bio
jaz papadopoulos (they/them) is a queer, first-gen, interdisciplinary artist working in experimental writing, installation, and video. They are interested in horticulture, nervous systems, erotics, and romance. A graduate of the Cartae Open school, jaz is also a Lambda Literary fellow and an MFA graduate from the University of British Columbia. Follow their work at @scrybabybaby on Twitter or vimeo.com/jazpapadopoulos.
education
MFA Creative Writing, University of British Columbia 2021
Diploma in Mixed Vegetable Farming, Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2021
BA Conflict Resolution Studies, University of Winnipeg 2010-15
professional experience
Script Writer, Future Proof (YouTube Channel) 2023-current
Managing Editor (Reviews), PRISM Magazine, Vancouver, BC 2020-21
Teaching Assistant, UBC’s Creative Writing program, Vancouver, BC 2019-21​
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Intro to Creative Writing, Intro to Screenwriting, and Advanced Seminar in Screenwriting
Arts Writer, VanDocument, Vancouver, Canada 2018-20
Artist-Run Centre Internship, James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2018-19
Arts and Culture Editor, The Uniter, Winnipeg, MB 2017-18
Production Assistant, Environmentalism Out of the Box: An Ecosex Symposium, UCSC, Santa Cruz, USA 2017
Professional and Personal Assistant to Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, San Francisco, USA 2017
Committee Member, aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB 2016-17
Artist Talk for aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB 2016
Workshop Facilitator, “Translating the Expressive Abstract,” aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB 2015
Contributing Writer, Purple Sex, VDay Western, London, ON 2012
programming/education
Short Films Programmer, Gimli International Film Festival, Gimli, MB 2023
Short Filmmaking Instructor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2018-21
Found Footage Filmmaking Instructor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2018-21
Facilitator, “Time Management for Creatives,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2021
Facilitator, Mixed Identities, MAWA, Winnipeg, MB 2018
Facilitator, Embodied Experiments in Writing, aceartinc, Winnipeg, MB 2017
Facilitator, Artistic Interventions in Conflict, Girl Guides of Canada, Winnipeg MB 2014
Presentor, Artistic Interventions in Conflict, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, New York, USA 2014
Presenter, Artistic Interventions in Conflict, International Conference on Women’s Education for Human Development, Winnipeg MB 2014
additional training
Residencies
Writer in Residence, HOLD FAST Contemporary Arts Festival, St. John’s, NL 2023
Writer in Residence, Caetani Centre for Arts and Culture, Vernon, BC 2023
Early Career Call, BlackFlash Magazine (online) 2022
Artist-As-Trickster Residency, Signal Fire (cancelled due to Covid) 2020
Orchids Without Attached Thighs Residency, Winter Tangerine (online) 2019
We Sweat Honeysuckle Residency, Winter Tangerine (online) 2018
Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, Lambda Literary, Los Angeles, USA 2018
DIS: Thumbs that Type and Swipe Residency, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB 2018
Media Arts Residency, Video Pool, Winnipeg, MB 2017-18
Young Lungs Research Series, Young Lungs Dance Collective, Winnipeg, MB 2017-18
Video internship, Cine Sinclaire, Toronto, ON and Winnipeg, MB 2017
Experimental Filmmaking Mentorship, Hagere Selam ‘Shimby’ Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Athens, GR 2016
Cartae Open School, aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB 2016
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Classes
Ensemble Filmmaking Workshop, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2022
Experiments in Body Poetics: Transformations Corporeal Writing (online) 2017
Experiments in Body Poetics: A Process Without Perfection Corporeal Writing (online) 2017
INKubator, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB 2016
Summer Seasonal Workshop with Lidia Yuknavitch, Corporeal Writing, Portland, OR 2016
Social Justice Writing Workshop with Amber Dawn, Winnipeg, MB 2016
Weekly Workshop Series with Jeanne Randolph, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 2015-16
Character Development Through Clown, Fantastic Space Enterprises, Vancouver, BC 2014
Youth Outreach Program, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, MB 2014
Peacebuilding Through Transformative, Theatre Canadian School of Peacebuilding, Winnipeg, MB 2014
performances
Literary Performances
“You Oughta Know,” Vancouver Writers Festival, Vancouver, BC 2021
A selection of poems, Pray for us Girls book launch, Vancouver, BC 2020
“this is not mythology,” TransForming Rounds podcast episode 4, online 2019
“this is not mythology,” Hustling Verse book launch, Vancouver Writers Festival, Vancouver, BC 2019
A selection of poems, Millennial Line reading series, Vancouver, BC 2019
“How I Know Bruce Springsteen Wants to Get Fisted,” AWP, Portland, OR 2019
“How I Know Bruce Springsteen Wants to Get Fisted,” Locution reading series, Vancouver, BC 2019
“Eyebrows and Palm Trees," Locution reading series, Vancouver, BC 2019
“grief: an unexpressed erotic,” Environmentalism Out of the Box, Santa Cruz, USA 2017
A selection of poems, MonkeySparrow on CKUW 95.9, Winnipeg, MB 2017
“Breathe,” hearts beating book launch, MAWA, Winnipeg, MB 2011
Experimental Performances
Wet Dreams: An Ecosex Water Ritual, documenta14, Athens, GR 2016
Multi-media Video/Poetry Exhibitions and Screenings
One day I will write a book about men but this is not it, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB 2018
I am here my love, Young Lungs, Winnipeg, MB 2018
A seat closer to the fire, Poolside Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2018
A seat closer to the fire, WNDX Festival, Winnipeg, MB 2018
two poems (loop), WNDX Festival, Winnipeg, MB 2017
Video Exhibitions
untitled, Mount Pleasant Community Screen, Vancouver, BC 2019
bedside, WERQ, New York, USA 2019
These Aren’t Our Things, Reel Pride Film Festival LGBTTQ* Shorts Competition, Winnipeg, MB 2017
Lip Service, Carte Blanche, Winnipeg, MB 2017
These Aren’t Our Things, Winnipeg Handshake, New York, NY 2017
These Aren’t Our Things, Sex Worker Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2017
These Aren’t Our Things, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, MB 2017
The Art Video, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, MB 2016
grants & awards
Scholarship Award, BC Arts Council 2020
Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (COVID extension), SSHRC 2020
“Recognize” Scholarship Grant, Manitoba Arts Council 2019
Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s, SSHRC 2019
Professional Development Grant, Winnipeg Art Council 2018
Imagine Healthy Sexual Relationships Multi Media Art Contest, Sexual Assault Centre London 2012