Balint Zsako

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Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ryerson University, Toronto

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Play Dead, Look Alive, AUTOMAT, Los Angeles

2009 Old Master Paintings, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto

2008 Drawings from the Bernardi Collection, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

2007 Drawn Negatives, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto
Love Stories, The Proposition Gallery, New York

2006 Love Stories, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto

2005 Bazsa Paradise, Economist Gallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong

2004 Heads, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto

2003 Zsako vs. Photography, LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto
New Works, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
Drawings, Luft Gallery, Toronto

2002 books., Ryerson Gallery, Toronto

Group Exhibitions
2010 4 Eccentrics, The Proposition, New York
Diabolique, Galerie de L�UQAM, Montreal
Fax, Plug In ICA, Winnepeg

2009 Fluid Boundaries, Pierre-Fran�ois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal
The Zsako/Torma Family, Trinity Galleries, Saint John (New Brunswick)
Diabolique, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
Anna Torma, Istvan Zsako, Balint Zsako, Wilde Gallery, Berlin
Re: In Situ, MuveszetMalom, Szentendre, Hungary

2008 Fables, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
The Needle, The Paintbrush and The Knife, The Proposition, New York
Ambivalent Figuration; People, Samson Projects, Boston
The Effect of Your Body, MCV/NYC, New York
Wilde Animals, Wilde Gallery, Berlin

2007 Coercive Atmospherics, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, New York

2006 Dehuman, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon
Hello Dolly, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
Double 6, LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto

2005 Canada-Hungary Reflections, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal
Dehuman, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario
Whisper Down the Lane, Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia
Here Everything is Still Floating, Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto
Insex 2, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
Metaphase, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

2004 Metaphase, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
Just Enough to Tickle, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto
Electric Eye, Sis Boom Bah Gallery, Toronto
Book Keepers, Gallery TPW, Toronto
Monkey See, Monkey Do, S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
Punch 2, LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto
The Borden Street Show, Luft Gallery, Toronto

2003 Case Studies, Harbourfront Center, Toronto
World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-Do, Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea
Proof 10, Gallery 44, Toronto
book, Luft Gallery, Toronto
InSex, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto
Patching History, Gallery 1313, Toronto

2002 3rd Toronto International Art Fair, represented by LEE, Ka-sing Gallery
Photography, Hamilton Artist�s Inc., Hamilton
Punch, LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto

2001 Lux Nova, low-tech camera group show, Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2000 Camera Obscura, pinhole photography travelling exhibition, Hungary & Italy
Pinhole Photography, Hamilton Artist�s Inc., Hamilton

Grants/Awards
2005 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

2004 Shortlisted for the Untitled Art Awards in the Emerging Artist category

2002 du Maurier Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

Publications
2010 Marie-Eve Charron. �Oeuvres sur papier tous azimuts,� Le Devoir, January 10

2009 Sarah Parsons. �Emergence: Contemporary Canadian Photography,� Gallery 44 & Ryerson U.
Amanda Cacchia. �Diabolique,� Exhibition Catalogue, Dunlop Gallery
Annie Lafleur. �Dans le jardin de chair,� Ovni Magazine 03
�Re:InSitu,� Exhibition Catalogue, Canadian-Hungarian Artists Collective
Robert Enright. �Balint Zsako: Drawings from the Bernardi Collection,� Monograph, MOCCA Toronto

2008 MaryAnn Camilleri, �Carte Blanche Vol.2: Painting,� Magenta Publishing
David Jager, �Mocca�s Double Dip,� Now Magazine, April 17
Balint Zsako, �Keeping it in the Family,� NY Arts Magazine, July/August Issue
Bill Clarke, �Balint Zsako in Review: Mythic...and a Little Bit Dirty,� Canadian Art Mag Online
Irana Douer, �Balint Zsako,� Ruby-Mag 26, Ruby-mag.com.ar

2007 Richard Brereton, �Dead Bird,� Graphic 11 (Graphic Ha Ha) Carousel Magazine 21
Leon V. �Balint Zsako,� Allmaple Magazine Online, Allmaple.com

2006 Jordan Timm, �Through the Eyes�,� Ukula Magazine, Vol 3, No. 1
�Standing Up For Janey,� Illustrations for Sarah Selecky�s Novella, Delirium Press
Dehuman, Robert Enright, Exhibtion Catalogue
Descant 136, portfolio of drawings, spring issue

2005 Canada-Hungary Reflections, Joyce Millar, Exhibition Catalogue

2004 The Family Nest Gets a Make-Over, Laura Hollick, View, November 25
Art is the Tie That Binds This Family, Elaine Hujer, Hamilton Spectator, December 13
Zsako Spins Heads, Kevin Temple, Now Magazine, October 14
Meeting Stars on the Rise, Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, July 31
Books a Big Tease, Catherine Farquharson, Now Magazine, July 1
Summertime, and the Looking is Easy, Gary Michael Dault, Globe & Mail, June 26
Home is where the art is on Borden St., Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, January 24
Young Blood, Thomas Hirschman, Now Magazine, January 22

2003 Gallery, MIX magazine, summer issue
Wacko Zsako, Scott Anderson, Lola 15

2002 shotgun reviews, Lola 14
Not Strictly by the book, Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, Feb. 28
best bet, eye magazine, Feb. 21

2000 Function vol. 2, Toronto
Camera Obscura, Exhibition Catalogue, Hungary

1999 Balint Zsako at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Egon Von Barque, Lola 5
Function vol. 1, Toronto
White Wall Review, Ryerson Literary Society, Toronto