TARA BURSEY
cleanteen@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
Commencing studies towards a BFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University, September 2009.
2008 Toronto School of Art, Independent Studio Program. Advisors: Iris Haeussler and Lyla Rye
2006 Toronto School of Art, Fine Arts Diploma
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 paperwork/foodwork, poplar.gallery online, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Dirge II, League of Lovers and Thieves, Toronto, Ontario
Insecurity Blanket, Fly Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Zines + Bookworks, Freedom Clothing Collective, Toronto, Ontario
2007 From Russia With Love, She Said Boom! Window Space, Toronto, Ontario
2006 From Russia with Love, Fly Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
White Wash, Bobby Five Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Bleach, TSA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Veil, Toronto School of Art Library, Toronto, Ontario
Class of '63, Fly Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Body + Object, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Shadow Box Exhibition, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Artmap 2009, Manifesto Festival, Toronto City Hall Rotunda, Toronto, Ontario
Lookit, Lookit, Lookit, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario (Curator: Melanie Egan)
Cluster, Launch Projects, Toronto, Ontario
Artists Flea Market, Katharine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario
Elemental Connections, Saskatchewan Crafts Council Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Curator: Arlene Gehring)
2008 City of Craft 2008 (Vendor), The Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Shadow Box Exhibition, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Sticky Fingers Art Auction and Exhibition, The Boat, Toronto, Ontario
Elemental Connections, Alberta Crafts Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (Curator: Arlene Gehring)
Washi Lockdown and Auction, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
World Washi Summit Juried Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario (Winner: Best in Show)
Pleasure-Purpose, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (Curator: Janna Hiemstra)
Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative: 3, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Elemental Connections, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (Curator: Arlene Gehring)
2007 Canzine 2007 (The Haunted Home Room Installation), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Ontario
Independent Studio Program Exhibition, TSA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Shadow Box Exhibition, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Elemental Connections, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (Curator: Arlene Gehring)
Zine Soup, Telefon Til Chefen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Response, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Sex Pots II, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Holiday Show and Auction, Bobby Five Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario
Shadow Box Exhibition, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Fantasy Fashion Show 9, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
Square Foot 2006, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Love Potion Project, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
2005 The Drawing Show, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Fantasy Fashion Show 8, MOCCA, Toronto, Ontario
Collide-O-Scope, Gallery 61, Toronto, Ontario
Artist's Proof Sale and Open House, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009 Installation Co-ordinator, City of Craft 2009, Toronto, Ontario
Curator, Home and Away (and In-Between), Cream Tangerine Cafe at The Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Co-Curator, Po-lar-i-ty, Launch Projects, Toronto, Ontario
2008-09 The Portable Library Project
2007-08 She Said Boom! Window Space, Toronto, Ontario
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2009 Performer/Installation Assistant, Bouncing Bride: What Goes Down Must Come Up by Cathy Gordon, The Music Gallery, Toronto
2006-09 Collective Member, Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Juror, City of Craft 2008, Toronto, Ontario
2007-08 Teacher's Assistant, Collage and Assemblage 1 + 2, Installation Art, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
2006-08 Administrative Assistant, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Exhibition Assistant/Tour Guide, The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach by Iris Haeussler, 105 Robinson Street, Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
2007 Toronto School of Art, ISP Award
2005 Toronto School of Art, Matthew David Stein Memorial Scholarship
2004 Toronto School of Art, Barbara Barrett Scholarship
ARTIST'S TALKS
2009 Zine Libraries 101: Starting and Maintaining a Zine Library, London Public Library (Central Branch) London, Ontario
2008 Zine-Making for Social Change, Ladyfest Toronto, St. Stephens-in-the-Fields Church, Toronto, Ont
Artist's Talk, Installation Art, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Panel Discussion: Elemental Connections, Lennox Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Artist's Talk, Independent Studio Program, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Artist's Talk, Youth Studio, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Zine Talk, William Lyon MacKenzie Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
Make A Zine!: A Workshop for Beginners, Global Citizenship Conference, WLU, Waterloo, Ontario
Make A Zine!: A Workshop for Beginners, Toronto Zine Library/TRANZAC, Toronto, Ontario
2006 The Value of Art: Selling Your Work with Integrity, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Zines: A Short History of the Underground Publication, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Create The Situation zine series, Punk Rockers On Creative Survival and the Survival of Creativity, Portland, OR/Winnipeg, MB
Self-Published Work (2 Editions), Punk Rockers On Creative Survival and the Survival of Creativity, Toronto, Ontario
Interview, The Regional Assembly of Text, Toronto Craft Alert, Toronto, Ontario
Interview, Barb Hunt, Toronto Craft Alert, Toronto, Ontario
Spot and Cover Illustrations, To Whom it May Concern: A Novel by Priscila Uppal, Doubleday Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Catalogue, World Washi Summit 2008, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario
Exhibition Catalogue, Pleasure-Purpose, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario
Commissioned Artist Pin Set, Cheap Dates, The Sweetie Pie Press, Toronto, Ontario
2007 McClung's Magazine, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Exhibition Catalogue, Elemental Connections, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK
Illustration, Broken Pencil Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Feature #13: Sweetie Pie Press, Got Craft? Blog, Vancouver, BC
Jull, Emily. Intern Top Picks #11, Toronto Craft Alert, Toronto, Ontario
Elemental Connections, Alberta Craft Magazine, Edmonton, Alberta
2008 Feels, R.A.U. Material Matters...But So Also Sustainability, R.A.U Feels' Owen Sound Art Review, Owen Sound, Ontario
2007 Votta, Nicole. Independent Artists Come Together at Canzine, The Sheridan Sun Online, Oakville, Ontario
Chokeword, Phil. The Toronto Zine Library, Last Hours Fanzine #16, London, UK
Macmillan, Misty-Dawn. Love letters, music and and zines at this year's Canzine, The Strand, Toronto, Ontario
Kay, Michelle. Zine Libraries: Alternative Learning Centres with Couches, Broken Pencil Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
Lazarenko, Rebecca. Small Press Means (Big) Business, The Brock Press, St. Catharines, Ontario
2006 Siddiqui, Tabassum. Their Mission: Keeping the Zine Alive, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario
