KAREN KRAVEN____________________________________
CV
EDUCATION
Concordia University, Montreal
MFA, 2012
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
BFA, 2006
RESIDENCIES
Resident Artist, Darling Foundry, Montreal, 2013-2015
Reverse Pedagogy II, Venice, Italy, 2009
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 2006 Summer Residency Program
The School of Visual Arts, New York City, 2005 Summer Residency Program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
As Above, So Below, Centre Clark, Montreal
Trade Mangoes, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India
2010
Firm Curves Behind a Brick Wall, Centre Dare-Dare, Montreal
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Collision, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Quebec
2011
What it Seems is Something Too, curated by Catherine Dean, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto
Door to Door, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario
Ignition, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal
2008
Bigger, Bigger and More Desperate, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
House Lights Left Bright, curated by Stacey Sproule, 1278 Dundas St. West, Toronto
Reveal, Beaver Hall, Toronto
2007
GBA, Art Metropole, Toronto
Interim Committee for Surface and/or Planar Re-adjustment, OCAD Gallery, Toronto
2006
Annual Members Exhibition, Mercer Union, Toronto
Moving Facility, off-site, presented by XPACE, Toronto
Location, Location, Location, off-site, presented by XPACE, Toronto
Hit The Showers, Other Gallery, Banff, Alberta
Drift/Draft, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
Show Me Yours, curated with Amy Beecher, XPACE, Toronto
Singh, P., Of Mangoes and Moons, Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2013
Delgado, J., À la vie, à la mort, à la fabulation, Le Devoir, 2 février, 2013
Golliet, A., 'Collision 8 à la Parisian Laundry : le huis-clos des 7 visions', Artichaut Magazine, 9 mars, 2012
Jackson, S., 'Collision 8 shows seven to watch', Montreal Mirror, March 8, 2012
Walker, E., 'What It Seems Is Something Too', Magenta Magazine, Winter 2012
Chin, J., 'Not Your Standard Mail', Mississauga News, 9 Dec. 2011
Ajji, T., 'Consumer Craft', What It Really Is (catalog), 381 Projects, January 2008
Stuart, G. ‘Moving Facilitates Ongoing Art’ The Strand, 30 Nov. 2006
Sayej, N. ‘Moving Facility’ Swingset #7
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011
Part-Time Faculty, Concordia University, Montreal
2009-present
Technical Assistant, DHC ART, Montreal
2008-2009
Outreach Coordinator, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga
2006-2008
Teacher’s Assistant, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
2005-2007
Programming Coordinator, XPACE, Toronto
2002-present
Freelance designer, Toronto
TALKS
2008
Sculpture Toronto, Panel Discussion, JMB Gallery, University of Toronto
COLLECTIONS
Tedeschi Collection, Private Collections in Canada
WRITING
Dean Baldwin, Attempt at an Inventory, VU Photo, 2009
A Letter From an Editor, Rocket Science #2, 2007
Team Macho is a Tough Man, Rocket Science #1, 2006
AWARDS & GRANTS
2013 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2012 Conseil des arts et des lettres Quebec Bourse
2011 Toronto Arts Council Visual Arts Project Grant
2009/10 Dale and Nick Tedeschi Fellowship
2009 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008 Toronto Arts Council Visual Arts Project Grant
2006 Andre Beaulieu Bursary, Anne Adler Kagan Award
2002 Robin Comyn Cumine Scholarship, Ian Lawrence Award