CURRICULUM VITAE Aleksandra Rdest
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Nomads No More" DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto [2 person]
2009 "By Degrees" Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna
2009 Pool NY Art Fair, New York
2009 Works on Paper, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna
2008 "Postcards From The Void" Tatar Gallery, Toronto [solo]
2008 "Spatial Cirmumstance" Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna
2007 "? Group Exhibit" Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver
2007 "Fuzz" Newzones, Calgary
2007 "Le Soleil Noir" Tatar Gallery, Toronto
2007 "New Work: Pouch Cove" James Baird Gallery>Flower Studio, St. John's [solo]
2006 “My Secret City”Nuit Blanche Toronto see also ccca.ca
2006 "Spell", Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2006 Galerie D'Este, Montreal
2006 "In Transit" Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery, Chicago
2006 NOVA Art Fair in Chicago with Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery
2006 "Young Toronto Painters", James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, NL
2006 "Generated Habitats", Toronto, 2-1022 Queen Street West www.acofo.com
2005 "Spell", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon www.mendel.ca/exhibitions/spell
2005 "Spell", Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa www.rmg.on.ca/02exhibit.html
2005 "Big Show" Artist-run temporary venue, Toronto www.bigshowtoronto.com
2004 “Trans Tokyo” Propeller Gallery, Toronto www.transtokyo.com
2004 “Trans” Big Studio Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2003 Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto [solo]
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Bungalow Colony" Gendai Gallery, Toronto
2010 Angell Gallery, Project Space June 5 - July 17
EDUCATION
2002 Graduate Ontario College of Art and Design
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Short listed for the RBC Painting Competition 2007
Canada Council for the Arts 2007
David L. Stevenson Scholarship
A.V. Issacs Tuition Scholarship
MEDIA
"BlogTO" Profiles of emerging artists
"Na Luzie" OMNI Television's Polish-language culture program; feature segment, December 2008
“Glowing Reviews for Aleks Rdest” Current Magazine, August 2007
Angela Antle, Interview, CBC Radio July 22, 2007
"Aleks Rdest's Paintings" Current Magazine, March 2007
"Living in NL" CBC Television St. John's, March 5, 2007
Hohmann, Skye. “Interview with Aleksandra Rdest” Rind Magazine , rindmag.com
Goddard, Peter. “Abstract retro torque” Toronto Star, April 2003
CATALOGUES
Magenta Foundation's Publication Carte Blanche: Painting
2007 RBC Painting Competition, Semi Finalist Exhibition Catalogue
2007 Pouch Cove Foundation Fundraiser 2007, Art Auction Catalogue, Toronto
2006 Skye Hohmann, Generated Habitats, 2-1022 Queen Street West, Toronto ON
2005 Jordan Broadworth, Jonathan Forrest, Spell, Mendell Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2005 Ann Ireland, Michelle Jacques, Big Show, 1139 College Street, Toronto
2003 – 2005 Art With Heart, Casey House Art Auction Catalogue, Toronto
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate, Tatar Gallery 2008 – present
Director, Tatar Gallery 2003 – 2006
Assistant Director, Tatar Gallery 2002
Gallery Assistant, Angell Gallery 2002
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Co-Curator, Upcycling: Recuperating Past Lives, A Pop up Exhibit in the Future Home of A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, 2009
Artist Talk: OCAD painting thesis students, 2007
Pouch Cove Artist Residency, Oct/Nov 2006
Co-Curator, Generated Habitats, Toronto 2006
Visiting Artist, Fanshaw College, London, ON 2006
Co-Curator, Trans Tokyo Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto 2004