Josi Smit - CV
b. 1993 / contact@josismit.com
Education
2014-2018 BFA with Distinction, Sculpture/Installation + Creative Writing minor, OCAD University, Toronto
2011-2013 Film Production, Ryerson University, Toronto
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2018 we always bought cherry soda on the walk home, curated by Shell Projects (Maegan Broadhurst & Barbora Racevičiūtė), *QueenSpecific, Toronto
2018 A View to a Room, curated by Juliana Zalucky, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2019 The Walls, curated by TheTheThe (Briar Gill & J. Thomas Kim,) 181 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
2019 The Rooms, curated by TheTheThe (Briar Gill & J. Thomas Kim,) 181 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
2019 The Bald Eagle’s Claw, Curated by Philip Ocampo, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
2019 Annual Fundraiser Exhibition & Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
2019 The tile was still the same, Curated by Natalie Castrogiovanni, 12 Ossington Ave, Toronto
2019 λ (wavelength), Curated by Charisse Fung, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2018 16th BMO 1st Art Exhibition, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto
2018 Rooms, curated by Bill Clarke, Angell Gallery, Toronto
2018 Entangled: Roundtable Residency Exhibition, Dragon Academy, Toronto
2018 Fresh Paint/New Construction, curated by Michael Patten and Suzanne Viot, Art Mûr, Montreal
2018 203rd Annual Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto
2018 Pick These Up and Turn Them Around, curated by Nina Leo and Ginette Legare, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
2017 Soul: Thrifted, curated by Erika Comtois, Leaf Jerlefia, and Sean Sandusky, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
Scholarships and Awards
2019 Ossington Public Exhibition Career Launcher, OCAD U Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers, Toronto
2018 BMO 1st Art - Ontario Regional Award, Bank of Montreal
2018 Sculpture/Installation Program Medal, OCAD University
2018 Haydn Davies Memorial Award, OCAD University
2018 Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University
2016 The Women’s Art Association of Canada - Mary Ella Dignam Scholarship, OCAD University
2013 Universal Studios Canada Scholarship in Filmmaking, Ryerson University
2012 Universal Studios Canada Scholarship in Filmmaking, Ryerson University
Residencies
2018 Roundtable Residency, Dragon Academy, Toronto
Publications of Written Work
2019 “We should be dancing,” The Bald Eagle’s Claw Exhibition Publication, Toronto
2018 “The Quiet Resistance of Embedded Work”, OCAD U Journal of Visual Critical Studies, Toronto
2016 “Jettisons,” Modern Laundry, Toronto
2016 In Aerate Speak, Chapbook
2015 Logo-Phile, Illustrated Broadsheet
2014 Air Signs, Chapbook
Artist Talks and Readings
2017 Guest Reader, Writing in Dangerous Times Symposium, OCAD University, Toronto
2017 Artist Talk, The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto
2016 Featured Reader, A-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-V-E : Student Readings, OCAD University, Toronto
2016 Guest Reader, FoLASS Reading Series, OCAD University, Toronto
Fairs
2018 Art Toronto, with OCAD University, Toronto
Press
2018 “BMO 1st Art! Competition Winner Josi Smit on Loss, Moving and Toronto Rental Housing Nightmares” She Does The City, web.
2018 “The Best Toronto Art Shows in Fall 2018” by Rosemary Heather, NOW Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 02, print.
Related Experience
2019 Curatorial Assistant, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto
2017 Studio Assistant, Roula Partheniou, Toronto
2015-2017 Co-Founder and Co-President, Vernacular Creative Writing Collective (OCAD), Toronto
2016 Program Assistant, La Roche d’Hys Domaine des Arts, Massingy-lès-Vitteaux, France
2015 Studio Assistant, Catherine Heard, Toronto