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Education 2003 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, London
  1999 BFA Sculpture, Concordia University, Montreal
  1996 Studio Arts Diploma, Capilano College, Vancouver
Solo Exhibitions 2011 Masterplan, Galerie Jérôme Poggi, Paris
  This Is Nowhere I, SEPTEMBER, Berlin
2009 Walking in Place, SEPTEMBER, Berlin
  2006 People in Art/People as Art, Truck, Calgary
  2005 Teen Couples, Articule, Montreal
  2002 Doppelgangers, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto
    Docudrama Series: Offerings, Westernfront, curator Jonathan Middleton, Vancouver
    A Dinner Party for Jane Doe, SAW Gallery, with Barbara Prokop, curator Marcus Miller, Ottawa
  2001 Application for a Medal, S.O.X. 36, Berlin
    No Contact Made: The Flower Project, Resource Centre for the Arts, St. John's, Newfoundland
  2000 Art may imitate life, but life imitates T.V., Access Artist-run Centre, with Barbara Prokop, Vancouver
    By any means, La Centrale, Montreal
  1999 Art may imitate life, but life imitates T.V., VAV Gallery, with Barbara Prokop, Montreal
Duo & Group Exhibitions 2011 between appropriation and intervention, curator Harald Theis, Kunstverein Kristiansand, Norway
   

Seitenlichtsaal:raumproduktion, curator Matthias Böttger, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

Funkhaus Art Prize 2011, Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin
Art works, Art in the Deutsche Bank Towers, Frankfurt
Tape Modern No.20 'Destructionconstruction', curators Daniel Kingery and Amir Fattal, Tape Modern, Berlin
    Metrospective 1.0, Future Gallery and PROGRAM e.V, Berlin
    Berliner Allee 174, curator Jean-François Karst, Centre Culturel Colombier, Rennes
2010 The Collective Coral Colony, curator Adnan Yildiz, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
    REALSTADT. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit, curators Martin Heller and Angelika Fitz, Kraftwerk Mitte, Berlin
    Diskurshexe III , a part of “Are You Coming Too?”, Galerie Knoth & Krüger and Septmeber, Berlin
    Schwerinblicke – Künstlersichten, Staatliches Museum Schwerin
  2009 Splendid Isolation – Goldrausch 2009, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
    Ostrale’09 – third international exhibition for contemporary art, Ostragehege Dresden
    The New Omega Workshops, SEPTEMBER, Berlin
    And Then There Were None, InterAccess, In conjunction with the 22nd annual Images Festival, Toronto
    Selected Artists, Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten des Arbeitsstipendiums für Bildende Kunst des Berliner Senats ⁄ Scholarship Exhibition, NGBK, Berlin
  2008 Video Visions, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
    Le Chamois de Messidor, Program – initiative for art + architectural collaborations, Berlin
    Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Galerie Wendt + Friedmann, Berlin
    Urban Jealousy – 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, traveling exhibition, Istanbul, Berlin, Belgrade
    World One Minutes, traveling exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing; deBuren, Brussels; Gulbenkian museum, Lisbon; Museu de Art, Sao Paolo and the Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
  2007 WALK! Spazierengehen als Kunstform, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
    Squirm, Open Space, Victoria
    The Sexual Landscape Recast, Gallery 44, Toronto
    Graphzines et autres publications d’artistes, Bibliothèque et Archives nationals du Québec, Montreal
  2006 Super 6, ABEL - Neue Kunst, Berlin
    The Momental, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
    pedestrian, WestGermany, Berlin
  2005 Take My Hand, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
    Take My Hand, ThreeWalls Gallery, Chicago
  2004 21. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest, Kassel
    TAPE291, 291 Gallery, London
    Out and About, sis boom bah Gallery, Toronto
  2003 ev+a 2003, Limerick City Gallery of Art, curator Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Limerick, Ireland
    The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa, The Ottawa Art Gallery, curator Karen Love, Ottawa
    Out and About, Century Gallery, London
    Goldsmith’s Postgraduate Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London
    de•een•minuten - the•one•minutes, Sandberg Institute, Video Festival, Amsterdam
    Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London
  2002 PROOF 9, Gallery 44, Toronto
    An American in Paris: 5 Canadian artists working in Berlin, P.P. Premises, Berlin
  2002 Long Ago and Far Ahead, CESTA, Tabor, Czech Republic
    Hold Your Breath, Plovdiv Municipal Art Gallery, part of the European Month of Culture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  1999 Le scénario visuel de la page: 100 livres d’artistes, Bibliothèque nationale du Quebec, Montreal
    Videoarchaeology – Paris, International video festival, La traverse art centre, Paris
    Videoarchaeology – Bulgaria, International video festival, ATA Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia
    Video Vérité – Video exhibition of emerging Canadian artists, TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
    Random, Leonard and Ellen Bina Gallery, Montreal
Scholarships, Awards
and Residencies
 

Nomination for the Funkhaus Art Prize, 2011

  Canada Council for the Arts, project grant, 2011 | 2007 | 2005
    Berlin Senate, Auslandsstipendien (Artist Residency) at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2010
    Goldrausch Küstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin, 2009
    Berlin Senate, Arbeitsstipendium (One Year Working Grant), 2008
    London Goodenough Association of Canada scholarships, 2002
    Fonds FCAR Quebec Master's research scholarships, 2002
    CESTA - Cultural Exchange Station, Tabor, Czech Republic, residency, 2000
    Alfred Pinsky Medal, Concordia University, 1999
    Sculpture, Ceramics and Fibers Award, Concordia University, 1999
    John Jackman Bursary for Academic Achievement, Concordia University, 1999
    The Faculty of Fine Arts Development Fund Scholarship, Concordia University, 1998
    Second Year Capilano College Fund Scholarship, Capilano College, Vancouver, 1996
Collections   Staatliches Museum Schwerin
    Deutsche Bank Collection
    FPM collection, Berlin ‌ Viersen
    National Library of Quebec, Artists’ book collection, Montreal
Bibliography 2012 Larissa Fassler at Galerie Jérôme Poggi, artpress, Anaël Pigeat, translation L.S. Torgoff, January 2012, no. 385
2011 Kotti, my love, Nicola Kuhn, Der Tagesspiegel, 24.12.2011
 

Larissa Fassler – September, ARTFORUM, Margaret Ewing, October Issue, p.327

  Larissa Fassler – The Body and the City, ArtMag, Deutche Bank, issue 65 June 11, by Lukas Freireiss
  Art Works – Sammlung Deutsche Bank Zentrale, Frankfurt, Catalogue, Deutsche Bank CC Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
2010 Art Cologne 2010 Highlights / Part 3, vernissage.tv, April 25, 2010
  Aus dem Bauch des Kottbusser Tores, Die Tageszeitung, 06.01.2010, by Kito Nedo, p.28
2009 Beyond Architecture – Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities, Editors: R. Klanten, L. Feireiss, Gestalten
    Selected Artists, Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten des Arbeitsstipendiums für Bildende Kunst des Berliner Senats 2008, Catalogue, NGBK, Vice Versa Vertrieb, Berlin
  2008 World One Minutes – Video & Literature, The One Minutes foundation, catalogue, Veenman Publishers,
    Mit der Länge meines Körpers, Die Tageszeitung, 27.08.2008, by Dominikus Müller, p.25
    Control: Drawing and Re-Drawing, Paramnesia Berlin, 08.08.2008
    Coole Ausstellungen für heiße Tage 2, art - das Kunstmagazin, 01.08.2008, by Kito Nedo
  2007 Dschungel, JungleWorld, Nr. 38, 20.09.2007
    Überall Promenadologen, Tim Ackermann, TAZ Berlin, 3. September 2007
    Gewinner und Flanierer, Jens Mühling, Der Tagesspiegel, 2. September 2007
    Walk! – Spazierengehen als Kunstform, Zitty, 30. 8 – 12. 9. 07
    The Sexual Landscape Recast, Claudia B. Manley, Gallery 44 Exhibition Booklet, June-July 2007
    Graphzines et autres publicarions d’artistes, Exhibition Catalogue, Bibliothèque et Archives nationals du Quebec, Montreal, Canada 2007
    All-Ages Sexuality, David Jager, Art Reviews, NowToronto, Vol. 26 No. 42, June 21-27. 2007
  2006 Pedestrian - Connective and cacophonous non-places, Catalogue, Revolver • Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin
    Two’s Company, Jennifer McVeigh, Calgary Herald, Feb. 4, 2006
    Ich Bin Ein Berliner, Travis Reynolds, Swerve Mag – Calgary Herald, Jan. 27, 2006
    Public in Art/Public as Art, Exhibition Essay, Karilynn Ming Ho, Truck Gallery, Calgary: 2006
    A Public statement: Larissa Fassler tracks teens and delivers flowers to explore social context, Wes Lafortune, Jan. 26
  2005 Teen Couples, Exhibition Essay, Jo-Anne, Balcaen, Article, Montreal: 2005
    At the Galleries: A Photographic Spin the Bottle, Julia Dault, National Post, p B6, April 14. 2005
    Heart-Shaped Limbo, Michael Wolkman, Newcity, p.18, Chicago: February 10, 2005
  2004 The bigger picture : portraits from Ottawa / Les mille et un visages d'Ottawa, Exhibition Catalogue, Karen Love, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada 2004.
    The bigger picture: portraits from Ottawa, Karen Love, CV Photo, Quebec, p35. V. 62. 2004
  2003 Goldsmiths Masters in Fine Art Degree Exhibition Catalogue, Goldsmiths College University of London, catalogue, 2003
    Landing in Limerick, On The Border of Each Other, Exhibition Catalogue ev+a, Virginia Pérez-Ratton, Paul O’Reilly editor, Gandon Editions: Ireland, 2003
    It’s the Mystery Flower Lady of Limerick City, Mairead Ni Chaoimh, Limerick Leader, Limerick, Saturday March 1
  2002 Doppelganger, YYZine, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Vol. 2 Issue 7, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto: 2002
    Top 10 Art Shows of 2002, Thomas Hirschmann, Art Feature – NowToronto, online edition, Dec. 2002
    Adults Evoke Childish Impulses, Christopher Brayshaw, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, December 5-12
    Proof 9, Exhibition Publiction, Katy McCormick, Gallery 44, Toronto: 2002
  2001 By Any Means, Annie Martin, Pink Link / la proposition rose; - Artists from 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, catalogue, La Centrale/Powerhouse, Montreal: 2001
    Weekend AM - Arts Report, Angela Antle, CBC Radio Canada, May 12, 2001
    No Contact Made: the flower project, Canadian Art, Maritimes Section, p 20, Volume 18, number 1, spring 2001
  2000 Derselbe und doch ein ganz anderer , Claudia Fuchs, Berliner Zeitung, Number 174, Berlin, Germany, July 28
    Verschmidtste - Party am Marchenbrunnen, Martin Groll, Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, Germany, July 31, 2000
    “Mein Name ist Schmidt.” – “Meiner auch!”, “Meiner auch!”, Silvia Meixner, Die Welt, Berlin, Germany, July 31
    Barbara Prokop & Larissa Fassler - Art may imitate life, but life imitates T.V, Mia Johnson, Preview, 2000-01
    L'heure du thé, Lyne Crevier, ici, Montreal Quebec, 9-16 March 4, 2000
    Icones insolites, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, Montreal, Quebec, D7, March 2000