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SHAAN SYED
Born 1975 in Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
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| 2006 |
MFA, Goldsmiths College, London, UK |
| 2000 |
Ontario College of Art and Design, AOCAD Honours Diploma, Toronto, Canada |
| 1998 |
BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2009 |
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany |
| 2008 |
Birch Libralato, Toronto |
| 2007 |
Brown, London, UK
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| 2006 |
Birch Libralato, Toronto
Plugin ICA, Winnipeg MB, Art Gallery of Windsor (touring) |
| 2005 |
Mercer Union Peephole, Toronto |
| 2004 |
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
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| 2003 |
Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto |
Group Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
“Art Futures”, Bloomberg Art Space, London, UK
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
“Foreground, Background”, Elementa Modern and Contemporary Art, Dubai
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| 2007 |
Project 88, Dubai
“Foreign Body(ies)”, cur. by Gerard Hemsworth, New York
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“The Best of Transmedia”, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
“Where Something Becomes Nothing”, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Arco 2007, with Galerie Michael Janssen, Madrid
Sovereign European Art Prize Exhibition, Rochelle School, London
“Distinction”, cur. by Gerard Hemsworth, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne
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| 2005 |
“wearetheartists”, International Biennale of Contemporary Art Prague
“Toronto Maple ‘Leaves’”, Andreas Koch Temporary, Berlin
“Preview VI” Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
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| 2004 |
RBC 5th New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling)
“Under Fives”, Space 39, London
Artforum Berlin, with Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Berlin
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| 2003 |
“New Canadian Art”, Scope Miami and New York
“Journal-Journey”, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver
“Preview IV”, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich
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| 2002 |
RBC 3rd New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling)
“Expect Relevance”, K3 Project Space, Zurich
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| 2001 |
“In-Between”, Aspace, Toronto |
Bibliography
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Bloomingdale’s Little Brown Book, cover painting and profile, winter 2007
Carte Blanche Volume 2; Canadian Painting, The Magenta Foundation
Celeste Art Prize UK, 2006, exhibition catalogue.
Doyle Dredger, Sharon, “Ten Artists Who Rock”, Macleans, Jan 12 2004
Eyland, Cliff, “Shaan Syed and Sarah Anne Johnson”, Border Crossings, Issue 99.
Fullerton, Kim, “Shaan Syed’s Tricks of Memory”, XTRA!, Mar. 8 2001
Govani, Shinan, “Searching for Jane”, The National Post, Nov 3 2001
Keilmayer, Oliver, “Erkentnis im Dunkeln”, Kunstbulletin, Oct 2005
Keilmayer, Oliver, “Shaan Syed at Galerie Brigitte Weiss”, Canadian Art, Winter 2005
Michael Dault, Gary, “Intimacy Once Removed”, The Globe and Mail, Aug 16 2003
Shaan Syed; Crowds and Constellations, ex. cat., Plug In Editions (Winnipeg: Plug In Editions, 2006).
Proudfoot, Shannon, “15 Glimpses at Painting’s Future”, National Post, Nov 20 2003
RBC Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Book (profile and essay by Steven Matijcio)
Sovereign European Art Prize 2007, exhibition catalogue.
Tamhane, Swapna, Foreground/Background, ex. cat., Elementa Gallery, 2008
Toro, winter 2005, painting published to accompany short fiction
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Awards/Grants
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| 2006 |
Goldsmiths College Warden’s Purchase Prize
Celeste Art Prize UK, student section
Canada Council for the Arts, Development Grant
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| 2004 |
Regional shortlist (Ontario), Sobey Art Award 2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Travel Grant
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| 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 Künstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta
Millay Colony for the Arts, upstate New York |
Public Collections
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Bank of America, Oklahoma, USA
Bloomingdales, New York, NY
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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