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Education
2008-2010 MFA in Art
CalArts, Valencia, CA
2001-2004 Bachelor degree in Fine Arts (major in Painting and Drawing)
Concordia University, Montreal
1999-2001
College degree in Studio Arts
Collège Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil (Canada)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Communautés Unies, United Communities
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2010 Model Integrity
MFA Thesis Exhibition, L-Shape Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2009 Who Are You?
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2008 Clinical Farm
LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto
2008 Eden
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2007 Jeu Noir
LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto
2006 Introduction au projet LEGO
Galerie Saint-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa
2006 Portraits
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2005 L'étrangeté du réel
Salles de concerts du Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville
Curator : Dominique Laquerre
Victoriaville (Canada)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Question de principe, Matter of Principle
Co-curator with Annie Hémond Hotte
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2011 That's How We Know The Tongue is Blind
Co-curator with Mélodie Mousset
Espace Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2011 The Collective Show Los Angeles 2011
995 & 997 N. Hill St, Los Angeles
2010 Home & Garden
Curator: Tom Leeser
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles
2010 Volume
Collaboration with Melodie Mousset. Curator: Andrea Neustein
AT1 Projects, Los Angeles
2010 An Age of Glory
2 persons exhibition, KMLA at Automat, Los Angeles
2009 Home & Garden
Curator: Tom Leeser / viralnet.net
Web based exhibition < http://www.integr8dmedia.net/viralnet/homeandgarden/ >
2009 La collection selon...
Curated by 20 Quebec artists and writers
Espace Création Loto-Québec, Montreal
2008-2009 Sublîme Démesure
Centre National d'exposition, Jonquiere (Canada)
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto
2006 Humans
James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove (Canada)
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto
2006 Art et fiction
Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2006 The Tour of 15
RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2005 Sur la peau
Curator: Nicolas Fleming
CDEx (UQAM), Montreal
2003 Green
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal
Selected Teaching & Work Experiences
2011 "Pigments & Pixels", Practicum series, California Institute of the Arts
2010-… Painting and drawing teacher, The Art Institute of Arcadia
2007-… Private teacher / photoshop workshops
2003-2010 Studio Assistant for David Elliott (artist, writer and associate professor at Concordia University)
2010 Gallery assistant, KMLA (Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects) at Automat, Los Angeles
2009-2010 Assistant professor (painting), California Institute of the Arts
2008-2009 Images Services (digital corrections), California Institute of the Arts
2008 Mural painter for architect Hal Ingberg, "Buz", public art work commission
2005-2008 Prevention workshop for graffiti in primary schools (volunteer), Saint-Hubert, Canada
2007 Visual art critique on radio CIBL, Montreal, Canada
2000-2006 Mural painter: public art commissioned by Unibroue and Boréale (beer companies), and for many bars and restaurants in
and around Montreal : The Bibop, Exit, Foufounes Électiques, Nexus, Café-Terrasses 1957, etc.
Selected Grants / Awards
2011 Production grant from the Canada Art Council
2010-11 Research and Creation grant from the CALQ (Quebec Art Council)
2009-2010 Master's Research Scholarship from the FQRSC (Quebec Society and Culture Research Funds)
2008-2010 Dean's Project Grants (California Institute of the Arts)
2009 Alumni Special Funds Project Grant (California Institute of the Arts)
2008-2009 Litvack Endowed Scholarship (California Institute of the Arts)
2007 Research and Creation grant from the CALQ (Quebec Art Council)
2007 Production grant from the Fondation du Maire de Montréal (City of Montreal)
2007 Research and production grant form Jeunes Volontaire (city of Montreal)
2006 Finalist, RBC Canadian Painting Competition
2004 Guido Molinari Prize in Studio Arts (Concordia University)
2004 Cecil Buller — John J.A. Murphy Scholarship in Drawing (Concordia University)
Lectures
2011 Invited artist / Jo Ann Callis' photo and painting class, California Institute of the Arts
2010 Invited artist / Anoka Feruqee’s painting class, California Institute of the Arts
2007 Invited lecturer at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2005-07 Talks on graffiti in primary schools (volunteer), Saint-Hubert, Canada
2004 Invited lecturer at University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM), Montreal, Canada
Collections
-Loto-Québec Collection, Province of Quebec, Canada
-Direction of the Financial Services, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
-Jacques-Rousseau High School, Longueuil, Canada
-Private collections
Selected Press / Publications
2011 GRENIER, Nicolas and HÉMOND HOTTE, Annie. "Question de Principe, Matter of Principle". Exhibition catalog, Galerie Art Mûr
2010 "L‘urbanisme tordu de Los Angeles". Interview on Radio-Canada. AM, with Anne-Marie Wittenshaw, 08/03/2010
2010 LAROCHE, Jean-François. "On the road / avec Nicolas Grenier" 19 minutes documentary film, Idealis Metropolis, www.idealismetropolis.com
2009 Screening of "LE FRUIT INTERDIT vu par Nicolas Grenier", International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal, 03/2009
2008 RANNOU, Pierre. "Eden, Nicolas Grenier". Esse magazine #64 (Fall 2008), p.68
2008 ROENISCH, Clint, and URQUAHRT, Jane. "Carte Blanche Vol 2 Painting". Magenta Foundation, Toronto 2008, p.62 and 305
2008 LAROCHE, Jean-François. "LE FRUIT INTERDIT vu par Nicolas Grenier". 24 minutes documentary film (independent production).
2008 "RBC Canadian Painting Competition - Ten years" (catalog), Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto 2008, p.36
2008 TERENCE, Dick. "Toronto". Blog Akimblog (http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/?id=207), 06/2008
2008 TASSÉ-THEMENS, Jean-Virgile. "Nicolas Grenier récidive à la galerie LandymoreKeith". Le Métropolitain online (http://www.lemetropolitain.com/nouvelles.asp?jID=1&nID=10989), 06/2008
2008 LAQUERRE, Dominique. "Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville : 25 ans de rencontres entre la musique et les arts visuels". Le Sabord magazine, 03/2008, p.53 et 57
2006 Libre-Échange (television show), "Visual arts interview" with René-Richard Cyr, Télé-Québec, 10/2006
2006 GEVREY, Chantal. "Une voix à regarder de tous ses yeux". Zinc #9, 10/2006, p.107-111
2006 COATES, Alana. "Art infused with the essence of light". The Gazette, 07/2006, p.B2
2006 CREVIER, Lyne. "Huile de bras". Ici, 06/2006, p.37
2006 TOUSIGNANT, Isa. "Montreal". Akimblog (http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/index.php?id=42), 06/2006
2006 WHEELER, Melissa. "Bright Young Things". Maisonneuve Magazine (http://www.maisonneuve.org/index.php?&page_id=12&article_id=2033), 01/2006
2004 MAVRIKAKIS, Nicolas. "Image Publique/Peinture fraîche". Voir, 08/2004, p.27 |