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Otino Corsano describes his visual art practice as neo-conceptualist, new genre work. A graduate of Otis College of Art (Los Angeles), Corsano approaches painting as a trope. His art writings and artist interviews are published in ArtUS magazine and can also be found online at artpost.info. Corsano has taught at the Univesity of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art. This collection of new paintings titled "Ones" is Otino's first solo exhibition at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects.
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Artist CV
Otino Corsano
Education
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Master of Fine Arts, 2000
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Education, 1998
University of Toronto
Honours Bachelor of Arts, 1997
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
Associate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, 1992
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Oct 5 -20, 2007
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
“Ones”
Jan 20 – Feb 24 2007
p|m Gallery, Toronto
“Still Frames”
Jan 8 – 31, 2003
The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
“White Labels”
Oct 10 – 14, 2000
808 Queen Street East, Toronto
“memory, loss & recognition”
Mar 19 - 26, 2000
Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles
“Unseen, Unknown”
Dec 5 – 10, 1999
Otis Graduate Studio Gallery, El Segundo
“No Sense Bleeding”
Nov 21 - 27, 1999
Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles
“Blue Chips (and other accessories)”
Jun 8 – 26, 1999
50% Gallery, Toronto
“Daily Office – A performance in progress”
May 7 – 15, 1999
Otis Graduate Studios, El Segundo
“This point in space @ this point in time”
Aug 4 – 15, 1998
Artcore Gallery / Gallery 306, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
Sept 29–Oct 15, 2005
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto “The Betty Asher Project” with Pete Smith
Feb 26–Mar 10, 2005
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
“As Good As It Gets” with Gallery artists
Jan 21-Feb 12, 2005
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto “nothing from nothing”
with Dean Baldwin, Cecilia Berkovic, Kelly Mark, Mitch Robertson, Michael Klein and Instant Coffee
Oct 15-Nov 14, 2004
p|m Gallery, Toronto
“Clean Cut” with artists Joshua Abelow, Mark Licari, Joe Sola, Pete Smith, Jeremy Isao Speier
Jun 23–July 20, 2004
Red Head Gallery, Toronto
“Adaptation” Curated by Daniel Baird
with artists Alistair Magee, Peter Dykhuis and Pete Smith
May 28–Jun 26, 2004
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
“drift” Collaborative Drawings with Pete Smith
Nov 7–Dec 31, 2004
Harbourfront Centre, Case Studies
“Drawer” Curated by Patrick Macaulay
Aug 16–29, 2003
“The Michael Jackson Project”, Zsa Zsa, Toronto
Jul 24–Aug 2, 2003
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
“Unframed First Look” Juried by Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley and Sue Williams
July 17–27, 2003
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
“4 Eyes” Collaborative Drawings with Pete Smith
Sept 5–28, 2002
SOF Art House, Toronto
“DROLL: southern california pastoral”
Sept 2000
Sony Center am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
“Sony’s Heart art awards and juried exhibition”
Patron of Art Awards: Okwui Enwezor
May 12–Jun 17, 2000
Otis Gallery, Los Angeles
2000 Master of Fine Art Exhibition
Nov 12–21, 1999
Otis Gallery, Los Angeles
SPE Exhibition: “Outrageous: Spectacular Visual Commerce and Its Discontents”
Juried by Bruce Yonemoto
Feb 3–14, 1999
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Barnsdall Art Centre, Los Angeles
CAA MFA Juried Exhibition
Bibliography
Thompson, Jessica, “SpeedWave” Spacing, Winter-Spring 2007
Dault, Gary Michael, "Pete Smith, Otino Corsano and Tiff Izsa at Katharine Mulherin” The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2003, R10
Simon, Kim "redheadwhitelables" e-dialogue,
White Labels exhibition catalogue, January 8 – February 1, 2003.
Feuersenger, Carmen “Sony’s Heart – Sony Europe Art Awards Berlin 2000”
Exhibition Catalogue, nessbach, haverkamp, lux. 2000, pg 74
Brancato, Dario, "Le opere di tre italocanadesei in mostra a Yorkville"
Corriere Canadese, January 15, 1998.
Marano, Christina, "Otino Corsano Lights up Artcore” York Guardian,
January 17, 1998, pg 17
Renzetti, Elizabeth, "Davide Pan, Antonietta Grassi and Otino Corsano”
Eyetalian Magazine, Winter 1998, pg 36
Fast Forward - Toronto, Canadian Art, Winter 2002, pg 22
Writings
Free Sample?2005, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue. Interviews of Kelly Mark, Michael Alstad, Kristan Horton, Allison Hrabluik, Kelly Richardson, Adad Hannah, Collin Zipp, Mitch Robertson and Andrew Pommier, (2005)?
Artpost.info Postscript,
“Interview with Adam Stennett” (July 2005)
“Interview with Stephen Lipman” (Dec 2005)
“Interview with Laura Daroca” (Jan 2006)
“Interview with Jeremy Isao Speier” (Feb 2006)
“Interview with John Mark Sherlock” (Mar 2006)
artUS,
“Speak, Memory: An Interview with Molly Corey” Issue 8 (May 2005)
“Playing Tags: Interview with Stephen Lipman” Issue 11 (Dec/Feb 2005-6)
“House Arrest: Interview with Van Hamos” Issue 13 (May/June 2006)
“Joe Sola: Cliffhanger” Issue Issue 14 (July/Sept 2006)
“The Suite Life of Damian Loeb” Issue 15 (Oct/Nov 2006)
Samplesize.ca, Art Writing and Artist Interviews (2003 – present)
X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly (Los Angeles), “Response to Robert Irwin's Getty Garden”
with Cindy Bernard, Allan deSouza, Norman Klein, Peter Wollen, and others (GARDENS: Volume 2, Issue 2)
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