STEVE KHAN
https://www.artstevekhan.com/ | artstevekhan@gmail.com
Instagram @stevekhansays
1981 Born in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Currently lives and works in Toronto and Montreal, Canada
Education
2021 Business French and Translation, Ryerson University
2014 Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree- History, University of Toronto
2010 Art and Art History Specialist, University of Toronto
Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College
2002 Advanced Diploma in Business Administration, Sheridan College
Selected Exhibitions
2024 DRAWING 2024, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2023 SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS (solo), North York Public Library
2023 You do you, King Heritage and Cultural Centre, King City
Curated by Liza Mallyon
2022-2023 Carrying Wood, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
Curated by Patrick DeCoste
2022 Perpetual Light, Elsa Victorios Gallery, Miami, US,
Curated by Augusto Felipe Mendoza Mendieta
2022 Under the Rainbow, Decoding Queer Film, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (online)
Curated by Sarah Hunter
2022 Idyllic, Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain (online)
2022 Hope, Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain (online)
2021 Flourescent, Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain (online)
2021 Juror, DRAWING 2021, John B. Aird Gallery (online)
2020 Doable Guys Art Fair (online)
2020 Doable Guys Charity Auction for the Center for Black Equity (online)
2020 Gay Gardens, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (online)
2019 The motion of light in water, Art Square Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
2019 SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS, Pegasus, Toronto, ON (solo)
2019 Drawing 2019, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 Portraits, Art Square Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Mistletoe Magic, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 Sparkbox Residency, Picton, ON
2018 Drawing 2018, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 The Handsome Project, One Hundred Dollar Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2016 SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS, Cedar Ridge Gallery, Scarborough, ON (solo)
2016 Guelph Pride Show, 10 Carden, Guelph, ON
2015 Portraits and Selfies, Visual Arts Mississauga, Toronto, ON
2015 Sparkbox Residency, Picton, ON
2014 Artists Among Us, Helson Gallery, Georgetown, ON
2014 The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour: including Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, MA; The Distillery District, Toronto, ON; Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC; LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles, CA; and Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2010 People Creatures, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2010 Artwerk, Art Gallery of Ontario (Walker Court), Toronto, ON
2010 Kensington Health Centre, Toronto, ON (permanent installation)
2010 Thrown Forth, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2009 SKETCHPad at the Gladstone Hotel, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
Awards
2018 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2011 Ontario Arts Council Project Grant
2010 MARTY’s Volunteer of the Year Award Nominee
2010 Canadian Art Foundation Award
2010 Skyseeds Gallery Poetry Award
2009 Art Gallery of Mississauga Award
Selected Publications
2021 Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) Summit 2021: Disrupt and Reconstruct.
2021 Drawing 2021
2020 Gay Gardens catalogue
2014 you are (not) the father https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S132254
2013 danse privee https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S132254
2010 everyone we know- people and artist
2010 Thrown Forth catalogue
Selected Talks/Lectures
2021 Erasure Artist Talk- CBRC Summit 2021: Disrupt and Reconstruct
2020 15 minutes of fame
2020 Virtual Pride (moderator), Public Service Alliance of Canada
2018 Pride Discussion Panel (moderator), Ontario Trillium Foundation
2017 Plus One: discussion panel to reduce stigma against people living with
HIV/AIDS (moderator)
Shyam Selvadurai (moderator)
2010 Sunday Scene, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery