Dean Baldwin
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Dean Baldwin has been living and working in Toronto for years now.He attended York University in Toronto (BFA) and the University of Concordia in Montreal (MFA).
In 2009 he was awarded the Canada Council International Residency in London, UK.Also in 2009, he will direct Reverse Pedagogy 2, a 10 day residency held at the Palazzo Zen, in Venice, Italy.
Recent projects include, Sweet Dreams, curated by Barbara Fischer for Nuit Blanche at the JMB Gallery, Hart House, Toronto, Seducing Down the Door, curated by Dave Dyment for Mercer Union, and Never Been to Tehran, curated by Andrea Grover and Jon Rubin for venues in Iran, Turkey, Denmark, New Zealand, Germany and the US.
His work “Attempt at an Inventory” was recently published by MIT press in the Alphabet City Series “FOOD” edited by John Knechtel. His work has received reviews from The Globe and Mail, The National Post, ArtUS, Artforum, Voir, La Tribune, ICI, THIS, Now and Eye Magazines.
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Artist CV
Education
1999-2003 MFA Concordia University, Montreal, QC
1993-1997 BFA (Honours) York University, Toronto, ON
Exhibitions
Solo
2009 Attempt at an Inventory, Gallery Vu, Quebec City, Quebec
2008 Exit Poll Cocktail Toll, Chen Tamir, Curator, WhiteBox, New York City.
The Missisauga Civic Office Project, Art Gallery of Missisauga, CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival
2007 Attempt at an Inventory, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto.
The Cooked Book, Patrick MacCauley, Curator, Harbourfront Centre with Images Festival.
2005 Miscellaneous Parts, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2004 CBCRADIO 3: http://www.cbcradio3.com/issues/2004_04_30/index.cfm
2003 The Toronto Collections, Centre Des Arts Actuels SKOL, Montreal
Attachments, Artist project for Kelly Mark’s “Samplesize.ca”
THE FACEMAKER, Sophie Hackett, Curator, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto.
1997 Ephemeral, IDA Gallery, York University, Toronto
Electroencephalogram, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University
Group/Two person
2008 An Uncollaboration, with Erin MacMillian, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre, Alberta
Sweet Dreams, Barbara Fischer, Curator, Hart House, University of Toronto
Decade, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2007 Paul Butler’s Collage Party, Hart House, University of Toronto
Eat me, CONTACT Photography Gallery, Toronto
Night School, Nuit Blanche, Barbara Fischer, Curator, Hart House, University of Toronto
Seducing Down the Door, Dave Dyment, Curator, Mercer Union, Toronto
Flirtin’ with Disaster, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
Other Moments, Katharine Mulherin & Kris Knight, Curators, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2006 The Itineratant Museum- Reshuffle, Art in General, New York City
Placed, Patrick MacCauley, Curator, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
My Secret City, Jessica Rose, Curator, NUIT BLANCE, City of Toronto
Carte Blanche, Catherine Dean and MaryAnn Camilleri, Curators, Gladstone Hotel,Toronto
2005 Wallpaper, CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Off Grid, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
Nothing from Nothing, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2004 House Hold, Gallery 44, Toronto
Best of Bus I: Time, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
2003 The Found & The Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art, Sophie Hackett and Jennifer Rose Long, Curators,
Gallery TPW, Toronto;
Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI;
Art Gallery of St. Vincent’s University, Nova Scotia;
Gallery Conexxion, St. John, New Brunswick; and
Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec
Instant Gratification, Art Metropole, Toronto
2001 Performansi is Fotoautomata, MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Yugoslavia
Spectacle Noir, Piscine St. Michel, Montreal
2000 Smile, Bourget Gallery, Montreal
Offnen zei Haus, VA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
Collections
Contemporary Art Foundation, MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Yugoslavia
Various Private Collections
Selected Articles & Photographic Publications
2008 Night Crawlers Guide to Nuit Blanche, Sarah Milroy, The Globe and Mail, 04/10/08.
It Ain’t Over Till The Pink Haired Divas Sing, Laura Serra, The Globe and Mail, 02/10/08.
All You Can Eat, Jesse Kinos-Goodin, THIS magazine, Jan-Feb 2008.
2007 FOOD, Alphabet City, MIT press, Editor John Knechtel
Critics Picks, Dan Adler, ARTFORUM, April 25
Dean Baldwin, Nadja Sayej, ArtUS, Issue 19, Summer 2007
The Kitchen Sink Diaries, Stephanie Gibson, Magenta Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3.
York Quay Double Play, Stephanie Rogerson, Now Magazine, December 21-27
Gallery Going, Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, April 28
2006 Carte Blanche, Catalogue, Magenta Foundation Publishing for the Arts.
2005 Wallpaper that isn't Boring to Look At, Julia Dault, National Post, May 12
SKOL 2003 2004, The Toronto Collections, Joceline Chabot, 2005.
2004 Motel Musings, Catherine Farquharson, Now Magazine, Oct 14, VOL. 24 No. 7.
By chance beauty, aye there's the rub, Gallery Going, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 17
Beauty in Routine, Thomas Hirschmann, Now Magazine, April 7
Dean Baldwin, David Balzer, Eye Candy, Eye Magazine, March 18
Souvenirs Retrouves, Elise Gigure, Voir, January 15-21
Dix Regards sur la Photo Instantanee, Steve Bergeron, La Tribune, January 15
2003 Diaries of Minutiae, Julia Dault, The National Post, December 4
Papillonner, Lyne Crevier, ICI Magazine, Montreal, Vol. 7 No. 10, December
The Facemaker, Mix Magazine, Sophie Hackett. Artist run culture. pg. 12-13, 18
Collections & Collecting, Panel Discussion with James Macnutt, Robert McKaskell and John Murchie on the exhibition, The
Found & the Familiar: Snapshots in Contemporary Canadian Art, at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown,
PEI, Necessary Fictions and the Quiet Victory of Sheer Persistence, Exhibition Essay for The Found and the Familiar,
Sophie Hackett
2001 The Professor & the Graduate, Radio Series, Interview with Bill Richardson, For Richardson’s Round-up, CBC Radio Canada
1997 Between the Actual & the Illusory, Diane Borsato, Excalibur, York University
Awards/Residencies/Artist Talks/Related Information
2009 Canada Council, London SPACE Studio, International Residencies Program
Reverse Pedagogy, Season Two, Palazzo Zen, Venice, Italy
2008 Reverse Pedagogy, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
Saturday Playlist, The Powerplant, Saturday, July 19th, Toronto
2007 Toronto Urban Film Festival Award
2005 Ontario Arts Council Grant
Toronto Art Council Grant
Executive Director, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation 2005-2009
Board of Directors, Gallery TPW, Toronto 2003-2006
Hotel Room Installation and Performance, “Fort Bar” The Drake Hotel, 5th Anniversary Gala
Artist Talk, University of Toronto, 2009
Set Design, Trampoline Hall Lecture Series, 2009
Artist Talk, University of Guelph, 2008
Sunday Scene Artists in Coversation, with Kristan Horton and Kelly Mark, Power Plant Toronto, December 17th, 2006
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