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
2008  

DONKY@NINJA@WITCH      Installation, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
Installation/performance, Plug In ICA,. Winnipeg

2007     DONKY@NINJA@WITCH      Installation, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
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
2008 KRUMMI KRUNKER Performance/Installation
  SEQUENCES Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
  HINTERLANDS MacIntosh Gallery, London, On.
  WILD THINGS Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto
  ARENA, The Art of Hockey, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
  ABC...Too Cool For School, Art Metropole, Toronto
  ANTHEM, Walter Philips gallery, Banff
  ANTHEM, Mount St. Vincent University Gallery, Halifax
2007 ANTHEM, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
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
  • DONKEY@NINJA@WITCH Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver Curator: Jenifer Papararo
  • 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)