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| EDUCATION | |||
| 2000 | MFA University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario | ||
| 1997 | BA (Hons) University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario | ||
| 1995 | AOCAD (with Distinction) Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1994-5 | Florence Studio Program (OCAD), Florence, Italy | ||
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo shows *) | |||
| 2010 | Borrowed Moments * | Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario | |
| After Pictures | Visual Art Centre, Bowmanville, Ontario | ||
| 2009 | The artist and the crowd, in history | Museum London, London, Ontario | |
| Plant 90: Production and Object | 401 Richmond, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Art 2009 | Metro Convention Centre, Toronto | ||
| 2008 | 47th Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | |
| Best of 46th Annual TOAE | First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Olexander Wlasenko: As We Slept * | Oseredok, Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||
| Olexander Wlasenko: Someone, Somewhere* | Durham West Art Centre, Pickering, Ontario | ||
| 2007 | Olexander Wlasenko: As We Slept * | MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario | |
| 46th Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| ReSource | Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| The Drawing Exhibition | Arthouse, Calgary, Alberta | ||
| Best of 45th Annual TOAE | First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 2006 | 45th Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | |
| Best of 44th Annual TOAE | First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Drawing 2006 | John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Collect | Sarah Beveridge Gallery, Barrie, Ontario | ||
| 2005 | Intersection | Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario | |
| B & W * | Sarah Beveridge Gallery, Barrie, Ontario | ||
| Showcase '05 | Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario | ||
| 44th Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Another Time, Another Place * | Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon | ||
| Making Marks | Sarah Beveridge Gallery, Barrie, Ontario | ||
| Collections from the Permanent Collection | Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario | ||
| Best of 43rd Annual TOAE | First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 2004 | Corruption of Reality | The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario | |
| 43rd Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Someone, Somewhere * | Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario | ||
| 2003 | Autumn Chronicles * | Pavlo Tychyna Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 42nd Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Best of 41st Annual TOAE | First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| A Celebration of Ontario Artists | Centennial of Ontario Archives hosted by John B. Aird Gallery | ||
| 2002 | Myoptic10 | Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 41st Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| for all * | Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario | ||
| New Faces, New Works | Canadian Ukrainian Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 2001 | London Regional | Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario | |
| Instant Coffee | Art Gallery of Ontario, Present Tense Project Series | ||
| Drawing 2001 | John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 2000 | Ethnic Limbs * | Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario | |
| ..Forest | Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Language Hotel (residency) | St. Norbert Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||
| On Immigrant Experience | Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario | ||
| Modelumental | The Red Head Showcase, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| (S)elves | ArtLab, London, Ontario | ||
| 1999 | DARE | Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario | |
| The Gestalt of the Vault | The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| Bizzareries & Delicatesse | Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario | ||
| Drawings * | Gallery 396, London, Ontario | ||
| 1998 | 37th Annual TOAE | Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario | |
| Crossing Borders | The Castellani Art Museum, Buffalo, New York | ||
| 1997 | Szobor Park * | Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario | |
| Gallery Launch Exhibition | Zinc Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1995 | Arte Firenze | St. Lawrence Market (North), Toronto, Ontario | |
| Nera * | ex-Emerson Centro di Comunicazione, Florence, Italy | ||
| AWARDS | |||
| 2010 | Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Artist Grant | ||
| Canada Council For The Arts Project Grant | |||
| Cleeve Horne Purchase Award, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery | |||
| 2009 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant | ||
| 2008 | Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant | ||
| Canada Council For The Arts Project Grant | |||
| 2007 | Canada Council For The Arts Project Grant | ||
| Drawing Award, 46th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | |||
| 2006 | Best Drawing Award, 45th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | ||
| Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant | |||
| 2005 | Best Drawing Award, 44th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | ||
| Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant | |||
| 2004 | Best Drawing Award, 43rd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | ||
| Canada Council For The Arts Creation / Production Grant | |||
| Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant | |||
| 2003 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant | ||
| Special Project Grant from the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine | |||
| 2002 | Best Drawing Award, 41st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | ||
| Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant | |||
| 2001 | The Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Grant | ||
| Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant | |||
| First Prize, Drawing 2001, 2nd Annual Juried Drawing Exhibition, organized by John B. Aird Gallery | |||
| 1999 | Peoples Choice Award, Bizzareries and Delicatesse at Cambridge Galleries | ||
| Special University Scholarship (SUS), University of Western Ontario | |||
| 1997 | The 29th Annual Juried Art Show, University of Guelph | ||
| Dean's Honour List (Fall Semester) | |||
| 1994 | The Eric Freifield Award, The Ontario College of Art and Design | ||
| REVIEWS AND WRITINGS | |||
| Steven, Trish (host) "Simcoe Living", Rogers Television, September, 2007, Season 7, episode 4, interview on As We Slept and Broken Promises exhibitions |
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| Goddard, Peter “State of the Union”, Toronto Star, October 20, 2007, review of As We Slept and Broken Promises | |||
| Clayton, Marianne "Forum Picks", Educational Forum, Fall 2007, review of As We Slept and Broken Promises, pp. 36-37 | |||
| Kevin Temple "Outdoor's Best" Now Magazine, January 26, 2006 | |||
| Chase, Christy "Oshawa artist faces reality" Oshawa This Week, December 3, 2004 | |||
| Aurandt, David, Corruption of Reality: Redefining Realism (Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, ISBN: 0-921500-51-3) 2004 | |||
| O'Connor, Donal "Caught on Film" The Beacon Herald, March 16, 2004 | |||
| Kobryn, Irena "A Canadian Artist in Kyiv" Meest (Ukrainian Weekly), February 13, 2004 | |||
| Riabokon, Liudmyla "Oleksandr Vlasenko" The Day, Kyiv, Ukraine, October 16, 2003 - for article visit: The Day | |||
| Lesya Skada-Ostrovska, "Young Canadian Artist, Olexander Wlasenko draws.with his finger" 1Plus1 Television, September 27, 2003 | |||
| Goodwyn, Jewel MIX Magazine, Spring 2000 | |||
| Sutherley, Jill "Artists find (S)elves" The Gazette, January 25, 2000 | |||
| Benedict, Ben "Daring artists reveal all in FCG exhibition of taboos" Scene, December 2, 1999 | |||
| Gillespie, Ian "Stealing the crumbs of culture" The Sunday Free Press, November 14, 1999 | |||
| Varin-Jarkowski, Karoline "Fine Art of Bizzareries & Delicatesse" Echo, September 30, 1999 | |||
| Coulson, Sandra "Old films spark artist's new line" The London Free Press, June 3, 1999 | |||
| Wherry, Aaron "Student art thinks for itself" The Gazette, February 9, 1999 | |||
| Leyes, Serena, "Delving into the student psyche", The Gazette, October 8, 1998 | |||
| Bennett, Matt "Mutation in Recent Toronto Art", Artfocus, Spring/Summer 1998 | |||
| Hume, Christopher "Zinc Gives Young a Place to Hang", Toronto Star, July 24, 1997 | |||
| RESIDENCIES AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS | |||
| Curator of David Scott Armstrong: crossing, still : a solo exhibition of printmaker and York University print professor, at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from July 17 to August 29, 2010. |
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| Curator of Darlene Cole: Curtain Call : a solo exhibition of painter based in Brooklin, ON at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from June 5 to July 11, 2010. |
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| Curator of Before and After : a group exhibition of established artists with a focus on printmaking and the Station Gallery's permanent collection, Whitby, Ontario from April 17 to May 30, 2010. |
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| Curator of Bonnie Devine: Body Bags, Medicine Basket : a solo exhibition of Ojibwa artist based in Toronto at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from February 27 to April 11, 2010. |
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| Curator of Lauren Schaffer: Translating the World for Isabella : a show of conceptual artist based in Toronto at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from September 12 to October 25, 2009. |
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| Curator of Natalia Laluque: The Canadiana Project : a show of paintings and ceramics by Ukraine-born artist at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from July 25 to September 6, 2009. Exhibition publication: ISBN 978-0-9690917-7-7 (catalogue available on-line) |
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| Curator of Michael Belmore: Embankment a solo exhibition of contemporary sculptor of Annishnabe heritage at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario from February 28 to April 12, 2009. Exhibition publication: ISBN 978-0-9690917-7-6 (catalogue available on-line) |
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| Curator of Tantramar Gothic: New Work by Dan Steeves exhibition held at: Station Gallery, Whitby, ISBN: 978-0-9690917-5-2 (catalogue available on-line) |
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| Curator of Todd Tremeer: A Past Again exhibition held at Station Gallery, Whitby in 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9690917-6-9 |
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| Curator of Steven Laurie: Art of the Motor a solo exhibition of Toronto-based artist Steven Laurie at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. Exhibition publication: ISBN 978-0-9690917-4-5 |
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| Guest Curator of One Root, Many Routes: a group exhibition exploring the elasticity of ethnicity; featuring the works of Vera Jacyk, Bohdan Sirant, Natalie Laluque, Jean-Michel Komarnicki, Anna Yuschuk, Orest Tataryn, Olena Kassian, Charles Sharun, May 4 to May 22, 2008, KUMF Gallery, Toronto |
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| Guest Curator for Broken Promises: Soviet Photography in the Age of Stalin, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Sep 13 to Nov 4, 2007 |
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| Curator of Vera Jacyk: Chysto, Chysto, Chysto: a solo exhibition of Toronto-based artist Vera Jacyk | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition publication: ISBN 978-0-921500-83-4 | |||
| Curator of Mind Map: an exhibition of early-career artists from the Durham region | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 10:0-921500-71-8 | |||
| Curator of About Face: Portraits & other Pictures an exhibition exploring the finest examples of Canadian portraiture | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 0-921500-59-9 | |||
| Curator of 2nd Site: an exhibition of early-career artists artists from the Durham region | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 0-921500-47-5 | |||
| Curator of Random Cities exhibition of early-career artists artists from the Durham region | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 0-921500-76-9 | |||
| Curator of Industrial Strength: an exhibition of visual responses to efficiency | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition publication: ISBN 0-921500-52-1 | |||
| Curator of Energy Implosion: The (905) Imagination exhibition of early-career artists from the Durham region | |||
| at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. Exhibition Catalogue: ISBN 0-921500-45-9 | |||
| Guest Curator of 31 Flavours into the Blender, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, March 10 to March 31, 2006 | |||
| Language Hotel residency at the St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 2000 | |||
| RELATED EXPERIENCE | |||
| Juror, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON, April, 2010 | |||
| Juror, Secondary School Students Juried Show, Lindsay Gallery, May, 2010 | |||
| Juror, Oshawa Art Association, Oshawa, ON, June, 2010 | |||
| Panellist, Roundtable on Exhibition Needs for Artists, Kent Farndale Gallery | |||
| Panellist, "Is there life after OCAD?", Ontario College of Art & Design, February, 2010 | |||
| Durham College School of Media, Art & Design Steering Committee member | |||
| Moderator, Home Page: Visual Culture and Domestic Space with V.Jacyk, T. Laurin, V. Mak. MacLaren Art Centre, April 16, 2009 | |||
| Kurelek: Diasporic Revelations in Cultural and Historic Memory - guest lecturer at Trent University, July 27, 2009 | |||
| Advisory Panel member-Surfacing Magazine | |||
| Juror, Pine Ridge Arts Council, Ajax, ON, October, 2009 | |||
| Juror, Quinte West Juried Exhibition, Belleville, ON, May 2009 | |||
| Juror, The Conference Place Community Art Show, Whitby, ON, April 2009 | |||
| Juror, Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Visual Artist Grant, November 2008 | |||
| Juror, Annual York Region Juried Exhibition, F.H. Varley Art Gallery, October 2008 | |||
| Pedal Point/Pivot Point: Graduate Student Conference, panelists: Craig Buckley, Paola Poletto, Olexander Wlasenko, February 15, 2008, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario |
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| Juror of 4th Annual Juried Art Show & FAD Art Exhibition, Durham College, April 25 to May 5, 2006 | |||
| Kurelek: Diasporic Revelations in Cultural and Historic Memory - guest lecturer at Trent University, January 16 and June 5, 2006. | |||
| Juror of the 3rd Annual Juried Drawing Exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery, January 14, 2002. | |||
| Teaching Assistant and sessional instructor of undergraduate Drawing & Painting course | |||
| at The University of Western Ontario from September 1998 to April 1999. | |||
| Presented paper entitled, L'il Russians and Other Prostheses at Joint Graduate Session | |||
| held in conjunction with University Art Association of Canada, OCAD, November 4, 1999. | |||
| Assistant Curator and Curator of the Thomas Bouckley Collection of Historical Photographs at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa from September, 2000 to February, 2008. |
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| Current Curator at Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. | |||