Curriculum Vitae
Kristan Horton
224 Wallace Ave.,Unit 405,Toronto ON,M6H 1V7,kristanhorton.com,kristanhorton@gmail.com
Education
1993/96 Ontario College of Art and Design,Toronto
1990/92 University of Guelph
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2009
Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,Toronto,Ontario.
2008
White Columns,New York,NY.
VOX Contemporary Image,Montreal,Quebec.
2007
Owens Gallery,New Brunswick,October.
The Contemporary Art Gallery,Vancouver,British Columbia.
Art Gallery of York University,Toronto,Ontario.
Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,Toronto,Ontario.
2006
YYZ Artist Outlet,Toronto,Ontario.
2005
Mercer Union,Toronto,Ontario.
Wynick/Tuck Gallery,Toronto,Ontario
Group
2009
Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto,Ontario. Beautiful Fictions
MacKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, Saskatchewan, My Evil Twin, Mirror Series.
Gallery Lambton,Sarnia,Ontario. Obsolete Concepts.
The Model Arts and Niland Gallery,Sligo,Ireland. Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War. Curated by Séamus Kealy
Prairie Gallery. Grande Prairie,Alberta. Here Now,Or Nowhere. Curated by Micah Lexier
The National Gallery of Saskatchewan. Canora, Saskatchewan. One After Another. Curated by Chen Tamir
2008
Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), Lofoten,Norway
Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany. Doing Identity, TOY VOID. Martin Hast(Vienna) and Kristan Horton (Canada) curated by Bo Christian Larsson
Self-Storage,group exhibtion curated by Curatorial Industries, 2701 16th St,San Francisco,CA
Blackwood Gallery and the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War. Bureau d´etudes (France), Dominique Blain (Canada), Paul Chan (USA), Köken Ergun (Turkey), Jamelie Hassan (Canada), Kristan Horton (Canada), Abdel-Karim Khalil (Iraq), Anri Sala (Albania). Sean Snyder (USA/Germany), Ron Terada (Canada), Maja Bajevic (Bosnia), Harun Farocki (Czech/Germany), Omer Fast (Israel/USA), Kendell Geers (South Africa), Johan Grimonprez (Belgium), Annie MacDonell (Canada), Sonja Savic (Serbia), Curated by Séamus Kealy
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Stutter and Twitch. Curated by Chen Tamir
2007
Artspeak, Vancouver, British Columbia. On The Beach, Don Coltman (Steffens-Colmer Ltd.), Kristan Horton, Jack Lindsay, Taras Polataiko
Nuit Blanche Festival. Toronto,Ontario. ("Crowd" - light sculpture and audio installation)
Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. Annandale-on-Hudson,New York. Stutter and Twitch. works by Yael Bartana,Johanna Billing,David Claerbout,Nancy Davenport,Adad Hannah,Kristan Horton,and Jennifer and Kevin McCoy,curated by Chen Tamir
Albright Knox,Buffalo,New York. Beyond/In Western New York
Art Gallery of York University,screening event for "Lost In The Woods". In There
2006
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto,Ontario.We Can Do This Now
Drake Hotel. Toronto,Ontario. Trash,in association with Alphabet City Festival,Ed Burtynsky,Robin Collyer,Chris Flowers,Karilee Fuglem,Kristan Horton,Susana Reisman,Ilona Staples,Nick Smith,Andreas Koch,Yarisal and Kublitz
Art Gallery of Alberta,Edmonton,Alberta. CROWDS / CONVERSATIONS / CONFESSIONS. Max Dean and Kristan Horton,Atom Egoyan,Laiwan,George Bures Miller,Don Ritter,David Rosetzky
2005
Wynick/Tuck Gallery,Toronto,Ontario. informal ideas 05:04 (FAIT)Ended
2004
Toronto International Art Fair,Toronto,Ontario.
Diaz Contemporary. Toronto,Ontario. inaugural exhibition
Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto,Ontario. The Horse They Rode In On
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery,Halifax,Nova Scotia. Free Sample
2003
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki. Helsinki,Finland. Future Cinema. Max Dean/Kristan Horton
ICC | Inter Communications Center Tokyo,Japan. Future Cinema. Max Dean/Kristan Horton
Harbourfront Center. Toronto,Ontario. A Text Book Case,Artists Bookworks from the Art Metropole Collection,Curated by Dave Dyment: Yoko Ono,Mitch Robertson,Kristan Horton,Rodney Graham,Joseph Kosuth,Fionna Banner,Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan,Jenny Holzer
1998
Glassbox. Paris,France. Loisirs (working title). Renaud Auguste Dormeuil,Jonathan Blud,Adam Dant,Alain Declercq,Simon English,Yannick Le Gouar,Kristan Horton,Lisa Steele,Gianni Motti,Kim Tomczak
References
2009
Robin Laurence: “Here Now or Nowhere”. Border Crossings. PP 93-94, Issue #110, June 2009
2008
Heath, Terrence. "Kristan Horton, White Columns, New York." Canadian Art September 2008: 136. Print.
Carson,Andrea. "Bridging the gap between war's myth and reality." Globe and Mail [Toronto]27 February 2008: R5.
Groys, Boris, Séamus Kealy, Gene Ray, and Brigitte van der Sande. Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War. 1. Mississauga-Toronto: Blackwood Gallery,Co-published by the Justina M. Barnike Gallery,2008. ISBN: 978-0-7727-8209-0
Goddard, Peter. Three New Gallery Shows Put Conflicts in Context. Toronto Star 3 January,2008: E8.
Leah Sandals & Séamus Kealy: "Drawing Enemy Lines" The National Post. January 2008
Fran Schechter: "War Shows Battle Convention" Now Magazine. January 31 – February 6,2008
"Toronto Now." Canadian Art winter 2007: 58-59.
2007
Dan Adler: “We Can Do This Now.” Artforum. March 2007.
Laurence, Robin. "Kristan Horton: Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove." The Georgia Straight 09 August 2007: Print.
Toronto Now. Canadian Art Winter 2007: 58-60.
Beyond-In Western New York 2007. 1. Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery,2007. ISBN: 1-887457-07-0
Horton, Kristan. Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove. 1. Toronto: Art Gallery of York University,2007. ISBN 978-0-921972-48-8
Heather, Rosemary. Reviews: Kristan Horton. Flash Art October 2007: 132.
Pasulka, Nicole. Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove. The Morning News: Interview May 2007 8 January 2008 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/dr_strangelove_dr_strangelove/.
Milroy, Sarah. A dissembler who loves to make strange. Globe And Mail [Toronto] 12 May 2007.
Enright, Robert. Human Generator. Border Crossings 2007: 17-18.
Milroy, Sarah. A Meeting of Art,Power,and the City. The Globe and Mail 10 January 2007: R3.
Goddard, Peter. Artist's strange attraction to Dr. Strangelove. Toronto Star 19 April 2007
Remakes. MTV live. Perf. Kristan Horton. MTV,Canada. 9 May 2007.
Canadian Art, Spring 2007,V24,1: 25.
2006
Lau, Yam. Kristan Horton: An Image of Sculpture. c magazine autumn 2006: 36-38.
Knechtel (Ed.),John. Trash. 1. Cambridge,MA: MIT,2006. ISBN-10: 0-262-11301-5
Temple, Kevin. Horton Trashes Packaging. Now Magazine 20 April 2006.
Carr-Harris, Ian. Kristan Horton. Contemporary [UK] annual 2006: 66-67. - 50 international emerging artists
Balzer, David. In Review: Kristan Horton. Canadian Art Spring 2006: 92-93.
2005
Goddard, Peter. The Essential Clint: Mercer Union show distills essence. Toronto Star 17 November 2005.
Temple, Kevin. The physics of sculpture: Kristan Horton's brilliant work takes form into a new dimension. NOW MAGAZINE November 2005.
Best Artist to Watch: Kristan Horton. NOW MAGAZINE October 2005.
Deseriis, Marco. Se Fossi Kubrick. D - La Repubblica delle Donne (Milano,Italy) March 2005: 24-29.
Turner, Toko-pa. Reasonable Transplants (Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove). NYArts March/April 2005: 24-29
Cochrane, Shannon (programmed by). "ARTIST PROJECT: Kristan Horton." YYZine February 2005.
Balzer, David. "Eyecandy." Eye Weekly January 2005.
Goddard, Peter. "Artist's truly strange love of Kubrick film." Toronto Star 15 January 2005.
Anderson, Jason. "Eye Film: Medium Cool: Remade/remodeled." Eye Weekly January 2005.
Milroy, Sarah. "At The Galleries." The Globe and Mail 7 January 2005.
Milroy, Sarah. "Below-the-radar artists." The Globe and Mail 15 July 2005.
"A Strange Love,Remaking Stanley Kubrick." CBCRADIO3 10 Feb 2005. 11 Mar 2006.
"Newsprints." CBCRADIO3 3 Dec 2004. 11 Mar 2006.
"Free Sample". Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery,2005. ISBN: 1-894518-25-X
"In Picture: Kristan Horton." Art Post Canada 16 Feb 2005. 11 Mar 2006.