Biography

Biography

Né à Ottawa, mais ayant passé la majorité de sa vie à Montréal, Troy Lovegates aussi connu sous Other a réalisé beaucoup de graffitis, la plupart du temps sur des trains. Sa passion pour les trains va de pair avec sa vie de bohème. Il a exposé ses oeuvres dans plusieurs galeries à travers le monde et a obtenu plusieurs résidences d’artiste. Son oeuvre est apparue dans plusieurs magazines et a remportée de nombreux prix. Il a également reçu différentes bourses, la plupart d’entre elles provenant du Conseil des arts du Canada. Il vit présentement en Californie.

Artist CV

SÉLECTION D’EXPOSITIONS

 

2008-2009                              

Dec – Installation, Royal Ontario Museum, Institute For Contemporary Culture, Toronto,

 

2007                                    

Nov – Mural, Barcelona Festival of Contemporary Art, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain

 

2006                                    

Nov – Hope& Despair, The Bernard Shaw, Dublin, Ireland

 

2005                                                                          

Dec – Painting Under Pressure, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Nov – Hinterland Who’s Who, Upper Playground, San Francisco, CA, USA

Nov – Moniker, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX, USA

Sept – Static-Free, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, CO, USA

April – Off Grid, Ottawa Gallery of Art, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Aug – Untitled, 401, Pr1mary Space, Detroit, MI, USA

2004                                  

June – Opposition Party, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada

April – Tundra Kids, Objex Artspace, Miami, FL, USA

 

2003                                    

Sept – Hype, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

March – Pretty Gritty, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Jan – The Language of the Railroad, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX, USA

 

2002                                  

July – Perfect Day, Sanctuary Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA

Jan – Yobro at the Oboro, Oboro Gallery, Montreal, Canada

 

2000                                    

March – Out For Fame, Transart, Montreal, QC, Canada

 

1997                                    

Aug – Soy and Other, Isart Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada

 

PRIX ET BOURSES

 

2008                                    

Canada Council of the Arts – Production grant to create a hand made book about trains.

 

2007                                    

Canada Council of the Arts – Travel grant from the for Nov-Dec. to create a mural within the Centre de Cultura Contemporania De Barcelona in Spain.

 

2006                                    

Quebec – Ameriques pour la Jeunesse – Travel grant to work in Lima, Peru on a mural project with local young aspiring muralists during the month of February.

 

2004                                  

Canada council of the arts – Travel grant in October.

Participation in a panel discussion on the role of street art in today’s society at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, England.

 

2002-03

Canada Council for the Arts December 2002 – Travel grant to attend the group art show “The Language of the Railroad” in Austin, Texas from Jan.9th – Jan.30th 2003.

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