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Curriculum Vitae
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Professional Workshops and Training activities I have taken.

Alison Boston
web site: http://www.alisonboston.com
email: ab-at-this website

CITIZENSHIP: Dual Citizen: Canada and United Kingdom
LANGUAGES: English, French; German and Hungarian, beginner
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Alliance Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.
GRANTS: Canada Council for the Arts Explorations Grant (1988)
SAW Video JumpstArt Grant, Saw Video Co-op, Ottawa (1988)
Canada Council Travel Grant, Theater, 1999
EDUCATION 1987: BA Theater (Cum Laude), University of Ottawa
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Multi-disciplinary Artist.
My principal artistic work is my life, with forays into inter-disciplinary performance art, poetry, theater, video, radio, textile art, digital art and writing. During the 1980’s I was based in Ottawa, Ontario where I was an active member of Galleries 101 and SAW. Since leaving Ottawa in 1989, I have presented in all manner of places from swimming pools and shopping plazas, to art galleries and theaters. In the mid-90’s I started making textile collage. In 1999 I visited Budapest, Hungary and returned to Canada highly inspired which resulted in furious art-making activity. I decided that any country that inspired that kind of artistic activity needed to be lived in and returned to Hungary to live in 2002 where I remained until 2006. It proved to be inspiring and I was highly productive, and I am still processing the work I made there. In spring 2006 I returned to Canada for several months before going to Barcelona, Spain where I stayed for 9 months and started singing and jamming. I am currently in the U.K., trying to catch-up with my artistic self and contemplating basing myself here. As a language-based artist I am feeling the need to be in a country whose native language is my mother tongue.

October 2006-present, Barcelona, Spain and Hastings, U.K.
1)Click here for details about Singing and Jamming

April 2006-September 2006, Victoria, B.C., Canada
1)Earth Echo, Workshop Performance with Wende Bartley, Open Space, Victoria, B.C. April, 2006
2) Tribute to Ani, guest appearance with Ari-Up and Dubblestandart, Bayou Stage, Intercultural Folk Festival, Victoria, B.C. July, 2006

August, 2002-April, 2006 Budapest, Hungary
Highlights
1) Release of song TechnoToys on compilation CD ‘We Strike’ produced by major Hungarian pop-reggae band Anima Sound System. February, 2006
2) Hope, workshop performance of original performance/musical composition created in collaboration with Hungarian musician/composers Georgi Sztojanov and Andras Simongati, March 2006
3) AppleSeed, workshop performance, Making New Waves Festival, Trafo Center for Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary, February 2006
4) National Howling Theater (member), Inter Mamor 3, Style Magic Fest (produced by Endre Szkárosi and Sándor Bernáthy), a38 Concert boat, December, 2005
5) Built website/blog www.alisonboston.com with on-line gallery September, 2005-present
6) Featured reader, Labyrinth’s Poetry in the Park and Café Kafka, Vienna, Austria 2003, 2004, 2005
7) Artist-in-residence, Sziget Festival Art Agora, Budapest, August 2004 and 2005
8) Featured Reader, Converging Lines, British-Hungarian Poetry Festival, Nyitott Muhelly, Budapest, May 2004
9) Featured Reader, Culture House, Angylfold, Budapest, March 2004
10) Speaking Music, book launch: collected poems, series of five performances backed by Hungarian jazz trio at Godor Klub, Budapest, Hungary 2003-4
11) Givah, book launch, limited edition handmade poetry book, Labyrinth, Café Kafka, Vienna, Austria. July 2003
12) Participating artist, Sziget Festival Art Agora, August 2003
13) Featured reader, Bardroom, a38 ship, Budapest, May 2003
14) Featured reader Bardroom, APA Gallery, Budapest, March 2003

Visual Art to view my work in my online click here

For activities prior to 2003, please view poet, actor and writer pages on this website which you can link to by clicking the individual words here, or the circles at the top of the page.