| b. 1977 | Toronto Lives and works in London UK |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2006 2000 1998 |
Goldsmiths College, MFA, London Ontario College of Art and Design, AOCAD, Toronto Concordia University, BFA Program, Montreal |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (* catalogue) | |
| 2013 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 |
Wishful Thinking, Vous Etes Ici Gallery, Amsterdam Shaan Tariq Hassan-Syed, Birch Libralato, Toronto Hole, Vous Etes Ici Gallery, Amsterdam Please Play by the Rules, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin Stage, Birch Libralato, Toronto Arena, Brown, London It Used To Be The Future But Now It’s Not, Birch Libralato, Toronto Crowds and Constellations (traveling)*, -PlugIn ICA Winnipeg, Mb -The Art Gallery of Windsor, On |
| 2005 | Two Dogs Fucking, Mercer Union (Peephole), Toronto |
| 2004 | Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich |
| 2003 | People Systems, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2013
2012 2011 |
Lasso, (with Stuart Cumberland, Andrea Medejsi-Jones, Peter Lamb, Mike Stubbs, Shaan Syed), Laurent Delaye, London Paper Does Not Blush, Galerie Michael Janssen Berlin The Multiple Show, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam Colour Your Wall (with Michael Biber, Christof John and Martijn Schuppers), Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam Fade Away, Transition Gallery London + Gallery North/University of Northumbria, Newcastle UK.* In Between, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto |
| 2010 | Fifteen, curated by Louise Huthinson and George Henry Longly, S1 Artspace, Sheffield UK Addendum, ainsi que Discretion/Determination, La Salles de Bains, Lyon. Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space London, travelling UK* In Black and White, Domo Baal, London |
| 2009 | Baker’s Dozen, cur. by Clare Goodwin, CGP Gallery, London Supersurface, cur. by Mike Stubbs, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London Replyall online project cur. by SAVAC and Art Metropole Niko’s Rear Entrance, cur. by Nikos Pantazis, Brunswick Triennale, Australia |
| 2008 | ArtFutures 2008, Bloomberg Space, London Foreground Background, Elementa Gallery, cur. by Swapna Tamhane, Dubai* |
| 2007 | Foreign Body(ies), in collaboration with Michael Sellinger, New York. The Best of Transmedia (public pixel board screens), Melbourne +Manchester. Where Something Becomes Nothing, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK Sovereign European Art Prize Exhibition, Rochelle School, London* Distinction, cur. by Gerard Hemsworth, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne |
| 2006 | Celeste Art Prize UK, Truman Brewery, London* (student winner) |
| 2005 | wearetheartists, International Biennale of Contemporary Art Prague Toronto Maple ‘Leaves’, Andreas Koch Temporary, Berlin Preview VI Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich |
| 2004 | RBC 5th New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling) -Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto -The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton Alberta -New Brunswick Museum, St. John’s, NewFoundland -McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton On Under Fives, Space 39, London |
| 2003 | Journal-Journey, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver Preview IV, Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich RBC 3rd New Canadian Painting Competition (traveling) -Museum London, On -Pavillion Gallery, Winnipeg -Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. |
| 2002 | Expect Relevance, K3 Project Space, Zurich |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Aesthetica Magazine Blog, review by Charles Danby on “Fade Away” exhibition. Tablet Issue 03, online magazine published by Brown. Interview with Pieternel Vermoortel; Link > Blonde Magazine, March 2010, Germany, “Blue Art” Plaza Magazine International Fall ’08, Important Artists, Sweden/Europe, Joakim Borda Bloomingdale’s Little Brown Book, cover painting and profile, USA, winter 2007 Toro, winter 2005, painting published to accompany short fiction, Toronto. Eyland, Cliff, Shaan Syed and Sarah Anne Johnson, Border Crossings, Issue 99, Canada. Keilmayer, Oliver, Shaan Syed at Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Canadian Art, Winter 2005 Keilmayer, Oliver, Erkentnis im Dunkeln, Kunstbulletin, Germany, Switzerland. Oct 2005 Doyle Dredger, Sharon, Ten Artists Who Rock, Macleans, Canada Jan 12 2004 Proudfoot, Shannon, 15 Glimpses at Painting’s Future, National Post, Canada. Nov 20 2003 Michael Dault, Gary, Intimacy Once Removed, The Globe and Mail, Canada. Aug 16 2003 Govani, Shinan, Searching for Jane, The National Post, Canada. Nov 3 2001 Fullerton, Kim, Shaan Syed’s Tricks of Memory, XTRA!, Toronto Mar. 8 2001 PUBLICATIONS and CATALOGUES “About Painting”, published by Transition Gallery London and Gallery North Newcastle, with text by Barry Schwabsky. 2011. Mu.ZEE Ostend, Belgium. “The Responsive Subject; Guy Mees” (written contribution to catalogue focusing on work of Flemish artist Guy Mees), FormContent, 2011. Birkhauser Publishing, “Chroma Design Architecture & Art in Colour”, Barbara Glaser, Petra Schmidt (Eds), 2010. Carte Blanche Volume 2; Canadian Painting, The Magenta Foundation. Plug In Editions, Shaan Syed; Crowds and Constellations -Exhibition catalogue with essays by Steven Matijcio.and David Liss, 2005. Sovereign European Art Prize 2007, exhibition catalogue. RBC Painting Competition 10th Anniversary Book (profile and essay by Steven Matijcio). Elementa Gallery, Foreground/Background, -Exhibition catalogue, text by Swapna Tamhane, 2008. Celeste Art Prize UK 2006, exhibition catalogue. |
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| AWARDS, GRANTS | |
| 2012 20102007 |
The Elephant Trust Arts Council England/National Lottery UK Jerwood Contemporary Painters UK 2010 Canada Council for the Arts, Development Grant shortlist, Sovereign European Art Prize |
| 2006 | Goldsmiths College Warden’s Purchase Prize Celeste Art Prize UK, student section Canada Council for the Arts, Development Grant |
| 2004 | Regional shortlist (Ontario), Sobey Art Award 2004 Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Travel Grant |
| 2002 | Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Travel Grant Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant |
| RESIDENCIES | |
| 2013 2002 |
Open Studio Printmaking Residency, Toronto Stiftung Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta Millay Colony for the Arts, upstate New York |
| PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | |
| Bank of America, Oklahoma, USA Bloomingdales, NY, New York Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Goldsmiths College, University of London Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo Stiftung Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland UBS Art Collection, London UK |
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