AZZA EL SIDDIQUE



EDUCATION


2019   MFA Sculpture, Yale University School of Art, New Haven CT

2019  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME

2014   BFA Material Art and Design, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto ON


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024      (Forthcoming) TBD, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburg PA

2023      Final Fantasy, Art Basel Miami, Miami FL

               that which trembles wavers, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal QC

2022     Dampen the flame; Extinguish the fire, Helena Anrather, New York NY

             In the place of annihilation, where all the past was present and returned transformed, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge MA

             solar evocation, Centre CLARK, Montreal QC

2021    fire is love, water is sorrow - a distant fire,  with Teto Elsiddique, Towards Gallery, Toronto ON

2019   Begin in smoke, end in ashes, Helena Anrather, New York NY

2018   let me hear you sweat, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON

2017   Concave Conflux Convex, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

            Lattice be Transparent, 8eleven, Toronto ON


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024      Aporia (Notes to a Medium), The Belkin Gallery, Vancouver BC

2023    Crusading The Specter, Yossi Milo, New York NY

              Genius Loci, Charles Moffet, New York NY2022    

2022    Last Call, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal QC

2021    Greater Toronto Art 2021, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Toronto ON

             Praying on the name, King Fish Gallery, Buffalo NY

2020    RAW, Gardiner Museum, Toronto ON

2019    Material Tells, Oakville Galleries, Toronto ON

             Too full to cry, Shin Gallery, New York NY

             Ripe at Dawn, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven CT

             NADA Miami, Towards, Miami FL 

             NADA Miami, Parisian Laundry, Miami FL 

2018    Art Toronto, Projet Pangée, Toronto ON

2017    An Orbit, The Drake, Toronto ON

2016    Non-Objective, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

2015    Every So Often, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

2014    Surface/Surfacing, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto ON

            19th Annual Juried Graduating Sculpture Student Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto ON

            Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Fowler – Kellog Art Center, Chautauqua NY

            Carrier: Out of Pocket, 1 Gerrard West, Toronto ON

            99th OCADU Graduate Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design University,Toronto ON

            Process and Product, Make Works, Toronto ON

2012   Graft, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON

2011   50th Anniversary Stem Cell Collaboration, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto ON


GRANTS/AWARDS

2024  Creative Capital Award, Creative Capital, New York NY

2022  Creation to Realization Grant,  Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON

2021  Creation to Realization Grant,  Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa ON

2020   Visual Arts Project Grant - Emerging,  Ontario Arts Council, Toronto ON

             Visual Arts Grant – Emerging, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto ON

             MSA Vision Grant - Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Chattanooga TN

2019   Susan H. Whedon Prize, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT

             Rapid Prototyping Grant, Yale Digital Humanities Lab, New Haven CT

             Skowhegan Fellowship/Residency Award, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT

             Blair Dickinson Scholarship, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT

2018   Schickle – Collingwood Prize, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT

2016   Visual Arts Grant - Emerging, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto ON

2014   Ellen Adams Award, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto ON

2014   Chautauqua School of Arts Residency Scholarship, Chautauqua NY


RESIDENCIES

2022                    John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry residency, Sheboygan WI

2021                     Amant Residency, New York City NY

2020                    Silver Art Project, New York NY

2019                    The Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Fishers Island NY

2014 – 2017       Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

2014                     Chautauqua School of Arts, Chautauqua NY


TALKS

2023    Africa and Byzantium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY

2022    Making Grief, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington ON

2021    MOCA Toronto, Toronto ON

              School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston MA

              Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto ON

              Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Conference, Cincinnati OH

2020   Gardiner Museum, Toronto ON

              Brooklyn Rail - New Social Environments #47, Online

2019    Lighthouse Works Artist Talk, Fishers Island NY

2018    Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk CT

2017    Lattice Begin Our Discussion, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto ON

2016   Ontario College of Art and Design University,Toronto ON

2015   Ontario College of Art and Design University,Toronto ON


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Dooley, Tatum. “ Contact is Crisis: Azza El Siddique at Cooper Cole.” Public Parking, 5 March 2019. Web. 

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