ULYSSES CASTELLANOS Born: San Salvador, El Salvador, 1968 Lives and works in Toronto
One Person Exhibitions 2006 (upcoming) performance Alucinarte Festival of Latin American Film and Video, The Drake Hotel. 2006 Free Bootlickin' (I Put a Spell on You) - Performance and installation, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2005 Live Exorcism pt 2 - performance, The Drake Hotel, Toronto Bureau of Personal Guidance pt 2 - Site-specific performance, 559 ½ Queen Street West, Toronto Monolith II - Performance, curated by Daniel Borins, as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, The Drake Hotel, Toronto This Is The Dawning of The Age of The Planet of The Apes - photo and video installation, Acid Records, Toronto Electric Anus, I Was A Human Pinata, How Hitchcock Saved The World - Artist in residence performance art projects curated by Daniel Borins and Jessica Rose, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2004 Cosmopolitanism - performance/installation curated by Daniel Borins, Drake Hotel, Toronto. Strindberg in The Park, Wozzeck, the Lower Depths and Gerhard Hopman's "The Weavers" - performance in commemoration of Queen West Galleries, Toronto. Back from Visiting Hans in Lichtenstein - performance curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto. The Ghost of The Artist as a Young Man - performance, curated by Daniel Borins, the Drake Hotel, Toronto. 2003 The Youngest Rock Star in History - performance curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control gallery, Toronto. 2002 General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army, April 7, 1944 - Performance curated by Tiff Izsa, Ne Plus Ultra Project Space, Toronto. Trouble In Smurfland - on sight installation, Mind Control, Toronto Virus From Outer Space - performance, Art System, Toronto The Lady in the Radiator - performance, Art System, Toronto 2001 Saint Lazarus Necro - on sight installation, A Space, Toronto 2000 Sex Death and Destruction for Dummies - show of horror-inspired photographs, West Wing, Toronto
Group Exhibitions 2006 (Ongoing) Diplomatic Immunities, part of Mammalian Diving Reflex's "Cultural Acupuncture" project, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto 2005 Live Exorcism, Performance as part of McLuhan International Festival of The Future, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto "My Day" - email project presented as part of Interart exhibition, curated by Atelier Deschis, Miercuria CIUC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania Monolith - performance and painting installation curated by Istvan Kantor, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto Oedipus Rexdale- Performance, as part of Insex exhibition , curated by Juno Youn, Spin Gallery, Toronto "Trust Me, I'm A Hispanic" Tours - performance as part of a workshop with Guillermo Gomez Pena, Toronto Free Gallery Snakes 'R' Us - video installation as part of Our Roots and Beyond, Gallery 66, Toronto. 2004 Niagara Falls Artist Host Program - curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto Oedipus Rex as Narrated by My Penis - performance at Efficiency II exhibition, curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto Cadaver Sex - video, presented as part of Instant Horror film and video festival, Curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto Iggy, I Love You, Here's My Murderous Axe - performance at Emerging Artist's Biennale, Vrsac, curated by Ingrid Mayerhoffer and Zivco Grozdanic, Serbia and Montenegro. Film Class Cowboy - performance as part of FADO's ART=LIFE=ART Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Toronto. Bureau of Personal Guidance - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Aliens Ate My Buick - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Re: <0><0> An e-mail Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver 2003 Que Sera Sera - Video, in collaboration with Maria Legault, presented as part of Instant Horror Video and Film Festival curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto. Alchemy and Mysticism #2 - touring painting show curated by Instant Coffee, Palacio De Las Artes, Disco Party Trailer, New York City. Re: <o><o> The e-mail Art Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Comme Des Congres Gallery, Calgary. Alucinarte , in conjunction with the Latin American Art Festival - curated by Amelia Jimenez, Gallery1313, Toronto. Small World - Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, curated by Timothy Comeau, Naomi Mizuno and Cynara Mori, Le Deco gallery, Tokyo. Small World -Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, Sis Boom Bah gallery, Toronto. 2002 Somebody to Love - performance at Body Ground Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Implant, Toronto. Ritmo y Color - Harbourfront Centre Community Gallery, curated by Amelia Jimenez in collaboration with Latin American Ritmo y Color Art Festival, Toronto. 1999 Urban Excursion - photographic exhibition, Area Gallery, Toronto.
Curatorial & Work related experience 2006 (Upcoming) Curator - Exhibition of new media works by Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, Gallery TPW, Toronto (Upcoming) Artistic Director - Beyond Our Roots II, Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by Latino Canadian Cultural Association, The Drake Hotel, Toronto 2005 Artistic Director - Beyond Our Roots Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by the Latino Canadian Cultural Association, the Drake Hotel, Toronto. 2005 Curator - "Edible Women", a show of new media pieces by Maria Legault, Jennifer Matotek, Beth MacEachen and Anica Vucetic, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto. 2004 Curator , "Neverland Ranch: Art at The Turn of The Century", featuring works by Kineko Ivic, Daniel Borins, Derek Mainella, Graham Hollings, Maria Legault, Jubal Brown and Raffael Antonio Iglesias, Klinik, Toronto. Curator , "Fatal Surveillance", a show of oil paintings by Matt Bahen and mixed media works by John Scott and Matt Bahen. A Space Gallery, Toronto. 2003 Curator , "The Rules of The Game" video installation by Gustavo Artigas, presented as part of Images Festival of film, video, new media, performance and installation. A Space Gallery, Toronto 2004-2005 Member, Latin Canadian Cultural Association 2001-2005 Juror , exhibition jury, A Space gallery, Toronto 2002-2005 Committee member , Programming Committee, A Space gallery, Toronto 2002-2005 Board member , Cecil Community Centre, Toronto
Awards 2005 Shortlisted for Emerging Curator Award , The Untitled Toronto Art Awards, Toronto Emerging Artist Award , Ontario Arts Council, Toronto 2004 Emerging Artist Grant , Toronto Arts Council 2001- A Space Gallery Community Emerging Artist Award , Honorary mention, juried by A Space Gallery, Toronto 1990 City of Pickering Civic Award
Commissioned Works Cosmopolitanism , performance/installation commissioned by the Drake Hotel, Toronto Franz Marc In Regalia , mural commissioned by Menshari Electronics, Toronto I Wish I Were A Dove So That Ozzy Would Bite My Head Off , performance commissioned by Ooh La La, Fashion Television Channel, Toronto Mural - Toronto Labour Council Artist Talks / Lectures 2006 Lecturer, Love versus Art, curated by Lauren Bride. Trampoline Hall. 2004 Panel member , round table discussion on "Toronto Art Institutions and The Politics of Difference" with Xandra Eden and Janna Graham facilitated by Kim Simon, Mercer Union, Toronto. Artist talk, organized by University of Belgrade, Beograd Kulturni Centar, Serbia and Montenegro. 2003 Curatorial Talk at Jarvis Collegiate Institute, regarding video installations by Gustavo Artigas, as part of Images Festival of Independent Film, Video, New media, Performance and Installation, Toronto.
Education 2001 OCAD - Certificate Program for Visual Artists 1993 BFA - University of Toronto
Reviews / Publications / Interviews
2006 Mute - Curator's essay by Ingrid Mayerhoffer , on the installation by Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto at McMaster Museum of Art 2004 Instant Coffee's Success Recovery Book - entry from "My Day/Life of Hustling" internet project. The Globe and Mail - Predator, Prey and Sensuous Paint - by Gary Michael Dault - Saturday May 22, 2004 - page R15 Interview with Elvira Sanchez de Malicki regarding recent performance art pieces, Telelatino Network, Toronto 2003 Visual Voice - interview regarding musical/sound pieces, CIUT Radio, Toronto - Lucia De L'amour, www.ne-plus-ultra.com / General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army, April 7, 1944 - description of performance, photodocuentation by Eldon Garnett and text by Tiff Izsa Life Network - performance for Match Maker television program, Toronto. 2002 LOLA Magazine -Shotgun Review of "Teenage Murder Mystery", a show of found photographs curated by Ulysses Castellanos - Lucia De L'amour. 2001 Fashion Television - interview for Ooh La La Fashion Show - Sook Yin Lee. 1997 Eye Magazine - Cover Story on Project 9 Performance Art/Music Project - Matt Galloway Contact: ulyssescastellanos@hotmail.com elpresidente@ulyssesdadabase.com tel: (416) 833 - 9521
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