artist bio & cv
BIOGRAPHY / CV
Steven Laurie is originally from the Oshawa and Whitby Ontario area. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design with honors in the disciplines of sculpture/installation, receiving the Seiji Award for Public Installation/Social Sculpture and the George A. Reid Award for Proficiency in Sculpture and Installation. Steven completed his Masters of Fine Arts degree at the University of Western Ontario and is a recipient of Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council Project Assistance Grants. Recent solo and group exhibitions profiling his work include; Jacked!, Machinations: Kinetic Sculpture in the Age of Open Source, Death Can Dance, Clutch, and Speed Demon. He currently lives and has a studio in Toronto Ontario Canada.
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EDUCATION
2005 – MFA, University of Western Ontario. London
2001 – Honors Diploma, OCAD Alumni. Toronto
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2011
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2007
Toronto Arts Council, Level One Artist Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2003-05
Special University Graduate Tuition Scholarship, U.W.O.
2003
Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant.
2002
Seiji Award for proficiency in Public/ Social Sculpture, O.C.A.D.
George A. Reid Award for proficiency in Sculpture/ Installation, O.C.A.D.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Mark-Making: Tools of a Trade, Public Installation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Jacked!, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton ON (Solo)
2008
Art of The Motor, Station Gallery, Whitby ON
2006
Give’r, Jack Shainman Gallery. New York NY
2005
Celebratory Angst: Riggin’ the Exhaust, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2002
KIT #1, The schoolBUS Project. Toronto ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
OshawaSpaceInvaders, Oshawa ON
2013
OshawaSpaceInvaders, Oshawa ON
2012
Machinations: Kinetic Sculpture in the Age of Open Source, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago IL (Group/Lab Space)
Art in Public Places (APP), xcurated, Kingston ON
Death Can Dance, TOWNHOUSE, Zürich, Switzerland
Clutch, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON (Traveling)
2011
Speed Demon, Museum London, London ON
2010
Gearheads, A.K.A. Artist Run Center, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2008
Tone Deaf, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Center, Kingston
Being There, Art Gallery of Burligton, Burlington ON
2007
Love/Hate: The New Crowned Glory of the G.T.A., Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.) Toronto ON
Urbanvisions 07, MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie ON
Burning Rubber, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax NS
2006
Kaleidoscope, Juried Members Exhibition. Station Gallery. Whitby ON
BIG, Durham Art Gallery. Durham ON
2005
Showcase 05, Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge ON
The Association, ArtLAB. U.W.O. London ON
Frost Free: The Culture of Cool, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2004
included in the present classification, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2003
Baghdad, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville
Random Cities, McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa ON
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON
2002
Go West, DeLeon White Gallery. Toronto ON
Annual End of year Exhibition, O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON (Best in Show award)
Pop Culture Then and Now, Station Gallery. Whitby ON
2001
READ, The schoolBUS Project. Toronto ON
Food, Mind, Body, and Soul, Station Gallery. Whitby ON (Best in Show award)
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON (Best in Show award)
Fiction and Non-Fiction, Atrium Café at O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
2000
Annual End of Year Exhibition, O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
Time Machine, Station Gallery. Whitby ON (First Place Award)
1999
Y2K, Atrium Café at O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
PUBLIC ART AND INSTALLATIONS
2012
Supercrawl
Culture Days
2010
BANK ON ART, Toronto ON – http://bankonart.net/
2008
Mud Flap Project, Public Installation and Traveling Exhibition
ART FAIR EXHIBITIONS
2005
MOCCA 900, Toronto International Art Fair. Feature Artist, M.O.C.C.A. Toronto ON
INVITED CONFERENCES
2005
Frost Free: The Culture of Cool, ArtLAB, U.W.O. London, ON
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, ArtLAB, U.W.O. London, ON
INVITED ARTIST TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2015
Artist Talk and 3D Digital Prototyping and 3D Printing Workshop, University of Windsor Visual Arts Department
2014
Visiting Artist Program, Mount Allison University, Owens Art Gallery and Struts Gallery
2010
Hot Rod Grease Monkey Steve Laurie, Toronto School of Art
2008
Interaccess, Toronto, ON.
2007
Jury Committee, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Station Gallery
Artistic Vision Consultant, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
Burning Rubber, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax NS
2006
Sheridan College (Fall Semester). Oakville ON
2009
Artist Talk, InterAccess Artist Run Center, Toronto ON
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012
CLUTCH – University of Waterloo Art Gallery
2010
GEARHEADS – AKA Atist-run Center, Saskatoon
2008
Art of the Motor – Station Gallery, Whitby ISBN:978-0-9690917-4-5
2007
Burning Rubber – Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax ISBN: 9781895763010
2005
SHOWCASE 05 – Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge.
2003
Random cities – The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa ISBN: 0921500769
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
2009
Burning Rubber – BRAVO: Television Documentary. Director Ariella Pahlke, Halifax NS
PUBLISHED ESSAYS AND WRITTEN WORKS
2007
Burnouts, Burning Rubber Exhibition catalog essay, curated by Ariella Pahlke. Halifax: St. Mary’s University Art Gallery ISBN: 9781895763010
2005
Celebratory Angst: Performing Masculinity, MFA Graduate Thesis