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Simon Blais Gallery
Solo Exhibitions:
2009
Insula - New Paintings, Gallery Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec
Recent Work, Studio 21,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2008
Oeuvres récentes, Lacerte Contemporary Art,
Quebec City
2007
New Work on Paper, Reeves Contemporary, New York, New York
New Work on Paper, Spheris Gallery,
Hanover, New Hampshire
2006
Territoires intimes, Simon Blais Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
New Work on Paper, Studio 21, Halifax,
Nova Scotia
2005
Recent Work on Paper, Spheris Gallery, New York, New York
2004
The Passerby, Reeves Contemporary, New York, New York
Esquisses Paîennes, Lacerte
Contemporary Art, Quebec City
Studio 21,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2003
Recent Work
on Paper
– Simon Blais Gallery, Montreal
Studio 21, Halifax,
Nova Scotia
2002
The
Persimmon Prints, Spheris Gallery, New York, New York
The Persimmon Prints, Spheris
Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire
New Work on Paper, Open
Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2001
Dépaysement, Simon Blais Gallery, Montreal
Studio 21,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000
Spheris Gallery, New
York, New York
1999
Galerie le Sphinx,
Montauban, France
Galerie
Passerelle du Blavet, Hennebont, France
Spheris
Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire
Studio 21,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
1998
Spheris Gallery,
Walpole, New Hampshire
Galerie Winance, Tournai, Belgium
Galerie
Echancrure, Brussels, Belgium
1997
Primo Pensiero, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
Spheris
Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire
1996
Maps, Galerie Atelier Circulaire, Montréal
Hope Corman
Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Galerie l'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Ontario
Spheris Gallery,
Walpole, New Hampshire
1995
Galeriwan, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Volte-face, Plein Sud, Longueuil Québec
Open Studio,
Toronto
1994
Salisbury Plain, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
1993
Galerie de Loto-Québec,
Montréal
1992
Galerie l'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa
1991
Ou vas-tu quand tu dors, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
1988
Galerie l'Autre
Equivoque, Ottawa
Galerie
Dare-Dare, Montréal
Group Exhibitions:
2008
Salon international de l’estampe, Grand
Palais, Paris
R.C.A. New members exhibition, Moore
Gallery, Toronto
Washi Summit Show, Open Studio, Toronto
La première et la dernière, Frontenac Cultural Center, Montreal and on the internet at http ://galerie.ateliercirculaire.qc.ca/lpld/
Regards sur l’art cru, Les Impatients,
Montreal
Wisdom et Cointreau, Atelier Circulaire,
Montreal
GRAI Faculty Exhibition, Hanover,
New Hampshire
First Person Artist, Huffington Post,
www.huffingtonpost.com
2007
Instituto
Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Juan Pardo Gallery, Lima, Peru
Contemporary Art Auction, Plein Sud, Longueuil, Quebec
2006
D’ici et d’ailleurs, Galerie Orange,
Montreal, Quebec
Blanc Silence, Galerie Simon Blais,
Montreal, Quebec
2005
Marian
Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire
Montreal Connection, Gallery 2, Studio
21, Halifax, Nova Scotia
20th Anniversary, Plein Sud,
Montreal, Quebec
Grand Opening, Bibliothèque Nationale du Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Regard sur l’estampe
québécois, Loto Québec Collection, International
Biennal of Contemporary Printmaking, Trois-Rivières, Québec
2004 livre pauvre, travelling exhibition, Centre culturel français du Montenegro, la Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, centre d’art contemporain de Tourcoing, Le Carré d’art de Nimes in Tunis, Le Beaubourg in Paris
La Collection Loto – Quebec en Mexico, Exposicion Museo de Las Artes, Universidad de
Guadalajara,
Mexico
Prints
by gallery artists, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2003
On the Wall, Works on Paper from
Around the World, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
International Biennal of Contemporary Printmaking, Trois-Rivières, Québec
Les Femmeuses 2003,
Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, Québec
La Collection Loto-Québec
selected pieces, St. Antoine-sur-Richelieu and Jonquière, Québec
2002
Galerie
Broutta, Paris
The
American River, Travelling museum exhibition, Brattleboro Museum and Art
Center, Vermont,
Florence
Griswald Museum, Connecticut
The
Abstract Mind, New England College Gallery, Henniker, New Hampshire
Canada
Art Bank, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Ottawa, Ontario
La Figuration 1980-2000,
Selected Pieces from Loto – Québec collection, Trois-Rivières, QC
Les Femmeuses 2002, Pratt & Whitney Canada,
Longueuil, Quebec
L’Exposition
Encrage, Prints
by Québec and French artists, Galerie d’art d’Outremont and Clair
Obscur
Gallery, Montréal
2001
North
Country Studio Conference Faculty Exhibition, Bennington, Vermont
Le Group 2001, Sphinx Gallery,
Montauban, France
3rd Biennal
Print Exhibition in Ile de France, Versailles,
France
Litho-metro-dodo, Atelier Circulaire,
Montreal, Quebec
New York Armory Works On Paper Show, New York, NY
2000
The Space That Separates Us,
7th Amadora International Biennial Print Exhibition,
Amadora,
Portugal
New York Armory
Works On Paper Show, New York, NY
Les Femmeuses 2000, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, Quebec
Pass-art, Millennium event,
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Nos Silences, Gatineau Cultural Centre, Gatineau,
Quebec
1999
SAGA Work on Paper Show, Paris
New Art Barcelona ‘99, Barcelona
New York Armory Work on Paper Show, New
York, NY
Les Femmeuses 1999, Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, Québec
Motus, Silent Auction by Galerie Plein Sud, Longueuil, Quebec.
Vieille Atelier Circulaire, Stewart
Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
1998
New York Armory Work on Paper Show, New York, NY
Trace 1998, Paris
Québec, la belle
Amérique, Mairie des Lilas, Paris
12 Printmakers Exhibit, Studio 21,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of
Ontario, Toronto
Veille, Bibliothèque national du Québec, Montréal
Bougie et compagnie, Galerie Madeleine
Lacerte, Québec
1997
Boston Printmakers 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Boston, Mass
Le même et la
difference, Taipei Museum, Taiwan
Gravures Quebeçoiset Rhonalpins, Lyon,
France
The Levee:
Where the Blues Began, international exhibit,
United
States, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Korea
Dawson College Spring Exhibition,
Montréal
1996
Franco-Canadian
Exchange, L'Urdla, Lyon, France
IV Fiesta de la
Cultura Iberoamericana, Holguin, Cuba
Group '96, Galerie Le Sphinx, Montauban,
France
La GrandeVirée Art
Comtemporain '96, Montréal
La collection
Prêt d'oeuvres d'art, Acquisitions 1995, Musée du
Québec, Québec
L'Estampe à Atelier Circulaire, Musée
d'Art de Saint-Laurent, Montréal
Les Femmeuses '96, Pratt & Whitney
Canada, Longueuil, Québec
World-wide Women Exhibition, Web
1995
Expo ARTE, Guadalajara, Mexico
Librairie du Québec à Paris
Open House, Spheris Gallery, Walpole,
New Hampshire
Drawing, Printing & Paper Biennale of
Québec, Alma, Québec
Les Femmeuses '95, Pratt & Whitney
Canada, Longueuil, Québec
Self-Portraits, Engramme Printmaking
Studio, Québec City
Lithography Exhibit, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal
1994
Les Ateliers s'Exposent, Cobalt Art Actuel, Montréal
Les Femmeuses '94 Pratt & Whitney
Canada, Longueuil, Québec
Soleils de cuivre, Château de Reviers,
France
Spanish & American Printmakers, La Coruna, Spain
Eleven Etchers, Galerie Jean Claude Bergeron, Ottawa
Gravures de l'Atelier Circulaire,
Galerie d'Art du Parc, Trois-Rivieres, Québec
1993
Dyptiques, Galerie de l'Atelier
Circulaire, Montréal
Quelques Fidelités /Bougie, Farish, Marange,
Vincent
Galerie
l'Estampe Plus, Québec City
Mille ans en dix ans , Museo Sequeiros, Mexico
Maison
de la Culture, Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal
Pavillon
des Arts de Ste-Adéle, Québec
A Look at Québec Printmaking, Galerie
Trois Points, Montréal
1992
Galerie
Espace 7000, Collège Marie Victorin, Montréal
Canada Council, Collection from the Art Bank, Montréal
Contemporary Art in
Canada, Ader Tajan Commissaires-Priseurs Associés, l'Espace
Chapon, Paris
Théatre
du Nouveau Monde, Montréal
La
Galerie de Val David, Québec
Peinture/Estampe , Arts Sutton, Sutton, Québec
Le Nouveau Monde Exhibition organized
for the City of Montréal's 350th anniversary celebration
Contes, légendes et
poêmes du Québec Loto-Québec Collection,
Musée d'Art de St-Laurent, Montréal
1991
Galerie
de St-Adolphe d'Howard, St-Adolphe d'Howard, Québec
Galerie
du Musée des Beaux Arts, Montréal
Pleine la vue , Galerie Loto-Québec,
travelling show
Entrée libre à l'art contemporain ,
Place Bonaventure, Montréal
1990
Small Works, Dan Delaney Gallery, Montréal
Diptych'90 travelling show, Québec
Printmaking Council,
Québec Printmakers, Lisbon & Madrid
Tryptique Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
Jewish
Cultural Society, Montréal
1989
Mutation'89, travelling show, Québec Printmaking Council
La Galerie, Trois-Rivières, Québec
Livres d'artistes, Maison de la Culture
Mont-Royal, Montréal
Montréal
Museum of Contemporary Art Auction & Sale
1988
Estampes '88 l'Autoportrait, travelling show , Québec Printmaking
Council
Galerie
Estampe Plus, Québec City
Small Works, Dare-Dare Gallery, Montréal
Montréal
Museum of Contemporary Art Auction & Sale
1987
Recent Works of Printmakers from Atelier Circulaire, Montréarts
Gallery, Montréal
1986
Women's Art Show, McGill University, Montréal
1985
Accroche-coeur, Atelier Circulaire,
Montréal
1984
Weiss
Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal
1983
Exposition et performance, Montréal
Awards, Grants & Published Editions
2008
Induction
into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA)
2006
Publication
of catalogue: Catherine Farish Territoire intime by Galerie Simon
Blais, Montreal
2003
Publication
of livre pauvre , a collaboration
with the poet Nicole Brossard
Publication of three
limited editioned etchings, Winter,
L’Hiver,Eparpillement by Spheris Gallery
2002
Publication of
catalogue: The Persimmon Prints. by
Spheris Gallery, New York
2001
Publication of brochure:
Dépaysement by Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec
2000
Invited Artist in
Residence at the 21st Muslim Cultural Festival of Asilah, Morocco and
publication of two limited edition etchings, Charki and Asilah
Traveling Grant,
Québec Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Edition of
millennium print "MM" published
by Alain Piroir, Montreal, Quebec
1997
Materials Award at Boston Printmakers 50th Anniversary
Exhibition
Publication of
48-page catalogue: Catherine Farish-Primo
Pensiero
1995
Publication of the
second edition of 25 etchings, Le fruit
de la passion by Galerie Simon Blais
Publication of
special edition of 10 etchings, Aurore
by private collector
1993
Publication of edition
of 8 etchings, C'etait plus fort que moi for the Québec Prix Rideau
1992
Grand Prize, Loto-Québec
Printmakers' Contest, Stories, Legends & Poems of Québec
Acquisition
Award, Le Nouveau Monde, City of Montréal 350th anniversary
Publication of
edition of 85 etchings, Gift by
Loto-Québec
Publication of
edition of 25 etchings, Le fruit de la
passion by Atelier Circulaire
1989
Honourable Mention, Mutation '89, Québec Printmaking Council
Québec Ministry
of Cultural Affairs Grant
Background: Born in
London, England 1951
Canadian
citizen
Education:
1986
Apprenticeship in
printmaking with master printer François-Xavier Marange, Atelier LeBlanc, Paris
1983
Bachelor of Fine Arts,
cum laude, Concordia University, Montréal
1976
Diploma of Fine Arts,
Montréal Museum School of Art and Design
Teaching Appointments, Seminars and Workshops
2004
Participated in the
project “Ma cabane dans un arbre” organized by l’Avenement et L’auguste
Theatre, Montreal, Quebec
2003
Guest speaker and
invited artist, Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax,
Nova Scotia
2001
Invited artist and
workshop instructor, North Country Studio Conference, Bennington
College,
Vermont,
2000,
'92,'93 Workshop in Chine collé
and monotype techniques, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal, Québec.
1999 -pres Faculty member , Great River
Institute for the Arts, Bellows Falls, Vermont
1997-pres Drawing instructor, National
Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Québec
1997-99 Printmaking
Instructor, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec
1993,'95 University
of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Collections:
Aim
Funds, Toronto, Ontario
Alliance
Capital, New York, New York
Asilah Forum Foundation, Morocco
Association
du Relais, Switzerland
Atelier
Architecture, Montreal, Quebec
Balboni
& Associates, Springfield, Massachusetts
Banque de Montréal, Quebec
Banque
Nationale, Quebec
Bell
Nordic, Montreal, Quebec
Bennet
Jones, Calgary, Alberta
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Cleman,
Ludmer, Steinberg, Montreal, Quebec
Conseils des Arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Collection Desjardins
d’Oeuvres d’Art
Canadian
Department of Foreign Affairs and
Commerzbank,
New York, New York
International
Trade, Ottawa, Ontario
CROP, Montreal, Quebec
Deloitte
& Touche, New York & Montreal
Domtar,
Montreal, Quebec
Éditions
Boréal, Montreal, Quebec
Ernst
& Young. Toronto, Ontario
Harper
Dee Interiors, New York, New York
I.B.M.,
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hydro-Québec
Information
Technology Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jean Pouliot Expert Conseil, Montreal, Quebec
Kugler Kandestin,
Montreal, Quebec
Lévesque Geoffrion, Montreal, Quebec
Loto-Québec
Musée
du Québec
Parkhurst
Publishing, Montreal, Quebec
Pfizer
Inc., New York, New York
Productions
Match TV, Montreal, Quebec
Propos D’Art, Montreal, Quebec
SSQ Groupe Financier,
Ste-Foy, Quebec
SW
Properties – Bishop’s Landing, Halifax, N.S. Swiss
Re Financial, New York, New York
Vanguard,
Atlanta, Georgia
Ville
de Montreal
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