Taras Polataiko

tarasp [at] telus [dot] net

Vita
1966 geboren in Ukraine
Nationalität ukrainisch/kanadisch
1976-81 EDUCATION CERTIFICATE, Provincial Art School Chernivtsi, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
1981-83 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, Moscow Stroganov Institute of Fine and Industrial Arts, Moscow, U.S.S.R. Concentration: painting, drawing, art history, philosophy.
1990-93 MASTER OF FINE ARTS, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Concentration: painting, performance, critical theory

Der Künstler lebt und arbeitet in Kiev und Vancouver

Preise und Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)
2008 Artspace International Center for Contemporary Art, Sydney
2008 Art Omi International Arts Center, Omi, New York
2007 Canada Council Arts Grant B, Ottawa, Canada
2007 Stipendium Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems
2005 International Festival of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
2005 Canada Council Arts Grant B, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative A Grant, Regina, Canada
2004 Lieutenant Governor’s Art Award
2004 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative A Grant, Regina, Canada
2003 Canada Council Arts Grant B, Ottawa, Canada
2003 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative A Grant, Regina, Canada
1999 Soros International Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
1999 Centre for Contemporary Art “Ujazdowski Castle”, Warsaw, Poland
1999 Saskatchewan Arts Board Creative B Grant, Regina, Canada
1998 International Soros Foundation For Contemporary Art Grant, Kyiv, Ukraine
1998 Department of Foreign Affairs Touring Grant, Ottawa, Canada
1998 Ukrainian Shevchenko Foundation Grant, Winnipeg, Canada
1997 Ukrainian Shevchenko Foundation Grant, Winnipeg, Canada
1997 Banff Center for the Arts (Apocalypso), Banff, Canada
1995 Ukrainian Shevchenko Foundation Grant, Winnipeg, Canada
1994 Canada Council Arts Grant B, Ottawa, Canada
1993 Ukrainian Shevchenko Foundation Grant, Winnipeg, Canada
1992 Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, Emma Lake, Canada
1992 Bursary for Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, U of S, Saskatoon, Canada
1991-93 Graduate Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
1991 Elmer Shaw Bursary, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
1991 Ukrainian Shevchenko Foundation Grant, Winnipeg, Canada 1990 Canadian Friends of Ruch Foundation Grant, Saskatoon, Canada
1989 Third Prize at Chernivtsi Provincial Exhibition (juried), Ukraine, U.S.S.R
1988 Diploma of Ukrainian National Art Exhibition (juried), Kyiv, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
1983-89 Moscow Stroganov Institute of Fine and Industrial Arts Scholarship, Moscow, U.S.S.R
1981-83 Kosiv Art College Scholarship, Ukraine, U.S.S.R

Einzelausstellungen
2009 Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Toronto
2009 Remediation, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York
2009 In the Land of the Headhunters, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Toronto,
2008 Scotoma, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
2005 International Festival of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
2004 Moth , Eastern Edge, St. John’s, Kanada
2004 Dreams & Humidity, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Kanada
2003 Humidity, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Moth, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Canada
2003 HIM & Cuts, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2002 Bird’s Eye View, 25th Sao Paulo Biennale (national representation), Sao Paulo
2002 Untitled (Security Guard), Soros International Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev
2002 HIM & Cuts, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
2002 HIM, Images, International Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, Canada
2001 Cuts & Glare, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto
2001 Cuts, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1999 HIM & Other Works, Centre for Contemporary Art “Ujazdowski Castle”, Warsaw, Poland
1999 HIM & Other Works, Soros International Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
1998 Scotoma, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
1997 Mole, Caelum Gallery, New York
1997 Glare, Burnaby Art Gallery, Vancouver
1997 Mole, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
1996 Glare, Caelum Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1996 Cradle, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
1995 Glare, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1994 Glare, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
1994 YOU, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, Canada und MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina, Canada
1993 YOU, Ukrainian Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.
1992 YOU, M.F.A. Exhibition, Snellgrove Gallery, Uof S, Saskatoon, Canada.

Gemeinschaftsausstellungen (ab 2000)
2009 Faustian Inquiry, Pulse Miami, Miami
2009 International Incheon Biennial, Incheon, Südkorea
2009 Video as Video: Rewind to Form, International Art Affairs, Washington D.C.
2009 Volta 5, Basel
2008 Video as Video: Rewind To Form, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Point of Origin, Artspace International Centre for Contemporary Art, Sydney
2007 Art, Audience, Gallery: A Conversation, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Kanada
2007 Die Russen kommen, Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral und öffentlicher Raum Bad Ems2007 On the Beach, Artspeak, Vancouver2007 Signal & Noise, International Festival of Media Art, Video In, Vancouver
2006 Contested Spaces in Post-Soviet Art, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Recent Acquisitions, Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
2006 This City is a Radio, Paved, Saskatoon, Canada
2005 Appearances/L'Envers des Apparences, Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
2005 Atomica, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts/Esso Gallery co-production, New York
2005 Russia Redux No.1,Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York
2005 Chasing Amnesia, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
2005 Beyond Emma Lake: Contemporary Art of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2005 Constitution, Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, Yorkton, Canada
2004 Heart of Darkness, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas
2003 Indivisuals, Antoni Tapies Foundation, Barcelona
2003 Painting: Concept, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2003 To Conjure, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
2003 The Intangible, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2002 Heart of Darkness, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
2002 Indivisuals, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2001 Brand “Ukrainian”, Soros International Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev
2000 Slippage: Taras Polataiko, Gerhard Richter, Lucio Fontana, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada
2000 Intrigue – Provocation, National Museum of Lithuania, Kaunas, Lithuania