SHARY BOYLE
Born 1972. Toronto, Ontario.



education

1994. Diploma Of Fine Arts. Ontario College Of Art and Design. Toronto , Canada

 

selected exhibitions

solo

September 2007. The Clearances. Space Gallery. London, UK.

February 2007. Wonderlust. Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Ontario.

January 2007. Aspects and Excess. Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario.

March 2006. Lace Figures. The Power Plant. Toronto, Ontario.

November 2004. Witness My Shame . Gallery F52. Montreal , Quebec.

June 2004. Companions. Or Gallery. Vancouver , British Columbia.

October 2003. The Story of Jane Doe. International Festival Of Authors, Harbourfront Centre. Toronto , Ontario.

July 2003. Otherworld Uprising. Whitewater Gallery. North Bay , Ontario.

March 2003. Travels to the Realm Between. Katharine Mulherin Gallery. Toronto , Ontario.

January 2002. YYZ Artist Run Centre. Toronto , Ontario.

December 2001. The Omitted Tales. Katharine Mulherin Gallery. Toronto , Ontario.

September 2001. Lit From Within. VonRot GmbH. Berlin , Germany.

October 2000. Estuary. Paul Petro Contemporary Art. Toronto , Ontario.

November 1999. Boo Hoo. Odd Gallery. Dawson City , Yukon.

May 1999. Khyber Art Centre. Halifax , Nova Scotia.

group

September 2007.The Sobey Award. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

June 2006. Darkness Ascends. Museum of Canadian Contemprary Art. Toronto, Ontario.

April 2006. Fantasia. Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Ontario.

February 2006. Drawing Restraint. S.A.W. Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario.

January 2006. Alternative Girlhood: Diaristic Indulgence and Contemporary Female Artists. State University of New York, Tower Fine Arts. Brockport, New York.

May 2004. Important Canadian Art. ZieherSmith Gallery. New York , New York.

March 2004. Republic of Love. The Power Plant. Toronto , Ontario.

August 2003. Dislocated . Edward Day Gallery. Toronto , Ontario.

February 2003. Super Modern World of Beauty. Walter Phillips Gallery. Banff , Alberta.

November 2002. Shary Boyle, Gayle Gorman, Suzanne Proulx. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo , New York.

March 2000. Taboos, Titillation's & Thrills. MSVU Art Gallery. Halifax , Nova Scotia.

January 2000. Low-Tech Time Capsules: Book Art for the Millennium Sea-Tac Airport Gallery. Seattle , Washington.

November 1999. Nasty Grrrls. S.A.W. Gallery. Ottawa , Ontario.

October 1996. Veemvloer Arts Center. Amsterdam , Netherlands.

 

drawing performances/live projection

October 2007. Magic Shadows. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Alberta.

October 2006. Dark Hand and Lamplight. Ten-date tour across California, opening by invitation of American musician Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince' Billy).

July 2006. Shadow Songs. Live drawing projections in collaboration with Winnipeg musician Christine Fellows. Ten-date tour across Canada.

April 2006. Massive Party. The Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario.

March 2006. Kramer's Ergot. Hammer Museum of Art. Los Angeles, California.

November 2005. Songs of Childhood. Khyber Art Centre. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

June 2005. Live projected drawing for Fonal Musician Showcase. Sonar Festival. Barcelona, Spain.

June 2005. Songs of Childhood. Fonal Festival, Yo Talo. Tampere, Finland.

February 2005. Live drawing projections, with musician Feist. The Olympia Theatre. Paris, France.

December 3-12, 2004. 6-date tour across the eastern United States collaborating with musicians Es, Black Forest/Black Sea and Fursaxa. Live drawing projections and installations.

October 2004. Wood Witch Rising and Chanelling Grimm. Live drawing projections. Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario.

October 2004. . Live drawing/ animated projections, collaboration with musician Feist. La Cigale Theatre. Paris, France.

March 2004. Les Festins D'Aden . Live drawing projections, with musician Feist. Bataclan Theatre. Paris, France.

October 2002. In the Beginning. Live animated projections on drawing mural, with audio. Struts Artist Run Centre. Sackville, New Brunswick.

October 2002. Honkitonkioke. Live drawing and singing to old-country karioke. As part of the Uno-a-Go-Go Festival of one-man bands. The Hideout, Chicago, Illinois.

August 2002. The Tale of the Cats . Live animated projections to narrated Italian folk tale. The Palace Theatre. Los Angeles, California.

March 2002. All Tomorrow's Parties. Live drawing / animated projections, collaboration with musician Peaches. UCLA. Los Angeles, California.

August 2001. Collaboration with musician Peaches. Ost Gut. Berlin, Germany.

July 2001. Honkitonkioke . St. Pauli Tanzehall. Hamburg, Germany.

 

articles

William Ganis. "Shary Boyle, Aspects & Excess". Border Crossings.

June 2007 Peter Goddard. "10 To Watch: 2007". Toronto Star, December 30, 2006.

Lorissa Sengara. "Porcelain Dreams and Nightmares". Canadian Art, Fall 2006.

Sandra Firmin. "Shary Boyle, Toronto". Art Papers, Atlanta, GA. July/August 2006.

Cheryl Binning. "Interactive live art accompanies music". Winnipeg Fress Press, June 8, 2006.

David Jager. "Porcelain Pain". NOW Magazine, April 13-19, 2006.

Peter Goddard. "Small is big at surprising show". Toronto Star, April 13, 2006.

Sarah Milroy. "Feminie Grotesque". The Globe And Mail, April 7, 2006.

Laura deCarufel. "Flesh and Lace". The Look Magazine, Winter 2005.

Isa Tousignant. “1,000 Words”. Hour Magazine ( Montreal ), November 11, 2004.

Daryl Vocat. “The Dark Abyss”. Xtra! Magazine, October 14, 2004.

Carl Wilson. “A harmonious duet for both eye and ear”. The Globe and Mail, June 14, 2004.

Corin Sworn. “ Republic of Love ”. Canadian Art, Summer 2004.

Gary Michael Dault. “Dislocation at Edward Day”. The Globe And Mail, August 9, 2003.

John Bentley Mays. “The Extraordinary, Fantastical, Uncool World of Shary Boyle”.

Lola Magazine ( Toronto ), Summer 2003.

Geoff Girvitz, “75”. Shift Magazine, Fall 2002.

Yael Brotman, “ Shary Boyle, Rewind ”. Canadian Art, Summer 2002.

Gary Michael Dault. “Shary Boyle at Katharine Mulherin”. The Globe And Mail, December 15, 2001.

Chris Hutsul. “ The Omitted Tales ”. The Toronto Star, December 8, 2001.

Si Si Penelosa. “Back From Berlin ”. C Magazine, December 2001.

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay. “Peaches and Shary Boyle in Berlin ”.

MIX Independent Art & Culture Magazine , Winter 2001/2.

Clint Roenisch. “ A Word To The Wise”. dART International , Winter 2001. Volume 4, Number 1.

 

publications

Otherworld Uprising. Conundrum Press. Montreal, Quebec. February 2008.

Zoetrope *all-story*. Francis Ford Coppola, AZX Publications. San Francisco, US. Spring 2007.

Objects. Die Gestalten. Berlin, Germany. Spring 2007.

Kramers Ergot #6 . Buenaventura Press. Los Angeles, US. March 2006.

The Portable Conundrum. Conundrum Press. Montreal, Quebec. Summer 2006.

Songs of Childhood. Khyber Publications. Halifax, Nova Scotia. November 2005.

Walrus Magazine. Toronto, Ontario. December 2004.

Witness My Shame . Conundrum Press. Montreal, Quebec. October 2004.

Important Canadian Art . ZieherSmith Publications. New York, New York. May 2004.

Girls Who Bite Back. Sumach Press. Toronto, Ontario. April 2004.

The Story of Jane Doe. Random House of Canada . Toronto, Ontario. Spring 2003.

Shary Boyle, Gayle Gorman, Suzanne Proulx. Hallwalls Publications Buffalo, New York. November 2002.

Half Man, Half Beast. J & L Publications #2. Atlanta, Georgia. Spring 2002.

Starship Magazine . Berlin, Germany. Spring 2002.

YYZ Newsletter . YYZ Artists Outlet Publications. Toronto. January 2002.

And Some Stories. Kyhber Arts Publications. Halifax. September 2001.

Landscape With Shipwreck. Insomniac Press. Toronto. April 2001.

MIX Independent Art & Culture Magazine . Toronto. Vol. 26 No. 4, Spring 2001.

Taboos, Titillation's & Thrills. MSVU Art Gallery Publications. Halifax. June 2000.

Flower Magazine , Art Metropole Publications. Toronto. February 1995.

 

collections

Paisley Museum of Art, Scotland.

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Ydessa Hendeles Foundation, Toronto.

Art Gallery of Ontario.

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba.

The Rooms, Newfoundland.

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery , University of British Columbia.

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Ontario.

 

awards

2007. Sobey Art Award short list.

2007. Canada Council International Studios.

2004. Chalmers Foundation Award.

2003. Canada Council of the Arts.

2003. Ontario Arts Council.

2001. Canada Council for the Arts.

2000. K.M. Hunter Artist Award.

1999. Toronto Arts Council.

1999.  Canada Council Travel.

1998. Ontario Arts Council.

1996. Ontario Arts Council.