Atanas Bozdarov and A.S.M. Kobayashi explore urban accessibility infrastructures and their use by both the disability community and skateboarders. A custom-built, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)-compliant ramp has been enhanced with additional ramp offshoots and railings and relocated to the basketball court at the Waterfront Neighborhood Centre. No longer serving its… Continue reading Rise Over Run at Nuit Blanche 2024
Category: Exhibitions
Kamias Triennial at Gallery TPW
Kamias Triennial New work in collaboration with Meredith Talusan and Maylee Todd Long Distance July 4 to 29, 2024Opening Reception: July 6, 1-5pmExhibition at Gallery TPW170 St. Helens Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Featuring works by Dean Baldwin Lew (Montréal), Lena Cobangbang (Manila), Kiri Dalena (Manila), Cian Dayrit (Manila), Erin Gee (Montréal), Kolown (Manila), Woojae Kim (Vancouver), A.S.M. Kobayashi with Meredith… Continue reading Kamias Triennial at Gallery TPW
Say Something Bunny! Gallery TPW February 2016
Say Something Bunny! February 13 – March 26, 2016 Gallery TPW 170 St Helens Ave, Toronto Performance Dates: Friday, February 5, 8pm (Performance Preview) Saturday, February 6, 8pm Friday, February 12, 8pm Saturday, February 13, 2pm, opening reception at 5pm Alison S.M. Kobayashi is an identity contortionist. In her work, Kobayashi performs a variety of… Continue reading Say Something Bunny! Gallery TPW February 2016
A Series of Navigations opens Saturday, March 3rd!
The Model presents A Series of Navigations The Mall, Sligo, Ireland Curated by Séamus Kealy March 3, 2012 to April 15, 2012 Opening Reception: March 3, 2012 at 6PM The Model Oisin Byrne & Christopher Mahon,  Kristan Horton. Alison S. M. Kobayashi, Renzo Martens, Bea McMahon, Avi Mograbi, Megs Morley & Tom Flanaghan, Sophie Nys and Jonathan Wells.… Continue reading A Series of Navigations opens Saturday, March 3rd!
Lies that Tell the Truth opens in Halifax
July 17, 2011 to August 14, 2011 Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts 1588 Barrington Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Curated by Suzanne Caines and Claire Hodge The Centre for Art Tapes and the Khyber Present Lies that Tell the truth: Local Curatorial Residency Inaugural Exhibition In 2010, the Centre for Art Tapes piloted its first Local… Continue reading Lies that Tell the Truth opens in Halifax
A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. Opens this Thursday: June 30th
June 30th – July 27th, 2011 Opening Reception on June 30th 5-8PM Feminist Art Gallery 25 Seaforth Avenue, Toronto ON Opening Hours: Saturdays + Sundays from 1PM to 5PM. About F.A.G.: Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell, are the Centre for Phucking the Patriarchy – a response, a process, a site, a protest, an outcry, an… Continue reading A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. Opens this Thursday: June 30th
Upcoming Exhibitions + Events: Summer 2011
Feminist Art Gallery presents A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. F.A.G.’s second exhibition features a new body of work by Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Throughout 2011 I have been collecting objects in Toronto’s west end that contain traces of the previous owner; a notebook with only a few pages filled in or photo albums that were not thoroughly… Continue reading Upcoming Exhibitions + Events: Summer 2011
MOTELISATION, Foreman Art Gallery
MOTELIZATION
April 21 to June 19, 2010 Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University Sherbrooke, Quebec opening reception April 21st, 5 to 7PM Andrew King & Angela Silver (Calgary and Montreal), Alison S. M. Kobayashi (Toronto) & Gintas Tirilis (Mississauga), Chantal Séguin (Sherbrooke), Andrée Anne Vien (Montréal) curated by Genevieve Chevalier Taking on the subject of recent… Continue reading MOTELIZATION
Pleasure Dome presents: Don’t Talk to Strangers at Trinity Square Video
Harry Dodge (Los Angeles) and Alison S.M. Kobayashi (Toronto) Opening: Saturday, February 6, 2—5pm Saturday, February 6 to Saturday, March 6 Trinity Square Video 401 Richmond St. West, Suite 376 Pleasure Dome is pleased to present the two-person exhibition Don’t Talk to Strangers featuring a new single-channel video by Los Angeles artist Harry Dodge and… Continue reading Pleasure Dome presents: Don’t Talk to Strangers at Trinity Square Video
Fall In at Blackwood Gallery
Fall In October 26 – December 13, 2009 With Annie Onyi Cheung, Sophie Bélair Clément, Gillian Collyer, Zev Farber, Alison S. M. Kobayashi, Ryan Park, Roula Partheniou, Joshua Schwebel and Josh Thorpe Curated by Christof Migone The search for descent is not the erecting of foundations: on the contrary, it disturbs what was previously considered… Continue reading Fall In at Blackwood Gallery
BLACKWOOD GALLERY BILLBOARD COMMISSION 2009 is to be unveiled soon
The Seven Inch Fall (2009) Curated by Christof Migone October 1, 2009 – May 1, 2010 South Building Bernie Miller Billboard/Lightbox, University of Toronto at Mississauga campus Every Fall the Blackwood Gallery commissions an artist to produce a work for the Bernie Miller Lightbox, a billboard sized (176.5 x 268.0 cm) venue installed on the… Continue reading BLACKWOOD GALLERY BILLBOARD COMMISSION 2009 is to be unveiled soon
Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos at Hallwalls until Oct. 23, 2009
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is currently exhibiting an installation of Dan Carter, From Alex To Alex and a new piece created in Buffalo for the installation Period 4L. An exhibition poster is available at the gallery which includes an exhibition essay written by curator, Carolyn Tennant. Friday September 11, 2009 to Friday October 23, 2009.… Continue reading Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos at Hallwalls until Oct. 23, 2009
Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos Opens September 11
A solo exhibition at Hallways Contemporary Art Center, curated by Carolyn Tennant. A trilogy of videos based on found objects will be installed in the gallery. This includes a new video that is based on a letter that was found on a Buffalo sidewalk in 2004. Also at Hallwalls: Lewis Colburn Interregnum (1815-1969) Friday September… Continue reading Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos Opens September 11
MOTEL: a collaboration with Gintas Tirilis
Curated by Su-Ying Lee and Suzanne Carte-Blanchenot XPACE 58 Ossington Avenue, Toronto June 26 – July 25, 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 7 – 10 PM Panel Discussion: Saturday July 4, 2009 Closing Yard Sale: July 25th, 2009 XPACE PRESS RELEASE MOTEL Alison S. M. Kobayashi and Gintas Tirilis Curated by Su-Ying Lee and… Continue reading MOTEL: a collaboration with Gintas Tirilis
EMPTY ORCHESTRA OPENS THIS WEEKEND!
Empty Orchestra features a recently commissioned work called Lose Yourself, a karaoke video based on the Eminem song of the same title. Saturday April 11, 2009. 7PM to 10PM Gendai Gallery, Japanese Cultural Centre. 6 Garamond Court, Toronto Ontario www.gendaigallery.org posted Tuesday April 7, 2009, 8:42pm.