Diane Borsato cv
[McCaul/University - Zone B]
EDUCATION
Doctoral coursework: Communication and Culture, Media and Culture stream, special emphasis
on Video Art, Performance, Performance documentation, and experimental research methodologies. York University,
Toronto: 2004-2005.
MA / Master of Arts: Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts,
New York
University, New York: 2002-2003.
MFA / Master of Fine Arts with distinction:
Performance, Installation,
Video and Sculpture.
Concordia University, Montreal: 1998-2001.
BFA Honours/ Bachelor of Fine Arts Dean's Honour Roll:
Visual
Arts, York University, Toronto: 1992-1997.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Ongoing: Videos distributed by VIDEO OUT, Vancouver.
2007 UPCOMING: AGYU (Art Gallery
of York University),
New relational project, curated by Rhonda Corvese. Spring 2007.
UPCOMING: Sculpture Trienniale, Ile Ste. Heléne / Montreal,
curated by Nicolas Mavrikakis,
Spring 2007.
2006 NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO,
How to Respond in an Emergency,
A 12-hour performance project, curated by Kim Simon, Fall 2006,
Toronto.
Public Acts, Series of works curated by Christine Shaw in sites across Canada,
Toronto, Summer
2006.
The Tree Museum, Curated by David Liss / MOCCA, Installation, Fall 2006,
Gravenhurst, Ontario.
SAW Gallery, Solo Exhibition/ poster series project, 2005/2006 season, Ottawa.
Ramfoundation, and This Neck of the Woods - Dwelling for Intervals, Video installation of Wondering
How Long He Can Keep Up the World, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Summer, 2006.
University of Saskatchewan, Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visits, Spring 2006, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan.
Musée du Temps/ Museum of Time, Psscchht, Group exhibition, Collection 05,
Spring 2006, Besançon, and Paris, France.
Hart House, hic: Hart House Collective Installations and Interventions,
Curated by Gordon Hatt, and the Hart House Installation Collective. Performance of Songs for Hart House,
and installation, University of Toronto, 2006.
ALTERNATOR Gallery for Contemporary Art, Featured artist for Annual Video Salon, Curated by
David Ross. Spring 2006, Kelowna, British Columbia.
Vu, How To Draw Winter, Solo Exhibition, with catalogue essay by Amish Morrell,
Winter 2006, Quebec City.
Artcite, The Moon in my Mouth, Solo Exhibiton and Visiting Artist Talk at University
of Windsor, Spring 2006, Windsor, Ontario.
2005 Western University, Visiting
Artist Lecture and studio visits, Fall 2005, London, Ontario.
eyelevel gallery Moving the Weeds Around, urban intervention, Fall 2005,
Halifax.
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Mountain Standard Time:
Festival of Performative Art, Sleeping with Cake, Fall
2005, Calgary.
MOIS DE LA PHOTO, How To Eat Light,
Solo Exhibition curated by Martha Langford at Occurrence,
Fall 2005, Montreal.
TRAFIC Inter/nationale
d'art actuel en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Spring 2005, Québec.
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Decarie (Public Internvention Project) The Winter Drawings,
Panel Discussion: Community Interventions: Commitments, Consensus, Conflict, Spring 2005, Montreal.
Brown University, Performance Studies International Conference, Being Uncomfortable, Artist
Talk, Spring 2005, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island.
2004 Museum
of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA),
HOW A DEAD HARE EXPLAINS PICTURES, Curated by
David Liss.
Performance at Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto.
CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener (Solo Exhibition)
as part of Peace of Mind:
Kitchener, Ontario.
Gallery TPW (Solo Exhibition) WARM THINGS TO CHEW FOR THE DEAD,
during
Contact 2004: Toronto.
Sagamie National Centre for Contemporary Digital Art
Printing residency: Alma, Quebec.
2003 Musée National des
Beaux-Arts du Québec, The Twitching Project (Le Projet Tic) Curated by Anne Marie Ninacs,Part
of the Manifestation d'art International du Quebec: Quebec City.
Artspeak Touching 1000 People, Curated by Kathleen Ritter,
for Expect Delays:
Vancouver.
Expression Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe Sleeping with Cake Series,
Curated by Patrice Loubier, for Orange: Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Villa Arson National Centre of Contemporary Art, Artist in residence 4 months, Fall/ Winter:
Nice, France.
2002 Casa del Popolo/Sala Rosa Marvelous Numbers Performance:
Montreal.
Casa del Popolo/Sala
Rosa Insects and other Vermin Performance: Montreal.
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA ) in association with Tai Chung City, How to Squeeze Good Things,
The Good Place: Tai Chung, Taiwan.
2001 The Agnes Etherington
Art Foundation and The Royal Military College of Canada Museum Mannequin Impossible,
Museopathy/Empathology:
Curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher of Display Cult, Kingston, Ontario.
SKOL - Centre des Arts Actuel (Solo Exhibition)
HOW TO MAKE A SCULPTURE IN AN EMERGENCY Montreal.
La Torre de Los Vientos Flower Project, Circus : Mexico
City.
2000 La Centrale (Solo
Exhibition) The Self Love Project,
Mois de la Performance: Montreal.
Saw Gallery Multiplication Feat Performance, Live Procedures Performance
Salon: Ottawa.
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery Available for Dancing,
Sentience
Performance Salon: Montreal.
1999 Montréal
Arts Interculturels (MAI) déroutés: Montreal.
Montréal Telegraphe uh..ummm...ahh...stop: Montreal.
48 hours 48 rooms Doing it for Love Performance, Curated by Ingrid
Bachmann, (St.Denis Rooming house): Montreal.
GRANTS/AWARDS
Toronto Arts Council Grant - Level 2, $5000, Toronto, Ontario, 2005.
Research and Travel Grant, Joint Committee for Contract Faculty Funding,
York University,
2005.
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture Bursary,
$60,000, Quebec, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Canada Council Travel Grant, Inter-Arts Section, 2003.
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec Studio Grant, $8000,
Villa Arson National
Centre of Contemporary Art - Nice, France, 2003.
Canada Council Creation Grant, $10,000, Inter-Arts Section, 2002.
Full Tuition Scholarship in Performance Studies,
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University,
2002.
Academic Achievement Award, New York University, 2002.
Canada Council Travel Grant, InterArts Section, 2001.
Conséil des Arts é des Lettres du Quebec (CALQ) Travel Grant
Ramble Collective,
2001.
National Language Bursary, UQAM, Montreal, 2001.
Canada Council Creation Grant, $10,000, Inter-Arts Section, 2000.
Canada Council Creation Grant, Visual Arts Section- for the Ramble Collective, 2000.
Dean's Honour Roll, York University, 1997.
Site Specific Installation Competition Winner, York University, 1996.
Fine Arts In-Course Scholarship, York University, 1995.
Jack Bush Award for Studio and Academic Excellence, York University, 1995.
Dean's Honour Roll with distinction, York University, 1994.
ARTIST TALKS/ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
SAW Gallery, Artist Talk, Ottawa, Ontario, 2006.
University of Saskatchewan, Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits,
Spring 2006, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan.
University of Windsor, School of Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture, Spring 2006,
Windsor, Ontario.
Western University, Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits, Fall 2005, London, Ontario.
ACAD Alberta College of Art and Design, panelist for Witnessing: Art and Audience,
Calgary, 2005.
NSCAD Nova Scotia College of Art and Design,
panelist for Performance Art and Practice,
Mountain Standard Time Festival of Performative Art, Halifax, Fall, 2005.
Saidye Bronfman Centre, panelist for Community Interventions: Commitments,
Consensus, Conflict, Decarie
Exhibition, Montreal, 2005.
Brown University, Performance Studies International Conference,
panelist for Being Uncomfortable,
Providence Rhode Island, Spring 2005
OCAD Ontario College of Art and Design, Guest presenter and panelist
on Performance Documentation,
Toronto, 2005.
Brock University, Visiting Artist Talk, St.Catharines, Ontario, 2004.
University of Guelph, Inter-Media department, Visiting Artist Talk
and graduate student visits,
Guelph, Ontario, 2004.
CAFKA, Contemporary Art Forum, Artist Talk, Kitchener, Ontario, 2004.
Discords: Social and Political Theory Consortium Conference 2004,
Warm Things to Chew for the Dead,
York University, Toronto, 2004.
York University, Visual Arts Department, Lecture and Visiting Artist Talk, Toronto, 2004.
National Centre of Contemporary Art, Villa Arson, Artist talk, Nice, France, 2003
Objects, Consumption, Desire Conference, New York University,
Video screening, New
York 2003.
Artspeak, Artist talk, Recent projects including Touching 1000 People. Vancouver, 2003
New York University, New Canadian Interventionist Practices, Guest lecture,
Experimental Performance Seminar, (Richard Schechner), New York, 2002.
Concordia University, Ephemeral Materials and Local Interventionist Projects:
Lecture in FFAR 2000, Montreal, 2002.
TongHai University, How to Squeeze Good Things: Artist Talk, Taiwan, 2001.
The Dynamics of Cultural Exchange, 8th Annual Conference of Italian-Canadian Writers, Artist
Talk and Cake Performance, Montreal, 2000
Skol- Centre des Arts Actuel, Sleeping with Cake: Artist Talk, Montreal, October 2000.
Uncommon Senses in Art and Culture International Conference,
Sleeping with Cake; A Series of Artist Projects,
Montreal, April 2000
Concordia University, Series of Artist Talks, Montreal 1999-2000
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Associate of the Humanities Research Institute, Brock University,
St. Catharines, Ontario.
2005 - present.
Member of Mercer Union, Artist-run centre - Toronto, 2005 - present.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio, tenure-track appointment
Teaching courses at all levels in studio, history, and theory; of performance,
interventionist practices, video art, sculpture and installation, and foundations.
Participating faculty teaching in the MA Program in Comparative Literature and the Arts.
Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario.
July 2005 - present
Course Director- Extended Media: Video Art, Performance and Sound
200 Level Studio course combining history and theory with various projects and exercises
in digital video and sound, and an introduction to performance and contemporary interventionist practices
University of Guelph, Guelph, 2005
Course Director- Time-Based Art: Video and Performance
2000 level Studio course x 3 Sections combining history and theory with various projects and exercises in digital video and digital photography, performance and contemporary interventionist practices
York University, Toronto, 2005
Course Director- Video Art: Incidents, Actions and Accidents
300 level Studio course combining history and theory with various projects and exercises in contemporary
video art and performance documentation
School of Visual Arts, University of Windsor, 2004
Course Director- Ceramics: Sculptural Foundations
200 level Studio course combining history and theory
with introductory technical exercises and sculptural projects
Concordia University, Montreal, 2000-01
Seminar Instructor - Fine Arts Cultural Studies, Eastern /
Western Performance and Multi-Media
With Course Director- Franki Notosudirjo
1900 level Academic seminar x 2 Tutorials
York University, Toronto, 2004-5
Seminar Instructor - The Visual and Performing Arts in Canada
With various lecturers
200 level Academic seminar x 2 Tutorials
Concordia University, Montreal, 2000-01, 2001-02
Concordia University, Montreal, 1998-99
SELECTED ARTICLES / INTERVIEWS / CATALOGUES/ WEB
Carte Blanche: Photography in Canada, ed. MaryAnn Camillieri, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, 2006.
Quelques vivres dans la cité, catalogue essay by Patrice Loubier, Orange: L'évenment d'art actuel de Saint-Hyacinthe - ed. Mélanie Boucher, Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Drole, poetique et eloquent, Jerome Delgado, La Presse, Montreal, September, 2005.
Changing the image of photography, Henry Lehmann, The Gazette,
Montreal, September,
2005.
Comment vivre de la lumiére, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, Montreal, October,
2005.
Cover and article: Mouth Piece: Diane Borsato's synesthetic thrills launch the Mois de la Photo,
Isa Tousignant, Hour, Montreal, September, 2005.
How to Recognize a Furtive Practice: A Users Guide, by Kathleen Ritter, Lieux et non-lieux
de l'art actuel, Les éditions Esse, Montreal, 2005.
Flaneuse. Vue du trottoir, Kathleen Ritter, Esse arts + opinions, Dérives II
Montreal, 2005.
Image and Imagination: How to Eat Light, Catalogue essay by Martha Langford
for Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, September, 2005.
Toucher son but: Decarie, Un projet d'exposition communautaire, Bernard Lamarche, Le
Devoir, May 2005.
Manif d'Art 2: Bonheur et Simulacres Catalogue, Le Projet Tic, Anne Marie Ninacs, Claude
Belanger, Bernard Lamarche, Quebec, 2005.
CBC Radio One, The Arts Tonight, Utopian Lunch, Radio performance and
interview with Nora Young, Dystopian Visions and Imperfect Worlds, January, 2005.
SPIRALE, Cover image from Artifacts in my Mouth, and Dossier of Diane Borsato,September/October
issue, Montreal 2004.
The Ephemeral Collection: Public Repositories or Sites For Creative Endeavour,Joan
Borsa, in Obsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation .
ed. Anthony Kiendl. The Banff International Curatorial Institute, Banff, Alberta, 2004.
Touching Science: Diane Borsato's WARM THINGS TO CHEW FOR THE DEAD,Kim Simon, Gallery
TPW: Photobasedart.ca, May 2004. Link at: http://www.photobasedart.ca
Diane Borsato: Warm Things to Chew for the Dead, Tomasz Konart, FOTOTAPETA,
May 2004. Link at: http://www.fototapeta.art.pl/
Expect Delays: An Artspeak Intervention,Kathleen Ritter, PREFIX PHOTO,
Toronto, Vol.
5, #1, 2004.
Push, Probe and Prove: Recent projects by Diane Borsato,CBC Radio 3, Direct Link at:
http://www.cbcradio3.com/issues/2004_04_23/index.cfm?page=21
Capturing the Cinematic in Still Life, Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, Toronto, May
2004.
Discreet Charm of Private Artworks, Catherine Osborne, The National Post,
Toronto,
May 2004.
How to avoid Contact overexposure, R.M. Vaughan, The Globe and Mail,
Toronto, May 2004.
Photographic interventions in public and social space, Jessica Wyman,
CONTACT Festival
Magazine, Toronto, 2004.
Récoltes Multiples, Nathalie De Blois, ETC Montréal . #64 Montreal, Dec/2003,
Jan/Feb/2004.
Orange, évenement d'art actuel, André-Louis Paré, (Para-Para) PARACHUTE, #113, Montreal, Jan/Feb/Mar 2004.
Gift: Dossier of Diane Borsato,Surfacing Journal,Vol.25, Issue 2, Toronto,
2004.
Manger la lune, gober l'esthétique, Jean Claude Rochefort.. Le Devoir, September,
Montreal, 2003.
A Quiet infiltration of art into public life, Dan Rowe. The Vancouver Sun, March, 2003.
I'm an art object, Alexandra Gill. The Globe and Mail, Globe Review, 3. Toronto, 2003.
Arts d'Attitudes, Richard Martel, ed. Quebec, Inter, 2003.
Interview with Diane Borsato by Andrea Hunter, Richardson's Roundup, CBC Radio 1, Vancouver, 2003.
Interview with Diane Borsato by Katherine Gombay, Art Talks, CBC Radio 1, Quebec, 2003.
Museopathy/Empathology Catalogue Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher, Agnes Etherington Art Foundation,
Kingston, 2002.
How to Squeeze Expensive Pastries: 5 Performances byDiane Borsato, Diane
Borsato. Tessera: Canadian Feminist Journal . Volume 32. Montreal, 2002.
A Week in the Woods, Residency Catalogue, Vince Tingley/Yvette Poorter, Montreal, 2002.
Un art a fleur de réel: considération sur l'action furtive, Patrice Loubier.
Inter- Art Actuel no.81 Quebec, 2002.
Forms of Participation, Jean-Ernest Joos. Mix Magazine vol. 27, no.4, Toronto, 2002.
La Galerie: lieu communautaire? Inter- Art Actuel Elitza Dulguerova. no.80, Quebec,
2002.
Doing it for Love ( performance excerpt), 48hours/48rooms CD-Rom Ingrid Bachmann, Montreal,
2002.
How to Squeeze Good Things, Diane Borsato, Good Place
Catalogue TaiChung, Taiwan, 2001.
Making Art of TaiChing's Urban Landscape, David Frasier, The Taipei Times,
2001.
Le Mois de la Performance, Sylvie Cotton, Racel Echenberg, Pink Link ou la Proposition
Rose, La Centrale Catalogue, Montreal, 2001.
Avoir Lieu, Disparaitre: Sur Quelque Passages Entre Art et Réalité, Patrice
Loubier,
Les Commenseaux, SKOL catalogue/book, Montreal, 2001.
Art in The Age of Extreme Sports,Marcus Miller, Les Commenseaux, SKOL catalogue,
Montreal, 2001.
Sleeping with Cake and other affairs of the heart, Diane Borsato.
TDR (The Drama Review) New
York, 2001.
Rolling on the Lawn, Henry Lehmann. The Montreal Gazette Montreal, 2001.
C'est La Faute A Michel Louvain, Nicolas Mavrikakis. Voir Montreal, 2001.
Performance Pastiche, by Eve McLauren. Mirror Montreal, 2000.
The Underworld of Performance, Skidmore. Hour Montreal, 2000.
Silence, Elles Performent, Bernard Lamarche. Le Devoir, Montreal,
2000.
Elles Attendent Votre Performance, Jérome Delgado. La Presse Montreal,
2000.
Foodculture: Tasting Identities, book review, Diane Borsato.
Parachute, Montreal, issue
99, 2000.
Work, Diane Borsato. Endnotes, Articule Special Projects Montreal, 2000.
L'art contemporain a MAI, Marie-Éve Gérin. La Presse, Montréal,
1999.
Fictions culturelles, Déroutés, Bernard Lamarche. Le Devoir, Montréal, 1999.
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