Jaspal Birdi CV
Education
2017 Curating Contemporary Art Course, XAC School of Curatorial Studies, Venice, Italy
2013 Master of Arts Management, Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Venice, Florence, Rome, Italy
2011 Museum Internship Program, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Drawing & Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Occhi Che Guardano Senza Vedere. Fondazione Vittorio Leonesio, Puegnago sul Garda,
Province of Brescia, Italy
2022 Eyes Looking Without Seeing. Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021 Can I Play Outside? The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON, Canada
2018 Transferred Recall. CHI & CO, Berlin, Germany
2013 Dioptric Paradox. ZAION Gallery, Biella, Italy
Group Exhibitions (SELECTED)
2023 Re:memory. Rooms Cafe, The New Other, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 I AM HERE / Portraits of Resilience. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
Daughters. Percorsi Fotosensibili, Spatial, World Wide Web
Inedite sperimentazioni. Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Tra umano e divino. Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
2021 Torquere. Punto Croce, Venice, Italy
Premio Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee. Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso, Italy
2020 Whatever It Takes. AplusA Gallery, Venice, Italy
2019 Azione Residuale. MARS (Milano Artist Run Space), Milan, Italy
Premio Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee. Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso, Italy
End of Residency Exhibition. ViaFarini, Milan, Italy
Il Principio Del Dubbio. Museo Gipsoteca Giulio Monteverde, Bistagno, Italy
The Picnic Pavilion. Punto Croce, Venice, Italy
2018 Premio Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee. Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso, Italy
La Passione e La Visione. Fondazione Bevilaqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Premio Stonefly: Love Me Tender. ViaFarini, Milan, Italy
Gilded Wings. Spore Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Glitch Art is Dead. Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, United States
Dada Club Online. Link Art Centre / Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
Commissions (SELECTED)
2023 Richmond Art Gallery, BC, Canada, Photograph Installation, Lansdowne Station,
City of Richmond, Capture Photography Festival.
2019 Museo Gipsoteca Giulio Monteverde, Bistagno, Italy, Sculpture & Photography.
2018 Stonefly Spa, Montebelluna, Italy, “Let’s Play House!” Installation.
Residencies
2021 Artist Residency, Women’s Art Association of Canada, October 2021 to September 2022.
2020 RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery,
September to December 2020.
Visual Arts Fellowship, Fondazione Culturale San Fedele, February 2020 to March 2022.
2019 Artist Residency, ViaFarini, January to December 2019.
Artist Residency, Gipsoteca Giulio Monteverde, July 2019.
2017 Artist Residency, Fondazione Istituzione Bevilacqua La Masa, May 2017 to May 2018.
Awards & Grants
2023 International Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, July. $2 850
Arts Across Canada Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, May. $2 250
DiDi Creative Fund, South Asian & Tamil Collective, June. $500
2022 International Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, February. $2 250
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, September. $500
2021 Covid Relief Arts Fund, City of Brampton, December. $2 000
Martini International Art Award, Fondazione Carlo Maria Martini.
2020 Visual Arts Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, September. $5 000
Contemporary Photography Award Finalist, Premio Fabbri, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri.
2019 Contemporary Art Award Long-list, Ducato Prize.
Contemporary Photography Award Finalist, Premio Fabbri, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri.
2018 BLM Stonefly Walking With Art Award, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa & Stonefly. $2 000
Contemporary Art Award Finalist, Premio Fabbri, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri.
2013 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, April. $500
Painting Finalist, 7th Annual Premio Arte Laguna.
Solo Exhibition Award, 7th Annual Premio Arte Laguna.
2011 Zoomers Magazine People’s Choice Award, Zoomers Canada.
2009 Karl Heinz Wiesen Memorial Award for Life Drawing: OCAD University.
2008 Charles Magee Memorial Award for Drawing & Painting: OCAD University.
Kendra Jaal McCleskey Award for Drawing & Painting: OCAD University.
Friends of OCA Award for Integrated Media: OCAD University.
Fairs (SELECTED)
2023 Art Toronto, The New Other, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 2023.
Collections
Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada.
ViaFarini, Milan, Italy.
Stonefly Spa, Montebelluna, Italy.
Toronto SickKids Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Pusateri’s Fine Foods, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Private collections, Canada, USA, UK, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Malta, Portugal.