Alex Kisilevich


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b. Toronto, Canada
 
Education
   
2011 MFA, Visual Arts, York University
2009 BFA with Distinction, Photography, OCAD University
2007 BFA Honours, Music, York University
   
Solo Exhibitions
   
2012 New Works, TIW Gallery, Toronto
2011 Kallima, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2009 Talking to People is Easy, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
   
Selected Group Exhibitions
   
2012 Constructed View, Harboufront Centre, Toronto
   
2011 Lianzhou Photography Festival, Lianzhou, China
  So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up, PLATFORM, Winnipeg
  Art@Suite 500, Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, Toronto
   
2010 At the Boundary of the Self, OCADU Graduate Gallery, Toronto
  Group Show 36, Humble Arts Foundation, (http://humbleartsfoundation.org)
  Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto
  One Hour Photo, American University Museum Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
  Dig it Up, Glendon Gallery, Toronto
  Flash Forward 2009, Griffith Museum of Photography, Boston
  When the Dust Settles, Angell Gallery, Toronto
   
2009 1st Art! Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
  Flash Forward 2009, FotoWeek Central 4, Washington DC
  Flash Forward 2009, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
  Your Own Adventure, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto
  Looking Forward Looking Back, Gallery 44, Toronto
  Betwixt, Switch Contemporary, Toronto
  We Have a History, XPACE, Toronto
   
2008 UpArt, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
  Mise En Scene, O'Born Contemporary, Toronto
  When Lightning Strikes Twice, XPACE, Toronto, collaboration with Lindsay Page
  Hotshots, Roundhouse - Steam Whistle, Toronto
  Exposed: Depictions, Discoveries, Discussion & Debate, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
   
2007 Farrago, 9 Ossington, Toronto
  Birdsong V.2, LEE Ka-Sing Gallery, Toronto
   
2006 Grand Re-Opening Show, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
   
Awards
   
2012 Samuel Sarick Purchase Award, York University
  Visual Artist Grant: Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
  Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
   
2011 Jeune Tête D’Affiche, Dazibao
   
2010 Portfolio Review Exhibition Award, Contact Photography Festival
  Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
   
2009 Graduate Scholarship, York University
  National Winner of 1st Art!, BMO Financial Group
  Dorothy Hoover Award, OCAD
  Photography Faculty and Friends Award, OCAD
  Eight Elm Photo Video Scholarship, OCAD
   
2008 Gallery 44 Scholarship, O'Born Contemporary
  Photography Faculty and Friends Award, OCAD
  Melville P. White Scholarship, OCAD
  Snap!Star, part of Magenta Foundation and Snap '08
   
Publications & Catalogues
   
2011 Blink Magazine, Issue #6
  BlackFlash Magazine, Winter 2011
   
2010 Flash Forward 2010, Magenta Foundation
   
2009 Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2009
  Flash Forward 2009, Magazine Foundation
  1st Art! 2009, Exhibition Catalogue
  Images of the Year 2008, American Photo
   
2008 The Altered Image, PhotoEd. Spring Issue 22
  Snap!08-Best of Canada Edition, Exhibition Catalogue
   
Artist Lectures
   
2012 OCAD University, Toronto
  TIW Gallery, Toronto
   
2010 Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal
  York University, Toronto
   
2009 Harboufront Centre, Toronto
  Gallery 44, Toronto
   
Collections
   
York University, Toronto
BMO Financial Group, Toronto
Private Collections
   
Bibliography & Press
   
Alex Kisilevich: The Camouflaged Man, Galo Magazine, April 27, 2012 (Online Article)
Alex Kisilevich & Geoffrey Pugen, esse, No 73 - Intercourse: Art as Transaction, Fall 2011
Alex Kisilevich - Art, Online Interview, OTM Magazine, Issue 9, Fall 2011 (Online Interview)
Art Agenda: CONTACT reviews and other photography shows around Toronto, May 11, 2011 (Online Review)
Alex Kisilevich - To Do List, Toronto Life, May 2011
Picture Perfect, enRoute, September, 2010
Artist Profile: Alex Kisilevich, Now Magazine, August 8, 2010 (Online Interview)
Le temps du miroir, Liberation, June 1, 2010 & August 4, 2010 (Parisian Periodical)
Contact Photography Festival, Fashion Television, May 8, 2010 (Television Interview)
Editor's Pick, Where Magazine, April 2010
Alex is Back, XPACE, November 3, 2009 (Online Review)
Alex Kisilevich in BMO 1st Art! and Flash Forward 2009, Flight + Hotel, October 15, 2009 (Online Review)
Bravo!News, Bravo!, October 19, 2009 (Television Interview)
Best Bet - Eye Weekly, October 8, 2009
Alex Kisilevich Named National Winner, OCAD (Online Review)


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