Peter Kingstone
b. 1974
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Trying to Do Two Things at Once (Tales of the Minotaur), Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2016 I Have Something to Say, curated by Jennifer Ray, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita Sate University, (Wichita, Kansas)
2014 Identity Construction, curated by Karl-Gilbert Murray, International Festival of Film on Art (Montreal, Quebec)
2013 Upright Stance, Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Living in 10 Easy Lessons, with Linda Duvall, Sporolbole (Sherbrooke, Québec)
Sissies and Psychopaths, with Daryl Vocat, SNAP Gallery (Edmonton, Alberta)
Living in 10 Easy Lessons, with Linda Duvall, Articule (Montreal, Québec)
Meditations in an Emergency, curated by Ellyn Walker, Videofag (Toronto, Ontario)
2012 The Dumbells Take Derry, CCA Derry~Londonderry (Derry, Northern Ireland, UK)
Living in 10 Easy Lessons, with Linda Duvall, Gallery 44 (Toronto, Ontario)
Sissies and Psychopaths, with Daryl Vocat, Open Studio (Toronto, Ontario)
2010 Sissies and Psychopaths, with Daryl Vocat, curated by Sally Frater, Hamilton Print Studio (Hamilton, Ontario)
100 Stories About My Grandmother, Reframe Peterborough International Film Festival (Peterborough, Ontario)
Sometimes I Have Something to Say, curated by Lee Henderson, Attaché Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia)
2009 100 Stories About My Grandmother, Latitude 53 (Edmonton, Alberta)
100 Stories About My Grandmother, Ace Art (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
100 Stories about My Grandmother, Eastern Edge (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
curated by Marcie Bronson, Rodman Hall, Brock University (St. Catherines, Ontario)
100 Stories About My Grandmother, Gallery Connexion (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
Them!, Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
2008 100 Stories About My Grandmother, Gallery TPW, supported by Contact Toronto Photography Festival and Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (Toronto, Ontario)
2006 Liberty Leading the People, “Revolution Now”, Curated by Cynthia Foo (Rochester, New York)
Things I Can Put on My Head, Ministry of Casual Living (Victoria, British Columbia)
2004 The Strange Case of Peter K., Support from York University & Vtape at 195 Bellwoods Ave. (Toronto, Ontario)
One-a-Day, support from Trinity Square Video and Prefix Magazine at Prefix Institute for Contemporary Art (Toronto, Ontario)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Some Things Last a Long Time, curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, McIntosh Gallery, Western University (London, Ontario)
2011 New Prints 2011/Winter, IPCNY (New York, New York)
Proud City, curated by Syrus Marcus Ware and Pride Toronto, TSA and online (Toronto, Ontario)
2010 Archive and Everyday, Hamilton Artists Inc (Hamilton, Ontario)
Chronotopia X, SOMArts (San Francisco, California)
2009 Circle Jerk Poster Project, Toronto, Winnipeg, & New York
Storytelling(s), Modern Fuel Gallery (Kingston, Ontario)
Eastern Edge, curated by Juliana Espana Keller (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
2008 Communication: 100 Stories About My Grandmother, Definitely Superior Art Gallery (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
War Zones, curated by Sally Frater, A Space Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Ninth Annual William Huffman Award for Excellence, curated by William Huffman, Urbanspace Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
2007 Holy F**k IV, Galerie La Petite Mort Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario)
Cherry Blossom, Reactor Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Pride Toronto Video Arts (Toronto, Ontario)
2006 Me and My Friends Do Delacroix, La Grande Experience, part of Toronto, ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche, presented by the French Embassy (Toronto, Ontario)
2005 Circle Jerk, boxed set, launch at Petro Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Pot-Modern, Zsa Zsa Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
2004 Rumble on the Edge of Town, York University (Toronto, Ontario)
Crossing Boundaries: Emerging Artists from Toronto, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Sacred/Profane, Red Head Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Feature Length Videos
2007 The Astounding Adventures of Stongman and Quickboy — screened at 17th Annual Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Selected Short Videos
2004 So Jealous w/ Kevin Hegge — screened at 14th Annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival, 2004
2003 Battle in the Sand — screened at 14th Annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival, screened at 19th Annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2003
Join the Army — screened at AA Bronson’s Video Party, Pride Toronto, 2008, - screened at 17th Annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival, 2007- screened at 14th Annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival, 2004- screened at Antimatter 2004
Looking Towards the Stars — screened at Keep Six Contemporary, curated by RM Vaughan, 2008 - screened at 13th Annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival 2003 - screened at Nashville Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2003
Breaking with John — screened at Keep Six Contemporary, curated by RM Vaughan, 2008 - screened at New Toronto Works, Pleasure Dome 2005 -screened at Spark Contemporary Art Space 2005 - screened at 14th annual Inside/Out Film and Video Festival 2004
400 Lies and 1 Truth about Me — screened at Gallery Stratford part of Truth, Lies and Video Art 2004 - screened at Art Gallery of York University part of "A Very Personal Look: Toronto Video Art from the 70s to the Present" 2005
Book Projects
2015 Bedtime Stories, self-published
Selected Curatorial Projects
2005 Making History: Construction of Queer Identity, City of Toronto, Pride Toronto Event, 125 King St. East
2002 Admiration, Inside/Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Toronto
Admiration, MIX Experimental Queer Media Festival, New York
2001 I Hate You, BUS Gallery, Toronto
The Young and the Restless, A Space Gallery, Toronto
Long Hot Summer, A Space Gallery, Toronto
Lefty Show, A Space Gallery, Toronto
Bibliography
2017 Peter Kingstone: Trying to do Two Things at Once. Exhibition review by Sunny Kim, Artoronto.ca
Artist Interview: Peter Kingstone, interviewed by Tak Pham, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto.
Must-See Nov 9 - 15, 2017 , Canadian Art, Toronto
2012 Some Things Last a Long Time, Western Macintosh Gallery, London
Linda Duvall and Peter Kingstone, Gallery 44, Toronto
2010 “A 21st-century Canadian Queer Cassavetes named Kingstone: Problems of Reception and Canonization.”, Tom Waugh, 2009 SCMS Conference, Tokyo, Japan
2009 “This ain’t your grandma’ living room”, Stacey Abramson, Winnipeg Free Press, September 20th, 2009
“One hundred stories to change a stereotype”, Brittany Thiessen, The Uniter, September 3rd 2009, pg.11
“Histoires de grands-mères”, Paul Ruban, La Liberté, 2 au 8 Septembre 2009, pg.15
“A 21st century Canadian Queer Cassavetes named Kingstone: Problems of Reception and Canonization”, Thomas Waugh, presented at 2009 Society for Cinema & Media Studies, Tokyo, Japan
“Moving Pictures” Joan Sullivan, The Telegram, March 4th, 2009
“Intergenerational Stories”, Kate Wallace, Telegraph Journal, Saturday, January 24th, 2009
“Who’s My Granny”, Tara Chislett, The Aquinian, Vol. 73, Iss. 16, January 20th, 2009
“To Grandma’s House We Go”, Mandy Espezel & Jill Stanton, See Magazine, January 15- 21, 2009
“’Grandma’ an easy topic to chat about”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, Friday January, 23rd, 2009
“Hustling the Wholesome Way: Peter Kingstone’s 100 Stories About My Grandmother”, Martin Otárola, Fuse Magazine, Vol.32, No.1
“Prairie Artsters: Many Sides of the Story”, Amy Fung, Vue Weekly, February 5, 2009, Iss. #694
2008. “Peter Kingstone”, Jon Davies, “Canadian Art”, Winter 2008 Volume 25 Number 4, pg 118
“No Man? No Problem!/Zaiden/Peter Kingstone” SexTV, Season 10, Episode 20 aired July 5,2008
“Mystery and Memory”, Linda Maehans, The Thunder Bay Source, September 4th, 2008
“Trash to treasures”, Leah Sandals, National Post, Saturday May 31st, 2008
“From Cocks to Cookies: Everyone has a grandmother, even sex workers”, Sholem Krishtalka, XTRA!, no 614, May 8th 2008, pg 31
“Midnight Grandma” Paul Bellini, fab, #345, May 1-14th, 2008 pg 27
“Zeroing in on War Zones”, Leah Sandals, Now Magazine February 6th- February 12th
“Akimblog” Terence Dick, http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/index.php?id=170 January 31st 2008
“Three New Galleries Put Conflicts in Context”, Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, January, 3rd 2008
2006 The Romance of Transgression in Canada : Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas by Thomas Waugh, McGill-Queen's University Press 2006 pg 467
2004 “Cynthia F. interviews Peter K.”, Cynthia Foo, Fuse Magazine v.27 no.3,
“There’s no obsession like self-obsession”, Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, July 24th, 2004
“Boys of Summer”, Xtra Magazine, July 22, 2004
“Delectable Diva”, Bill Clarke, gayguidetoronto.com, July 2004
“So Self Absorbed”, MIX Magazine, Spring 2004
“Video Virgins Deflowered”, Matt Thomas, fab, May 6th, 2004
“Peter Kingstone et son double: The Strange Case of Peter K”, Jacquet Hugues, exporevue magazine, www,exporevue.org, April, 2004
“Love is in the Air”, Gordon Bowness, Xtra Magazine. Apr.29th, 2004
“Flickering Liquor”, Jon Davies, Xtra Magazine, April 1st, 2004
“New Works at Pleasuredome” Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, January 29th, 2004
2002 “Inside Out Picks”, Gordon Bowness, Xtra Magazine, May 17th 2002
“Chic Peek”, Thomas Hirschmann, NOW Magazine, Jun.27th, 2002
2001 “Dancing on Lenin’s Tomb”, RM Vaughan, Eye Magazine, September, 20th, 2001
Awards and Grants
2011 Toronto Arts Council Level 2 Media Arts Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Sissies and Psychopaths
2008 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 100 Stories About My Grandmother
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, War Zones
2007 Toronto Arts Council Level 2 Media Arts Grant
Ontario Arts Council Media Arts Council Mid-Career and Established
2006 Canada Council for the Arts Media Arts Grant
2005 Untitled Art Awards 2004- Best Show in an Alternate Space in Toronto
Toronto Arts Council Emerging Media Arts Grant
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Film/Video Grant
Residencies
2017 Anima Casa Rural, San Isidro Mazatepec, Mexico
2016 Unpack Studio, Havana, Cuba
2012 VOID, Derry, Northern Ireland
2010 Self-directed Residency, The Banff Centre, Alberta
Education
1997 Honours B.A., Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Trent University
2004 Masters of Fine Art, York University