CHRIS CURRERI

BORN 1978 – Lives and works in Toronto, Canada

EDUCATION
2004-2007 Bard College (MFA Photography)
1998-2002 Ryerson University (BFA Photography Studies)
1997-1998 Ontario College of Art and Design (Foundation Studies Diploma)

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Something Something - University of Toronto Art Center (Toronto, Canada) (upcoming)
2009 Handle – Diaz Contemporary – (Toronto, Canada)
2006 Circa 1960 – Gallery 44 Center for Contemporary Photography/Images Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2005 Bicycle Race – Langage Plus (Alma, Canada)
2005 Circa 1960 (Part 2) – Edward Day Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2004 Twelfth Night – Edward Day Gallery (Toronto, Canada)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2010 An Unpardonable Sin - castillo/carrales (Paris, France)
2010 50 Artists Photograph the Future - Higher Pictures (New York, USA)
2010 Restricted - Clark and Faria (Toronto, Canada)
2010 That's So Gay - Gladstone Hotel (Toronto, Canada)
2009 Shout Festival - Birmingham City Centre (Birmingham, UK)
2008 Platform Seoul 2008 – PKM Gallery (Seoul, Korea) – collaboration with Luis Jacob
2008 Parkdale International Art Fair – Convenience Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2008 September Gallery (Berlin, Germany) – collaboration with Luis Jacob
2008 Perceptions and their Arousal – Agnes Etherington Art Center (Kingston, Canada)
2008 Heartbreak Hotel – Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society’s Rehab Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2007 Image Forum Festival – (Tokyo/Kyoto/Fukuoka/Nagoya/Nigata/Yokohama, Japan)
2007 Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata – (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
2007 Media City – (Windsor, Canada)
2007 Still Motions – Interaccess Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2006 Bard MFA Thesis Show – (Annandale-on-Hudson, USA)
2006 Jingle – Gladstone Hotel (Toronto, Canada)
2006 (LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR – Nuit Blanche (Toronto, Canada)
2006 Toronto International Film Festival – Wavelengths Program (Toronto, Canada)
2005 Here Everything is Still Floating – Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects (Toronto, Canada)
2005 ARCO – Edward Day Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
2005 Whisper Down the Lane – Klein Art Gallery (Philadelphia, USA)
2004 The Found and the Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art - Art Gallery of Bishop’s University (Lennoxville, Canada)
2004 Punch 2 – Lee Photo Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2004 Canadian Content –York Quay Center (Toronto, Canada)
2004 Toronto International Art Fair – Edward Day Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2004 Sliding Tense – University of Toronto Art Center (Toronto, Canada)
2003 Patching History: The Other Strings of Women's Lap Craft – Gallery 1313 (Toronto, Canada)
2003 (dis)appearing acts – Gallery TPW (Toronto, Canada)
2003 The Found and the Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art –Confederation Centre Art Gallery (Charlottetown, Canada), Gallery Connexion (Fredericton, Canada)
2002 The Found and the Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art – Gallery TPW (Toronto, Canada)
2002 Birds, Bugs and Bystanders – Peak Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2002 Cluster II – Peak Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2001 Punch – Lee Ka-Sing Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2001 Summer Group Show – Pekao Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2001 New York Toronto Artist Exchange – star 67 (Brooklyn, USA)
2001 Mixed Media – Project Gallery (Toronto, Canada)

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Friends of the Visual Arts - Artist Award
Toronto Arts Council – Emerging Artist Grants
Ontario Arts Council – Emerging Artist Grants
Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grants
Images Festival – Honorable Mention (Images Prize)
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition – Honorable Mention (Best in Category)
DuMaurier Arts Council Grant
Robert S. Gooblar Memorial Award

COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
University of Toronto Hart House
Queens University Agnes Etherington Collection
Carole and Howard Tanenbaum Collection

TEACHING
2005 – 2006 Ontario College of Art and Design – Fourth Year Photography Thesis Class

RESIDENCIES
2010-2011 McCain Professional Residency - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
2005 Centre Sagamie - Alma, Canada

PUBLICATIONS
Jacob, Luis, "Groundless in the Museum: Anarchism and the Living Work of Art." In Luis Jacob: Pictures in an Exhibition. Toronto, Canada: Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, 2011
McCormick, Katy. "Emergence/Legacies." In Emergence: Canadian Contemporary Photography, edited by Sarah Parsons. Toronto, Canada: Gallery 44, 2009
Shifter Magazine, "Portfolio," Issue 15 2009
Temple, Kevin, “Stop Action,” Now Magazine, March 23 – 29 2006
Lawrence, Shelly, “Chris Curreri Circa 1960,” Gallery 44 Exhibition Brochure 2006
Vaughan, RM, “The Bigger Picture,” National Post, May 7 2005
Prefix, “Portfolio,” Issue 9 2004
Harris, David, “When Past Becomes Present,” Contact Photography Festival Program 2004
Osborne, Catherine, “Obsessed with Death,” National Post, May 1 2004
Hackett , Sophie, “Necessary Fiction and the Quiet Victory of Sheer Persistence” The Found and Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art, Exhibition Catalogue 2004
Hirschmann, Thomas, “Young Blood,” Now Magazine, January 22 – 28 2004

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