Eye, Vol. 10 No. 2, Summer 1981, Seeing in the Rain by Marilyn Jull. |
| Chris Gallagher Interview, 1977 Independent Eye, Vol. 10, No. 2 Summer 1989, by George Koller. |
| Image and Identity, Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture, 1989, Chapter 11, The Case of Chris Gallagher by R. Bruce Elder. |
| Avant-Garde Profiles Ottawa, Ont., National Gallery of Canada, 1988, by Susan Ditta |
| The Scotsman, August 19, 1988, Undivided Attention by Brian Pendreigh. |
| Film Comment, December 1988, Page 10, “Journals”, Edinburgh Film Festival review by Harlan Kennedy. |
| Canadian Experimental Films in the Seventies, 1978, Art Gallery of Ontario by Ian Birnie. |
| Recent work from the Canadian Avant-Garde, 1988, Art Gallery of Ontario, Undivided Attention by Catherine Russell. |
| Canadian Film, 1987, Page 128 by David Clandfield. |
| The Vancouver Sun, November 12, 1987, review of Undivided Attention by Marke Andrews. |
| The Province, November 12, 1987, review of Undivided Attention by Michael Walsh. |
| Globe & Mail, September 17, 1987, review of Undivided Attention by Jay Scott. |
| Cinema Canada, July 1987, review of Undivided Attention by Mary Alemany-Galway and Don Terry. |
| C Magazine, Summer 1987, First Images, primal scenes by Mike Hoolbloom, review of Undivided Attention. |
| Winnipeg Free Press, April 25, 1987, by Paul McKie. |
| The Leader Post, March 12, 1987 review of Undivided Attention by Wayne Moriarity. |
| Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1986, invisible cinema by Kevin Thomas. |
| Vanguard, Summer 1985, Page 19, Atmosphere, Seeing in the Rain |
| Contemporary Canadian Photography from the Collection of the National Film Board. 1984 by Martha Langford |
| The Leader Post, September 29, 1984, Undivided Attention by Linda Robertson. |
| Take Two, 1984, edited by Seth Feldman, Pages 246, 256-57, by Bruce Elder. |
| Vancouver Art & Artists 1931-83, Pages 297,298,408, by Al Razutis and Tony Rief. |
| Cinema Canada, February 1982, Pages 6,22, “Canadian Experimental Film” by SethFeldman. |
| Parachute, Summer 1982, Page 78, “Redefining Experimental Film” by Bruce Elder. |
| Parachute, Summer 1982, Pages 41-42, review of Cinema Parelle, screening by Michael Larouche. |
| Vancouver Sun, April 16, 1982, P.C. “Film As Art” by Marke Andrews. |
| Vanguard, May 1982, Page 32, review of Funnel Screening by Jennifer Oille. |
| Self Portrait, Essays on the Canadian & Quebec Cinemas, 1980, discussion of Plastic Surgery and Atmosphere by Tony Rief. |
| The Vancouver Province, March 13, 1980, Page B9, review of Kitsilano Solar House by Michael Walsh. |
| Vanguard, March 1977, Page 10, Atmosphere. |
Publications, Journals
| “Joe Fafard, Mendel Art Gallery,” Review of Joe Fafard’s retro-spective. Vanguard Magazine, February 1988 |
| “Edinburgh International Film Festival,” report on festival, Independent Eye, Fall 1988 |
| “The Independent Scene in Their Own Words,” Cinema Canada, October 1987 |
| “Contemporary Canadian Photography,” The National Film Board, 1984 |
| “Vanity is a Six Letter Work,” April 81 Vancouver Magazine |
| “Coming Attractions,” April 80 Vancouver Magazine |
| “Great Vancouver Cliches,” July 80 Vancouver Magazine |
| “13 Cameras/Vancouver,” Brock Weber Press, 79 |
| “Guns and Ammo,” Impressions Magazine, 79 |
| “The Private Life of S. Claus,” December, 78 Vancouver Magazine |
| “Santa Walks on Ice,” December, 78 YVR Magazine |
| “She Sure Fits the Bill,” August 17, 1977, Vancouver Province, P.1 |
| “CEAC Art and Communication”, Paper No. 9, 1977, “Plans for the Film Atmosphere”. |
Academic
| 1992 – 2016 | University of British Columbia, Associate Professor Film |
| 1988 – 1992 | University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor Film |
| 1984-1987 | University of Regina, Assistant Professor Film |