SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2006       Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from the Ontario College of Art & Design


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2010       Miles Collyer, G Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2008       Home-made Home-grown, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, British Columbia

2007       Home-made Home-grown, Paul Petro Multiples + Small Works, Toronto, Ontario     

                        pictures from the public performance


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2012        Editions, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario

2011        PIN UP, Mercer Union A Centre For Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario

               Again With Feeling!, N/A, Toronto, Ontario

               Portage, Okazi Gallery, Berlin, Germany

               Like Some Pool of Fire, Open Space, Victoria, British Columbia

2010        Some Enchanted Evenings: A Nuit Blanche Retrospective Exhibition, Scotia Plaza, Toronto, Ontario

2009        Taxi, Paul Petro Special Projects Space, Toronto, Ontario

               Ideally by W+W for Utopics 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, Switzerland

               THING beware the material world, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

                        exhibition installation

                Double Double Land Land, Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario

                        more exhibition pictures

2008        Ground Frame Released, Switch Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario

2007        Staring Therapy, Space 1026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

               The Brotherhood, Australian Centre For Photography, Sydney, Australia

               Come Join The Brotherhood, Neon Parc Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2006        Punch 3, G+ Galleries, Toronto, Ontario

                        read Sarah Todd’s text about the exhibited series

                        Download the exhibition brochure

                F-Stop and Check It Out, XPace, Toronto, Ontario

                Developers, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario

                Semblance, OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2005         SMIJ, Latvian Cultural Center, Toronto, Ontario

                Hero’s & Icons, Base Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2004         The Build Up, The Let Down, XPace, Toronto, Ontario

                SMIJ, Latvian Cultural Center, Toronto, Ontario

2003         SMIJ, Latvian Cultural Center, Toronto, Ontario


CURATORIAL PROJECTS


2007       Curator, Goin’ Postal: A Mail-art Exhibit,  Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario

                        view catalogue

                        view catalogue in detail

2005       Co-organizer (w/ Alicia Coutts) Groin Magazine Exhibition, Adrift, Toronto, Ontario


AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES


2011       Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2010       Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2009       Gold medal from the 2008 National Magazine Awards: Best Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article

              Travel Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts, Canada Council for the Arts

2007       Level One Grant to Visual Artists, Toronto Arts Council

              M.C. McCain Post-Graduate Photography Residency, OCAD

2006       Polaroid Canada Scholarship, OCAD

2005       Mark McCain Tuition Scholarship, OCAD

              Diana Myers Book-arts Award, OCAD

2004       Polaroid Canada Scholarship, OCAD


SELECT COLLECTIONS


Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth  (Public)

Mark McCain & Caro MacDonald, Toronto  (Private)

Wanda Koop, Winnipeg  (Private)


AUCTIONS


2012       8th Annual C Magazine Benefit Auction, Toronto, Ontario

2011       Photopia, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario

2010      Photorama, Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario

              6th Annual C Magazine Benefit Auction, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto, Ontario

2009       Canadian Art Foundation Gallery Hop Auction, Guvernment and Koolhaus, Toronto, Ontario

2008       Photorama, Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario

              Cash Rules But Your Love Is King, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario

2007       Spring Fling 3 C Magazine Fundraiser (Curated by Rosemary Heather), Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Ontario

              12th Annual Canadian Art Foundation Gallery Hop Auction, Moss Park Armoury, Toronto, Ontario

              Art With Heart Auction: A Fundraiser for Casey House, The Carlu, Toronto, Ontario

2006       Photorama, Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario


PUBLISHED ARTWORK


2011       TrackTop Masks: Colour Wheel, Like Some Pool of Fire, published by Open Space, Victoria, p. 5, 8.

2010       Böhm Kobayashi Encyclopedia, Böhm #37b, p. 17, 30, 35, & 56-57

2009       EmEm, 61 Newspaper Poster Issue #1: Canadian Wildlifepublished by The Ossington, Toronto

2008       Huntah, Das Parkheft, published by Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, p. 18-19

              Home-made Home-grown, Up! Magazine (September 2008) vol. 4, no. 9. p. 51.

2007       Kobayashi San - NANIWA Project. Published by the Goethe-Institute, Toronto

              TrackTop Masks: One Eye, C Magazine #93 (Spring 2007), p. 49

2006       TrackTop Masks, Colour Wheel, They Shoot Homos Don’t They? #3, p. 84-85       view page in detail

              The Blog issue, Die Böhm #28b

              Kobayashi part 2, Die Böhm #30

2005       TrackTop Masks, Look-Look Magazine #5, p. cover, 36-39, & back cover 

              Mask Buttons, Groin Magazine, p. 3-4

2004       Building/Worker, Photo Life Magazine, vol. 29, no. 05, p.35

2001       Prostitutes of Style, Dojo Magazine, vol. 0, no. 1, p. 43  


SELECT DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS


Opening Boarders/Opening ObjectsUniversity of Western Ontario (commissioned contributor).

Social FabricTextile Museum of Canada (commissioned contributor).  www.textilemuseum.ca/socialfabric (May 2010)

Miles CollyerI like this art (feature).  ilikethisart.blogspot.com (May 2009)

Miles CollyerSwitzerland Creative Services (feature).  switzerlandcs.blogspot.com (September 2008)

Miles CollyerToro Magazine (feature).  www.toromagazine.com (June 2008)

Nothing Magazine #17Nothing Magazine (feature interview).  www.nothingmag.com (May 2007)        view a PDF version

NANIWAFrau Böhm (international weblog project).  blog.frau-boehm.de (ongoing throughout 2006)

Exhibitions in the guestroomThe Böhn Trade Center (online exhibition).  www.frau-boehm.de (February 2006)

Photos from the mind of Miles CollyerInquiring Mind (feature interview).  www.inquiringmind.ca (Fall 2005)  


COMMISSIONED WORK


2009       Report On The New York Book Art Fair, (review and photo documentation).  C Magazine #104

                    (Winter 2009), p. 54-55

              Micah Lexier - Twelve of One, (display documentation). Published by Art Metropole, Toronto

              AA Bronson (interview), Bad Day Magazine issue #5 (July 2009), p. 30-37

2008      Terence Koh: A Beaver’s Tail, (performance documentation). Published by Art Metropole, Toronto

                    purchase this book

              Politics as Unusual: A Legend is Born, (visual essay) The Walrus Magazine

                    (March 2008), p. 54-67

2007       Goin’ Postal exhibition catalogue, (photography and editing). Published by Art Metropole, Toronto


REVIEWS & PRINT FEATURES


2011       Colangelo, David R. Again, With Feeling!, (exhibition essay). Toronto: N/A artspace;

              Heather, Rosemary.  Miles Collyer.  Canadian Art,  Spring, p. 128, 2011;

2010       Hutton, Jen.  Miles Collyer, G Gallery (exhibition essay). Toronto: G Gallery, 2010;

2009       Cook, Robert.  International Artist Miles Collyer, Track Top Masks.  Art Gallery of Western Australia Website,

                        (online feature), posted 18 May 2009;

              Cook, Robert.  Finding DesignThing: beware the material world, (exhibition catalogue).  Perth: Art Gallery of

                        Western Australia, p. 35, 2009;

              Follwell, Matthew.  Altered PerceptionOur Neighbourhood Magazine, February, p. 38, 2009;

2009       Wojtyra, Antoni & Wu, Annie.  ideally, (exhibition catalogue).  Biel: Utopics 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition,

                        p. 18-22, 2009;

2008       Gierasimczuk, Tom.  Art of DarknessUp! Magazine, September, p. 50, 2008;

2007       Whiteside, George.  Toronto Now: To Watch. Canadian Art, Winter, vol. 24, no. 4, p. 64, 2007;

              Dare, Josh.  Queer SodalistsAX National, August, p. 8, 2007;

              Balzer, David.  Goin’ PostalEye Weekly, 25 October, p. 55, 2007;

              Turner, Leah.  Going Postal. mail art group show.  COLOR Magazine, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 28, 2007;

              Jager, David.  Lens-based works pack PunchNow Magazine, 18 January, p. 68, 2007;

2006       Sieber, Oliver.  What is a good picture? Photographie Schweiz, July/August, p. 80-81, 2006;

2006       Dault, Gary Michael.  Zeroing in on some great big ideas.  The Globe & Mail, 30 December, p. R6, 2006;


RELATED EMPLOYMENT & PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS


2005   -   Present. Shop Manager, Art Metropole

2011       Guest lecturer, 3rd year undergraduate class Concept Development: Fibre. Ontario College of Art & Design

              Guest lecturer, undergraduate photography thesis students. Ontario College of Art & Design

2010       Public lecture, Trace the stitch lines between virtual and actual. G Gallery (organized by Gendai Gallery)

2009   -   2010. Guest lecturer on artist publishing, multiples, and artist-runcentres. Grade 12 studio class.

                    Claude Watson Arts Program, Earl Haig Secondary School

2008   -   Present. Guest lecturer on artists’ books and multiples, 4th year undergraduate studio class.

                    Brock University Department of Fine Art

              Public lecture, Sunday Sessions International Artist Floor Talk. Art Gallery of Western Australia

2008       Public lecture, Sunday Scene: Steven Shearer. The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

2003      Installation crew member, Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #1100 Concentric bands. Toronto Pearson International Airport

2001       Photo Studio/Photo Resource assistant - Art Gallery of Ontario


Click here to download my CV as a PDF or click on achievements for additional information

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Bio:

      Miles Collyer (born, 1983 in Toronto) is a visual artist whose practice is motivated by

photo-based sources. He studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design where he was the

recipient of several academic scholarships and awards before graduating with a BFA in

photography in 2006. After completing his undergraduate studies Collyer has gone on to

receive further grants and awards for his work, most notably a Gold medal in 2008 from

the Canadian National Magazine Awards in the category of Best Art Direction for a Single

Magazine Article. His work has been widely published and exhibited across Canada, the

United States, Australia, Switzerland, Germany and several curated exhibits online.

Since 2005 he has held the position of Shop Manager at the artist-run centre Art Metropole.


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