Eszter Rosta b.1995
ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton)
rosta@ualberta.ca
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Major/Minor Studio Art and Gender and Women’s Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Bachelor of Education Honours Intermediate/Senior Visual Art and Social Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2022 fifty-nine events, Fine Arts Building (FAB) Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2019 Temperaments of Space, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Self-Titled, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2018 Stages of an Extreme, Gales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Selected Performances, Public Interventions, and Screenings
2023 Dites-le avec des fleurs, 82 Ave at 105 St - 82 Ave at 99 St, Edmonton, Alberta
2022 breathing in/ blowing out, The Cellar, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Hyper-Gothic, About Light Gallery, Edmonton City Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Mediation Action I, Alberta Legislature Grounds, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Untitled, 48h Livestream Performance, Berlin
2020 there but not here, North Power Plant, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 whereabouts, Parallel Space, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Ceremony, Parallel Space, Edmonton, Alberta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Unstructured, Lowlands Project Space, Edmonton, Alberta
2022 TVC54, The Cellar and El Cortez, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Engaging Creativities – Art in the Pandemic, The Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
2021 Covid Collections, SkirtsAFire Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 DY3CORPIA, About Light Gallery, Edmonton City Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 A Cold Sweat, Lowlands Project Space, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Dyscorpia 2.1, Enterprise Square Galleries, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 whereabouts, Parallel Space, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Performance and Sound, Parallel Space, Edmonton, Alberta
2019 BFA Juried Graduating Exhibition, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario
2018 Celebrating Ontario Artists, The Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
2017 Clement, Gallery 50, Toronto, Ontario
2017 +Hole, Glory Hole Gallery at Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, Ontario
2017 Queer Landscapes; Queer Intersections, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Artist Talks, Public Lectures, and Symposia
2022 fifty-nine events, Thesis Exhibition Artist Talk, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Performance Art and Video Art Histories, Guest Lecturer, Intermedia Advanced Studies (Lindsey Bond), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Collective Art and Collaboration, Guest Lecturer (with Matthew Lapierre and Professor Sean Caulfield), Intermedia Advanced Studies II (Marilène Oliver), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2020 Performative Aesthetics and Mediated Presence, Strategies and Case Studies for Local Research and Art – panel, Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta
2020 Embodied Practice and Vulnerable Intersubjectivities, Artist Lecture, Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) Graduate Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
2017 Taboo Bodies and Otherness: Representation and Feminisms in Modern Media, Québec Universities English Undergraduate Conference – panel, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Québec
2017 Feeling Queerly About Feminist Art – panel (with Allyson Mitchell), Feminist Art Conference (FAC), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
Workshops
2023 Performance as Experiment, Marilyn Arsem, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 attention, a tension, to tend, J.R. Carpenter, Research Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Acts of Listening, Stephanie Loveless, Research Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Inhabiting Time, Marilyn Arsem, Research Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory, Edmonton, Alberta
Teaching Positions
2023 Instructor, Media Art: Extended Studio I and II 351/ 451, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2022 Instructor, Art Fundamentals 134, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2021 Instructor, Art Fundamentals 134, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intermedia: Advanced Studies II 440/ 538/ 540, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intermedia: Advanced Studies I 337/ 438/ 539, Department of Art.& Design, University of Alberta
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intermedia 441, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 240, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Fundamentals 134, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
2019 Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Certification
Research Positions and Professional Experience
2022 Graduate Research Assistant to Marilène Oliver, Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Social Media Liaison Executive, Art and Design Graduate Student Association, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Graduate Research Fellow (Media and Events Coordinator) to Natalie Loveless, Research Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2021 Graduate Research Fellow to Natalie Loveless, Sean Caulfield, Gillian Harvey, Beau Coleman, Scott Smallwood, SPAR²C (Shifting Praxis in Artistic Research/ Research Creation),
Faculty of Arts Signature Area of Research and Creative Collaboration, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2019 Gallery Attendant, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Gallery Attendant, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2019 Gallery Attendant, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
2022 Edmonton Arts Council Grant for Individuals and Collectives
2022 Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Grant, University of Alberta
2022 Graduate Students’ Association Grant, University of Alberta
2021 The Royal Society of Canada Engaging Creativities Fund
2020 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship in Art and Design
2019 Masters of Fine Art Scholarship, University of Alberta
2019 School of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design Intermediate Award in Printmaking, York University
2019 Dean’s Honour List, York University
2019 BMO 1st Art Nomination, York University
2017 Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Experience Grant, York University
2013 Renewable Entrance Scholarship, York University
Publications
2022 fifty-nine-events (Master of Fine Art Thesis). University of Alberta Education and Research Archive (ERA). Print. https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/47680a8d-fcdb-4622-a365-22ef4f06621c
2021 Mediated Spectatorship in Conversations, Covid Collections (Ed. Stephanie Florence and Autumn Sjølie), SkirtsAFire and Edmonton Arts Council. Print.
2020 Performativities of Mediated Presence, Dyscorpia 2 (Cur. Marilène Oliver), https://www.dyscorpia.com/eszter-rosta
2019 MultiplicityTO Online Publication (Ed. Anne Amores and Jordana G). Special Issue Print. https://www.instagram.com/multiplicityto/?hl=en
2017 Queer Landscapes, Queer Intersections Exhibition Catalogue (Ed. Robert Houle, Pamila Matharu, Syrus Mark Ware). OPS Pride Network and the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity). Print.
Press
2023 Unstructured: Art Activated by Play in Unusual Exhibition Space, Galleries West, Megan Klak https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/unstructured/
2020 Horror in Highlands: ‘A Cold Sweat’, Edmonton Journal, Fish Griwkowsky https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/horror-in-highlands-a-cold-sweat-outdoor-art-show-designed-to-unnerve
2019 Rosta Reveals the ‘Temperament of Space’, Excalibur York University, Golnaz Taherian https://excal.on.ca/arts/2019/01/18/rosta-reveals-the-temperament-of-space/
2018 Stages of an Extreme, Excalibur York University, Golnaz Taherian https://excal.on.ca/arts/2018/11/10/stages-of-an-extreme/
2017 Art at Women’s Marches Across Canada, and Beyond, Canadian Art Magazine https://canadianart.ca/features/womens-march-art/