Alex Kisilevich


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b. Toronto, Canada

Education

2011
MFA, Visual Arts, York University

2009
BFA with Distinction, Photography, OCAD University

2007
BFA Honours, Music, York University

Solo Exhibitions

2012
New Works, TIW Gallery, Toronto

2011
Alex Kisilevich, Lianzhou Photography Festival 2011, Lianzhou, China
Kallima, Angell Gallery, Toronto

2009
Talking to People is Easy, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
Constructed View, Harboufront Centre, Toronto

2011
So Many Letdowns Before We Get Up, PLATFORM, Winnipeg
Art@Suite 500, Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, Toronto

2010
At the Boundary of the Self, OCADU Graduate Gallery, Toronto
Group Show 36, Humble Arts Foundation, (http://humbleartsfoundation.org)
Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto
One Hour Photo, American University Museum Katzen Arts Centre, Washington DC
Dig it Up, Glendon Gallery, Toronto
Flash Forward 2009, Griffith Museum of Photography, Boston
When the Dust Settles, Angell Gallery, Toronto

2009
1st Art! Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
Flash Forward 2009, FotoWeek Central 4, Washington DC
Flash Forward 2009, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
Your Own Adventure, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto           
Looking Forward Looking Back, Gallery 44, Toronto
Betwixt, Switch Contemporary, Toronto
We Have a History, XPACE, Toronto

2008
UpArt, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Mise En Scene, O’Born Contemporary, Toronto
When Lightning Strikes Twice, XPACE, Toronto, collaboration with Lindsay Page
Hotshots, Roundhouse - Steam Whistle Brewery, Toronto
Exposed: Depictions, Discoveries, Discussions &Debate, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

2007
Farrago, 9 Ossington, Toronto
Birdsong V.2, LEE Ka-Sing Gallery, Toronto

2006
Grand Re-Opening Show, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto

Awards

2012
Visual Artist Grant: Emerging, Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2011
Jeune Tête D’Affiche, Dazibao

2010
Portfolio Reviews Exhibition Award, Contact Photography Festival
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2009
Graduate Scholarship, York University
National Winner of 1st Art!, BMO Financial Group
Dorothy Hoover Award, OCAD
Photography Faculty and Friends Award, OCAD
Eight Elm Photo Video Scholarship, OCAD

2008
Gallery 44 Scholarship, O’Born Contemporary
Photography Faculty and Friends Award, OCAD
Melville P. White Scholarship, OCAD
Snap!Star, part of Magenta Foundation and Snap 08

Publications & Catalogues

2011
Blink Magazine, Issue #6
BlackFlash Magazine, Winter 2011

2010
Flash Forward 2010, Magenta Foundation

2009
Canadian Art Magazine, Fall 2009
Flash Forward 2009, Magenta Foundation
1st Art! 2009, Exhibition Catalogue
Post-Secondary Photography Schools, PhotoEd. Fall issue 26
Images of the Year 2008, American Photo

2008
The Altered Image, PhotoEd. Spring issue 22 
Snap!08-Best of Canada Edition, Exhibition Catalogue

Artist Lectures

2012
OCAD University, Toronto
TIW Gallery, Toronto

2010
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal
York University, Toronto

2009
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Gallery 44, Toronto

Collections

BMO Financial Group, Toronto
Private Collections

Bibliography & Press

Alex Kisilevich & Geoffrey Pugen, esse, No 73 – Intercourse: Art as transaction, Fall 2011
Alex Kisilevich – Art, Online Interview, OTM Magazine, Issue 9, Fall 2011
Art Agenda: CONTACT reviews and other photography shows around Toronto, Online Review, May 11, 2011
Alex Kisilevich – To Do List, Toronto Life, May 2011
Picture Perfect, enRoute, September, 2010
Artist Profile: Alex Kisilevich, Online Interview, Now Magazine, August 8, 2010
Le temps du miroir, Liberation, Parisian Periodical, June 1, 2010 & August 4, 2010
Contact Photography Festival, Television Interview – Fashion Television, May 8, 2010
Editor’s Pick, Where Magazine, April 2010
Alex is Back, Online Review, XPACE, November 3, 2009
Alex Kisilevich in BMO 1st Art! and Flash Forward 2009, Online Review, Flight + Hotel, October 15, 2009
Bravo!News, Television interview - Bravo!, October 19, 2009
Best Bet - Eye Weekly, featured image from …and then you die, October 8, 2009
Alex Kisilevich Named National Winner, online profile, Ontario College of Art & Design, August 31, 2009


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