Steve Khan
Toronto, Canada
Steve Khan enjoys using humour to provide an entry point to topics people normally don’t want to discuss. He wants you to feel less uncomfortable about sexuality, race and gender. He acknowledges this tends to reposition those with privilege to experience what it’s like to be without it. He works with text, drawing and video.
Experience
- Toronto Regional Representative at Public Service Alliance of Canada
- August 2019 – Present Toronto, ON
- Program Manager at Ontario Trillium Foundation
- May 2017 – July 2019 Toronto, ON
- Program Officer at Department of Canadian Heritage
- 2015 – 2017 Toronto, ON
- Drawing Instructor at Private Tutor
- 2015 – Present Mississauga, ON
- Visual Arts Juror at Mississauga's Got Talent
- 2015 Mississauga, ON
- Chair, Youth in Action Grants at United Way of Peel Region
- 2014 – 2015 Mississauga, ON
- Drawing Instructor at Queer South Asian Youth Collective
- 2012 Scarborough, ON
- Community Arts Juror at City of Hamilton
- 2012 Hamilton, ON
- Shop Assistant at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
- 2011 – 2012 Toronto, Canada
- Special Events & Development Assistant at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
- 2011 – 2012 Toronto, ON
- Assistant to the Acting Director at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
- 2011 Toronto, Canada
- Executive Director at Community Arts Ontario
- 2011 – 2012 Toronto, Canada
- Gallery Assistant, Digital Media and Web Site at Gallery TPW
- 2011 Toronto, ON
- Social Media Coordinator at The Gladstone Hotel
- 2010 – 2011 Toronto, Canada
- Juror, Youth in Action Grants at United Way of Peel Region
- 2010 – 2014 Mississauga, ON
- Animateur at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
- 2010 – 2012 Toronto, Canada
- Drawing Instructor at East Mississauga Community Health Centre
- 2009 – 2010 Mississauga and Brampton
- Drawing Instructor at Toronto East General Hospital
- 2009 – 2010 Scarborough, ON
Education
- Business French and Translation at Ryerson University
- September 2018 – Present Toronto, Canada
- Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree- History at University of Toronto
- 2014 – 2014 Mississauga, Canada
- Specialist in Art and Art History at University of Toronto
- 2007 – 2010 Mississauga, Canada
- Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History at Sheridan College
- 2007 – 2010 Oakville, Canada
Awards
- 2018
- Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
- 2014
- Director's Award- Outstanding Volunteer, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- 2010
- Community Involvement in the Arts, Canadian Art Foundation
- 2010
- Poetry Award, Skyseeds Gallery
- 2009
- Volunteer Award, Art Gallery of Mississauga
Exhibitions
- 2020
- SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS at Yorkville Library, Toronto, ON
- 2019
- The Motion of Light in Water at Art Square Gallery, Toronto, ON
- 2019
- DRAWING 2019 at John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 2019
- SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS at Pegasus, Toronto, Canada
- 2019
- Portraits at Art Square Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 2018
- Mistletoe Magic at John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 2018
- Drawing 2018 at John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
- 2016
- SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS at Cedar Ridge Gallery, Scarborough, ON
- 2016
- Guleph Pride Show at 10 Carden, Guelph, Canada
- 2016
- Handsome Project at Hundred Dollar Gallery, Hamilton, ON
- 2015
- SHAME IS FOR BEGINNERS at Spark Box Residency, Picton, Canada
- 2015
- Portraits and Selfies at Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
- 2014
- Artists Among Us at Helson Gallery, Georgetown, Canada
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project Tour 2014 at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Franklin Square, Philadelphia, PA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Maine College of Art, Portland, OR
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at The Distillery District, Toronto, Canada
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Minnesota State Community & Technical College, Fergus Falls, MN
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Galerie F, Chicago, IL
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at First Street Plaza, Laramie, WY
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Art Murmu, Oakland, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Geffen Contemporary of MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Santa Fe University of Art and Design , Santa Fe, NM
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Lawndale Art Center , Houston, TX
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Crescent City Saturday Market, New Orleans, LA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Church Street Station- Entertainment District, Orlando, FL
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Virginia Commonwealth University- The Compass, Richmond, VA
- 2014
- The Sketchbook Project 2014 Tour at Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Penn State, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Wexner Center for the Arts, Colombus, OH
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at The Dandy Lion, New Albany, IN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at University of Mississouri, Kansas City, MO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at NoBo Arts District, Boulder, CO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Santa Fe Art Institute/SFUAD, Santa Fe, NM
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Dahl Art Center/Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City, SD
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Light Grey, Minneapolois, MN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Torpedo Factory Art Center, Washington, DC
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Canal Park, Washington, DC
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Indianapolis Art Center , Indianapolis, IN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at City Museum, St. Louis, MO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Watkins College of Art and Design , Nashville, TN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Hammer Press, Kansas City, MO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at iam8bit, Los Angeles, CA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Figueros Mountain Brewing, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at The Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Paul J. Clerner Botanical Garden, Kernsville, NC
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at CAM Raleigh , Raleigh, NC
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Grants Block, Providence, RI
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Luminato in the Distillery District, Toronto, Canada
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at MASS Collective, Atlanta, GA
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at SXSW Co-Lab Project Space, Austin, TX
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project 2013 Tour at Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
- 2011
- WHAT are you? at Nuit Blanche- Queen West District, Toronto, Canada
- 2011
- The Salmon Run Project at Business places throughout Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Full Sail University , Winter Park, FL
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at The Granite Room, Atlanta, GA
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Spider House, Austin, TX
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
- 2011
- The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour at Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
- 2010
- Love Letters to Feminism at Xpace, Toronto, Canada
- 2010
- Room 212 at The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada
- 2010
- People Creatures at Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
- 2010
- Artwerk at Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
- 2010
- Mosaic at Kensington Health Centre, Toronto, Canada
- 2010
- Thrown Forth at Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
Skills
- Drawing
- Painting
- Social Media