FASTWÜRMS

Formed in 1979, FASTWÜRMS is the cultural project, trademark, and shared authorship of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse.

FASTWÜRMS creates poly-disciplinary artworks that mix performance and performative events into the context of immersive installations, collective making and social exchange projects.

FASTWÜRMS artwork is characterized by a determined DIY sensibility, Witch Nation identity politics, and a keen allegiance towards working class, queer alliance, and artist collaborations.

FASTWÜRMS is a Witch polity and epistemology, creating and circulating aesthetic knowledge as a shared emancipation and liberation narrative.

FASTWÜRMS has exhibited and created public commissions and installations, performance, video and film projects, across Canada and in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Korea, and Japan.

Exhibitions include Soylent Orange and Red of Tooth and Kaw at the 27th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Donky@Ninja@Witch at the Art Gallery of York University, North York, the Contemporary Art Galley, Vancouver, and Plug In ICI, Winnipeg.

FASTWÜRMS also recently exhibited Krummi Krunkar: Tarot+Tattoo in Reykjavik, Iceland, as part of the SEQUENCES Festival. House of Bast in Sligo, Ireland, and Bast is Best at The Power Plant. Their site sculpture Owl is currently installed on the roof of the Albright Knox as part of the Beyond/In, Western NY exhibition, Buffalo.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023	#VOLCANO_LOV3R, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2020	#turtle_kin_in_kind, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019	4V4LON-5, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2017	#Q33R_WTCH_P155, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON
2015	RED RUM TUT, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2012	Cannibal Nympho Witch, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010	K-bell, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto Hood Woad, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC. Curated by Marlaina Buch and Ross Macaulay Unicorn Tip, Rodman Hall, Brock University, St. Catherines, ON. A two-part solo exhibition curated by Shirley Madill. Tailgate Tarot, The Power Plant, Toronto. Commissioned by Power Plant Senior Curator of Programs, Helena Reckitt and Power Plant Outreach and Education Director Jon Davies, as part of FASTWÜRMS’ participation in the Power Plant group exhibition Adaptation.
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	HONKYTOWN, 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	GUSSET 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
2023	Editions Part Two, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Editions Part One, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2022	What is Left, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2021	Rusted Sky, Paul Petro Contemporary Art
2016	Word Play, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2012	Editions Part Two, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010	Beyond/In Western New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Permanent site work commissioned for the Albright Knox Art Gallery. Curated by Jon Massier and Louis Grachos Adaptation, The Power Plant, Toronto Installation of new sculpture and 2D works, and revised 2D works and video. Curated by Power Plant Senior Curator of Programs, Helena Reckitt. Included works by Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alys, Cory Arcangel, Shaun Gladwell, Louise Lawler, Sandra Meigs, and others The Dorm Project, The Model, Sligo, IE Installation, residency and on-line project Sligo Cats. Curated by The Model Director and Curator, Seamus Kealey. Including works by RAQS Media Collective, BGL, Gelitin, and many others.
2009	Ridykeulouse Hits Bottom, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, NY. Curated by independent curators and artists Nicole Eisenman & A.J.Steiner. Skry-Pod, Nuit Blanche, Toronto. Installation and performance. Curated by independent curators, critics, and tenured York University fine arts faculty Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher. Foreign Legionnaires, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto. Curated by Kelly McCray. This group exhibition presented works by artist collectives including Instant Coffee, Shake-N-Make, Team Macho and others. What's Your Revolution?,Contact Festival & Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto Curated by Sharon Switzer. 270 screens in TTC subway stations, twice/day, May.Including work by over 15 artists including Mark Clintberg, John Marriott, Darren O'Donnell and Ho Tam. ANTHEM: Perspectives on Home and Native Land, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON. Curated by independent, aboriginal curator Ryan Rice. Hinterlands, York Quay Gallery, Toronto. Curated by writer and independent curator Patrick Mahon.
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

Selected Performances and Screenings
2010	Skry-Pod, Performance and video installation, Art in General Art Centre Gala, Hanson Bank, Brooklyn, NY.
2009	Ridykeulouse Hits Bottom, Installation and performance with artists Allyson Mitchell& Deirdre Logue Leo Koenig Gallery, NYC, NY. Skry-Pod,Commissioned performance (durational Tarot reading), curated by Jim Drobnick & Jennifer Fisher, Sheraton Hotel Waterfall Gardens, Toronto, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON. Serendipty Princess Paddleboat, Performance with Andrew Harwood as ‘Madame Zsa Zsa’, sponsored by the Maclaren Art Center, Barrie, ON, Keppenfelt Bay, Lake Simcoe, ON. Granny Boots, Curated by R.M.Vaughan, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.
2008	TRYST, Installation/Performance, Pride, Jun. 28, Toronto, ON.
2007	FOXBAT, New HD video screening, (showcasing work done at the DMS), March 18, Curated by Louise Bak Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.
2006	Quinzaine Film Program, Sao Paulo Bienale, Oct. 4-18, Chief Curator: Lisette Lagnado, Co-Curators: Critina Freire, Rosa Martinez, & Jose Roca. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2005	Blood Clock, Installation/Video projection, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Nov. 1-5, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON. MoBlog, Web-based exhibition, Curated by Susan Douglas for AGOG: Art in Guelph and Outside Guelph, Guelph, ON.
2004	40 Small Performances, Installation and performance with artists Allyson Mitchell& Deirdre Logue Leo Koenig Gallery, NYC, NY. Better Living,May 12-20, Mercer Union invitational group exhibition and auction, Toronto, ON. Pussy Necropolis, Video projection/exhibition, Mar 31-May 9, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON.
2003	BLOOD & SWASH 3, Exhibition/Performance, co-coordinated by Instant Coffee & Americas Society, New York, for Parlour Projects, Brooklyn, NY. STENCILSartist stencil project, produced by Instant Coffee for As A Satellite, The Americas Society, New York, NY. Alchemy & Mysticism 2, Urban Disco Trailer, Aug 24, Curator: Instant Coffee, Toronto, ON. SHAGBAT, Performance/Video, April 12-May 10, IMAGES Festival, Paul Petro Contemporary, Toronto, ON. GENERALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS, Video screening, Dec. 14, Apexart Curatorial and Residency Program, New York, NY. FASTWURMS, Video presentation and retrospective, Nov. 1, Pleasure Dome, Latvian House, Toronto, ON.
2002	FAITH, Video screening, Jul. 27, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, ON. GENERALL BUT NOT ALWAYS, Video screening in Trinity Bellwoods Park, Jul. 12 –13, Curator Daniel Bowden and YYZ Gallery, Toronto, ON. RED OF TOOTH AND KAW, Digital Video presentation, Mar. 6, Articule Gallery, Montreal, QC.

Catalogues
DONKEY@NINJA@WITCH A Living Retrospective, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto Curator: Philip Monk
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)