Tomas Del Balso
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
artlegitimate@gmail.com
Education:
2006 Ontario College of Art and Design Alumni, Major in Drawing and Painting, B.F.A.
Exhibition Record:
2010 555 Polite Mural, House of Everlasting Joy, Toronto
2010 Secret Admirer Fundraiser, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2010 Cave Mind, 107 Shaw Sreet, Toronto
2009 Line Art Charity Auction, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2009 The Video Word Made Flesh, 107 Shaw Street, Toronto
2009 The White House, Toronto
2009 Community Trance, Keep 6 Contemporary, Toronto
2009 Halo Halo, Urbanspace Gallery, Toronto
2008 Line Art Charity Auction, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2008 No Subtitles, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
2008 Poster Show III, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
2008 Free Drawings Newspaper Launch, Xpace, Toronto
2008 Colour is the Keyboard, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
2008 Synaesthetic Records Label Release, Concord Cafe, Toronto
2008 Quick Draw fund raiser, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
2007 Artist Bloc : The Documentary, Theatre Centre, Toronto
2007 Our Favourite Games, My Hero Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2007 Boardroom, Well and Good Gallery 561 Queen West, Toronto
2006 New Work, Jane Bond, Waterloo, Ontario
2006 Postal Art, Awkward Gallery, Barrie, Ontario
2006 Give a Little, Magic Pony, Toronto
2006 Wallpaper 2, Xpace, Toronto
2006 The OCAD Grad Show, OCAD, Toronto- Wall Drawing
2006 The Dissenters Club, Xpace, Toronto- 64 Drawings
2006 Animals you can put in your art, Xpace, Toronto- Wall Drawing with Objects.
2005 Back to School, Xpace, Toronto
2005 Square Foot Show, Awol Gallery, Toronto
2005 Wall-Paper, Xpace, Toronto -wall drawing
2005 Cute but Cynical, Xpace, Toronto
2005 Digital Painting, The Cameron House, Toronto
2005 Give it Up, Fridge gallery, Toronto
2005 The Lost Boys, Xpace, Toronto
2005 The Magic Cookie Show, Basement Gallery, Toronto
2005 The Build Up to Let Down!, Xpace, Toronto
2004 This is Communication, Q-BAR, Toronto
Artist Assistant
2009- Present: Artist Assistant for Jason McLean
2008 Artist Assistant for John "Jack" Brown, worked on artwork under direction.
Awards:
2008 Brampton City Council Arts Acclaim, City of Brampton
Mayfield S.S Visual Arts Letter, Mayfield Secondary School
Grants:
2009 Music Composition, Ontario Arts Council
Self-Publications:
XXX, Tomas Del Balso, Self published Zine, May 2010
After 19 Major, Tomas Del Balso, Self-Published Zine, Limited Edition 10 copies, June 2009
Other Publications:
Cave Mind, Featuring: Steph Davidson, Michael Deforge, Tomas Del Balso, Jesjit Gill, Reid Jenkins, Alex Mackenzie, Alicia Nauta, Fiona Smyth, Seripop, Ryan Duggan, Noel Freibert, Keith Herzik, Chris Kline, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Brent Wadden and Yannick Val Gesto, November 2009
Free Drawings Newspaper # 5, includes artwork by Andrew Bailey, Joshua Bastien, Rudolph Bikkers, Bruno Borges, Marja Bui, Lisa Czech, Clare Cosco, Mark Connery, Morgan Criger, Robert Dayton, Mark Delong, Tomas Del Balso, Ryan Dodgson, Noel Friebert, Ramy Gorgis, Kevin Hainey, Natalie Halford, David Hanes, Keith Herzik, Reid Jenkins, Jacob Jurkiewicz, Peter Kalynuik, Stephanie Kervin, Zane Kozak, Patrick Kyle, Nicole Legault, Doran McAtamney, Laura McCoy, Jason McLean, Julii McMillan, Alicia Selbie, Sally Sheeks, Valerie Sury, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Peter Thompson, Davis Weir, Andrew Wilson, Stefan Whitem, Andrew Zukerman, published by Jesjit Gill, 2009
Free Drawings #3 , by Michael Comeau, Morgan Criger, Stephanie Davidson, Michael Deforge, Tomas Del Balso, Randy Gagne, Jesjit Gill, Iris Fraser Gudrunas, Winston Hacking, Jacob Horwood, Peter Kalyniuk, Matt King, Karen Kraven, Patrick Kyle, Ginette Lapalme, Laura Mccoy, Jon Mccurly, Lauren Reed, Vanessa Reiger, Dan Rocca, Simone Schmidt, Meichen Waxer, Jacob Whibley, and Andrew Zukerman, Published by Jesjit Gill, 2008
RAW PIZZA Zine, - Drawing party collaboration with Michael Comeau, Michael Deforge, Pierre Richardson, Matt King, Tomas Del Balso, Iris Fraser Gudrunas, Jeff Garcia, Jesjit Gill, Liisa Graham, Seripop and Gregory Pizzoli. Cover by Cosmic Bubblegum and Zeloot. 12 pages, edition of 100, 3 March 2007
Collections:
Private Collection of Ed Pien,
Private Collection of Jason McLean
Bio Summary:
Canadian Artist, born 1983, Tomas Del Balso uses drawing as a foundation of his multi-disciplined practice. An alumni from Ontario College of Art's Drawing and Painting program he produces and exhibits drawing and painting, installation and print work. Del Balso traverses between wall drawing, book making, hand made paper, painting on objects and animated loops with an informed aesthetic that is both raw and intuitive. Tomas lives in Toronto.
Online Article:
Interview with Harbour Front Center, [http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/upfront/2009/07/the-future-is-ddmmyyyy/], July 2007
Links:
tomasdelbalso.blogspot.com
lostboys.blog.ca
artistbloc.com
www.ddmmyyyy.net
www.myspace.com/romoroto
www.myspace.com/botoxcorvette