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BARBARA HOBOT
b. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EDUCATION:
2012 - 2014 MFA, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
2001 - 2005 Honours B.A., Fine Arts, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 TBA, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
2019 TBA, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2016 Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Strong Bonds, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario (curated by Ivan Jurakic)
2014 The Sliced Belly of the Berm, DNA Artspace, London, Ontario
2010 He That Makes Himself a Sheep, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (guest artist)
2009 Stampede, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario (curated by Ivan Jurakic)
2007 Pelted, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario
2006 New Work, Artery Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Of Containers and Firestarts, public activations in response to a project by artist Lisa Hirmer, Cambridge Art Galleries and environs, ON (curated by Iga Janik)
2016 Between Land and Sky, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Our Mutual Friend, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario (curated by Crystal Mowry)
For the lack thereof, because you don't think of me often., Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario (curated by Iga Janik)
2015 Mark-Making, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Untitled (new visions) (with Maggie Groat), AKA Artist Run, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (curated by Tarin Hughes)
2014 Carte Blanche, DNA Artspace, London, Ontario
Tri-City Stopgap, pop-up exhibition, Taylor & Grant Candy Factory, Waterloo, Ontario
Possible Futures: Windsor-Essex Triennial, performance with Patrick Cull, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario (juried)
The Thing About Objects, High Park Club, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Brandy Ryan and Kerry Manders)
Untitled (the possibilities of voids and the sentience of things) (with Maggie Groat), Elora Centre for the Arts, Ontario (curated by Tarin Hughes)
Back to the Future, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2013 Split Film Filament, Artlab, London, Ontario
Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec
Exhibit 28, gallerywest, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Nathalie Quagliotto)
2012 Jubilee, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Patrick Macaulay)
2011 Goody 3 Shoes, Chiellerie Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Goody 3 Shoes, Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany
survive.resist, CAFKA.11, Kitchener, Ontario (with Patrick Cull)
2010 Odd Angles, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Zack Pospieszynski)
Alea Iacta Est, Weglowa Military Warehouse, Bialystok, Poland
The Anglers: tackling lamella, weaponry and Floridian leisure, 72 St. Leger Street, Kitchener, Ontario
Faith, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, Nova Scotia
Dear Haven, RENDER, University of Waterloo, Ontario (curated by Tarin Hughes)
Solid Gold, Annual members show and sale, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Wall Project, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Zack Pospieszynski)
Installation Showdown, spOtlight Festival (sponsored by Ontario Arts Council), Cambridge, Ontario
2008 Blue Blood, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Dave Bidini & Andrew Hunter)
Fibreworks 08, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario (juried by J. Lynn Campbell, Melanie Egan, Chris Mitchell)
...with all the amenities ..., School of Architecture, Cambridge + Durham Art Gallery, Ontario (curated by Andrew Hunter)
New Work, Lang Building, Kitchener, Ontario
2007 Zoo Room, Gallery 96, Stratford, Ontario
2005 10th Annual Graduating Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (juried by Phil Anderson,
Peter Goddard)
ART FAIRS:
2017, '16, '15 Papier Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Montreal, Quebec (Olga Korper Gallery)
2018, ‘16, '15, '14 Art Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Olga Korper Gallery)
COMMISSIONED WORK:
2009 Wireworm Uprising, commissioned by Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Site-specific installations (with Patrick Cull, Tarin Hughes, Lisa Hunter), Waterloo Wellington Scenario Thinking,
The Elora Mill Inn, Elora, Ontario
Site-specific installations (with Patrick Cull, Tarin Hughes, Lisa Hunter, Andrew Hunter), Waterloo
Wellington Scenario Thinking, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Ontario
2007 Fetish, University of Waterloo, site-specific sculpture commissioned by RENDER, Waterloo, Ontario
RESIDENCIES:
2011 Art Institute of Chicago’s Ox-Bow summer residency, Saugatuck, Michigan (July)
2010 Art Factory, Bialystok, Poland (July and August)
2010 Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Canning, Nova Scotia, joint residency with Patrick Cull (April)
TALKS, JURIES:
2017 Artist talk, Cambridge Art Galleries, Ontario
2017 Visiting artist, MacEwen University, Edmonton, Alberta
2017 Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Ontario
2016 Exhibition tour, Our Mutual Friend, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario
2016 Jury member, KW Arts Awards
2016 Visiting artist, University of Waterloo Fine Arts Department, Waterloo, Ontario
2015 Artist's talk, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2014 Exhibition tour, The Sliced Belly of the Berm, DNA Artspace, London, Ontario
2014 Artist's talk, High Park Club, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Jury member, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario
2011 Artist’s talk, Ox-Bow Summer Residency, Saugatuck, Michigan
2010 Guest critic, 2nd year sculpture, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
2010 Artists’ talk, Art Factory, Bialystok, Poland
2010 Artists’ talk (with Patrick Cull), Waterloo Collegiate Institute, ArtsSmarts, Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Artists’ talk (with Patrick Cull), Shad Valley enrichment program, University of Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Artist’s talk, Stampede, Cambridge Galleries, Preston, Ontario
2009 Panel discussion, “On jurying an exhibition”, University of Waterloo, Ontario
2009 External examiner, mock MFA thesis defense, University of Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Jury member, Fine Arts undergraduate exhibition, University of Waterloo, Ontario
2009 Visiting artist, Fine Arts undergraduate critique, University of Waterloo, Ontario
2006 Artist’s talk, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario
CURATORIAL WORK:
2011 We All Fall Down (co-curated with Cindy Wayvon), Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario (brochure)
2009 Break It Down (videos by Manuel Saiz, Rachel Scott), RENDER, University of Waterloo, Ontario
(brochure)
2006 Greatest Hits: Videos by Rob Ring, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2005 charmblender (group exhibition of University of Waterloo Alumni), Queen Street Studios, New
Dundee, Ontario
AWARDS:
2018 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2016 Chalmers Arts Fellowship (Ontario Arts Council research grant)
2016 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2015 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2014 Academic Achievement Scholarship, PSAC 610, Western University
2013 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship, Western University
2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined), Western University
2012 Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University
2012 Western Graduate Research Scholarship, Western University
2011 Ox-Bow School of Art Residency Scholarship
2011 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council, National and International Residency Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant (with Patrick Cull)
2008 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant (with Patrick Cull)
2005 Fine Arts Academic Excellence Award, University of Waterloo
2005 “Grad to Grad” Fine Arts Award, University of Waterloo
2004 1st place for Painting - My Roots, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
2004 Lynn Holmes Memorial Art Award, University of Waterloo
2003 Kerr/Ostrander Leadership Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2002 Dr. Adolf Piotrowski Memorial Art Scholarship, Toronto Polish Alliance
2002 Helen L. Cross Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship, University of Waterloo
SELECTED REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, BROADCASTS, TEXTS:
Milosz, Magdalena. "On making art that makes itself", The Community Edition, 1 July 2016. Print and Web.
Jurakic, Ivan. "Strong Bonds", exhibition brochure, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, January 2016. Print and Web.
Day, Marsha. "Gas station serves as metaphor", The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, 11 February 2015. Print and Web.
Hughes, Tarin. "Untitled (new visions)". Exhibition text, AKA artist-run, Saskatoon, January 2015.
Thompson, Carolyn. "Artists sharpen knives to bring beauty to a skill of the past", The Windsor Star, 5 October 2014. Print and Web.
"Must-Sees This Week", Knife-sharpening performance for "Possible Futures" Triennial at the Art Gallery of Windsor (with Patrick Cull) recommended by Canadian Art Online, 2 October 2014. Web.
Dye, Cailen. Interview for The Sliced Belly of the Berm at DNA Artspace, "Arts Talk London", CHRW 94.9 FM, 8 September 2014.
Hughes, Tarin. "Untitled (the possibilities of voids and the sentience of things), Maggie Groat and Barbara Hobot". Exhibition text, Elora Centre for the Arts, 2014.
Neudorf, Kim. "Maggie Groat & Barbara Hobot at Elora Centre for the Arts", Akimblog, 22 July 2014. Web.
"Must-Sees This Week", Exhibition at Elora Centre for the Arts (with Maggie Groat) recommended by Canadian Art Online, 17 July 2014. Web.
Piszczkiewicz, Anna. Interview for Odd Angles exhibition at Peak Gallery, “Na Luzie”, OMNI TV, 22 January 2011.
Kalinowska, Diana. “Sztuka nie tylko dla sztuki, czyli dzien otwarty na Weglowej”, The Bialystok Gazeta, 1 August 2010.
Interview for exhibition at Weglowa Art Factory, Poland, TVP Bialystok, 31 July 2010.
Linsley, Robert. “The Anglers: Regional Revelations”, Canadian Art Online, 15 July 2010.
Reid, Robert. “Artists explore notion of safe haven”, The Record, 8 March 2010.
Sandals, Leah. “Recommended: Steve Power, Barbara Hobot, Sarah Millman”, Unedit My Heart blog, 31 July 2009.
“Must-see shows”, Exhibition at Peak Gallery recommended by NOW Magazine, Toronto, week of 2 August, 2009.
Reid, Robert. “Installations evoke death and waste”, The Record, 17 June 2009.
Landry, Mike. Interview, “Stampede”, Things of Desire blog, Volume 1, Number 33, April 30 - May 6, 2009
Goddard, Peter. “Galleries probe the nation’s pastime”, The Toronto Star, 13 December 2008.
Anna Piszczkiewicz. Interview for exhibition at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, “Na Luzie”, OMNI Television, 6 December 2008.
Reid, Robert. “Zoo Room Art of a Different Nature”, The Record, 20 November 2007.