| 1993 |
Born, Toronto, Canada Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York NY, USA |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2024 |
Spirit Level, ICA Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston MA, USA Coloratura, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada |
| 2023 | ICA Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami FL, USA |
| 2022 |
Vox Populi, Vox Dei, 52 Walker, New York NY, USA |
| 2021 |
Symphony, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada |
| 2020 |
Triumphant Alliance of the Ubiquitous Blossoms of Incarnate Souls, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON, Canada Sparkle’s Map Home, Oakville Galleries, Oakville ON, Canada |
| 2019 |
The Coral Reef Preservation Society, Yorkshire Sculpture International at The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire, England when you last found me here, Kenderine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan SK, Canada I’m countin on you o ground me again, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA I heard a heartbeat down in the black hole, Cardova, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2018 |
I bet this cave has been here for a really long time, Shoot the Lobster, New York NY, USA when you last found me here, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston ON, Canada Cheyenne Julien and Tau Lewis, Chapter NY, New York NY, USA making it work to be together while we can, Jeffrey Stark, New York NY, USA Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta GA, USA |
| 2017 |
Through the people we are looking at ourselves, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON, Canada cyphers, tissue, blizzards, exile, 8-1 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada |
| 2016 |
foraged, ain’t free, The Pendulum Project, Studio 223a, Toronto ON, Canada |
Group Exhibitions
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2024 |
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican, London, England |
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2023 |
Making Their Mark, The Shah Garg Foundation, New York NY, USA Playscape, JTT, New York NY, USA My Way: A Gathering, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York NY, USA Au-delà: Rituals for a New World, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France |
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2022 |
To Begin Again, ICA Boston, Boston MA, USA Black Atlantic, Public Art Fund at Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York NY, USA The Milk of Dreams, 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Awakening: seeing beyond the frame, Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette QC, Canada |
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2021 |
WHAT DO YOU SEE, YOU PEOPLE, GAZING AT ME, Sadie Coles HQ, London, England The Armory Show, Platform Sector curated by Claudia Schmuckli, New York NY, USA Yesterday we said tomorrow, Prospect.5, New Orleans LA, USA No Humans Involved, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA Time Takes a Cigarette, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, England Threadbare, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England |
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2020 |
Majeure Force: Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA Liminal States, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany |
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2019 |
Estuary, Art Gallery of Nanaimo, Nanaimo BC, Canada People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles CA, USA |
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2018 |
Ragga NYC x Mercer Union, Mercer Union, Toronto ON, Canada Yard Show curated by Marcus Jahmal, Shrine Gallery, New York NY, USA |
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2017 |
Unmasked, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga ON, Canada In Pursuit of the Perfect Rose, Gallery 44, Toronto ON, Canada Ragga NYC x MoMA Ps1: Back to School, MoMA PS1, New York NY, USA Entering the Landscape, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg MB, Canada Migrating the Margins, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto ON, Canada True Lies, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA Red Hills of Lardoss, Down & Ross, New York NY, USA CAN’T TOUCH THIS, Mulherin, New York NY, USA Ragga NYC: All the threatened and delicious things joining one another, New Museum, New York NY, USA DOORED 29, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada The Un-Othered Body, OCAD Graduate Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada |
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2016 |
Open House, Sleep Center, New York NY, USA Fresh Constructions, Katzman Contemporary in collaboration with YTB Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada PRISMATIC, The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON, Canada Future 33, Younger than Beyoncé Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada BODY TALK, Project Gallery Studios, Toronto ON, Canada Massive Party 2016: Midnight Massive, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada Nice Pile of Bricks, House of Vans, Toronto ON, Canada DON’T CARE ABOUT LOSING, 1287 Dupont, Toronto ON, Canada |
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2015 |
CHOST HOLE VIII, Jam Factory Co., Toronto ON, Canada Bad Girls Club, 116 Geary Avenue, Toronto ON, Canada Carbon Paper Issue #4 launch, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada Women in Music and Arts, Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, Toronto ON, Canada Massive Party 2015: HOTBED, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada |
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2014 |
TAVES 2014, Sheraton Centre, Toronto ON, Canada This Is Not For You, Brockton Collective, Creatures Creating, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada |
Talks
| 2024 |
Pratt University MFA artist talk, New York, NY |
| 2023 |
The Work in the World: Thinking through “Called to Create: Black American Artists of the South”, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Tau Lewis in conversation with Woody De Othello and Lucas Zwirner, Art Speaks Montreal, Montreal, QC Canada |
| 2020 |
Magic in Limitation, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, DLD Conference, Munich, Germany |
| 2019 |
Is sculpture the most anthropological of the art forms? Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England Western University MFA artist talk, London ON, Canada |
| 2018 |
New York University MFA artist talk, New York NY, USA Queen’s University BFA artist talk, Kingston ON, Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre artist talk, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada Art and Black Canada, with Charmaine Lurch and Yaniya Lee, moderated by Katherine Mckittrick, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada Tau Lewis in conversation with Katherine Mckittrick, Mercer Union, Toronto ON, Canada OCAD University “Crit Club” artist talk, Toronto ON, Canada |
| 2017 |
Triangle Trade Conversations, with Charmaine Lurch, mediated by Yaniya Lee, Gallery TPW, Toronto ON, Canada In Pursuit of the Perfect Rose, with Rajni Perera, Rah, Dalia Amara, and Shellie Zhang, mediated by Leila Fatemi, Gallery 44, Toronto ON, Canada Entering the Landscape, with Rajni Perera, Rah, Dalia Amara, and Shellie Zhang, mediated by Jenifer Papararo and Sarah Nesbitt, Plug in ICA, Winnipeg MB, Canada Magic in Limitation (Sculpting with found objects), Plug in ICA, Winnipeg MB, Canada The Hallmark of Tolerance, with Ayisha Gariba, Alaana Butler, Gyimah Gariba, and Huda Hassan, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada The (Un)Othered Body, with Oreka James, Dainesha Nugent-Palache, and Mariam Magsi, mediated by Jessica Karuhanga, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada Black cultural appropriation vs. reclamation, with Lou Boileau, mediated by Sheniece Cater, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada Conversation with Yaniya Lee, in conjunction with cyphers, tissue, blizzards, exile, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada |
| 2016 |
City Limits, with Karimah Gheddai, mediated by Syndney Allen-Ash, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto ON, Canada Sorry, Not Sorry, with Merray Gerges, mediated by Dainesha Nugent-Palache, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada |
Public collections
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Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, IA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Miami, FL The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Collection, New York, NY SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
Awards
| 2024 |
Burrard Arts Foundation Commission, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 2023 |
Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami), Miami FL, USA |
| 2022 |
Canada Arts Council Project Grant |
| 2021 |
Canada Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant |
| 2019 |
Canada Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant Canada Arts Council Project Grant |
| 2018 |
Frieze Frame Stand Prize, Cooper Cole solo presentation, Frieze New York Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (Third Space Art Projects) |
| 2017 |
The Hynatyshyn Foundation’s William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Visual Artists Grant Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (Third Space Art Projects) Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (The Power Plant Contemporary) |
| 2016 |
Toronto Arts Council Emerging Visual Artists Grant |