SYMBIOSIS – 511 King Street West, Toronto
December 12-20, 1992

The opus exhibition took place in the crypt – a basement in an old office building which once housed Saturday Night Magazine. Narrow hallways, vaulted rooms and dark cubby holes and niches served to exhibit artwork dealing with notions of displacement, shelter, underground aesthetics and animality.
Artists:
Michael Alstad, Steve Banks, Jeffrey Burns, Ted Dudas, Erosia, Mitchell Fenton, Barbara Greczny, Bartley Harnett, Jhave, David James Johnson, Judy Juhasz, Larissa Kostoff, Steve Manning, Jerry Mar, X. Mark, Neil Mercer, Hannah More, Steve Topping, Veronica Verkley, Liza Vespi, Brian Wagner, Sasha Wentges

SYMBIOSIS 2 – 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto
November 6 – 13, 1993

For the second exhibition the collective took over two floors of the Great Hall – a nineteenth century building that once housed the Royal Templars of Temperance and The YMCA. During the three week run twenty five rooms, including hallways and washrooms, were used for installations and artworks. The opening reception performances and fundraiser for the People With Aids Foundation featured Wind May do Damage, Darinka Blagaj, Sky Gilbert and Mongolia.

Artists:
Michael Alstad, Phil Anderson, Ted Dudas, Steve Banks, Shawna Gnutel, Erosia, Steve Manning, Maxine Tyndall, RM Vaughan, Veronica Verkley, Maureen Raike, Prevert Rosenquist, Steve Topping, Liza Vespi, Brian Wagner, Camille Turner, Barbara Greczny, Paolo Poletto, Jerry Mar, Bartley Harnett, Janet Hethrington, Judy Juhasz, Shirin Mohtashami

SYMBIOSIS – The Clinic 215 Victoria Street, Toronto
April 21 – May 13, 1995

Symbiosis took over a site that had previously been occupied by The Institute for Restorative, Cosmetic & Liposuction Surgery, whose owners saw the urgency to relocate following the negative publicity and subsequent inquest into the death of their patient Toni Sullivan.

The Clinic was the first opportunity for Symbiosis to present a unified perspective on themes of the body and medical ‘health’ industry. The space was turned into a virtual clinic with most of the abandoned surgical equipment and some patient files incorporated into the artist’s works. Limited edition hand silkscreened artist books were created and distributed by Printed Matter and ICA Bookshop and Artexte. Opening night performances by Katrin Bowen & RM Vaughan.

Artists:
Michael Alstad, Katrin Bowen, Steve Banks, Ted Dudas, Barbara Greczny, Bartley Harnett, Janet Hethrington, Marc Hohman, Jhave, Judy Juhasz, Hannah More, Maureen Raike, Charles Taylor, Steve Topping, RM Vaughan, Brian Wagner, Veronica Verkley

THE BANK OF SYMBIOSIS
Ontario Hydro Building, Oct.2 – 25th, 1997

The Symbiosis Collective and four guest artists collaborated in a project that explored the complex economic and emotional relationship between bank and client, institution and individual. Launched at a former Royal Bank Branch, The Bank of Symbiosis became a repository of ideas about ‘economy’ and surplus. Artists’ working in video, sculpture, bookworks, websites, photo based art, installation, performance and guerilla pamphletering explore the social and psychological dynamic of banking and the architectural presence of banks and bank interior design. True to the Symbiosis Collective’s mandate, the actual bank space itself is, in business rhetoric, “a team player” in the exhibit. Opening night performances by Katrin Bowen & RM Vaughan.

Artists
Michael Alstad, Katrin Bowen, Martha Eleen, Dara Gellman, Barbara Greczny, Martha Eleen, Bartley Harnett, Janet Hethington, Jhave, Jaxon Mcdade, Harold Alegria Ortiz, Leslie Peters, Paola Poletto, Maureen Raike, Steve Topping, RM Vaughan, Veronica Verkley, Brian Wagner

Guest Artists:
Mathieu Beausejour
Ken Hayes
Jerelyn Hanrahan
Victoria Stanton