BIOGRAPHY Antoine Tavaglione aka TAVA is a Montreal based

BIOGRAPHY Antoine Tavaglione aka TAVA is a Montreal based

BIOGRAPHY
Antoine Tavaglione aka TAVA is a Montreal based contemporary Pop artist. Drawing
inspiration from vintage cartoons, politics, emerging fashion and fads, Tava takes an
omnivorous approach to culture both high and low, interacting with its symbolism and
cult figures through his tongue-in-cheek style and signature dripping milk visual effect.
Based in Montreal and of Italian cultural heritage, Tava's milk dripping aesthetic derives
from European history and fascist political movements. His aesthetic of the white milk
suggests the vital source of nourishment in which dictators rob their people and when
satiated, spit over the leftovers, the red "bloody" milk.
Tavas work has been showcased in Museums, Magazines, Festivals, Boutique windows
and Galleries across Montreal, Toronto, New York, USA and Europe.
EDUCATION
2000-2003 Film Animation (BFA), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
1998-2000 Creative Arts, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
06 / 2013 | Solo Exhibition - S16 Gallery | Montreal, Qc
06 / 2013 | Commissioned work – Aldo Group Inc. | Montreal, Qc
06 / 2013 | Solo Exhibition - TAVA POP-UP SHOP | Toronto, On
05 / 2013 | Commissioned work – Y&R | Toronto, On
02 / 2013 | Solo Exhibition for Nuit Blanche - in collaboration with ARTVStudio and
ArtSouterrain | Montreal, QC
12 / 2012 | 808 Bike Shop | Visual Identity of boutique, mural and designs | Montreal, QC
11 / 2012 | MENS Boutique | Five Large hand painted Murals - Window Displays for the
holidays | Montreal, QC
10 / 2012 | Creation of retail products for the Montreal McCord Museum- iPhone 4-5
phone cases and Samsung 3 phone cases, also a collection of pillows and small plush
toys | Montreal, QC
10 / 2012 | Launch of "La Ligne Bleu " by Massivart | Live Painting at the Segal Center |
Montreal, QC
10 / 2012 | WRG Magazine | Visual Identity services & Live Painting for Bakery Pop-Up
Shop | Montreal, QC
10 / 2013 | Commissioned work – Y&R | Toronto, On
09 / 2012 | NIKE & IF3 | Visual Identity services, T-shirt collaboration with Nike 6.0, Live
Painting & organizing and teaching a drawing workshop to kids | Montreal, QC
09 / 2012 | Show Off Your Shoes - OUMF 2012 | Branding & Visual Identity services |
Montreal, QC
08 / 2012 | Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation | Live Painting for donation | Montreal, QC
08 / 2012 | TAVA x VANS / OTH Store | Chalk Mural | Montreal, QC
08 / 2012 | Dish Cooking Studio x eFashionista x TAVA - The Art of Baking in High Heels
event | Promo Painting | Toronto
08 / 2012 | Under Pressure | Mural | Montreal, QC
08 / 2012 | Under Pressure | Beaux Dégâts Art Battle # 4 | Montreal, QC
08 / 2012 | Under Pressure | Sidewalk Art | Montreal, QC
07 / 2012 | Just for Laughs Festival | Quartier des spectacles | Live Mural | Montreal, QC
07 / 2012 | Burgundy Lion | Mural | Montreal, QC
07 / 2012 | Atlanta Gift Show | Cucina Collection paintings | Atlanta, USA
07 / 2012 | Fresh Paint Gallery | Mural | Group Exhibition | Montreal, QC
07 / 2012 | Décover magazine @ Foufounes Electrique | God Save the Queen Group
Exhibition | Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | FIMA | Ste Catherines street | station16 booth | Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | TOMS x TAVA collaboration, Creation of a limited edition Toms shoe, hand
painted | Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | Hugo Boss Boutique | Mural-Window Display for Grand-Prix | Solo Exhibition
| Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | SALON MASSE | Galerie Pangee | Group Exhibition | Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | La SAT | MASSIVart | Group Exhibition | Montreal, QC
06 / 2012 | Boutique École Militaire | TAVA x BOTKIN collaboration - Live Mural painting
| Montreal, QC
05 / 2012 | Sugar Ball | Art auction | Montreal, QC
04 / 2012 | MENS Boutique | Mural-Window Display | Solo Exhibition | Montreal, QC
04 / 2012 | Papier 12 | Collaboration piece with Dave Todaro | Montreal, QC
04 / 2012 | Décover magazine issue #16 | Montreal, QC
03 / 2012 | FIFA | ARTV studio | Group mural | Montreal, QC
03 / 2012 | Fountain Art Fair | Station16 | New York, NY, USA
03 / 2012 | Spins & Needles | Silkscreening show, Prints & Inks, at Falldown Gallery |
Ottawa, On
02 / 2012 | Art souterrain | Centre de Commerce mondial | Group installation | Montreal,
QC
02 / 2012 | Art souterrain | Place des Arts | Group installation | Montreal, QC
01 / 2012 | En Masse | Group mural for Suite 301 | Montreal, QC.
02 / 2012 | New York International Gift Fair | New York, NY, USA
02 / 2012 | Radio-Canada | Interpretation of Dow Jones | Montreal, QC
01 / 2012 | En Masse | Group mural for Wasabi Communications | Montreal, QC.
10 / 2011 | Palais des Congrès | Génération d'idées | Group mural | Montreal, QC
10 / 2011 | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | EnMasse | Group mural | Montreal, QC.
10 / 2011 | Art auction for Movember | Three Monkeys boutique | Group exhibition |
Montreal, QC.
10 / 2011 | Fresh Paint Gallery | Group installation | Montreal, QC.
10 / 2011 | Opus Hotel | Group exhibition | Montreal, QC.
10 / 2011 | En Masse | Group mural for private commission | Montreal, QC.
08 / 2011 | OPP Gallery | Group exhibition | Montreal, QC.
08 / 2011 | Dirty Does It show | Galerie Espace | Solo exhibition | Montreal, QC.
06 / 2011 | No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn | Underworld | Group exhibition | Montreal, QC.
05 / 2011 | Che Vu show | Galerie 1040 | Solo exhibition | Montreal, QC.