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Education

2008-2010   MFA in Art (in progress)
                    California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, United States
2001-2004   Bachelor degree in Fine Arts (major in Painting and Drawing) with great distinction
                    Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
1999-2001   College degree in Studio Arts
                    Collège Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, Canada

 

Solo Exhibitions

2008            Clinical Farm
                    LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
2008            Eden
                    Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2007            Jeu Noir
                    LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
2006            Introduction au projet LEGO
                    Galerie Saint-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2006            Portraits
                    Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2005            L'étrangeté du réel
                    Salles de concerts du Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville
                    Curator : Dominique Laquerre
                    Victoriaville, Canada
2005            Le grand jeu
                    Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2003            Œuvres récentes
                    Galerie Riverin-Arlogos Art Contemporain, Eastman, Canada
2002            Espaces possibles
                    Galerie Artus, Montreal, Canada
2000            Spatiallusion
                    Galerie Artus, Montreal, Canada

 

Group shows (selection)

2008-2009   Sublîme Démesure
                    Centre National d'exposition, Jonquiere, Canada
2008            Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2006            Humans
                    James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Canada
2006            Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2006            Art et fiction
                    Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
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            Exhibition at the Toronto Alternative Fashion Week
                    Toronto, Canada
2005            Figures IV
                    Galerie Saint Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2005            Sur la peau
                    Curator: Nicolas Fleming
                    CDEx (UQAM), Montreal, Canada
2005            Grenier, Lutfi, Mycyk, Piroth-Robert
                    Galerie Saint-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2004            Peinture Fraîche
                    Curated by the Concordia University painting & Drawing faculty
                    Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2004            99 Artistes
                    Galerie Observatoire 4, Montreal, Canada
2003            My way comme d’habitude
                    Galerie Onze, Montreal, Canada
2003            Green
                    Curated by the VAV Gallery (Concordia University)
                    Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2002            First COLLAGE International Art Exhibition
                    Galerie virtuelle www.artaddiction.se, Stockholm, Sweden
2001            Impegno sociale/Social duty
                    Curator : Roberto Vitali
                    International postal art project, Italia

 

Distinctions

2008            Litvack Endowed Scholarship (California Institute of the Arts)
2007            Production grant from the Fondation du Maire de Montréal
2007            Research grant from the CALQ (Quebec Art Council)
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)
2003            Golden Key Art International Painting Prize
2003            Golden Key Art International Drawing Prize
2003            Stevenson Colours Excellence Scholarship (Concordia Univeristy)
2003            Second prize at the McGill Health Center art contest
2002            Diploma of excellence for "exceptional contribution" (First COLLAGE International Art Exhibition)
2001            Prize for Best Creation at Cégep en spectacle (national contest)

 

Related work experiences

2008            Mural painter for architect Hal Ingberg (public art work commission)
2003-2008   Studio assistant for David Elliott (artist and painting teacher at Concordia University)
2007            Visual art critique on radio CIBL, Montreal, Canada
2007            Photoshop and digital colors workshops
2003            Painter for Altitude Concept and Maxum Concept (design firms)
2002            Painter for Yves Nicol theater sets (contracts: Just For Laught Montreal, Opera of Quebec, Opera of                     New Jersey)
2002            Jury on the Graff Fest 2002, St-Hubert, Canada
2000-2006   Conception and production of theatre sets, sets for special events, album covers, etc.
2000-2005   Mural painter for 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.
1999-2005   Studio assistant (artists: Peter Hoffer, Pol Mall, Dominique Gaucher)

 

Other experiences in the field

2007            Invited lecturer at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2005            Prevention workshop for graffiti in primary schools, Saint-Hubert, Canada
2004            Invited lecturer at University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM), Montreal, Canada
2003            Jury for Cégep en Spectacle (Édouard-Montpetit collège), Longueuil, Canada
2002            Jury on the Graff Fest 2002, St-Hubert, Canada
2000            Graffiti demonstration during the Skate Fest 2000, Longueuil, 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

 

Commissions

2006            Scène polaire (acrylic on ciment, 244 x 1030 cm), mural commissioned by beer                                             company Boréale, Longueuil
2004            Tryptich (oil on canvas 75 x 75 cm, 75 x 122 cm and 75 x 75 cm) representing the                                 three main buildings of Concordia University commissioned by the direction of                                             the financial services, Concordia University
2003            Mural "Unibroue" (acrylic sur ciment, 244 x 1030 cm), commissioned by beer
                    company Unibroue, Longueuil