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| b. 1977 |
Toronto
Lives and works in London
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EDUCATION
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2006
2000
1998 |
Goldsmiths College, MFA, London
Ontario College of Art and Design, AOCAD, Toronto
Concordia University, BFA Program, Montreal
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (* catalogue)
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2009
2008
2007
2006 |
Please Play by the Rules, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
Stage, Birch Libralato, Toronto
Arena, Brown, London
It Used To Be The Future But Now It’s Not, Birch Libralato, Toronto
Crowds and Constellations (traveling)*,
-PlugIn ICA Winnipeg, Mb
-The Art Gallery of Windsor, On
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| 2005 |
Two Dogs Fucking, Mercer Union (Peephole), Toronto |
| 2004 |
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich |
| 2003 |
People Systems, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2010 |
Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space London, travelling UK*
In Black and White, Domo Baal, London |
| 2009 |
Baker’s Dozen, cur. by Clare Goodwin, CGP Gallery, London
Supersurface, cur. by Mike Stubbs, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Replyall online project cur. by SAVAC and Art Metropole
Niko’s Rear Entrance, cur. by Nikos Pantazis, Brunswick Triennale, Australia |
| 2008 |
ArtFutures 2008, Bloomberg Space, London
Foreground Background, Elementa Gallery, cur. by Swapna Tamhane, Dubai* |
| 2007 |
Foreign Body(ies), in collaboration with Michael Sellinger, New York.
The Best of Transmedia (public pixel board screens), Melbourne +Manchester.
Where Something Becomes Nothing, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Sovereign European Art Prize Exhibition, Rochelle School, London*
Distinction, cur. by Gerard Hemsworth, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne |
| 2006 |
Celeste Art Prize UK, Truman Brewery, London* (student winner) |
| 2005 |
wearetheartists, International Biennale of Contemporary Art Prague
Toronto Maple ‘Leaves’, Andreas Koch Temporary, Berlin
Preview VI Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich |
| 2004 |
RBC 5th New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling)
-Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
-The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton Alberta
-New Brunswick Museum, St. John’s, NewFoundland
-McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton On
Under Fives, Space 39, London |
| 2003 |
Journal-Journey, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver
Preview IV, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
RBC 3rd New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling)
-Museum London, On
-Pavillion Gallery, Winnipeg
-Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. |
| 2002 |
Expect Relevance, K3 Project Space, Zurich
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Tablet Issue 03, online magazine published by Brown. Interview with Pieternel Vermoortel; Link >
Birkhauser Publishing, “Chroma Design Architecture & Art in Colour”, Barbara Glaser, Petra Schmidt (Eds), 2010.
Blonde Magazine, March 2010, Germany, “Blue Art”
Plaza Magazine International Fall ’08, Important Artists, Joakim Borda
Bloomingdale’s Little Brown Book, cover painting and profile, winter 2007
Carte Blanche Volume 2; Canadian Painting, The Magenta Foundation
Elementa Gallery, Foreground/Background,
-Exhibition catalogue, text by Swapna Tamhane, 2008
Plug In Editions, Shaan Syed; Crowds and Constellations
-Exhibition catalogue with essays by Steven Matijcio.and David Liss, 2005
RBC Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Book (profile and essay by Steven Matijcio)
Sovereign European Art Prize 2007, exhibition catalogue
Toro, winter 2005, painting published to accompany short fiction
Eyland, Cliff, Shaan Syed and Sarah Anne Johnson, Border Crossings, Issue 99
Celeste Art Prize UK 2006, exhibition catalogue
Keilmayer, Oliver, Shaan Syed at Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Canadian Art, Winter 2005
Keilmayer, Oliver, Erkentnis im Dunkeln, Kunstbulletin, Oct 2005
Doyle Dredger, Sharon, Ten Artists Who Rock, Macleans, Jan 12 2004
Proudfoot, Shannon, 15 Glimpses at Painting’s Future, National Post, Nov 20 2003
Michael Dault, Gary, Intimacy Once Removed, The Globe and Mail, Aug 16 2003
Govani, Shinan, Searching for Jane, The National Post, Nov 3 2001
Fullerton, Kim, Shaan Syed’s Tricks of Memory, XTRA!, Mar. 8 2001
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AWARDS, GRANTS
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| 2007 |
shortlist, Sovereign European Art Prize |
| 2006 |
Goldsmiths College Warden’s Purchase Prize
Celeste Art Prize UK, student section
Canada Council for the Arts, Development Grant |
| 2004 |
Regional shortlist (Ontario), Sobey Art Award 2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Travel Grant |
| 2002 |
Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Travel Grant
Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
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RESIDENCIES
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| 2002 |
Stiftung Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta
Millay Colony for the Arts, upstate New York
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PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
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Bank of America, Oklahoma, USA
Bloomingdales, NY, New York
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto
SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo
Stiftung Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland
UBS Art Collection, London UK |
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