BIO

Susan Kordalewski is a Canadian born Visual Artist. She holds a MFA in Fine Art Media (The Slade School of Fine Art) and a BFA in Studio Art (Concordia University). Kordalewski has exhibited internationally with shows in the UK, Germany, and Canada, and is represented in a variety of private and public collections. Her work explores themes related to an archive of the personal, while her MFA thesis was on the philosophy and theory of fine art media in relation to mechanization as allegory to the construction of memory and identity.

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EDUCATION

M.F.A. Fine Art Media.
2009 The Slade School of Fine Art. London, UK.

B.F.A. Studio Art; Printmaking.
2005 Concordia University. Montreal, Canada.


FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2011 Space vs. Place, Gallery 44. Toronto, Canada. [April 29 - May 28, 2011]


EXHIBITION RECORD

2010 Past in Present. Watou, Belgium. [July 3 - September 5, 2010] **
2010 Every Word I Know, The Great Hall. Toronto, Canada.
2010 UofT Film Festival, University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada.
2010 Artists Of The Gallery 2010, Hang Man Gallery. Toronto, Canada. 
2010 Eyelevel Resheving Initiative Four, Eyelevel Gallery. Halifax, Canada. 
2009 Artist Proof Sale and Open House, Open Studio. Toronto, Canada.
2009 Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da. London, UK.
2009 Unrelated Oxides, Fold Gallery London. London, UK.
2009 Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory. London, UK.
2009 Personally Political – Contemporary Sensation, Kunsthaus Tacheles. Berlin, Germany. **
2009 Graduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art. London, UK.
2008 Research Images As Art 2008, University College Of London. London, UK.
2008 The Body Project, Woburn Square Studios. London, UK. [Curator and artist]
2007 [text], Propeller Center for the Visual Arts. Toronto, Canada. [Curated by Gary Michael Dault]
2007 One Minute Activist Art, A Space Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2006 Young Artist Showcase, Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, Canada.
2006 Burden Of Memory, A Space Gallery Windows. Toronto, Canada.
2005 Gifts That Fit, A Space Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2005 Love Again, Lonsdale Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2005 Sketchy Business, A Space Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2004 Print Media Student Exhibition, VAV Gallery. Montreal, Canada. [Curated by Ed Pien]
2000 Walk The Art, Gallery 1313. Toronto, Canada.
** denotes catalogue


AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2008 Merz Barn Arts Residency, Littoral Trust. Cumbria, UK.
2005 Deans Honour Roll, The University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, USA.
2004 Bursary for Fine Art Excellence, Concordia. Montreal, Canada.
2002 Buddy Abrams Shizgal Memorial Bursary, Concordia. Montreal, Canada.
2002 Fine Arts Talent Award, York University. Toronto, Canada.
2002 Distinction of Ontario Scholar, Mayfield S.S. Caledon, Canada.
2001 Undergraduate Award for Photography, Mayfield S.S. Caledon, Canada.


TEACHING / COMMUNITY PROJECTS

2009 Artist Talk, Critical Studies Presentation, The Slade School of Fine Art. London, UK. 
2008 Undergraduate Seminar Leader, The Slade School of Fine Art. London, UK.
2008 Curator, The Body Project Exhibition and Symposium. Woburn Square Studios. London, UK.
2004 Lecture, “Historical Shifts In Ontology As They Effect The Reading Of Narrative Art.” Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, University Of New Mexico. Albuquerque, United States.
2004 Art Assistant, University Of New Mexico in association with Art Street. Albuquerque, United States.


PERIODICALS  

Reuters/Your View, Toronto Star [Toronto, Canada], Torontoist.com [Toronto, Canada], Eye Weekly [Toronto, Canada], Now [Toronto, Canada], www.ucl.ac.uk [London, UK], Mooney on Theatre [Toronto, Canada], The McGill Daily [Montreal, Canada], Brant News [Brantford, Canada], Brantford Expositor [Brantford, Canada].


REVIEWS

2009 Artforum review of Session_7_Words. Artforum.com by David Lewis.
2008 ArtSlant review of Unrelated Oxides. ArtSlant.com by G. Blatons.
2006 Online review of The Burden of Memory. By Morag Schonken.


COLLECTIONS

Matt's Gallery [London, UK], The University College of London Library [London, UK], The Slade School of Fine Art [London, UK], Concordia University [Montreal, Canada], numerous private collections.



*updated: July 4, 2010