KAREN KRAVEN____________________________________
CV
EDUCATION
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
Bachelor of Fine Arts Drawing and Painting 2006
RESIDENCIES
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Bigger, Bigger and More Desperate, DeLeon White Gallery, 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
2005
Observance, XPACE, Toronto
Wall+Paper Show, XPACE, Toronto
Tekko 04, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
2003
Nine, Gallery 1313, Toronto
Nostalgic Future, Here and Now Gallery, Toronto
Touchy Feely, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
AWARDS
2008
Toronto Arts Council Visual Artists Project Grant
2006
Andre Beaulieu Bursary
Anne Adler Kagan Award
2002
Robin Comyn Cumine Scholarship
Ian Lawrence Memorial Award
2002, 2003 and 2004
Applied Arts Annual Illustration Award
REVIEWS
Stuart, G. ‘Moving Facilitates Ongoing Art’ The Strand, 30 Nov. 2006
Sayej, N. ‘Moving Facility’ Swingset #7
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-present
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 illustrator/designer, Toronto