B Wijshijer (they/them), a.k.a shrimpychip, is an artist and arts facilitator currently based in Tkaronto, Canada. Wijshijer makes silly sneaky videos, performances, installations, digital images and digital props. Interested in magic, love and transcendence within late capitalism, their work jests within the contrast of unity, bliss and the commodity.

Wijshijer received their MFA from the University of Waterloo in 2020 and their BFA from OCAD University in 2017. They have exhibited internationally and nationally, including shows at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, InSpace Gallery, Xpace Cultural Centre, and the plumb.

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EDUCATION 

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

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

​SELECTED GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS

​2021        Open Windows, Art Museum at University of Toronto. Toronto, ON

​                MoveObjectOn, the plumb. Toronto, ON

​                Mimema, Ed Video at Platforms Project NET 2021. Athens, Greece

​                Zoom Obscura, InSpace Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland

​                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

             Fruit Platter Mukbang, Student Art Innovation Lab. Elora, ON (solo exhibition)

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

2018       Selfies, Bump Television. URL: www.bumptelevision.com

               Le Petit Déjeuner, The Artery. Waterloo, ON

               Entanglement, Roundtable Residency. Toronto, ON

              RECAP, Vuco Artspace. 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

CONFERENCES

2020       Privacy, Infrastructures, Policy, Micro-talk. Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute,             University of Waterloo

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/SCHOLARSHIPS

2021        Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

        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        Committee Member, Silverfish Magazine. Toronto, ON

2020       Video Director, CrySP. Waterloo, Ontario

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

                Artist Assistant for !Mediengruppe Bitnik. Berlin, Germany

2017         Jr. Graphic Designer, Spoof. Toronto, ON

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021        Tutorial Leader, VISC-1001: Global Visual & Material Culture: Prehistory to 1800 under           Jessica Mace. Faculty of Arts and Science, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

2021        Workshop Instructor, InterAccess. Toronto, ON            

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

2020        Instructor. Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro. CrueTV. Toronto, ON

                Instructor, Fine 150: Appreciation and Expression, Fine Arts Department, University of                     Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

2018         Teaching Assistant, Fine 100: Studio Fundamentals under Matthew Carver. Fine Arts                     Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

2021        ‘How To Make a Queer Counterpublic’. Maddie Lychek, Racquel, Rowe, Jenna Chase, and B      Wijshijer

    ‘Cement’. tele- magazine

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

               ‘Impenetrable Intimacies: The Body as a Fever Dream’, Femme Art Review. Dana Snow

               ‘Silverfish 001: Cyborgities’. Silverfish Magazine

               ‘Shrimpychip Youtube’. University of Waterloo Art Gallery. https://uwag.uwaterloo.ca                     /exhibition/becca-wijshijer/.

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