Complete CV

XENIA BENIVOLSKI
609 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, Canada 416 889 3852 Xeniaster@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2002-2007 Bachelor of Fine Art: Interdisciplinary, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2005-2006 Participated in an International Residence Program in Florence, Italy
1997-2000 Ofek Institution for the Arts, Kibbutz Evron, Israel

Professional Experience

2011 Curator: "Canadian Mystic", Museo de la Ciudad, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Guest Curator: “This is Paradise – Paradise Now”, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
Production Assistant, “Bugs”, Life of a Craphead, Xpace, toronto
Window Box Curator, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010 Artist Assistant to Bill Burns, Toronto, ON, Canada
2009 - 2012 Board of Directors, Mercer Union Artist Run Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2009 - Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery; Curatorial/Publications Intern.
Founder of the Cabbage Patch Skids collective, Toronto, ON, Canada
Production Assistant ; No Media Kings, Toronto, ON, Canada
2008- Present Founding Member and Manager of the White House Studio Project, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007-2008 Volunteer, Mercer Union Artist -Run Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006-2008 Volunteer, 7A11D Performance Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2001-2003 Director's Assistant, Art System Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Selected Public Exhibitions/Screenings/Talks

Upcoming
Curtain Show, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON
Intrusive Thoughts, Gully Stinton Holdings, Berlin, Germany
2011 Palimpsest Magazine Issue/02 Medicine Launch
Don Blanche Summer Residency exhibition, Don Blanche, Shelburne, ON
Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Montréal QC
Cult of the Contemporary, Xpace, Toronto, ON
Snowday, Labspace Studio, Toronto, ON
2010 Don Blanche summer residency exhibition, Don Blanche, Shelburne, ON
Summer Ashes, Toronto , ON Canada
Bitch Slap, Thrush Holmes Empire, Toronto, ON
The Homey Show, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON, Canada
I like what I know, TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada
What's Next? (panel), Xpace, Toronto, ON, Canada
MirrOrriM , The White House, Toronto, ON, Canada
The House that Masons Built, Prince Charles Dr. Toronto, ON, Canada.
2009 No Face No Problem, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON, Canada
Scarlet Fever 666, Roadside Attractions, Toronto, ON, Canada
Ghost Hole, The White House, Toronto, ON, Canada
YYZ Mall, YYZ Artist Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Trampoline Hall(Lecture), Sneaky Dees, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sunday Scene,(Artist talk) The Power Plant , Toronto, ON, Canada
Midnight screening, Gallery 47, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nuit Blanch Devreaux, Various Locations, Toronto, On, Canada
The Blind Leading the Blind, TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada
Poor Pilgrim, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON, Canada
Peripheral Redundance: The Other In The Everyday, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Extermination XII, The Don Valley, Toronto, ON, Canada
Lunar landings, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
HIGH HOPES , The White House, Toronto, ON, Canada
Extermination XI, The Kodak factory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Double Double Land Land, TPW gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2008 The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery/Ho Gallery, New York, NY / Seoul, South Korea
Welcome to the White House, The White House, Toronto, ON, Canada
Summer Showcase, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Resident Artist Exhibition, Takt KunstProjektraum Residence, Berlin, Germany
2007 Summer Splash, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
7 Via Nazionale, Xpace Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Love Songs, Performance, Abandoned Nunnery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006 The Moss Project, Installation, Great Hall, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
Uni-Brow-Corn, Freedom Clothing, Toronto, ON, Canada
Blackout, OCAD Studios, Florence, Italy
2005 SuperFack, Mayday, Florence, Italy
23, OCAD Studios, Florence, Italy
The Lost Boys, Xpace Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2005 Vendart Exchange Unit · Parsons School of Design · New York City NY
2003 The Worst Ever, Gallery Death, Toronto , ON, Canada.
Mr Who's gonna back me up and the hey here's backup, (Performance), The Culture Vacuum, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002 The Destroyers, Art System gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Death Fuck, Art System gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2001 The Lady Show, Art System Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sell or Die, Art System gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2000 Annual Exhibition, Ofek Institution for the Arts, Kibbutz Evron, Israel

Curated/Developed

2011Canadian Mystic, Museo de la Ciudad, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Paradise Now, Museum of contemporary Canadian Art and other locations, Toronto, ON
The Legend is Black, Butcher gallery, Toronto, ON
10 degrees Mouth, Gallerywest, Toronto, ON
Cold Cold water: A screening of Complete works by Jamie Ross, The Whitehouse, Toronto, ON
Guess What? a 10 part artist talk series co-curated with Vanessa Rieger (forthcoming)
Toronto Art Critics Discuss Nuit Blanche, featuring Leah Sandals, Murray Whyte, Rosemary Heather, Charlene Lau, Otino Corsano, David Balzer, and John Bentley Mays. Monitored by Sky Gooden. The Whitehouse, Toronto, ON, Canada
ecnalubmA, 3 part exhibition Series, gallery 1313, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010 Slight Gestures, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON
Guess What : a 16 part workshop and lecture series featuring Jamie Shannon, Katie Kehoe, Amelia Earhardt, Ulysses Castellanos, Stan Kryzanowski and more. Various Locations, Toronto, ON
Extreme Painting; Ben Klein in conversation with John Bentley Mays, Shary Boyle and Sarah Milroy. TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada
MirrOrriM , The White House (curated with the whitehouse board), Toronto, ON, Canada
Internet Workshop for your Personal Edification Vol II featuring Zeesy Powers, TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada
2009 BRING IT: discussion panel by the Toronto Alliance of Art Critics, Featuring Leah Sandals, Murray Whyte, Rosemary Heather, Charlene Lau, Otino Corsano, David Balzer, Hosted by Nadja Sayej, Double Double Land, Toronto, ON, Canada
It Follows Me Jamie's Area, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mom Jeans, Cinecycle, Toronto, ON, Canada
Grant Writing Workshop featuring Amy Lam, Jamie's Area, Toronto, ON, Canada
Internet Workshop for your Personal Edification featuring Zeesy Powers, TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada
Peripheral Redundance: The Other In The Everyday Co-Curated with David F.M. Hanes, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Blind Leading the Blind, Members and friends of TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada

Fellowships and Awards

2011 Artist in Residence, Don Blanche, Shelburne, ON, Canada
2010 Artist in Residence, Don Blanche, Shelburne, ON, Canada
2008 The Zeesy Powers Foundation Grant, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007 Artist In Residence - Takt KunstProjektraum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005 Lisa Brown Memorial Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
John Alfsen Award, Toronto, ON, Canada
Curry’s Art Store Prize, Toronto, ON, Canada

Publications and Reviews:

Palimpsest Magazine, 2011
‘’Cycle: Andrew Findlay Stewart” , Commissioned by Xpace/Whippersnapper, 2011
One Hour Empire Spring 2011 (forthcoming)
Hunter and Cook Magazine (Don Blanche Review), Fall 2010
Western Front Magazine, Fall 2010
Worn Magazine Summer 2010
Darling Magazine, Issue 2 2010
Sketch Magazine, Summer 2010
She does the city, 2010
Darling Magazine Issue 1 2009
This Magazine, 2009
NOW Weekly, 2009
BlogTO, 2009