Brett Despotovich
studio@despotovich.com
b. 1982 Toronto


Solo Exhibitions
2023 all eyes / Toronto
2022 silverskin / IONA Studio / Toronto
2019 hollowmetabolism / Patel Gallery / Toronto
2016 chordata / Project Gallery / Toronto
2014 (the fall) / 944 Queen West / Toronto

Group Exhibitions (selection)
2017 Blush vol.2 / Sabot//Mimi//Faster / Berlin
2017 Platforms Project 2017 presented by Ed Video / Athens, Greece
2016 Precarity / Roundtable Residency Group Exhibition / Toronto
2016 Chaostrophy / Ludwig / Berlin
2015 Ghost Hole VII / Toronto
2015 VIDEODROME 2015 / Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / Toronto

Residencies
2022 IONA Studio, Toronto
2017 The Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard
2016 The Roundtable Residency, Toronto

Curation
2017 CHANNEL no.2 / January 16-20 / Katzman Contemporary / 86 Miller St / press
2016 CHANNEL no.1 / January 12-16 / Katzman Contemporary
2014 The Fire Doesn't Burn Itself / Afterhours Projects / December 15 / press 1 / press 2

Screenings
2017 HÄXAN | INCHOATE release + screening / TIFF Cinema 7
2016 HÄXAN | INCHOATE screening / TIFF Cinema 7 / Oct 30

Education
2001-2005 Ontario College of Art and Design / Fine Art, non-major

Awards / Grants
2020 TOArtist COVID Response Fund
2019 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Project Grant
2016 Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Project Support Grant
2015 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Project Grant

Press / Reviews
2018 RACAR vol. 43, no. 1
2017 culturenow.gr
2017 Toronto Star / CHANNEL no.2
2014 Magenta Magazine, Fall / Winter 2014 / Exhibition review


portrait by Luis Mora