Tori Foster  
     
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Born: 1982, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Lives and works: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Education
M.F.A. with Distinction (Documentary Media) Ryerson University, 2007 to 2009
Course work for M.Arch. University of Toronto, 2005 to 2006
B.F.A. with Honours (New Media) Ryerson University, 2001 to 2005
 
Exhibitions
Arepa Iterations, solo show, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Gallery 44 Photopia, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Convenience Gallery The Impossibility of Understanding in the Path of a Torontonian, solo show, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Gallery TPW Photorama, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Toronto Image Works Documentary Now, Toronto, Canada, 2009
The Drake Video Art is Queer, Toronto, Canada, 2008
TTC Pride Toronto, on 40 public transit platforms, Toronto, Canada, 2008
The Gladstone Exposed, Toronto, Canada, 2008
SAW Gallery LIX, Ottawa, Canada, 2006
 
Screenings
Rostock Queer Film Festival, Rostock, Germany, 2010
SASOD Film Festival, Georgetown, Guyana, 2010
Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2010
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, British Film Institute (BFI), London, England, 2010
STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 4: Memory, Edmonton. Canada, 2010
OUT tv, broadcast nationally, Canada, 2010 - 2012
Queer West (Un)Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Ladyfest, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Iris International Festival of LGBT Animation, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009
Festival Internacional de Animação Erótica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009
Granny Boots, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Olsztyn, A Million Different Loves, Olsztyn, Poland, 2009
Toronto Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Poznan A Million Different Loves, Poznan, Poland, 2009
Trent University at Splice, Peterborough, Canada, 2009
Szczecin A Million Different Loves, Szczecin, Poland 2009
Katowice A Million Different Loves, Katowice, Poland, 2009
Lublin A Million Different Loves, Lublin, Poland, 2008
Torun A Million Different Loves, Torun, Poland 2008
Wroclaw A Million Different Loves, Wroclaw, Poland, 2008
Madurai International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Madurai, India, 2008
Trójmiasto A Million Different Loves, Trójmiasto, Poland, 2008
Krakow A Million Different Loves, Krakow, Poland, 2008
Lódz A Million Different Loves, Lódz, Poland, 2008
Toronto Pride, Toronto, Canada, 2008
Bucharest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2008
Mauritius Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Mauritius, 2008
Edmonton Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 2007
Women's Studies Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2007
Queer McGill, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2007
Atlanta Out On Film Film Festival, Atlanta, U.S.A., 2007
Norfolk Hampton Roads Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Norfolk, U.S.A., 2007
Kitchener-Waterloo Rainbow Reels, Waterloo, Canada, 2007
Prince George Prism Film Festival, Prince George, Canada, 2007
Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Philadelphia, U.S.A., 2007
Tel Aviv International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2007
Festival International du Film Gay et Lesbien de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 2007
Waterloo Rainbow Reels, Waterloo, Canada, 2007
Fine Arts Department, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2007
Kingston Reel PrideFilm Festival, Festival Opener, Kingston, Canada, 2007
Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006
Regina Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, Canada, 2006
Winnipeg Reel Pride Film Festival, Festival Opener, Winnipeg, Canada, 2006
Dallas Outtakes, Dallas, U.S.A., 2006
Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 2006
Milwaukee LGBT Film and Video Festival, Milwaukee, U.S.A., 2006
Michigan Women's Music Festival, Walhalla, U.S.A., 2006
Halifax Pride, Halifax, Canada, 2006
Toronto Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2006
Women's Studies Department, Laurentian University, Barrie, Canada, 2005
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2002
 
Grants & Awards
Canada Council for the Arts - 2010 Media Arts Research/Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2010
Exhbition Assistance Grant 2009-10, Ontario Arts Council, 2010
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario, 2008-2009
Ryerson Graduate Scholarship, Ryerson University, 2007-2008
Canada Council for the Arts - 2006 Media Arts Production Grant, Canada Counci for the Arts, 2007
Ontario Arts Council - 2006 Media Artists Grant, Ontario Arts Council, 2007
Toronto Arts Council - 2006 Media Artists Grant, Toronto Arts Council, 2007
Audience Award - Favourite Canadian Film, Reelout Film Festival, Kingston, 2007
Best Canadian Feature, Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto, 2006
Admission Fellowship Award, Univeristy of Toronto, Master of Architecture program, 2005
Hattie Aileen Sommerville Award, University of Toronto, Master of Architecture program, 2005
Trinity Square Video Award, Toronto, 2004
 
Critical Reviews & Press
Rogers: Toronto Living, May 25, 2010
Serial Consign April 24, 2010
Serial Consign January 21, 2010

CIUT Radio: Take 5 May 14, 2009
Now Magazine May 13 to 20, 2009 Vol. 28 No. 37
Now Online June 26, 2008
Educational Media Reviews Online January 22, 2008
Vue Weekly November 21, 2007, Issue No. 631
Simcoe Life Magazine October 23, 2007
SceneandHeard.ca May, 2006
The National Post May 18, 2006 Vol. 8 No. 175
Now Magazine cover story, May 18 to 24, 2006 Vol. 25 No. 38
Xtra Magazine cover story, May 11 to 24, 2006 No. 562
CTV: Movie Television May 5, 2006. Episode No.18-029
MTV Canada: MTV Live July 23, 2006
 
Artist Talks & Panel Discussions
Panel discussion - Contact lecture: Documentary Media Discussion Toronto, Canada, 2009
Trent University Peterborough, Canada, 2009
University of Toronto Toronto, Canada, 2007
Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Philadelphia, U.S.A., 2007
Queer Youth Digital Video Project, Inside Out Toronto, Canada, 2007
York University Toronto, Canada, 2007
Kingston Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Kingston, Canada, 2007
Panel discussion - Small Town Queer Life, Regina Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Regina, Canada, 2006
Winnipeg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada, 2006
SAW gallery Ottawa, Canada, 2006
Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival Toronto, Canada, 2006
Laurentian University Barrie, Canada, 2005
 
Commissions
Pride Toronto, video commission issued by Sharon Switzer, Toronto, 2008
 
Publications
Cole, Janis. “A Finer Education.” POV Magazine, No. 77, Spring, 2010. Pg 25.
Foster, Tori. "The Mother City" Vague Terrain: citySCENE, Issue No. 13. March, 2009
Smith, Greg J.. "Continuous City: The Impossibility of Understanding in the Path of a Torontonian" Exhibition Essay. January, 2010
 
Selected Collections
University of Calgary, AB, Canada
University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Acadia University, NS, Canada
University of Toronto, ON, Canada
York University, ON, Canada
Memorial University, NL, Canada
University of Northern British Columbia, BC, Canada
Georgian College, ON, Canada
Trent University, ON, Canada
Mount Saint Vincent University, NS, Canada
Private collections