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Vincent Trasov

Artist Biography

 

Born
Edmonton, Alberta, 1947
 
Education
Majored in languages and humanities, University of British Columbia, Vancover, British Columbia, Canada, 1968 (French, German, English)
 
Solo Exhibitions
1991  The Word Paintings, Oboro, Montral. Plug In Inc, Winnipeg. UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver.
1992  The Word Paintings, Gallery 76, Toronto. Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor.
1993  STRASSENBILD - Street Paintings, Akademie der Kuenste, Galerie am Pariser Platz, Berlin.
1994  STRASSENBILD - Street Paintings, Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin.
1995  Berliner STRASSENNAMEN IM DRITTEN REICH - Berlin Street Names in the Third Reich, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
1997  Harmony, Winchester Galleries, Victoria
2001  The Mr. Peanut Mayoralty Campaign 1974, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vacouver.
2004  Histories, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver.
2005  Mr. Peanut: Mayoralty Campaign 1974, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria.
 
Group Exhibitions
1983  Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.
1986  Das andere Land: Auslaendische Kuenstler in der Bundesrepublik, Groe Orangerie, Schlo Charlottenburg, Berlin.
1991  Interferenzen: Kunst aus Westberlin 1960-1990, Riga, Latvia.
1994  Out of America, Amerika Haus, Berlin.
1994  5 Jahre Danach, Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin.
1995  Werkschau 3: Konzepte-Objekte-Installationen, Neues Kunstquartier Berlin, Berlin.
1996  International Artists Writing Reading Room, Side Street Projects Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
1996  Transient Moments: Vancouver and the Performance Photograph, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver.
1997  Gift for India, Gallery Chemould, Max Muller Bhawan and Artists Centre, Bombay.
1999-2001  Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York. (travelling exhibition)
2002  Looking for Dick, Open Studio, Toronto.
2003  The Williams Legacy: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest, University of Victoria, Victoria.
2003  Temporal Surfaces, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver.
2003  In My Solitude, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto.
2007  The Monochromatic Field: Works from the Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver.
2007  Collecting Works on Paper, Virginia Christopher Fine Art Gallery, Calgary.
 
Morris/Trasov Archive Exhibitions
1992  Morris/Trasov Archive Inaugural Exhibition, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver.
1994  Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver.
1994  Morris/Trasov Archive Colour Research, XXII Bienal Internacional, So Paulo.
1995  Morris/Trasov Archive Colour Research, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg.
1996  Colour Research: Works from the Morris/Trasov Archive at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver.
1997  Morris/Trasov Archive On Line, Tang Station, Berlin. (e-mail and Internet exhibition)
1999  How Sad I am Today: The Art of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver.
1999  Zero Hour: Tenth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Western Front Society and Goethe-Institute, Vancouver.
2000  Gay Chic of the 70s from the Morris/Trasov Archive, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver.
2002  Golden Streams Artists' Collaboration and Exchange in the 1970s, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga.
2005  Classified Materials>>Accumulations, Archives, Artists, Morris/Trasov Archive at Vancouver Art Gallery.
2005-2006  Intertidal Vancouver Art & Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Muhka, Antwerp.
2007  The Monochromatic Field: Works from the collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver.
2007  Before the Internet: Networks and Art, Western Front Society, Vancouver.
 
Publications
1971  Image Bank Postcard Show. Toronto: Coach House Press.
1972  International Image Exchange Directory. Vancouver: Talonbooks.
1974  "Image Bank Directory Issue," File, no. 7. Toronto.
1976  The Rise and Fall of the Peanut Party. Journal: Twenty Days in November (with John Mitchell). Vancouver: Air.
1977  Image Bank Postcard Show. Vancouver and New York City: Image Bank.
1978  "Image Bank Correspondence Issue," Art Rite, no. 18. New York: Dollar Art Series.
1982  Berliner Bilder. Berlin: Galerie Ars Viva Edition and Berliner Kuenstlerprogramm, DAAD.
1982  Video Narcissus (with Michael Morris). Galerie Ars Viva Edition and Berliner Kuenstlerprogramm, DAAD.
1990  Morris/Trasov Archive tabloid. Banff: Banff Centre and Morris/Trasov Archive.
1991  Word Paintings. Vancouver: UBC Fine Arts Gallery.
1992  Morris/Trasov Archive Portfolio No. 1: The Search for the Hand of the Spirit. Vancouver: Morris/Trasov Archive and University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery.
1994  Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive. Vancouver: Morris/Trasov Archive and University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery.
1994  Colour Research: Morris/Trasov Archive. XXII Bienal Internacional de So Paulo. Winnpipeg: Plug In Editions.
1999  How Sad I am Today: The Art of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School (website). Vancouver: Sharla Sava, Morris/Trasov Archive and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
1999  Zero Hour: Tenth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (website). Vancouver: Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and the UBC Institute for European Studies.
2000  Colour Research 1967-2000 (website). Vancouver: Patrick Chan and Morris/Trasov Archive.
2001  Ray Johnson: How Sad I am Today. Vancouver: Morris/Trasov Archive and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
 
Catalogues
1979  Live Art: 1909 to the Present. Edited by Roselee Goldberg. New York: Abrams.
1983  Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery.
1986  Das andere Land: Auslaendische Kuenstler in der Bundesrepublik. Berlin: Edition Deplana.
1986  Buero Berlin - Ein Produktionsbegriff. Berlin: Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
1991  Interferenzen: Kunst aus Westberlin 1960-1990. Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft fuer bildende Kunst.
1991  practicing beauty. Curatorial Laboratory Projects #5. Hamilton, Ontario. Art Gallery of Hamilton.
1992  La Collection: tableau inaugural. Montreal: Muse d'art contemporain de Montral.
1993  Whispered Art History: Twenty Years at the Western Front. Edited by Keith Wallace. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
1995  Werkschau 3: Konzepte-Objekte-Installationen. Berlin: Neues Kunstquartier Berlin. Senatsverwaltung fuer Soziales - Kuenstlerfoerderung.
1995  "Zwei kanadische Kuenstler in Berlin - Impulse fuer ein unabhaengiges Netzwerk," Zeitschrift fuer Kulturaustausch 1995/2. Stuttgart: Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen.
1995  "Erinnerungskarton" from the exhibition 5 Jahre danach. Berlin: Haus am Luetzowplatz.
1997  "Art and Design," Magazine Profile No. 54. Guest edited by Michael Petry. London, England.
2000  Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s. Queens, New York: Queens Museum of Art.
2002  Golden Streams Artists' Collaboration and Exchange in the 1970s. Mississauga: Blackwood Gallery.
 
Selected Bibliography
1989  Karen Henry, "In these Times of Diminishing Visual Returns: the Video Work of Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov," in Video Guide, vol. 10, no. 1 (March). [page 3 and 18].
1991  Marcia E. Vetrocq, "Report from Montral-Modernity and the City," in Art in America, vol. 79, no. 11 (November).
1992  Christina Ritchie, "Vincent Trasov: Word Paintings," in Canadian Art, vol. 9, no. 4 (Winter). [page 67-68].
1995  Alison Gilmor, "Bar Everyone," in Border Crossings, vol. 14, no. 1 (November).
2004  Julia Dault, "Mr. Peanut through the Ages," in National Post (June 24). [page B3].
2004  Robin Laurence, "Trasov's Nutty Art: Crunchy and Smooth," in Georgia Straight (July 22).
2005  Grania Litwin, "A really nutty character," in Victoria Times Colonist (June 2).
2005  Robert Amos, "Memories of Mr. Peanut and a parallel art world," in Victoria Times Colonist (June 16). [page D6].
2005  Allan Antliff, "The Mr. Peanut Mayoralty Campaign of 1974," in Canadian Art, Fall 2005, Vol. 22, No.3. [page 140].
 
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