CURRICULUM VITAE
C.V.
EDUCATION
· Saidye Bronfman Center, classes/workshops, Montreal
· School of Beaux-Arts, Mission Renaissance (Complete program with DanielBrient, Hélène Béland), Montreal.
· Baccalaureate in History of Art,UQAM, Montreal
· Cégep of Old Montreal, visual arts courses
TRAINING
· 2022 Printmaking class with Céline Goudreau, Zocalo, Longueuil
· 2022 Printing class with Michel Dupont, at his workshop, in Frelighsburg
· 2020 Printmaking class with Talleen Hacikyan,at Atelier Circulaire, Montreal
· 2019 Training courses in printmaking with Danielle Cadieux, at the Boucherville Visual Arts Workshop
· 2019 Apprenticeship/printing course with Helga Schleeh, at the Center des Arts Visuels, in Montreal
· 2002 Private course (oil painting/trompe-l'oeil) at the Frank Imperato School of Art, Montreal
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
·2023 Dimensional dyad, Maison de la Culture de Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, duo, (jury)
· 2022 The inextricable, Alain-Larue Art Center, Ville Notre-Dame-Des-Prairies, solo, (jury)
· 2021 Vestiges of our dreams, Galerie Vincent d’Indy, Boucherville, solo, (jury)
· 2019 Chimeras, ARTUS Gallery, Montreal, solo, (jury)
· 2019 Beyond the Threshold, Galerie La Seigneurie, Châteauguay, solo, (jury)
· 2019 In the afterlife, Maison Antoine Lacombe, Saint-Charles-Borromée, duo (jury).
· 2018 Across borders, Espace Desjardins, Raymond-Lévesque Library, Longueuil, solo (jury).
· 2016 Gora Gallery, Montreal, duo with Claude Lessard
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
· 2022 IAF Signatures Exhibition 2022, Maison Antoine Lacombe, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec
· 2022 Stewart Hall Art Library-Art Gallery Exhibition, City of Pointe Claire (jury)
· 2021 Small Formats Exhibition, Maison Antoine Lacombe, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec (jury)
· 2019 Exhibition Signatures Trois-Rivières, Pierre-Boucher Museum, Trois-Rivières
· 2019 IAF Signatures Exhibition 2019, Axart, Drummondville
· 2018 Tribute to the Global Refusal, Autumn Salon, Museum of Fine Arts of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, collective with jury.
· 2018 Exhibition competition Selection 2018 AAPL, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil, (1st “realistic” prize, jury)
· 2018 Unis Vert the Timeless, Gallery at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal (artist and curator).
· 2018 United Green the Timeless, Galerie Le Livart, Montreal, (artist and curator)
· 2018 Antoine Lacombe Gallery, Saint-Charles-Borromée, group with jury
· 2015 Two for the road, Splash Design, Montreal
· 2002 Love in us and around us, ARTUS Gallery, Montreal, group with jury
· 1995 For sentimental reasons, Ray Monde Art Gallery, Laval
· 1995 Studio Vincent Donohue, Montreal
· 1994 Montreal Airport, Dignitaries Lounge
·1994 Brancusi Cultural Center, Montreal
· 1994 Salon Designers Spectra, city of St-Laurent
· 1994 AAPL Spring Salon, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil (Mention of Excellence Prize 1994)
· 1993 AAPL Spring Salon, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil (Mention of Excellence Prize 1993)
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
· 2018 1st prize in the “realistic” category, 2018 AAPL Selection Competition Exhibition, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil.
· 1994 Mention of Excellence Award, AAPL Spring Salon, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil.
· 1993 Mention of Excellence Award, AAPL Spring Salon, Jacques-Ferron Cultural Center, Longueuil.
MEMBERSHIPS
· Group of visual arts artists of Quebec, Professional member (RAAV)
· Institute of Figurative Arts, Signatory Member (IAF)
· Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) (ELECTED member)
EXPERIENCES RELATED ARTISTICS
· 2022 Member of a jury (3) to choose visual artists, as part of the 2023 programming at the Maison Antoine Lacombe, in Saint-Charles-Borromée.
· 2016-2019 Exhibition curator for UNIS VERT L’ART inc. / “Unis Vert l’Intemporel” exhibition.
Collective of visual arts artists sponsored by Ivanhoé Cambridge and Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth.
· 1980-2016 Makeup artist-designer, more than 100 film productions. www.imdb/jocelynebellemare
Canada Council for the Arts Grant and Gémeaux Prize Nominations, Emmy Award Nomination (2)
Private collections in Canada and the United States