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Nestor Krger

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Education

• 1988/89Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada, Honours, A.O.C.A. in Fine Art (includes one year of off-campus study in New York City)
• 1999Sheridan College, Computer Animation

Solo Exhibitions

• 2007Monophonic, goodwater, Toronto, Canada
• 2004Wall installation, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• two turntables, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• Untitled (room), Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
• 2003M6J 1V2 79843, goodwater, Toronto, Canada
• 2002Three wall paintings, The Locker Plant, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
• Poplars (75%, down), The Locker Plant, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
• 2001Poplars, Painting Installation, goodwater, Toronto, Canada
• Portable Misfit, Painting Installation, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Canada
• Correction, Painting Installation, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
• 2000Misfit, Painting Installation, Galerie Optica, Montral,Canada
• One way, Site-specific installation, 183 Augusta Ave, Toronto, Canada
• 1999Present Tense, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
• 1998Ground, collaborative project with David Armstrong, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
• 1997Speed limit, Wall Painting, The Loggia Gallery, North York, Canada
• Paintings, Artcite, Windsor, Canada
• 1996Paintings, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2007Formalities, IAPSIS, Stockholm, Sweden
• Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
• Projections, curated by Barbara Fischer, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Out of Space: La photographie et l'imaginaire sculptural, Dazibao, Montral, Canada
• 2006Paragraph, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
• 2005Dimensionality, curated by Andy Patton, YYZ, Toronto, Canada
• Sharjah Biennial 7, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Emotion Pictures, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
• Re-building the World, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
• 2004Emotion Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein and Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2003Group Show, Goodwater, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Mosai Canada, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
• In through the out door, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
• New Modulr, new work, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary Alberta
• 2002New Modulr, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Canada
• In through the out door, Powerplant, Toronto, Canada
• 2001Ferveurs, Les Subsistances, Lyon, France
• 2000Whorehouse, Toronto, Canada
• 19994 Days at the White House, curated by Eileen Sommerman, Toronto, Canada
• ALLM, Group show, 19 Charlotte Street, Toronto, Canada
• 1998Version City, curated by John Massier, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
• Works for the Ideal Home, curated by Roger Bywater and Luis Jacob, Art Metropole, Toronto
• In Lieu, Installations in public washrooms, curated by Eileen Sommerman, Toronto, Canada
• 1996Fast, New work form Painting Disorders, Toronto, Canada
• Limousine, Free Parking, Toronto, Canada
• 1995Surface Matters, New work from Painting Disorders, Toronto, Canada

Residencies

• 2008ORTE Architetkurnetzwerk Niedersterreich, Krems, Austria
• 2002Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas

Awards / Grants

• 2005K.M. Hunter Award for interdisciplinary art
• 2004Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artist Grant
• Canada Council, Visual Arts - Creation/Production Grant
• 2002Canada Council, Visual Arts - Travel Grant
• Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant
• 2001Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artist Grant
• 2000Canada Council, Visual Arts - Creation/Production Grant
• Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant
• Canada Council, Visual Arts - Travel Grant
• 1999Canada Council, Visual Arts - Creation/Production Grant
• 1996Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
• 1995Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
• 1992Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

Bibliography

• 2005Review, Yam Lau, Parachute, Para_Para, No.20
• 2004Nestor Krger, In Theory and Practice, Jenifer Papararo, C Magazine, No. 82
• Confounding the Senses, Sarah Milroy, Globe and Mail, February 18/04
• 2002Thoroughly Modern Art, Sarah Milroy, Globe and Mail, September 25/02
• Bounce/In through the out door, essay by Xandra Eden, catalogue, Power Plant
• A tale of two art worlds, Sarah Milroy, Globe and Mail, June 20/02
• 2001The Systems Aesthetic of Nestor Krger, Xandra Eden, Border Crossings, No.77
• 2000Review, Nick Gamble, Lola, No.8
• Review, Henry Lehmann, The Gazette, December 2
• La galerie en perspective, Nicolas Mavrikakis, Voir, November 30
• Enfilade Virtuelle, Lyne Crevier, Ici Montral, November 30
• Arts Week, Surreal Subversions, Sholem Krishtalka, Montral Mirror, November 16
• 1999Review, Philip Monk, C Magazine, #63, Sept - Nov 1999
• Review, Jennifer Matotek, Lola, No.4
• Matrix Man, John Massier, Canadian Art, Vol. 16, #2
• Review, Dana Samuel & Mark Schilling, 100, #2
• Gallery Going, Gillian McKay, Globe and Mail, January 23/99
• 1998In Lieu, Gary Michael Dault, C Magazine, No. 60, November 1998 - January 1999
• Review, Ryan Whyte, Art/Text, No. 63, November 1998 - January 1999
• Gallery Going, Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, June, 27/98
• 1997Gallery Going, Gillian McKay, Globe and Mail, July 28/97
• Gallery Going, Betty Ann Jordan, Globe and Mail, April 5/97
• Brochure, The Loggia Gallery, essay by John Massier
• 1996Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, Galerie Largness World of Art, No.2
• Brochure, Mercer Union, essay by Kevin Connolly
• 1995Surface Matters, Mix, Winter 95/96, p.28
• Dead Industry/Painting Disorders/Posse/Mud, Betty Ann Jordan, Canadian Art, Vol. 12 #1
• 1994Art: The Big Picture, Oliver Girling, Eye Weekly, Nov. 24
• Excerpts From Intervals, Artist insert, Sensoria from Censorium, Mangajin Books

Artist Lectures

• 2007Ontario College of Art and Design
• 2006York University
• University of Guelph
• 2003Albert College of Art and Design
• 2002Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
• 2001University of Western Ontario

Collections

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• National Gallery of Canada
• Granite Club
• Dekabank, Frankfurt
• St.Joseph Communications

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