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FASTWRMS (Kim Kozzi, Dai Skuse)

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Associate Professors

Sculpture Studio

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Directors, Lead Researchers

Digital Media Studio (DMS)/>

Education

Dai Skuse

• 1978Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
• 1984Camera/Film Stripper, George Brown College, Toronto

Kim Kozzi

• 1978A.O.C.A. (Honours), Ontario College of Art, Toronto
• 1972Alfred University, N.Y., Ceramic technology, (Scholarship)
• 1970University of Manitoba, Summer French Immersion

FASTWRMS, Selected Solo Exhibitions:

• 2006 HONKYOWN, Installation, Paul Petro Contemporary, Toronto
• 2005 BLOOD CLOCK, Installation, Gladstone Hotel, RM 206, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International
• SPLICE THIS! Installation of Super 8 stills, X SPACE, Toronto, Retrospective screening, catalogue essay
• 2004 GUSSETT NATION, Installation/DVD, Paul Petro Contemporary, Toronto
• PIRATE HEAD, Installation/ DVD, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
• 2003 BLOOD & SWASH, Exhibition/Performance, MANIF D'ART, Quebec City
• SHAGBAT, Performance/Video, IMAGES Festival, @ Paul Petro, Toronto
• 2002 BLOOD & SWASH, Installation/Performance, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
• THE POLLINATORS, Installation/Performance, VAV Gallery, Montreal
• 2000 TWO FANG HOE, Installation, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
• SUPERSTITION, Photography/Installation, Gallery TPW, Toronto
• 1999 HOUSE of BANGS, Installation/Performance, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
• HAWK 33, Installation, Art Gallery of Mississauga
• PEGGYS COVEN, Installation, Art Metropole, Toronto
• 1998 DEMETER 13, Installation, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
• 1995 HOCKEY WITCH, Installation, Genereux Gallery, Toronto
• 1994 SNO-MAN, Site installation, Centre for the Fine Arts, Miami
• WURMHOLE, Installation, Koffler Gallery, North York
• 1993 SELF AND OTTER, Installation, Genereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto
• 1990 GROUND to GROUND, Site Installation, Osaka 90, Japan
• BIRCH HIVE, Site Installation, Skydome, Toronto
• CAMPO VERMI VELOCI I, Installation, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
• 1988 CAMPO VERMI VELOCI, Installation, Canadian Cultural Centre, Rome
• SHEET- ROCK -XOANA, Installation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• 1987 CHEW OR DIE, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
• 1997 BIRCH GIRL P[LAZA, Installation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
• 1985 KNOW BY HEART LODGE + SIX-FEET-BY-OTTER-SPOT, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
• 1984 NEC UNG DEO/NEC MILLE SCUTA, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
• 1983 SNOW-SHE-BONES, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
• 1981 JAMBON VOLANT BIVOUAC, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto

FASTWURMS, Selected Group Exhibitions:

• 2006 SAO PAULO BIENALE, Sao Paulo, Brasil
• M.L.A., Montecore Liberation Army, recruitment & fundraising Performance (w/ Jill Henderson), TAAFI, Toronto
• Dark Pool/Dark Hart, Nuit Blanche @ Hart House, Toronto
• JINGLE, Gladstone Hotel
• ICE FOLLIES, Site installation, Lake Nippissing
• W.K. P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay
• TAME, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
• 2005 BUG CITY, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
• 2004 STRADFORD BIENALE, Gallery Stratford, Stratford
• 2003 MOSAICANADA, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• 2001 Godzilla vs. Skateboarders, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina (traveling)
• RED OF TOOTH & KAW, Abattoirs by Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
• MUSEOPATHY, Display Cult, @ Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
• 2000 SPACE CAMP 2000, Installation, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
• INTO THE VOID, Tailgate Performance #1, Mercer Union, Toronto
• WILDSIGN, ZONE 6B, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Artists Inc.
• BEAVER TALES, GIANT BEAVER CHARM,, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
• K.A.W., Site installation, LOGO CITY, Blackwood Galleries, Mississauga
• 1998 KUVEN 11, Installation, BIENNALE de MONTREAL, C.I.A.C., Montreal
• WALDEN 69, 360@ the CN Tower, Toronto
• WALDEN 69, Dazibao, Montreal
• 1997 ANACOWDA & 3MOON, Installation, Rococo Tattoo, The Power Plant, Toronto
• 1996 DIORAMA, Installation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
• 1995 30 Seconds + Title, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• 1994 Channel: Open Project, Ideal Copy Office, Kyoto, Japan
• 1993 La IV Bienalle de Poesia, Zapata Subway Station, Mexico City
• 1992 ALLOCATIONS, Site installation, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
• 1992 The Age of Discovery, Site installation, EDGE 92, Madrid, Spain & London, U.K
• Artes Moriendi, Site sculpture, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
• 1990 ONZE BESOINS, Installation, C.I.A.C., Montreal
• 1990TEAM SPIRIT, Independent Curators Inc., New York, Touring exhibition, 8 Art Centers, U.S.A.
• 1989 BEE-STILL, Grace Hopper, Toronto
• GH 89, Installation, Les Cents Jours, C.I.A.C., Montreal
• 1988 SIX-PITCH-OTTER-SLIDE, Installation, Winnipeg Perspective '88, Winnipeg
• 1987 ERRATICI PERCORSI, Installation, Acireale, Sicily
• POLYPHONIC, Installation, Genazzano, Italy

Catalogues

• SPACE CAMP 2000, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, 2004. Curator: Anthony Kiendl
• COMO ViIVER JUNTO, 27a Bienal De Sao Paulo. Curators: Lisette Lagnado, Christine Freire, Jose Roca
• TAME, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie. Curator: Lise Hosein
• MosaiCanada, Seoul Museum of Art, 2003. Curator: Wayne Baerwaldt, Nancy Campbell
• MUSEOPATHY, Agnes Etherington, Kingston, 2002. Curator: Display Cult, Jennifer Fisher, Jim Drobnik
• EX OVO OMNIA, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph. Curator Judith Nasby
• Superstition, Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2000. Curator: John Marriot
• Beaver Tales, Oakville Galleries, 2000. Curator: Reid Diamond, Marni Fleming
• Rococo Tattoo, The Power Plant, Toronto 1998. Curator: Philip Monk
• Juicy Fruit, Koffler Gallery, North York, 1995. Curator: John Massier
• WURMHOLE, Koffler Gallery, North York, 1994. Curator: Carolyn Bell-Farrell
• SNO-MAN, Centre for the Fine Arts, Miami, 1994. Curator: Louis Grachos
• Team Spirit, Independent Curators Inc., New York. Curator: Susan Sollins
• Allocaties, Zoetermeer, Netherlands, 1992. Curators: Jouke Kleerebezem, Maria Sosa-Boezem
• Edge 92, Madrid, Spain/London, U.K.. Curator: Jon Bewley, Tracy Warr
• GROUND to GROUND, Osaka 90, Japan. Curator: Fern Bayer
• Theatre Tableaux, Winnipeg Perspective '88. Curator: Shirley Madill
• FASTWRMS, Perspective 88, A.G.O.. Curator: Barbara Fischer
• Erratici Percorsi, Sicily 1986, Gennazzano 1987. Curator: Achille Bonito Oliva
• BIRCH GIRL PLAZA, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, 1987. Curator: Daina Augaitis

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Scottish Sculpture Workshop

HD video production, Ice Station Isis

Huntly, Scotland, July 25-August 16, 2006.

Development of performance for Samhain @ Huntly Casle, 2007/>/>/>

MAP MAGAZINE 8, Scotland.

Artist project : Ice Station Isis (2 pages).

Web based project: Ice Station Isis (video trailer) />/>

Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo , Brazil

October 7-December 17, 2006

Chief Curator: Lisette Lagnado,

Co-Curators: Critina Freire, Rosa Martinez, Adriano Pedrosa, & Jose Roca.

Quinzaine Film Program

October 4-18, 2006
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ANTHEM, group exhibition,

Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa

Curated by Ryan Rice, Aboriginal Curator In Residence

May 14-August 22, 2007/>/>/>

Art Gallery at York University, North York, Ontario

Survey exhibition curated by Phillip Monk

Fall 2007

Catalogue 2008/>/>/>

Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Survey exhibition curated by Jenifer Papararro, Christina Ritchie

Winter 2008

Catalogue 2008/>/>/>

Periodicals:

• Enright, Robert, "Crafting, Every Witch Way", Border Crossings ,Pgs 40-51, Issue No.97, 2006
• Sandals, Leah, Review of Gusset Nation, Sculpture Magazine, June 2006
• Nayman, Adam, "Splice of Life", Now Magazine, June 30, 2005
• Vaughan, R.M., "Room to swing a cat", National post, Nov. 27, 2004
• Vaughan, R.M., Review of Pirate Head, Canadian Art, Winter 2004
• Milroy, Sarah, "Beware the bra web and the panty net", Globe & Mail, Dec 4, 2004
• Goddard, Peter, "Fastwurms cover a lot of ground", Toronto Star, Dec. 4, 2004
• Hanna Dierdre."Art Team Scores", Now Magazine, Cover Story, Feb. 17, 2000
• Dault, Gary Michael. "Review of Superstition", Globe & Mail, Feb. 19., 2000
• Whyte, Ryan, Review of HAWK 33, art/text #67, 1999
• Nuvolar, Alessio. "Hawking Art & Ethics", Tandem Corriere Canadese, July 4, 1999
• Mackay, Gillian. "Peggys Coven", Globe & Mail, June 1999
• Heartney, Eleanor. "Quotidian in Quebec", Art in America, February 1999
• Simon, Cheryl and McSherry, Fred, "Destination Montreal", C Magazine, #60, November 1998
• Palmer, Laurie. "Montreal Biennale", Frieze, issue 44, 1999
• Miller, Marcus. "Alien Idealism", Voir, December 1998
• Everett-Green. Robert, "To Boldy Go", The Globe and Mail, May 26, 1998
• Gabrielle Mark. Lisa "Rococo Tattoo", Art Forum, No.3, November 1997
• "Commisions", Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 17, No.2, Feb. 1998
• Hart, Matthew. "A Golden Pond", Canadian Art, Vol. 14, No.3, fall 1997
• McKay, Sally. "FASTWRMS", Flash Art, March/April 1996
• Hanna, Dierdre."FioFire hockey team scores", Now Magazine, Jan.11, 1996
• Hart, Matthew. "Fastwrms", Canadian Art, winter 1995
• Hanna Dierdre. "Fastwrms Space Out at Koffler", Now Magazine, Sept.8, 1994
• Girling, Oliver. "To Boldly Go Where No Wrm has before" Eye Magazine, Sept. 1, 1994
• Schulman, Sandra Carol. "As Black as Snow", XS Magazine, Miami, May 11, 1994
• Kohen, Helen. "Potent CFA Exhibition Gets Down to Earth" Miami Herald, May 1, 1994
• Armstrong, John. "Artes Moriendi", C Magazine, summer 1993
• Taylor, Kate. "Environmentally Conscious Creativity", The Globe & Mail, June 1993
• Hume, Christopher. "Fastwrms Fills its Cases With Contradictions", The Toronto Star, June 1993
• Gravel, Claire. "Guy Blackburn et Fastwrms", Vie Des Arts, No.141
• Cembalest, Robin. "The Ecological Art Explosion", Art News, summer 1991
• MolinVasseur, Marie. "Eco-Logique, cho-Politique", Etc, Montral, #13
• Sloan, Johanne. "FASTWRMS: and the Art of Recycling the Canadian Landscape" Parachute #63
• Mays, John Bentley. "Salvage Paradigm Sometimes Engaging" The Globe & Mail, Sept.28, 1990
• Vincent, Isabel. "Exploring Nature in An Urban Hive", Globe & Mail, Sept. 1, 1990
• Rochon, Lisa. "Natural Inclinations" Canadian Art, Vol. 7 #2
• Mays, John Bentley. The Globe & Mail, Apr. 26, 1990
• Lypchuk, Donna. "Wacky Wonderful FASTWRMS, Metropolis, Aug. 19, 1990
• Portugais, Lynda. "Les Cents Jours D'Art Contemporain" Parachute #58
• Gravel, Claire. "FASTWRMS: Anti-Colonialists", Le Devoir Sept.2 1989
• Richard Rhodes. "FASTWRMS" Artscribe Jan/Feb 1989
• Deirdre, Hanna. "Scrap Plate Project Bears Striking Fruit", Now Magazine, Feb. 9, 1989
• Lypchuk, Donna. "FASTWRMS" C Magazine, #20, 1989
• Lypchuk, Donna. "Where wild things are", Metropolis, Aug. 1988
• Rochon, Lisa. "Fastwrms, probes the nature of things,", The Globe and Mail,Sept. 1988
• Trowell, Ian. "Fastwrms seek rebirth from decay" Review of "Arbor Vitae" London Free Press, London
• Tousley, Nancy. "Artist trio concocts Heady Brew", Calgary Herald, Sept., 1987
• McGrath, Jerry. Review, "Chew or Die", Vanguard, Nov. 1987. 36-37
• Mays, John Bentley. "Myriad messages from a traveling trio", The Globe & Mail, 8 Aug., 1987, C15
• D'Avossa, Antonio.Review of "Erratici Percorsi", Tema Celeste, April- June 1987. 89
• Deirdre, Hanna. "Revitalizing avant garde, animating Toronto" Now Magazine, June 11-17, 1986, 41
• Perry, Art. "Gallery's choices important". The Province, 12 May 1987, 33
• Christov- Bakaragiev, Carolyn. Review of Erratici Percorsi. Flash Art, April/May, 1987102
• Godley, Elizabeth. "Vag opens display of local works", The Vancouver Sun, Sat April 4, 1987
• Pannepuccia, Cesare. " Un sogno d'arte genazzano", Flash Art, March, 1987.
• Pontremoli, Lidia Reghini. "Il cielo scolpito da fasci di luce". Avanti, 17 January 1987. (Vol. 91, No 14),
• Mays, John Bentley. Fastwrms at A.R.C.. The Globe & Mail, 23 Oct. 1986, D4
• Deirdre, Hanna."Moulding Moral Myths", Now Magazine, Vol. 6, Oct 9-15, 1986
• Lewis, Mark. "Rousseau Redux", C Magazine, No 9, spring 1985
• McGrath, Jerry. "Props for the passion", C Magazine, No 4, winter 1985
• Fastwrms. "Nec ung deo, Nec mille scuta", C Magazine, No 4, winter 1985
• Lauder, Scott, "The National Set-Up", The Canadian Forum Dec. 1985
• Dault , Gary Michael. "Fall by the Ydessa Gallery", Toronto Life, Oct., 1985
• McFadden, David. Fastwrms at Gallery 620. Vanguard 14, No.3 April 1985
• Mays, John Bentley. "Papal paintings just sentimental kitsch". The Globe & Mail, 15 Sept. 1984, E6
• Hume, Christopher. "Zany trio stuck on tarpaper art", The Toronto Star, 14 Sept., 1984
• Butt, Robyn Marie. "Wrms move faster than the eye", The Varsity, Oct. 1, 1984
• Nemiroff, Diana. Review of "Snow-She-Bones", Vanguard, 12, No.7, Sept., 1983
• Wallace, Ian. "Canada: Anyone, Anywhere, Anything" Flash Art March 1983
• Gronau, Anna. Parallelogramme, 8, No.3, Feb./ Mar. 1983
• Oille, Jennifer. "Rough Cut/Material Transformation". Vanguard, 11, No.8/9 Oct./Nov., 1982
• Mays, John Bentley. "Earthbound portraits and a flying ham", The Globe & Mail, 5 Dec., 1981
• Labonte, Richard. "Splash showcases off-beat film", The Citizen, 17 July, 1981
• Bowen, Lisa Balfour. "Kozzi exhibit creates total environment", The Toronto Star, 28 Nov., 1981

Collections:

• OAKVILLE GALLERIES
• CANADA COUNCIL ART BANK
• VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
• ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
• WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
• MACDONALD STEWART ART CENTRE
• BANFF CENTRE
• SURREY ART GALLERY
• BURNABY ART GALLERY
• OPEN STUDIO
• ROBERT McLAUGHLIN GALLERY
• ART GALLEREY OF HAMILTON
• MACINTOSH GALLERY
• PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Public Art Commissions:

• DIGITAL STREAM (with Mary Anne Barkhouse & Michael Belmore), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2004
• EX OVO OMNIA, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 2000
• TURTLE POND, SNOMUN, WOODPECKER COLUMN, Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Expansion), Toronto, 1997
• BIRCH HIVE, Sky Dome, Toronto, 1990-92
• MASSASSAUGA LILY, One Financial Place, Toronto, 1990