Fastwürms

Formed in 1979 by Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse, Fastwürms is the trademark and joint authorship of these Toronto/Creemore- based multidisciplinary artists whose art work melds high and popular cultures, bent identity politics, social exchange and a DIY cinematic sensibility.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
  • HONKYOWN, Installation, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2005
  • BLOOD CLOCK, Installation, Gladstone Hotel, RM 206 (Toronto Alternative Art Fair International)
  • SPLICE THIS!, Installation of Super 8 stills, X SPACE, Toronto (Retrospective screening, catalogue essay)
2004
  • GUSSETT NATION, Installation/DVD, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
  • PIRATE HEAD, Installation/ DVD, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
2003
  • BLOOD & SWASH, Exhibition/Performance, MANIF D’ART, Quebec City
  • SHAGBAT, Performance/Video, IMAGES Festival @ Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002
  • BLOOD & SWASH, Installation/Performance, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
  • THE POLLINATORS, Installation/Performance, VAV Gallery, Montreal
2000
  • TWO FANG HOE, Installation, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
  • SUPERSTITION, Photography/Installation, Gallery TPW, Toronto
1999
  • HOUSE of BANGS, Installation/Performance, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto
  • HAWK 33, Installation, Art Gallery of Mississauga
  • PEGGYS COVEN, Installation, Art Metropole, Toronto
1998
  • DEMETER 13, Installation, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
1995
  • HOCKEY WITCH, Installation, Genereux Gallery, Toronto
1994
  • SNO-MAN, Site installation, Centre for the Fine Arts, Miami
  • WURMHOLE, Installation, Koffler Gallery, North York
1993
  • SELF AND OTTER, Installation, Genereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto
1990
  • GROUND to GROUND, Site Installation, Osaka 90, Japan
  • BIRCH HIVE, Site Installation, Skydome, Toronto
  • CAMPO VERMI VELOCI I, Installation, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
1988
  • CAMPO VERMI VELOCI, Installation, Canadian Cultural Centre, Rome
  • SHEET- ROCK -XOANA, Installation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1987
  • CHEW OR DIE, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1997
  • BIRCH GIRL P[LAZA, Installation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
1985
  • KNOW BY HEART LODGE + SIX-FEET-BY-OTTER-SPOT, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1984
  • NEC UNG DEO/NEC MILLE SCUTA, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1983
  • SNOW-SHE-BONES, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
1981
  • JAMBON VOLANT BIVOUAC, Installation, The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
  • Sao Paulp Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Ice Follies, Site installation, Lake Nippissing, W.K. P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay
  • Tame: MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
2005
  • Bug City, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
2004
  • Stratford Sculpture Biennial, Gallery Stratford, Stratford
2003
  • MosaiCanada, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2001
  • Godzilla vs. Skateboarders, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina (traveling)
  • RED OF TOOTH & KAW, Abattoirs by Artists, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
  • MUSEOPATHY, Display Cult, @ Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
2000
  • SPACE CAMP 2000, Installation, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
  • INTO THE VOID, Tailgate Performance #1, Mercer Union, Toronto
  • WILDSIGN, ZONE 6B, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Artists Inc.
  • GIANT BEAVER CHARM BEAVER TALES, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
  • K.A.W., Site installation, LOGO CITY, Blackwood Galleries, Mississauga
1998
  • KUVEN 11, Installation, BIENNALE de MONTREAL, C.I.A.C., Montreal
  • WALDEN 69, 360@ the CN Tower, Toronto
  • WALDEN 69, Dazibao, Montreal
1997
  • ANACOWDA & 3MOON, Installation, Rococo Tattoo, The Power Plant, Toronto
1996
  • DIORAMA, Installation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
1995
  • 30 Seconds + Title, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1994
  • Channel: Open Project, Ideal Copy Office, Kyoto, Japan
1993
  • La IV Bienalle de Poesia Visual, Zapata Subway Station, Mexico City
1992
  • ALLOCATIONS, Site installation, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
1992
  • The Age of Discovery, Site installation, EDGE 92, Madrid, Spain & London, U.K
  • Artes Moriendi, Site sculpture, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
1990
  • ONZE BESOINS, Installation, C.I.A.C., Montreal
1990
  • TEAM SPIRIT, Independent Curators Inc., New York, Touring exhibition, 8 Art Centers, U.S.A.
1989
  • BEE-STILL, Grace Hopper, Toronto
  • UGH 89, Installation, Les Cents Jours, C.I.A.C., Montreal
1988
  • SIX-PITCH-OTTER-SLIDE Installation, Winnipeg Perspective '88, Winnipeg
1987
  • ERRATICI PERCORSI, Installation, Acireale, Sicily
  • POLYPHONIC, Installation, Genazzano, Italy
Catalogues
  • SPACE CAMP 2000, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, 2004 (Curator: Anthony Kiendl)
  • MosaiCanada, Seoul Museum of Art, 2003 (Curator: Wayne Baerwaldt, Nancy Campbell)
  • MUSEOPATHY, Agnes Etherington, Kingston, 2002, (Curator: Display Cult, Jennifer Fisher, Jim Drobnik)
  • EX OVO OMNIA, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, 2002, (Curator Judith Nasby)
  • Superstition, Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2000, (Curator: John Marriot)
  • Beaver Tales, Oakville Galleries, 2000, (Curator: Reid Diamond, Marni Fleming)
  • Rococo Tattoo, The Power Plant, Toronto 1998, (Curator: Philip Monk)
  • Juicy Fruit, Koffler Gallery, North York, 1995, (Curator: John Massier)
  • WURMHOLE, Koffler Gallery, North York, 1994, (Curator: Carolyn Bell-Farrell)
  • SNO-MAN, Centre for the Fine Arts, Miami, 1994, (Curator: Louis Grachos)
  • Team Spirit, Independent Curators Inc., New York, (Curator: Susan Sollins)
  • Allocaties, Zoetermeer, Netherlands, 1992. (Curators: Jouke Kleerebezem, Maria Sosa-Boezem)
  • Edge 92, Madrid, Spain/London, U.K., (Curator: Jon Bewley, Tracy Warr)
  • GROUND to GROUND, Osaka 90, Japan, (Curator: Fern Bayer)
  • Theatre Tableaux, Winnipeg Perspective '88, (Curator: Shirley Madill)
  • FASTWURMS, Perspective 88, A.G.O., (Curator: Barbara Fischer)
  • Erratici Percorsi, Sicily 1986, Gennazzano 1987 (Curator: Achille Bonito Oliva)
  • BIRCH GIRL PLAZA, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, 1987 (Curator: Daina Augaitis)