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

2022 Olga Korper Gallery, The Fugitive’s Forge, Toronto, Ontario (with audio guide)

2019      Forest City Gallery, Carpathian-Andean Alloy, London, Ontario

2016      Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

          University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Strong Bonds, Waterloo, Ontario (curated by Ivan Jurakic)

2014    DNA Artspace, The Sliced Belly of the Berm, London, Ontario

2010     Peak Gallery, He That Makes Himself a Sheep, Toronto, Ontario (guest artist)

2009    Cambridge Galleries, Stampede, Cambridge, Ontario (curated by Ivan Jurakic)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2023 Art Gallery of Mississauga, The Further Apart Things Seem, Mississauga, Ontario (curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson)

2022 University of Waterloo Art Gallery, The Further Apart Things Seem, Waterloo, Ontario (curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson)

2022 Contemporary Calgary, The Further Apart Things Seem, Calgary, Alberta (curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson)

2020 Olga Korper Gallery, New Normal, Toronto, Ontario

2019 Durham Art Gallery (with Lisa Hirmer + Brendan Fernandes), Review/Remix, Durham, Ontario (curated by Ilse Gassinger)

Olga Korper Gallery, Fine Line, Toronto, Ontario

2018 Cambridge Art Galleries and environs, Of Containers and Firestarts, public activations in response to a project by artist Lisa Hirmer, (curated by Iga Janik)

2016      Olga Korper Gallery, Between Land and Sky, Toronto, Ontario

              Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Our Mutual Friend, Kitchener, Ontario (curated by Crystal Mowry)

               Cambridge Galleries, For the lack thereof, because you don't think of me often., Cambridge, Ontario (curated by Iga Janik)

2015      Olga Korper Gallery, Mark-Making, Toronto, Ontario

              AKA Artist Run,  Untitled (new visions) (with Maggie Groat), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (curated by Tarin Dehod)

2014      DNA Artspace, Carte Blanche, London, Ontario 

              Tri-City Stopgap, pop-up exhibition, Taylor & Grant Candy Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

              Art Gallery of Windsor, Possible Futures: Windsor-Essex Triennial, performance with Patrick Cull, Windsor, Ontario (juried)

              High Park Club, The Thing About Objects, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Brandy Ryan and Kerry Manders)

              Elora Centre for the Arts, Untitled (the possibilities of voids and the sentience of things) (with Maggie Groat), Elora, Ontario (curated by Tarin Dehod)          

              Olga Korper Gallery, Back to the Future, Toronto, Ontario  

2013      Art Mûr, Fresh Paint/New Construction, Montreal, Quebec

              gallerywest, Exhibit 28, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Nathalie Quagliotto)

2012      Harbourfront Centre, Jubilee, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Patrick Macaulay)

2011       Chiellerie Gallery, Goody 3 Shoes, Amsterdam, Netherlands

              Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Goody 3 Shoes, Berlin, Germany

              CAFKA.11, survive.resist (with Patrick Cull), Kitchener, Ontario

2010      Peak Gallery, Odd Angles, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Zack Pospieszynski)

              Weglowa Military Warehouse, Alea Iacta Est, Bialystok, Poland

              The Anglers: tackling lamella, weaponry and Floridian leisure, 72 St. Leger Street, Kitchener, Ontario

              Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Faith, Canning, Nova Scotia 

              RENDER, Dear Haven, University of Waterloo, Ontario (curated by Tarin Dehod)

2009     Peak Gallery, Wall Project, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Zack Pospieszynski)

              Installation Showdown, spOtlight Festival (sponsored by Ontario Arts Council), Cambridge, Ontario

2008     Harbourfront Centre, Blue Blood, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Dave Bidini & Andrew Hunter)

             Cambridge Galleries, Fibreworks 08, Cambridge, Ontario (juried by J. Lynn Campbell, Melanie Egan, Chris Mitchell)

             University of Waterloo School of Architecture, ...with all the amenities ...(with Lisa Hirmer), Cambridge, Ontario (curated by Andrew Hunter)

Durham Art Gallery, ...with all the amenities ...(with Lisa Hirmer), Durham, Ontario (curated by Andrew Hunter)

2007     Gallery 96, Zoo Room (with Sarah Badran and Patrick Cull), Stratford, Ontario

2005    John B. Aird Gallery, 10th Annual Graduating Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario (juried by Phil Anderson, Peter Goddard)

ART FAIRS:

2019, 18’, ‘16, '15, '14    Art Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Olga Korper Gallery)

2017, '16, '15     Papier Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Montreal, Quebec (Olga Korper Gallery)

COMMISSIONED WORK:

2009     Wireworm Uprising, commissioned by Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI

             Site-specific installations (with Patrick Cull, Tarin Dehod, Lisa Hunter), Waterloo Wellington Scenario Thinking, The Elora Mill Inn, Elora, Ontario

             Site-specific installations (with Patrick Cull, Tarin Dehod, 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:

2017 City of Waterloo Artist-in-Residence, Waterloo, Ontario

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:

2023 Artist’s talk, Sheridan College, Art & Art History program, Oakville, ON

2020 Artist’s talk, InterArts Matrix, X-Camera Lecture Series, Kitchener, ON

2020 Artist’s talk, Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, ON

2019 Artist’s talk, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

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 designed by Matt Dupuis)

2009     Break It Down (videos by Manuel Saiz, Rachel Scott), RENDER, University of Waterloo, Ontario (brochure designed by Crystal Mowry)

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:  

2022 Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant + Exhibition Assistance Grant

2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization

2021 City of Waterloo Microgrant, administered by Pat the Dog Theatre Creation

2020 Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant

2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization

2019 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Art Council (2008, 2010, 2011, 2015)

2018   Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

2016   Chalmers Arts Fellowship (Ontario Arts Council research grant)

2016   Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist 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

2010    Ontario Arts Council, National and International Residency Grant

2010    Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

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:

Johns, Melissa, “How artifact becomes art at UWAG”, Imprint, 19 Jan. 2016.

Dick, Terence. “Between Land and Sky at Olga Korper Gallery”, Akimblog, 10 Aug. 2016. Web.

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.