2002-2003MA / Master of Arts: Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York
1998-2001MFA / Master of Fine Arts with distinction: Performance, Installation, Video and Sculpture. Concordia University, Montreal
1992-1997BFA Honours / Bachelor of Fine Arts Dean's Honour Roll: Visual Arts. York University, Toronto
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
Ongoing: Videos distributed by VIDEO OUT, Vancouver.
Poster multiples distributed by ART METROPOLE, Toronto.
2008 UPCOMING: L'Oeil de Poisson, The Hearing Eye, curated by Sebastien Clich, collaborative project with Ryan Driver, Spring 2008, Quebec City.
UPCOMING: FADO collaborative performance project, curated by Erika DuFreitas, Spring 2008, Toronto.
2007 CAFKA 2007, Haptic, New project curated by CAFKA collective in collaboration with Cambridge Galleries, Fall 2007, Kitchener/Cambridge, Ontario.
Montreal Sculpture Triennial, ARTEFACT, Ile Ste. Helne/ Montreal, curated by Nicolas Mavrikakis, Spring 2007, Montreal.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Little Pavillions and other Follies, ARTEFACT group satellite exhibition, Summer 2007, Montreal.
Trampoline Hall, On Fungus, Sneaky Dee's, live performance lecture, curated by Margaux Williamson, Spring 2007, Toronto.
FOFA Gallery, Concordia Alumni show, Wondering How Long He Can Keep Up The World, curated by Lynn Beavis, Concordia University, Spring 2007, Montreal.
1-877-ORAL-ACT, Partners, Hotline for performance documentation, Curated by Craig Leonard, Spring/Summer 2007, Halifax.
AGYU (Art Gallery of York University), Relational intervention, SNOWBANK, from the exhibition "in there", curated by Rhonda Corvese. Spring 2007, Toronto.
The Power Plant, Live component of Winter programming. Curated by Helena Reckitt. New performance, The Practical Applications of Math, and Artist Talk. Winter 2007, Toronto.
2006 7a11d Festival of Performance, Bouquet, curated by Display Cult with Dave Dyment and Roula Partheniou for DO ME, on-line archive of responses to conceptual art instructions, 2006, Toronto.
NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO, How to Respond in an Emergency, A 12-hour performance project, curated by Kim Simon, 2006, Toronto.
Public Acts, Ongoing series of works curated by Christine Shaw in sites across Canada, Summer 2006, Toronto.
The Tree Museum, Curated by David Liss / MOCCA, Installation, Fall 2006, Gravenhurst, Ontario.
SAW Gallery, Police, Parliament, and Museum. Solo Exhibition/ poster series project, 2005/2006 season, Ottawa.
Ramfoundation, and This Neck of the Woods - Dwelling for Intervals, Video installation of Wondering How Long He Can Keep Up the World, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Summer, 2006.
Muse du Temps/ Museum of Time, Psscchht, Group exhibition, Collection 05, Spring 2006, Besanon, and Paris, France.
Hart House, hic: Hart House Collective Installations and Interventions, Curated by Gordon Hatt, and the Hart House Installation Collective. Performance and installation of Songs for Hart House, University of Toronto, 2006.
ALTERNATOR Gallery for Contemporary Art, Videos about Plants, Featured artist for Annual Video Salon, Curated by David Ross. Spring 2006, Kelowna, British Columbia.
Vu, How To Draw Winter, Solo Exhibition, with catalogue essay by Amish Morrell, Winter 2006, Quebec City.
Artcite, The Moon in my Mouth, Solo Exhibiton and Visiting Artist Talk at University of Windsor, Spring 2006, Windsor, Ontario.
2005 Western University, Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits, Fall 2005, London, Ontario.
eyelevel gallery Moving the Weeds Around, urban intervention, Fall 2005, Halifax.
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Mountain Standard Time: Festival of Performative Art, Sleeping with Cake, Fall 2005, Calgary.
MOIS DE LA PHOTO, How To Eat Light, Solo Exhibition curated by Martha Langfordat Occurrence, Fall 2005, Montreal.
TRAFIC Inter/nationale d'art actuel en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Spring 2005, Qubec.
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Decarie (Public Internvention Project) The Winter Drawings, Panel Discussion: Community Interventions: Commitments, Consensus, Conflict, Spring 2005, Montreal.
Brown University, Performance Studies International Conference, Being Uncomfortable, Artist Talk, Spring 2005, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island.
2004 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), HOW A DEAD HARE EXPLAINS PICTURES, Curated by David Liss. Performance at Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto.
CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener (Solo Exhibition) as part of Peace of Mind: Kitchener, Ontario.
Gallery TPW (Solo Exhibition) WARM THINGS TO CHEW FOR THE DEAD, during Contact 2004: Toronto.
Sagamie National Centre for Contemporary Digital Art Printing residency: Alma, Quebec.
2003 The National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, The Twitching Project (Le Projet Tic) Curated by Anne Marie Ninacs, Part of the Manifestation d'art International du Quebec: Quebec City.
Artspeak Touching 1000 People, Curated by Kathleen Ritter, for Expect Delays: Vancouver.
Expression Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe Sleeping with Cake Series, Curated by Patrice Loubier, for Orange: Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Villa Arson National Centre of Contemporary Art, Artist in residence 4 months, Fall/ Winter: Nice, France.
2002 Casa del Popolo/Sala Rosa Marvelous Numbers Performance: Montreal.
Casa del Popolo/Sala Rosa Insects and other Vermin Performance: Montreal.
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in association with Tai Chung City, How to Squeeze Good Things, The Good Place: Tai Chung, Taiwan.
2001 The Agnes Etherington Art Foundation and The Royal Military College of Canada Museum Mannequin Impossible, Museopathy/Empathology: Curated by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher of Display Cult, Kingston, Ontario.
SKOL - Centre des Arts Actuel (Solo Exhibition) HOW TO MAKE A SCULPTURE IN AN EMERGENCY Montreal.
La Torre de Los Vientos Flower Project, Circus: Mexico City.
2000 La Centrale (Solo Exhibition) The Self Love Project, Mois de la Performance: Montreal.
Saw Gallery Multiplication Feat Performance, Live Procedures Performance Salon: Ottawa.
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery Available for Dancing, Sentience Performance Salon: Montreal.
1999Montral Arts Interculturels (MAI) drouts: Montreal.
48 hours 48 rooms Doing it for Love Performance, Curated by Ingrid Bachmann, (St..Denis Rooming house): Montreal.
Grants / Awards
Canada Council Creation Grant, $10,000, Mid-Career Level, Toronto, Ontario, 2007.
Ontario Arts Council Creation Grant, $5000, Toronto, Ontario 2007.
Toronto Arts Council Grant- Level 2, $5000, Toronto, Ontario, 2005.
Research and Travel Grant, Joint Committee for Contract Faculty Funding, York University, 2005.
Fonds Qubcois de la Recherche sur la Socit et la Culture Bursary, $60,000, Quebec, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Canada Council Travel Grant, Inter-Arts Section, 2003.
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Qubec Studio Grant, $8000, Villa Arson National Centre of Contemporary Art - Nice, France, 2003.
Canada Council Creation Grant, $10,000, Inter-Arts Section, 2002.
Full Tuition Scholarship in Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 2002.
Academic Achievement Award, New York University, 2002.
Canada Council Travel Grant, InterArts Section, 2001.
Consil des Arts des Lettres du Quebec (CALQ) Travel Grant - Ramble Collective, 2001.
National Language Bursary, UQAM, Montreal, 2001.
Canada Council Creation Grant, $10,000, Inter-Arts Section, 2000.
Canada Council Creation Grant, Visual Arts Section- for the Ramble Collective, 2000.
Dean's Honour Roll, York University, 1997.
Site Specific Installation Competition Winner, York University, 1996.
Fine Arts In-Course Scholarship, York University, 1995.
Jack Bush Award for Studio and Academic Excellence, York University, 1995.
Dean's Honour Roll with distinction, York University, 1994.
Artist Talks / Conference Presentations
Thames Valley University, Artist Talk, London (Reading Campus) England, Summer, 2007.
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Toronto, Winter 2007.
SAW Gallery, Artist Talk, Ottawa, Ontario, 2006.
University of Saskatchewan, Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits, Spring 2006, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
University of Windsor, School of Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture, Spring 2006, Windsor, Ontario.
Western University, Visiting Artist Lecture and studio visits, Fall 2005, London, Ontario.
ACAD Alberta College of Art and Design, panelist for Witnessing: Art and Audience, Calgary, 2005.
NSCAD Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, panelist for Performance Art and Practice, Mountain Standard Time Festival of Performative Art, Halifax, Fall, 2005.
Saidye Bronfman Centre, panelist for Community Interventions: Commitments, Consensus, Conflict, Decarie Exhibition, Montreal, 2005.
Brown University, Performance Studies International Conference, panelist for Being Uncomfortable, Providence Rhode Island, Spring 2005
OCAD Ontario College of Art and Design, Guest presenter and panelist on Performance Documentation, Toronto, 2005.
Brock University, Visiting Artist Talk, St.Catharines, Ontario, 2004.
University of Guelph, Inter-Media department, Visiting Artist Talk and graduate student visits, Guelph, Ontario, 2004.
CAFKA, Contemporary Art Forum, Artist Talk, Kitchener, Ontario, 2004.
Discords: Social and Political Theory Consortium Conference 2004, Warm Things to Chew for the Dead, York University, Toronto, 2004.
York University, Visual Arts Department, Lecture and Visiting Artist Talk, Toronto, 2004.
National Centre of Contemporary Art, Villa Arson, Artist talk, Nice, France, 2003
Objects, Consumption, Desire Conference, New York University, Video screening, New York 2003.
Artspeak, Artist talk, Recent projects including Touching 1000 People. Vancouver, 2003
New York University, New Canadian Interventionist Practices, Guest lecture, Experimental Performance Seminar, (Richard Schechner), New York, 2002.
Concordia University, Ephemeral Materials and Local Interventionist Projects: Lecture in FFAR 2000, Montreal, 2002.
TongHai University, How to Squeeze Good Things: Artist Talk, Taiwan, 2001.
The Dynamics of Cultural Exchange, 8th Annual Conference of Italian-Canadian Writers, Artist Talk and Cake Performance, Montreal, 2000
Skol- Centre des Arts Actuel, Sleeping with Cake: Artist Talk, Montreal, October 2000.
Uncommon Senses in Art and Culture International Conference, Sleeping with Cake; A Series of Artist Projects, Montreal, April 2000
Concordia University, Series of Artist Talks, Montreal 1999-2000
Professional Affiliations
Associate of the Humanities Research Institute, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. 2005 - present.
University Teaching
July 2007 - present Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio, tenure-track appointment, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
Teaching courses at both a foundations level, an advanced studio level, and at a graduate level in 2-D media, and extended media including performance, interventionist practices, and video art.
July 2005 - June 2007 Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio, tenure-track appointment, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario.
Teaching courses at both a foundations, and an advanced level in studio, history, and theory of performance, interventionist practices, video art, sculpture and installation, and 2-D/3-D Foundations. Participating faculty teaching in the MA Program in Comparative Literature and the Arts.
Selected Articles / Interviews / Catalogues / Web
Tangible Acts: Touch in Performance, Jennifer Fisher, The Senses in Performance, eds. Sally Banes and Andr Lepecki , Routledge, New York, 2007.
Alumni Show Focuses on the Place of the Body in the Physical World, Barbara Black, Concordia Journal, Vol. 2, No. 16, Montreal, 2007.
An Emergency of Passion, On Diane Borsato's Police, Parliament and Museum, Daniel Baird, SAW Gallery, 2006.
Exhibitionary Affect, Jennifer Fisher, n.paradoxa: International Feminist Art Journal, London, UK, vol.18, 2006.
Au Figurs (Work of Diane Borsato), Christine Gauthier, Art Le Sabord: Repres Visuels et Littrarires, Trois Rivires, Qubec, vol.75, 2006.
Carte Blanche: Photography in Canada, ed. MaryAnn Camillieri, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, 2006.
Quelques vivres dans la cit, catalogue essay by Patrice Loubier, Orange: L'venment d'art actuel de Saint-Hyacinthe- ed. Mlanie Boucher, Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Drole, poetique et eloquent, Jerome Delgado, La Presse, Montreal, September, 2005.
Changing the image of photography, Henry Lehmann, The Gazette, Montreal, September, 2005.
Comment vivre de la lumire, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, Montreal, October, 2005.
Cover and article: Mouth Piece: Diane Borsato's synesthetic thrills launch the Mois de la Photo, Isa Tousignant, Hour, Montreal, September, 2005.
How to Recognize a Furtive Practice: A Users Guide, by Kathleen Ritter, Lieux et non-lieux de l'art actuel, Les ditions Esse, Montreal, 2005.
Amish Morrell, On Transcendent Drawings, from the publication for How to Draw Winter - Diane Borsato, VU, Quebec City, 2006.
Flaneuse. Vue du trottoir, Kathleen Ritter, Esse arts + opinions, Drives II Montreal, 2005.
Flaneuse. Vue du trottoir, Kathleen Ritter, Esse arts + opinions, Drives II Montreal, 2005.
How to Eat Light, Image and Imagination Catalogue essay by Martha Langford for Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, September, 2005.
Toucher son but: Decarie, Un projet d'exposition communautaire, Bernard Lamarche, Le Devoir, May 2005.
Manif d'Art 2: Bonheur et Simulacres Catalogue, Le Projet Tic, Anne Marie Ninacs, Claude Belanger, Bernard Lamarche, Quebec, 2005.
CBC Radio One, The Arts Tonight, Utopian Lunch, Radio performance and interview with Nora Young, Dystopian Visions and Imperfect Worlds, January, 2005.
SPIRALE, Cover image from Artifacts in my Mouth, and Dossier of Diane Borsato, September/October issue, Montreal 2004.
The Ephemeral Collection: Public Repositories or Sites For Creative Endeavour, Joan Borsa, inObsession, Compulsion, Collection: On Objects, Display Culture, and Interpretation. ed. Anthony Kiendl. The Banff International Curatorial Institute, Banff, Alberta, 2004.
Touching Science: Diane Borsato's WARM THINGS TO CHEW FOR THE DEAD, Kim Simon, Gallery TPW: Photobasedart.ca, May 2004. Link at: http://www.photobasedart.ca
Diane Borsato: Warm Things to Chew for the Dead, Tomasz Konart, FOTOTAPETA, May 2004. Link at: http://www.fototapeta.art.pl/