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  Kara Uzelman

 

 

born 1978 Vancouver, lives and works in Vancouver (CA)

 

Education

2005-2006
Mentorship in Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (CA)

2000-2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver (CA)

1997-1999
Urban Planning and Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Regina (CA)

 

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Mercer Union, Toronto (CA)
SI VOUS RECEVEZ CECI, VOUS SEREZ BIENTÔT COUVERTS DE GLOIRE, Le Commissariat, Paris (F)

2009
Fire Watcher, Liste 09, Basel (CH)
The Cavorist Projects, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin (D)

2007
Fire Watcher, The Bodgers' and Kludgers' Art Parlour, Vancouver, (CA)

2005
You look like you whereas I tend to look like me, Latitude 53, Edmonton (CA)
You look like you whereas I tend to look like me, Art Projects Gallery, Regina (CA)
Clubhouse, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver (CA)

2003
I don’t care who you are…, Helen Pitt (back) Gallery, Vancouver (CA)

 

Group Exhibitions

2010
FischGrätenMelkStand (curated by John Bock), Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (D)

2009
Nothing to Declare: Recent Sculpture from Canada, The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
Sitting Pretty: The Enduring Role of Portraiture in Contemporary Art, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto (CA)
Black Hole is Also Supernova, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond (CA)
subvision. kunst. festival. off., Cooperation of HFBK, Deichtorhallen and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (D)
Sentimental Journey, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (CA)
How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (CA)

2008
Stories, In Pieces, Justine M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto (CA)
Group Group Show, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne (AU), cat.
Pendre la crémaillère, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin (D)

2007
Working Back, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver (CA)

2006
Latent City, Helen Pitt, Vancouver (CA)
Prologue II, Republic Gallery, Vancouver (CA)
Dibujos, El Levante, Rosario (AR)

2004
Meniscus, Artspeak, Vancouver (CA)
Art and Crime: the benefits of lax devilry, The Butcher Shop, Vancouver (CA)
One Hundred and Ten Percent, Independent, Vancouver (CA)

2003
Expect Delays, Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver (CA)

 

Performance Works

2008
OUR Nation, Macaulay House Yard, Dawson City (CA)

2006/06
Backyard Dig, Backyard of 711 Keefer Street, Vancouver (CA)

2005
Drama, Performance Creation Canada Conference, Vancouver (CA)

2003
The Comedians, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver (CA)
Three Day Walk, Vancouver to Hope, British Columbia (CA)

 

Awards / Residencies

2010
residency Mains D’oevre, Paris (F)

2009
Triangle France residency programme, Marseille (F)

2008
residency at Klondike Institute of Art, Dawson City (CA)
Visual Arts Professional Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (CA)
Visual Arts project Grant, BC Arts Council (CA)

2005
Visual Arts Development Award, BC (CA)

2003
Helen Pitt Award, BC (CA)

2002
Helen Pitt Award, BC (CA)

2001
Emily Carr Institute Scholarship (CA)

Bibliography

2010
Artist’s Favourites by John Bock (Text: Andreas Schlaegel), Spike Kunstmagazin, No. 24, Sommer 2010, pp. 24–26
Reckitt, Helena; Nothing to Declare, Switch, issue 3, Spring 2010, pp.26-31
Schechter, Fran; Witty Wild Junk, NOW Magazine, VOL 29 No 21, Toronto, 20–27 January 2010

2009
Milroy, Sarah; Visual Arts Review, Globe and Mail, 17 December 2009
Whyte, Murray; Make of it what you will, Toronto Star, 13 December 2009, p.E9
Sandals, Leah; City vs. Country, National Post, December 2009
Nothing to Declare, Current Sculpture from Canada, www.thepowerplant.org, 10 December 2009
Gudberg, independent magazine for art, graphic design & photography, Fall 2009, p.1
artist book: Excavation of original Cavorist Elbe Observation Unit… abandoned in 1993. Found:
artist project, c-magazine, 103, Autumn 2009, pp.30-34
catalogue: Landscape, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2009
Bell, Kirsty; Magnetism and Magism, von hundert 08, February 2009, p.21
Miller, Daniel; Kara Uzelman, frieze.com, 27 January 2009

2008
OUR National Anthem, Spoox Audio Magazine, issue 4, Montreal

2007
Laurence, Robin; Lamentations for a Landfill, Georgia Straight, 2007, vol 41 nr. 2071, p.54
Peck, Aaron; Feldnotes, Working Back Catalogue, 2007

2006
Glabush, Sky; Kara Uzelman, Border Crossings, Spring 2006, pp.126-127

2005
Bouchard, Gilbert; Consumer Ex
cess, Edmonton Journal, 10 September 2005, p.12

2004
Brown, Colleen; Pouring Over, Pouring In, Spilled, 2004, p.7-12
Peck, Aaron; Everday and Everyday: The Art of Boredom, Terminal City, 28 October 2004, p.7
Arts Choices: Artistic Licence, Georgia Straight, 9 September 2004
Roy, Marina; How to Do Things with Art: 'Performative Utterances' in Photography., Prefix Photo, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp.33-35
Scott, Michael; Emily Carr grad exhibition 'a knockout', The Vancouver Sun, 22 May 2004, pp.D7-D8

2003
Gill, Alexandra; Nudge, nudge, I’m an art object, The Globe and Mail, 22 April 2003, p.R3
Rowe, Dan; A Quiet Infiltration of Art into Public Life, The Vancouver Sun, 31 March 2003
Todd, Jeremy; An Interview With Vanessa Kwan, Josh Neelands and Kara Uzelman, Vancouver: Helen Pitt Gallery, 2003
Maclennan, Catherine; Do You Think This is Easy? Norma’s ‘Dog Day Afternoon’, The Lamp (online publication: www.thelamp.ca), August 2003