AMIR SHINGRAY


Painter and installation artist.
Born Sudan. Lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Represented by L.L. Contemporary, Richmond Hill, Ontario.


EDUCATION

BA, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Six years in the studio of Prof. Gregg Wolf, Istanbul.


SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022   L.L. Contemporary, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

2013   The Tumult of an Inanimate Love, Gallery Artist Lab, Istanbul, Turkey.

2008   Snow, Craig Scott Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Two-person with Don Russell.

2007   Khartoum, Craig Scott Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

1992   Institut français d'Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   Adıyaman / Kommeggane Biennial, Adıyaman, Turkey.

2019   What Sustains Us, The Six Collective, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada.
       Curated by Hollis Alexis Baptiste.

2012–2016   Open House, Junction Triangle, Toronto, Canada.

1997   From the Street: New Visions for the Millennium, A Space Gallery,
       Toronto, Canada. CELAFI '97. Curated by Rosalie Smith McCrea.

1996   Amour Four Group, The Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

1995   Amour Four Group, Transform Gallery, Toronto, Canada.


RESIDENCIES

2023   Tao Hua Tan International Artist Residency, Huangshan,
       Anhui Province, China.


COLLECTIONS

Tao Hua Tan Residency Collection, Anhui Province, China.


COLLECTIVES

2019–present   The Six Collective, Toronto.
1995–1996      Amour Four Group, Toronto.


STUDIO PROGRAM

Monthly studio showings for artists, Toronto.


COMMUNITY AND ADVOCACY

2012–2016   Somood — Sudanese Canadians Stand for Freedom, Toronto.


SELECTED PRESS AND TEXTS

Press release, Khartoum, Craig Scott Gallery, Toronto, 17 March 2007.

Curatorial texts by Rosalie Smith McCrea, Marva Ollivierre and Ingrid
Mayrhofer, From the Street, A Space Gallery / CELAFI '97, Toronto, 1997.

Curatorial text, What Sustains Us, Gallery 1313, Toronto, 2019.


DOCUMENTATION

Artists in Canada, National Gallery of Canada Library — documentation file
on record.