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Ulysses Castellanos ulyssescastellanos@hotmail.com www.ulyssesdadabase.com EDUCATION 2001 OCAD - Certificate Program for Visual Artists 1993 BFA - University of Toronto SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007 Panda Spa Part II – Performance, Art Gallery of York University Performance Bus 2006 Panda Spa Part I – Performance, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International Chickens must Understand D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of A Nation” – Performance commemorating the Toronto International Film Festival, Drake Hotel, Toronto RedRum for Squirrel PT 2 – Performance commemorating the Toronto International Film Festival, Drake Hotel, Toronto Free Bootlickin’ (I Put a Spell on You) – Performance/installation, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2005 Live Exorcism pt 2 – performance/installation, The Drake Hotel, Toronto Bureau of Personal Guidance pt 2 – Site-specific performance, 559 ½ Queen Street West, Toronto Monolith II – Performance, curated by Daniel Borins, as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, The Drake Hotel, Toronto This Is The Dawning of The Age of The Planet of The Apes – photo and video installation, Acid Records, Toronto Electric Anus, I Was A Human Pinata, How Hitchcock Saved The World – Artist in residence performance art projects curated by Daniel Borins and Jessica Rose, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2004 Cosmopolitanism – performance/installation curated by Daniel Borins, Drake Hotel, Toronto. Strindberg in The Park, Wozzeck, the Lower Depths and Gerhard Hopman’s “The Weavers” - performance in commemoration of Queen West Galleries, Toronto. Back from Visiting Hans in Lichtenstein – performance curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto. The Ghost of The Artist as a Young Man – performance, curated by Daniel Borins, the Drake Hotel, Toronto. 2003 The Youngest Rock Star in History – performance curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control gallery, Toronto. 2002 General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army, April 7, 1944 - Performance curated by Tiff Izsa, Ne Plus Ultra Project Space, Toronto. Trouble In Smurfland – on sight installation, Mind Control, Toronto Virus From Outer Space – performance, Art System, Toronto The Lady in the Radiator – performance, Art System, Toronto 2001 Saint Lazarus Necro – on sight installation, A Space, Toronto 2000 Sex Death and Destruction – horror-inspired photographs, West Wing, Toronto GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 INTERart International Exhibition of Video Art – K.O.K.E.M. Contemporary Art Museum, MierCurea Ciuc, Romania Diplomatic Immunities, The End – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto Interpretive Tours – Performance, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto 2006 Zen Pussy Superstar (for Annie Sprinkle) – Performance, curated by Moynan King for City Of Freaks at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto Free Bootlickin’s Box o’ Fun – Performance, Block In One Spot – The Theatre Centre, Toronto Teddybear’s Picnic Part II – Performance, Unholy Alliance exhibition and fashion show curated by Camilla Singh, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto Teddybear’s Picnic Part I – Performance at Gallery TPW’s Striporama, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto RedRum for Squirrel – Performance at 2006 Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto The Life and Death of I.D. – Curated by Elizabeth Frater, Mac Master Museum of Art, Hamilton Free Hugs – Performance curated by Milena Placentile, Junction Arts Festival, Toronto Into The Void – Performance curated by Jessica Rose for Nuit Blanche festival, Yorkville, Toronto Mommie Dearest is The Beast – Performance at Dresden Doll’s “Fuck The Back Row” film cabaret, Bloor Cinema, Toronto Diplomatic Immunities, part of Mammalian Diving Reflex’s “Cultural Acupuncture” projects, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto 2005 “Live Exorcism”, Performance as part of McLuhan International Festival of The Future, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto “My Day” – email project presented as part of Interart exhibition, curated by Atelier Deschis, Miercuria CIUC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania Monolith – performance and painting installation curated by Istvan Kantor, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto Oedipus Rexdale– Performance, as part of Insex exhibition, curated by Juno Youn, Spin Gallery, Toronto “Trust Me, I’m A Hispanic” Tours - performance in collaboration with Guillermo Gomez Pena, Toronto Free Gallery Snakes ‘R’ Us – video installation as part of Our Roots and Beyond, Gallery 66, Toronto. 2004 Niagara Falls Artist Host Program – curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto Oedipus Rex as Narrated by My Penis – performance at Efficiency II exhibition, curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto Cadaver Sex – video, presented as part of Instant Horror film and video festival, Curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto Iggy, I Love You, Here’s My Murderous Axe – performance at Emerging Artist’s Biennale, Vrsac, curated by Ingrid Mayerhoffer and Zivco Grozdanic, Serbia and Montenegro. Film Class Cowboy – performance as part of FADO’s ART=LIFE=ART Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Toronto. Bureau of Personal Guidance - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Aliens Ate My Buick - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Re: <0><0> An e-mail Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver 2003 Que Sera Sera – Video, in collaboration with Maria Legault, presented as part of Instant Horror Video and Film Festival curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto. Alchemy and Mysticism #2 – touring painting show curated by Instant Coffee, Palacio De Las Artes, Disco Party Trailer, New York City. Re: <0><0> The e-mail Art Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Comme Des Congres Gallery, Calgary. Alucinarte, in conjunction with the Latin American Art Festival - curated by Amelia Jimenez, Gallery1313, Toronto. Small World - Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, curated by Timothy Comeau, Naomi Mizuno and Cynara Mori, Le Deco gallery, Tokyo. Small World -Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, Sis Boom Bah gallery, Toronto. 2002 Somebody to Love – performance at Body Ground Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Implant, Toronto. Ritmo y Color - Harbourfront Centre Community Gallery, curated by Amelia Jimenez in collaboration with Latin American Ritmo y Color Art Festival, Toronto. CURATORIAL & WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE 2007 Curator – Exhibition of new media works by Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, Gallery TPW, Toronto Art Director – Afrolatin Fest four day festival, El Mocambo, Toronto Curator – Death…It’s Out There –Gallery exhibition featuring video art and photography by Greg Staats, Jack Burman, Emily Gove, Jubal Brown, Zorica Vasic, Su-Ying Lee, Juliana Schewe, Faisal Anwar and Gareth Brown-Jowett, Gallery TPW, Toronto 2006– 2007 Curator –I See a Darkness Curatorial Residency - Series of web-specific works, screenings, blog curation and artist interviews on TPW’s YouTube channel, Gallery TPW, Toronto 2006 Curator – Trampoline Hall lecture series. Featuring talks on self-help and Tony Robbins, and a talk on Norwegian Black Metal by David Liss. Sneaky Dees, Toronto 2006 Artistic Director – Beyond Our Roots II, Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by Latino Canadian Cultural Association, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2005 Artistic Director – Beyond Our Roots Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by the Latino Canadian Cultural Association, the Drake Hotel, Toronto. 2005 Curator - “Edible Women”, a show of new media pieces by Maria Legault, Jennifer Matotek, Beth MacEachen and Anica Vucetic, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto. 2004 Curator, “Neverland Ranch: Art at The Turn of The Century”, featuring painting and video works by Kineko Ivic, Daniel Borins, Derek Mainella, Graham Hollings, Maria Legault, Jubal Brown and Raffael Antonio Iglesias, Klinik, Toronto. 2004 Curator, “Fatal Surveillance” a show of oil paintings by Matt Bahen and mixed media works by John Scott and Matt Bahen. A Space Gallery, Toronto. 2003 Curator, “The Rules of The Game” video installation by Gustavo Artigas, presented as part of Images Festival of film, video, new media, performance and installation. A Space Gallery, Toronto 2004-2006 Member, Latin Canadian Cultural Association 2001-2006 Juror, exhibition jury, A Space gallery, Toronto 2002-2006 Committee member, Programming Committee, A Space gallery, Toronto 2002-2006 Board member, Cecil Community Centre, Toronto GRANTS AND AWARDS 2006 Assistance to Culturally Diverse Curators for Residencies in The Visual Arts award, Canada Council for The Arts 2005 Short-listed for Emerging Curator Award, The Untitled Toronto Art Awards, Toronto Emerging Artist Award, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto 2004 Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council 2001 A Space Gallery Community Emerging Artist Award, Honorary mention, juried by A Space Gallery, Toronto 1990 City of Pickering Civic Award ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES 2007 from Fritz Lang to Laibach: Technology vs. Art – Lecture delivered at York University, Cultural Studies department, Contemporary Art and Technology, Allyson Mitchell course director 2006 Color and Performance – Lecture delivered at Ontario College of Art and Design, drawing and painting department, Zorica Basic course director Panel member, Artists and Revitalization panel discussion, in conjunction with Condo Boom!, with Susan Serran, Adrian Blackwell, Christina Zeidler and David Hulchanski, Moderated by Rebecca Ward, The Theatre Centre, Toronto Panel member, “The Birth and Death of I.D.”, Panel Discussion with Insoon Ha, Brendan Fernandes, Shelley Niro, and Ho Tam, moderated by Andrea Fatona, Macmaster Museum of Art, Hamilton 2004 Panel member, “Toronto Art Institutions and The Politics of Difference” panel discussion, with Xandra Eden and Janna Graham moderated by Kim Simon, Mercer Union, Toronto Artist talk, organized by University of Belgrade, Beograd Kulturni Centar, Serbia and Montenegro. 2003 Curatorial Talk at Jarvis Collegiate Institute, regarding video installations by Gustavo Artigas, as part of Images Festival of Independent Film, Video, New media, Performance and Installation, Toronto. REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS 2006 Cover Story – “Nuit Blanche – Ulysses Castellanos Looks Into The Art of Darkness at Luminous Citywide Happening” by David Balzer, Eye Weekly / September 28 2006, pg 20 “Nuit Blanche offers a full night of art and performance in three downtown zones”. By Benjamin Boles September 28 - October 4, 2006| VoL. 26 No. 4 “Ulysses Castellanos gives artist John Bride a blindfolded tour of the Teen Queen Room, designed by Cecilia Berkovic” – Now Magazine, “Up Front” section, January 18 - 24, 2007| VOL. 26 NO. 20 Mute - Curator’s essay by Ingrid Mayerhoffer, on the installation by Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto at McMaster Museum of Art 2004 Instant Coffee’s Success Recovery Book - entry from “My Day/Life of Hustling” Internet project. The Globe and Mail – Predator, Prey and Sensuous Paint – by Gary Michael Dault – Saturday May 22, 2004– page R15 Interview with Elvira Sanchez de Malicki regarding recent performance art pieces, Telelatino Network, Toronto 2003 Visual Voice - interview regarding musical/sound pieces, CIUT Radio, Toronto – Lucia De L’amour, www.ne-plus-ultra.com / General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army, April 7, 1944 – description of performance, photodocuentation by Eldon Garnett and text by Tiff Izsa Life Network – performance for Match Maker television program, Toronto. 2002 LOLA Magazine-Shotgun Review of “Teenage Murder Mystery”, a show of found photographs curated by Ulysses Castellanos - Lucia De L’amour. 2001 Fashion Television – interview for Ooh La La Fashion Show – Sook Yin Lee. 1997 Eye Magazine – Cover Story on Project 9 Performance Art/Music Project – Matt Galloway |