Shari Kasman

Shari Kasman is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in her hometown, Toronto, Canada.[1]

Shari Kasman
Alma materYork University
McMaster University
Occupation(s)Musician, visual artist, and writer
Known forBloordale Beach

She is the creator of the guerilla art installation Bloordale Beach.

Education

Kasman has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in music from York University and a diploma in Music Performance in classical piano from McMaster University.[2]

Career

Kasman has been teaching piano since 2001.[3]

In the 2010s, Kasman photographed and provided guided tours of Toronto's Galleria Mall.[4] She created two photo books about the mall. Her related exhibit Memories of Galleria Mall was featured as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in 2019.[4]

Kasman co-created the large-scale guerilla art installation that became a community hub, Bloordale Beach,[5] which was described as a vision for reclaiming public space[6] and was the inspiration for music videos and other works of art.[7][8]

In 2022, after failing to persuade the City of Toronto to address flooding in a bicycle lane on Bloor Street, Kasman named the location "Bloordale Pond".[9] The same year, Kasman drew attention to the unused land on Brock Street, Toronto, by putting up unauthorised signs suggesting the location was "Parkdale Provincial Park".[10]

Books
  • Everything Life Has to Offer, published by Invisible Publishing, 2016, ISBN 9781926743844[11]
  • Galleria: The Mall That Time Forgot, Photobook, 2018, ISBN 9781999483302[12][13]
  • Goodbye, Galleria, 2019, ISBN 9781999483319
  • Rocks Don't Move and Other Questionable Facts, 2021, ISBN 9781999483326[14][15]

References
  1. Ricci, Talia (4 May 2019). "Photography exhibit preserves memory of Galleria Mall as it undergoes transformation". CBC.
  2. "Shari Kasman". Shari Kasman. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. "Bio". Shari Kasman. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  4. LeBlanc, Dave (2019-04-17). "Toronto's Dufferin Galleria: The 'mall that time forgot' gets its moment in the spotlight". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  5. Ulrich, Tania (14 December 2021). "Thought-provoking 'Bloordale Beach' short doc opens possibilities for city building". Ryerson University. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  6. "Bloordale Beach" (documentary). Warrian, Beth (2020).
  7. Pop Plug, BLOORDALE BEACH, retrieved 2021-12-14
  8. CATJAM - Bloordale Beach, retrieved 2021-12-14
  9. "Toronto cyclists ring the alarm over dangerous bike lane that continuously floods and freezes". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  10. "New Provincial Park lands in abandoned Toronto wasteland slated for development". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  11. Beattie, Steven W. (2016-07-25). "Fall Preview 2016: Fiction". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  12. Delap, Leanne (2019-04-11). "Are shopping malls making a comeback?". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  13. "The most popular photo essays of 2018". Toronto Life. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  14. "Fact-finder Shari Kasman gave herself a mission. Her new book, 'Rocks Don't Move', tells us what she found". The Toronto Star. 2021-11-28. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  15. "Rocks Don't Move and Other Questionable Facts". Spacing Store: Toronto's City Gift Store. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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