Yvonne Singer is a practicing artist with an active national and international exhibition record. Her installation works employ multi-media techniques, often with cryptic texts to articulate cultural and psychological issues of disjuncture and perception. Singer is particularly interested in the intersection of public and private histories. Recent exhibitions include writing a gesture, Katzman Contemporary, Picturing Wellness II: Museums and Social Engagement, McMaster Museum of Art, The Game of Life;1 step forward, 10 steps backwards, art sourterrain and Nuit Blanche, Montreal, Quebec, jst wrds at the Cambridge Galleries, I do, I undo, I redo, at Critical Mass, Port Hope, Ontario,IIIIwawawant at the Convenience Gallery and the Gladstone Hotel, just in time (or hanging by a thread), Loop Gallery, Toronto. In 2011, Singer was invited by curator, Dr. Sarat Maharaj to present work at Goteborg International Contemporary Art Biennial, Goteborg, Sweden. She also was awarded a Canada Council Travel Grant.
Singer was born in Budapest, Hungary. She received a BA in English Literature at McGill University and an MFA Honours from York University. She also studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Singer is a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and Art History, and the former Graduate Program Director in Visual Arts. Her community activities have included board membership on the Toronto Arts Council, C International Art magazine and the Koffler Centre for the Arts.
Singer was born in Budapest, Hungary. She received a BA in English Literature at McGill University and an MFA Honours from York University. She also studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Singer is a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and Art History, and the former Graduate Program Director in Visual Arts. Her community activities have included board membership on the Toronto Arts Council, C International Art magazine and the Koffler Centre for the Arts.
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Education
Masters of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto
Bachelor of Arts, major in English Literature; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Selected Professional activities
Current Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, York University, Toronto
2014 External Reviewer of Visual Arts Program, University of Windsor
Selection Committee Panel for $700,000 public art commission for Downsview Park Stanley Greene Neighbourhood
2011 Invited to present work at Goteborg International Contemporary Art Biennial
Curator, Dr. Sarat Maharaj, Goteborg, Sweden
2011 Awarded Canada Council Travel Grant
2003- 2009 Graduate Programme Director, Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, York University
2006 Juror for Power Stream $130,000 public art competition
2006 Juror for public commission for Downsview Park
2005-2009 Art Review Committee, Walrus magazine
2003-2009 Chair, Art Advisory Committee for Koffler Gallery
2003-2009 Board of Directors, C International Contemporary Art magazine
2002- 2007 Co-chair Visual Arts and Media Committee, Toronto Arts Council
2001-2007 Member of the Toronto Arts Council Board
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 writing a gesture, video, Kontort project space, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2014 just in time (or hanging by a thread), Loop Gallery, Toronto
2013 jst wrds, curator Iga Janik, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ont.
2011 IIIwawawawant, KWT Contemporary, Toronto
2010 IIIIIwawawawant, neon, convenience gallery, Toronto
2010 Gone Missing, video and neon installation, Loop Gallery, Toronto.
2009 Random Objects, Random Thoughts ,curator, Cheryl Sourkes, Akau Gallery, Toronto
2008 Signs of Life an intimate portrait of someone I don’t know, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2003 le stade du miroir, bronze and video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2002 Family Album, video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2000 doing time, 2 channel video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
1999 Projections for the unseeing, (site-specific installation) Expression, galerie de l'art contemporain, Michel Groleau, directeur; St-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Mother Tongue, curator: Anik Glaude, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario
Drive-Thru, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2013 I do, I undo I redo, Identity Project, Curator: Aurelie Collings, Critical Mass: Centre for Contemporary Art, Port Hope, Ontario
2013 The Game of Life, 1 step forward, 10 steps backwards, art souterrain, Montreal
2012 a fleeting conversation, LED display board, art souterrain and nuit blanche, Montreal
2010 Burnt Book Titles 6, Musée d'art de Joliette, PQ,Titles 7, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie,Ontario
2009 Burnt Book , Titles 5, curator, Yam Lau, Art Metropole, Toronto, Oct 09, 2008
Titles 4(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Forest City Gallery/Attic Books, London
2008 Titles 3(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Articule Gallery, Librairie L'écume des Jours, Montreal
2007 Titles 2(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Art Gallery of University of Massachusetts/ Amherst Books, Amherst
2007 Titles (An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Balfour Books, Toronto
2009 Sometimes I like a happy ending; sometimes I like a sad ending; sculptural installation, Kiwi Sculpture Garden, Perth, Ontario
curator: Mary Sue Rankin
2008 Flex, exhibition for world WASHI summit, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2006 ….forest for the trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto/ IL GABBIANO,La Spezie, Italy/ Dell Gennai, Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy/ At FX University Art Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Curators: Anne O’Callaghan, Francesca Vivenza
2005-06 Picturing Her: Images of Girlhood, McCord Museum, Montreal, Curator: Dr. Loren Lerner
2006 Reflections, curator Joyce Millar, Stewart Hall Gallery Montreal, Pier 21,Halifax
2003-04 Ironic Turn, touring exhibition of Canadian artists, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany/ Faux Mouvement, Metz, France/ Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto/ Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
2003 Alpha-bets: Art and Language, Language in Art, Therese Bolliger, Brigitte Radiecki, curator; Joyce Millar, Stewart Hall, Montreal
exhibition catalogue essay by Robert Racine
Education
Masters of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto
Bachelor of Arts, major in English Literature; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Selected Professional activities
Current Professor, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, York University, Toronto
2014 External Reviewer of Visual Arts Program, University of Windsor
Selection Committee Panel for $700,000 public art commission for Downsview Park Stanley Greene Neighbourhood
2011 Invited to present work at Goteborg International Contemporary Art Biennial
Curator, Dr. Sarat Maharaj, Goteborg, Sweden
2011 Awarded Canada Council Travel Grant
2003- 2009 Graduate Programme Director, Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, York University
2006 Juror for Power Stream $130,000 public art competition
2006 Juror for public commission for Downsview Park
2005-2009 Art Review Committee, Walrus magazine
2003-2009 Chair, Art Advisory Committee for Koffler Gallery
2003-2009 Board of Directors, C International Contemporary Art magazine
2002- 2007 Co-chair Visual Arts and Media Committee, Toronto Arts Council
2001-2007 Member of the Toronto Arts Council Board
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 writing a gesture, video, Kontort project space, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2014 just in time (or hanging by a thread), Loop Gallery, Toronto
2013 jst wrds, curator Iga Janik, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ont.
2011 IIIwawawawant, KWT Contemporary, Toronto
2010 IIIIIwawawawant, neon, convenience gallery, Toronto
2010 Gone Missing, video and neon installation, Loop Gallery, Toronto.
2009 Random Objects, Random Thoughts ,curator, Cheryl Sourkes, Akau Gallery, Toronto
2008 Signs of Life an intimate portrait of someone I don’t know, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2003 le stade du miroir, bronze and video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2002 Family Album, video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2000 doing time, 2 channel video installation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
1999 Projections for the unseeing, (site-specific installation) Expression, galerie de l'art contemporain, Michel Groleau, directeur; St-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Mother Tongue, curator: Anik Glaude, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario
Drive-Thru, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto
2013 I do, I undo I redo, Identity Project, Curator: Aurelie Collings, Critical Mass: Centre for Contemporary Art, Port Hope, Ontario
2013 The Game of Life, 1 step forward, 10 steps backwards, art souterrain, Montreal
2012 a fleeting conversation, LED display board, art souterrain and nuit blanche, Montreal
2010 Burnt Book Titles 6, Musée d'art de Joliette, PQ,Titles 7, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie,Ontario
2009 Burnt Book , Titles 5, curator, Yam Lau, Art Metropole, Toronto, Oct 09, 2008
Titles 4(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Forest City Gallery/Attic Books, London
2008 Titles 3(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Articule Gallery, Librairie L'écume des Jours, Montreal
2007 Titles 2(An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Art Gallery of University of Massachusetts/ Amherst Books, Amherst
2007 Titles (An Exhibition of Artist’s Book Works) Balfour Books, Toronto
2009 Sometimes I like a happy ending; sometimes I like a sad ending; sculptural installation, Kiwi Sculpture Garden, Perth, Ontario
curator: Mary Sue Rankin
2008 Flex, exhibition for world WASHI summit, Loop Gallery, Toronto
2006 ….forest for the trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto/ IL GABBIANO,La Spezie, Italy/ Dell Gennai, Studio Gennai, Pisa, Italy/ At FX University Art Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Curators: Anne O’Callaghan, Francesca Vivenza
2005-06 Picturing Her: Images of Girlhood, McCord Museum, Montreal, Curator: Dr. Loren Lerner
2006 Reflections, curator Joyce Millar, Stewart Hall Gallery Montreal, Pier 21,Halifax
2003-04 Ironic Turn, touring exhibition of Canadian artists, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany/ Faux Mouvement, Metz, France/ Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto/ Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
2003 Alpha-bets: Art and Language, Language in Art, Therese Bolliger, Brigitte Radiecki, curator; Joyce Millar, Stewart Hall, Montreal
exhibition catalogue essay by Robert Racine
