Dara Aram
Biography
EDUCATION:
* 1990-1991 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada
* 1980-1985 Suleymany Institute of Art, Kurdistan
EXHIBITIONS:
2003 L.B Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Canada (The Water Project, OSA)
John B. Aird Gallery,Toronto, Canada (The S.C.A. Juried Exhibition)
Nicola Rukaj Gallery,Toronto,Canada
2002 Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Candada
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan (Jalla Show)
Nicola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada (Group Show)
2001 Galerie Gora, Montreal. Qc. Canada
Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada(The Man’s Chapel)
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ont., Canada (The Man’s Chapel)
Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
L.B Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Jalla Show)
Galerie d’Arts Contemporaines, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hummingbird Center, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Galleri Gunnrammet, Stockholm, Sweden
Chilliwack, B.C., Canada (Group Show)
1999 Juten Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Nicola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Canada
Medborgarhuest Kultor, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Galleri Mowestor, Stockholm, Sweden
ABF Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1997 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
K.C.C., London, UK.
1996 Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Gallery 306, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Gallery Space, London, UK. (Group Show)
Cedar Ridge Art Gallery, Scarb, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Lebovic Gallery, Scarb, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
1995 Akademiya Kurdi, Dusseldorf, Germany
Uptown Gallery, North York, Ont., Canada
Art Gallery International, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Forbes Community Center, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
1994 A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ont., Canada
Canadian Stage Company, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Workscene Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Gallery 306, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1993 Cedar Ridge Gallery, Scarb., Ont., Canada (Group Show)
A Space Members’ Wall, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Consilium Place, Scarb., Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Gallery 306, Toronto, Ont., Canada
B.E.S.L. Art Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1992 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
Etobicoke Board of Education, Etobicoke, Ont., Canada
Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, Mississauga, Ont., Canada
International Artists, Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
1991 City Hall, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Chinaman Art Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Gallery 306, Toronto, Ont., Canada (Group Show)
1990 B.E.S.L. Art Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1988 Russian Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
1985 Suleymany Museum, Kurdistan
1985 Suleymany Institute Festival of Art (Group Show)
COLLECTIONS:
Sweden, Italy, Kurdistan, Syria, Germany, USA, Japan, Denmark and Canada
PUBLICATIONS:
2002 The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton., Canada
2000 Mirror Paper by Olga B Herrmann
1999 Mirror Paper by Kim Champion, Toronto, Canada
Surface&Symbol Paper by Kalli Paakspuu, Toronto, Canada
1998 The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
1997 The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
1996 Hangow Magazine, UK. Sharawnd Paper, Mix Magazine Toronto, Ont., Canada
1995 Yakgrtan Magazine, Denmark, Al Miraat Paper Montreal, and Ozgur Politika Paper Germany
1994 Parallelagramma, Toronto and Surface & Symbol Paper, Scarb, Ont., Canada
1988 Al Teshrin Paper, Syria
INTERVIEWS:
2001 Rogers TV, Toronto., Canada
2000 CFMT TV , Toronto, Canada
1998 Hangow Radio and MTV, Stockholm, Sweden
Shaw TV, Scarborough, Ont., Canada
1996 Rogers TV, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1995 Med TV, Belgium
AWARDS:
2002 Artists in Education, Ontario Arts Council
2000 Artists in Education, Ontario Arts Council
1999 Mid-Career Artists, Ontario Arts Concil
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Canada.
1997 Visual Arts Individual Grant. Ontario Arts Council
Artists in Education, Ontario Arts Council
1994 Artists in Education, Ontario Arts Council
Visual Arts Short Grant, Ontario Arts Council