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08 | I Was a Human Pinata Part 3/Dirty Toe Shots - Performance, Nakai Theatre, Whitehorse, Yukon.
Curated by David Skelton
07 | Panda Spa Part II – Performance, Art Gallery of York University Performance Bus
06 | Chickens must Understand D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of A Nation” – Performance commemorating the Toronto International Film Festival, Drake Hotel, Toronto
RedRum for Squirrel PT 2 – Performance commemorating the Toronto International Film Festival, Drake Hotel, Toronto
Free Bootlickin’ (I Put a Spell on You) – Performance/installation, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
05 | Live Exorcism pt 2 – performance/installation, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
Bureau of Personal Guidance pt 2 – Site-specific performance, 559 ½ Queen Street West, Toronto
Monolith II - Performance, curated by Daniel Borins as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
This Is The Dawning of The Age of The Planet of The Apes – photo and video installation, Acid Records, Toronto
Electric Anus, I Was A Human Pinata, How Hitchcock Saved The World – Artist in residence performance art projects curated by Daniel Borins and Jessica Rose, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
04 | Cosmopolitanism – performance/installation curated by Daniel Borins, Drake Hotel, Toronto.
Strindberg in The Park, Wozzeck, the Lower Depths and Gerhard Hopman’s “The Weavers” - performance in commemoration of Queen West Galleries, Toronto.
Back from Visiting Hans in Lichtenstein – performance curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto.
The Ghost of The Artist as a Young Man – performance, curated by Daniel Borins, the Drake Hotel, Toronto.
03 | The Youngest Rock Star in History – performance curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control gallery, Toronto.
02 | General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army April 7, 1944, - Performance curated by Tiff Izsa, Ne Plus Ultra Project Space, Toronto.
Trouble In Smurfland – on sight installation, Mind Control, Toronto
Virus From Outer Space – performance, Art System, Toronto
The Lady in the Radiator – performance, Art System, Toronto
01 | Saint Lazarus Necro – on sight installation, A Space, Toronto
00 | Sex Death and Destruction – horror-inspired photographs, West Wing, Toronto
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| selected group exhibitions
07 | Thoughful Collecting. Peak Gallery Toronto, Ontario
Panda Spa III – performance, Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche 07
Love / Hate: New Crowned Glory In The GTA – paintings – curated by David Liss and Camilla Singh, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto
Diplomatic Immunties: The End – Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
The Wizard – performance, LatinAfrofest festival – curated by Amelia Jimenez, Off The Map gallery, Toronto
Historia de la Revolucion – video installation, Alucine Toronto Latin @ Media Festival, Curated by Hugo Ares, Jorge Lozano and Guillermina Buzio, Gallery 1313, Toronto
Chronic Enthusiasm – Drawings and photo collages, with Edith Dakovic and Fiona Smyth, curated by Camilla Singh , at Velada Santa Lucia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, organized by Clemencia Labin
INTERart International Exhibition of Video Art – K.O.K.E.M. Contemporary Art Museum, MierCurea Ciuc, Romania
Diplomatic Immunities, The End – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Interpretive Tours – Performance, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
06 | Panda Spa Part I – Performance, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International
Zen Pussy Superstar (for Annie Sprinkle) – Performance, curated by Moynan King for City Of Freaks at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
06 Free Bootlickin’s Box o’ Fun – Performance, Block In One Spot – The Theatre Centre, Toronto
06 Tragedy at Teddybear’s Picnic Part II – Performance, Unholy Alliance exhibition and fashion show curated by Camilla Singh, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
06 Tragedy at Teddybear’s Picnic Part I – Performance at Gallery TPW’s Striporama, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
06 RedRum for Squirrel – Performance, 2006 Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
06 The Life and Death of I.D. – Curated by Elizabeth Frater,
Mac Master Museum of Art, Hamilton
06 Free Hugs – Performance curated by Milena Placentile, Junction Arts Festival, Toronto
06 Into The Void (12 Hour Sleep) – Performance curated by Jessica Rose for Nuit Blanche festival, Yorkville, Toronto
06 Mommie Dearest is The Beast – Performance at Dresden Doll’s “Fuck The Back Row” film cabaret, Bloor Cinema, Toronto
06 Diplomatic Immunities, part of Mammalian Diving Reflex’s “Social Acupuncture” projects, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
05 Live Exorcism, Performance as part of McLuhan International Festival of The Future, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto
05 My Day – email project presented as part of Interart exhibition, curated by Atelier Deschis, Miercuria CIUC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
05 Monolith – performance and painting installation curated by Istvan Kantor, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto
05 Oedipus Rexdale– Performance, as part of Insex exhibition, curated by Juno Youn, Spin Gallery, Toronto
05 “Trust Me, I’m A Hispanic” Tours - performance in collaboration with Guillermo Gomez Pena, Toronto Free Gallery
05 Snakes ‘R’ Us – video installation as part of Our Roots and Beyond, Gallery 66, Toronto.
04 Niagara Falls Artist Host Program – curated by Goll & Nielsen, Mercer Union, Toronto
04 Oedipus Rex as Narrated by My Penis – performance at Efficiency II exhibition, curated by Derek Mainella, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto
04 Cadaver Sex – video, presented as part of Instant Horror film and video festival, Curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto
04 Iggy, I Love You, Here’s My Murderous Axe – performance at Emerging Artist’s Biennale, Vrsac, curated by Ingrid Mayerhoffer and Zivco Grozdanic, Serbia and Montenegro.
04 Film Class Cowboy – performance as part of FADO’s ART=LIFE=ART Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Toronto.
04 Bureau of Personal Guidance - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
04 Aliens Ate My Buick - performance in collaboration with Instant Coffee collective at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
04 Re: <0><0> An e-mail Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver
03 Que Sera Sera – Video, in collaboration with Maria Legault, presented as part of Instant Horror Video and Film Festival curated by Graham Hollings, Cinecycle, Toronto.
03 Alchemy and Mysticism #2 – touring painting show curated by Instant Coffee, Palacio De Las Artes, Disco Party Trailer, New York City.
03 Re: <o><o> The e-mail Art Project - curated by Alberto Guedea, Comme Des Congres Gallery, Calgary.
03 Alucinarte, in conjunction with the Latin American Art Festival - curated by Amelia Jimenez, Gallery1313, Toronto.
03 Small World - Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, curated by Timothy Comeau, Naomi Mizuno and Cynara Mori, Le Deco gallery, Tokyo.
03 Small World -Traveling Japanese / Canadian group show, Sis Boom Bah gallery, Toronto.
02 Somebody to Love – performance at Body Ground Performance Art Festival, curated by Istvan Kantor, Implant, Toronto.
02 Ritmo y Color - Harbourfront Centre Community Gallery, curated by Amelia Jimenez in collaboration with Latin American Ritmo y Color Art Festival, Toronto.
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artist talks / lectures
07 Panel Moderator – The Business of Death – with artist Jack Burman, Bates and Dodds Funeral Services owner and director Stanley Chung and grief counselor Father Larry, Gallery TPW, Toronto
07 From Fritz Lang to Laibach: Technology vs. Art – Lecture delivered at York University, Cultural Studies department, Contemporary Art and Technology, Allyson Mitchell course director
06 Color and Performance Art– Lecture delivered at Ontario College of Art and Design, drawing and painting department, Zorica Basic course director
06 Panel member, Artists and Revitalization panel discussion, in conjunction with Condo Boom!, with Susan Serran, Adrian Blackwell, Christina Zeidler and David Hulchanski, Moderated by Rebecca Ward, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
06 Panel member, “The Life and Death of I.D.”, Panel Discussion with Insoon Ha, Brendan Fernandes, Shelley Niro, and Ho Tam, moderated by Andrea Fatona, Macmaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
04 Panel member, “Toronto Art Institutions and The Politics of Difference” panel discussion, with Xandra Eden and Janna Graham moderated by Kim Simon, Mercer Union, Toronto
04 Artist talk, organized by University of Belgrade, Beograd Kulturni Centar, Serbia and Montenegro.
03 Curatorial Talk at Jarvis Collegiate Institute, regarding video installations by Gustavo Artigas, as part of Images Festival of Independent Film, Video, New media, Performance and Installation, Toronto. |
reviews / publications / interviews
07 Art Reviews, critic’s pick, “Space odyssey AluCine group show's lyrical riffs” by David Jager – Now Magazine June 7 - 13, 2007 | VOL. 26 NO. 40
07 “Ulysses Castellanos gives artist John Bride a blindfolded tour of the Teen Queen Room, designed by Cecilia Berkovic” – Now Magazine, “Up Front” section, January 18 - 24, 2007 | VOL. 26 NO. 20
06 Cover Story – “Nuit Blanche – Ulysses Castellanos Looks Into The Art of Darkness at Luminous Citywide Happening” by David Balzer, Eye Weekly / September 28 2006, pg 20
06 “Nuit Blanche offers a full night of art and performance in three downtown zones”. By Benjamin Boles – Now Magazine September 28 - October 4, 2006 | VoL. 26 No. 4
06 Mute - Curator’s essay by Ingrid Mayerhoffer, on the installation by Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto at McMaster Museum of Art
04 Instant Coffee’s Success Recovery Book - entry from “My Day/Life of Hustling” Internet project.
04 The Globe and Mail – Predator, Prey and Sensuous Paint – by Gary Michael Dault – Saturday May 22, 2004 – page R15
04 Interview with Elvira Sanchez de Malicki regarding recent performance art pieces, Telelatino Network, Toronto
03 Visual Voice - interview regarding musical/sound pieces, CIUT Radio, Toronto – Lucia De L’amour,
03 www.ne-plus-ultra.com / General George Smith Patton Jr. Addresses the Troops of the Third Army, April 7, 1944 – description of performance, photodocuentation by Eldon Garnett and text by Tiff Izsa
03 Life Network – performance for Match Maker television program, Toronto.
02 LOLA Magazine-Shotgun Review of “Teenage Murder Mystery”, a show of found photographs curated by Ulysses Castellanos - Lucia De L’amour.
01 Fashion Television – interview for Ooh La La Fashion Show – Sook Yin Lee.
97 Eye Magazine – Cover Story on Project 9 Performance Art/Music Project – Matt Galloway |
curatorial
07 Curator – Send In The Clowns – Online video art exhibition,
07 Curator – Ulysses’ Hands Picks, 9th Regional Juried Art Exhibition Modern Fuel Artist-run Centre, Kingston, Ontario
07 Art Director – Latin Afro Fest five- day festival of dance, music and performance art, El Mocambo, Supermarket, Toronto
07 Curator – Death…It’s Out There –Gallery exhibition featuring video art and photography by Greg Staats, Jack Burman, Emily Gove, Jubal Brown, Zorica Vasic, Su-Ying Lee, Juliana Schewe, Faisal Anwar and Gareth Brown-Jowett, Gallery TPW, Toronto
06 – 07 Curator –I See a Darkness Curatorial Residency - Series of web-specific works, screenings, blog curation and artist interviews on TPW’s YouTube channel, Gallery TPW, Toronto
06 Curator – Trampoline Hall lecture series. Featuring talks on self-help and Tony Robbins, and a talk on Norwegian Black Metal by David LIss. Sneaky Dees, Toronto
06 Artistic Director – Beyond Our Roots II, Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by Latino Canadian Cultural Association, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
05 Artistic Director – Beyond Our Roots Interdisciplinary Art Festival, presented by the Latino Canadian Cultural Association, the Drake Hotel, Toronto.
05 Curator - Edible Women, a show of new media pieces by Maria Legault, Jennifer Matotek, Beth MacEachen and Anica Vucetic, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto.
04 Curator, Neverland Ranch: Art at The Turn of The Century, featuring painting and video works by Kineko Ivic, Daniel Borins, Derek Mainella, Graham Hollings, Maria Legault, Jubal Brown and Raffael Antonio Iglesias, Klinik, Toronto.
04 Curator, Fatal Surveillance - a show of oil paintings by Matt Bahen and mixed media works by John Scott and Matt Bahen. A Space Gallery, Toronto.
03 Curator, The Rules of The Game - video installation by Gustavo Artigas, presented as part of Images Festival of film, video, new media, performance and installation. A Space Gallery, Toronto |
