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Artist Statement
For the past few years I've been making paintings that attempt to depict the ethereal nature of electric light on the urban landscape - a landscape that is literally electrified by human habitation. My aim is t o depict environments where almost everything seems defined by light and it's effects, such as glare and reflection. In these paintings I try to represent our experience of the strange, almost unreal artificiality of electric light with paintings of predominately distant views of cityscapes as seen through glass windows from up high (as from a skyscraper). I want these paintings to evoke the melancholic feeling of looking out at a distant view of the illuminated city, the particular experience of being on one side of the window and seeing the world on the other. It's an experience where one feels present but not connected, provoking a sense of contemplative disconnection.
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Education
1993 M.F.A. Concordia University, Montréal, Québec.
1986 Fine Arts Diploma, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Selected solo exhibitions
2008 Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
2008 DELIRIUM, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec.
2008 SPRAWL, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario.
2007 SCINTILLATIONS. Patrick Mikhaïl Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario.
2007 DISSOLVE, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
2006 TEMPORARY CONSTELLATIONS, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec.
2004 DRIFT, Galerie Art Mur, Montréal, Québec.
2002 LUMINA, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal, Québec.
2001 PHOSPHORESCENCE, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
1999 AFTER-IMAGE, McClure Gallery, Montréal, Québec.
1998 INCARNATE, Bishop’s University Artist’s Centre, Lennoxville, Québec.
1997 LE CORPS MATERIEL, Galerie d’Art d’Outremont, Montréal, Québec.
1995 PORTRAITS, Galerie Occurrence, Montréal, Québec.
1993 DETAILS, Bourget Gallery, Montréal, Québec.
Selected group exhibitions
2008 DECADE, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Ontario
2008 SHOWCASE, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2008 ABRACADABRA, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 THE LANDSCAPE SHOW, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2007 HK SUMMER GROUP SHOW, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2007 RETROSPECTIVE, Centre d’Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul,Quebec
2007 THE LIGHTNESS OF SUMMER, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2007 SCAPE, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2007 GROUP SHOW, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2007 THE NEW (PART TWO), Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario.
2007 THE NEW (PART ONE), Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario.
2006 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPACE, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2006 GROUP SHOW, Cor Braun Fine Art, Westport, Ontario.
2006 PICTORAL NAVIGATIONS, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montréal, Québec.
2006 OEUVRES CHOISIES, Espace Creation Loto-Quebec, Montreal, Quebec.
2005 THE PEACE SHOW, Onepointsix Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2005 ART VIEW 2005, City Museum, Washington, D.C.
2005 KILLER, Onepointsix Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2005 HI – LIGHT, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2004 THE DECEMBER SHOW, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
2003 LA PEINTURE FIGURATIVEMENT CONTEMPORAINE, Galerie Art Mur, Montréal, Qc
2002 RBC CANADIAN PAINTING COMPETITION FINALISTS, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery.
2002 ONE SIZE FITS ALL, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.
2002 INVITATION AU VOYAGE, Maison de la culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal,Quebec
2002 DU QUEBEC A MARSEILLE, L’Association Artena, Marseille, France.
2002 GEOGRAPHIES,Le Centre d’Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec.
2001 FILIATION PAR LA PEINTURE, Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec, Qc .
2000 PAINT OR DIE, 1946 Ste-Catherine W, Montréal, Québec.
2000 PASSART, PASSAGE 1999-2000, Centre d’Exposition de Rouyn-Noranda,
Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.
1997 MACHINE HUMAINE, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal, Québec.
1995 LUSH, Galerie Articule, Montréal, Québec.
1994 CORPUS, McClure Gallery, Montréal, Québec.
Residencies
2007 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, U.S.A.
2005 Gros Morne Artists in Residence Program, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland.
2004 The Pouch Cove Residencies for Artists Program, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland.
2001 International Symposium of New Painting in Canada, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec
Collections
The Royal Bank of Canada
Hydro Québec
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador
Centre d'Exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul
Gildan Inc.
Grants and awards (selection)
2008 Travel Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2008 Travel Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.
2008 Artistic Research and Creation Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.
2007 Project Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2007 Travel Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2007 Travel Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.
2005 Travel Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2004 Travel Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2002 RBC New Canadian Painting Competition, Eastern Canada Winner.
2002 Creation / Production Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2001 Travel Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
2001 Research and Creation Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.
2001 Travel Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.
2000 Research and Creation Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
2000 Creation/Production Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
1996 Artistic Practice Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
1995 Short-Term Grant. The Canada Council for the Arts.
1995 Artistic Practice Grant. Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
1993 Artistic Practice Grant. Ministère de la Culture du Québec.
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