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Kristan Horton – Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

2007

Masters of Fine Arts, Guelph University

1993–96

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto

1990–92

University of Guelph

 

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Silver Flag Projects, Montreal, Quebec.

2009

Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, Ontario.

2008

White Columns, New York, NY.

 

VOX Contemporary Image, Montreal, Quebec.

2007

Owens Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick.

 

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 Exhibitions

2010

Mercer Union. Toronto, Ontario. Days Of The Eclipse.

2009

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.  Beautiful Fictions. Curated by David Moos.

 

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK. My Evil Twin. Curated by Timothy Long.

 

Prairie Gallery. Grande Prairie,Alberta. Here Now or Nowhere. Curated by Micah Lexier.

 

Model Arts Niland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Signals in the Dark [.] Curated by Séamus Kealy.

 

Red Bull Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. What It Really Is. Curated by Nicholas Brown

 

The National Gallery of Saskatchewan. Canora, Saskatchewan. One After Another. Curated by Chen Tamir

2008

Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany. TOY VOID. Curated by Bo Christian Larsson.

 

Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), Lofoten, Norway.

 

Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Stutter and Twitch, Curated by Chen Tamir.

 

Curatorial Industries, San Francisco, CA. Self-Storage

 

Blackwood Gallery and the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War. Curated by Séamus Kealy

 

Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), Lofoten, Norway.

 

Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Stutter and Twitch, Curated by Chen Tamir.

2007

Artspeak, Vancouver, British Columbia. On The Beach. Curated by Melanie O'Brian

 

Nuit Blanche Festival. Toronto, Ontario. Crowd. Curated by Rhonda Corvese

 

Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Stutter and Twitch. Curated by Chen Tamir.

 

Albright Knox, Buffalo, New York. Beyond/In Western New York.

 

Art Gallery of York University, 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, Alphabet City Festival.

 

Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. CROWDS / CONVERSATIONS / CONFESSIONS.

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. 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

2002

ZKM. Karlsruhe, Germany. Future Cinema, Max Dean/Kristan Horton

1998

Glassbox. Paris, France. Loisirs (working title). Curated by Frederic Beaumes

 

References

2009

Dan Adler: Kristan Horton. Frieze. Nov-Dec 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

 

Leah Sandals & Séamus Kealy: Drawing Enemy Lines The National Post. January 2008

 

Carson, Andrea. Bridging the gap between war's myth and reality. Globe and Mail [Toronto]27 February 2008: R5.

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.

 

Remakes. MTV live. Perf. Kristan Horton. MTV, Canada. 9 May 2007.

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 Nov 2005.

 

Temple, Kevin. The physics of sculpture: Kristan Horton's brilliant work takes form into a new dimension. NOW MAGAZINE November 2005.

 

Deseriis, Marco. Se Fossi Kubrick. D - La Repubblica delle Donne (Milano, Italy) March 2005: 24-29.

 

Turner, Toko-pa. Reasonable Transplants. NYArts March/April 2005: 24-29.

 

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.

 

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

2002

Shaw, Jeffrey and Weibel, Peter. FUTURE CINEMA: The Cinematic Imaginary after Film. 1 ed. Cambridge: ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe/The MIT Press, 2002.

 

 

Representation

 

Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto