SOLO
MANIF D’ART - LA BIENNALE DE QUÉBEC, QUÉBEC CITY (QC)
February 19th - April 24th, 2022
City Boy Poem. Curated by Annabelle Vieux Francoeur
Galerie de la Bibliothèque Paul-Aimé-Paiement
7950 1re Av., Québec, QC G1H 2Y4
Event website
GROUP SHOW
IDEA EXCHANGE, CAMBRIDGE (Ont.)
August 23rd - November 7th, 2021
How It All Starts. Curated by Karly Boileau.
What is a line? It can move forwards or backwards, up, down, and across. It can form patterns and grids; it can be orderly or chaotic. It can be a thought, a memory, a story, a text. What is a line? It is the start of a journey.
Taking cues from art, design, science, math, geography, language, and writing, the works in this exhibition consider line in all of its possibilities. Selected from Cambridge Art Galleries’ permanent collection of contemporary Canadian fibre art, these works invite us think about what a line is, from its formal qualities and beyond.
Artists :
Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas, Barbara Brown, Dorothy Caldwell, Kai Chan, Kathryn Dain, Marta Dal Farra, Anouk Desloges, Noelle Hamlyn, Dawn MacNutt, Janet Morton, Gordana Olujic Dosic, Tammy Ratcliff, and Joy Walker
Idea Exchange
Preston, 45 King St East, Cambridge (Ont)
INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL - CANADIAN DELEGATION
LE GRAND PALAIS, PARIS (France)
May 23-16, 2019
“Le Banquet” Biennale internationale des métiers d’art et de création
Canadian delegation:
Marie-Fauve Bélanger
Anouk Desloges
Gabrielle Desmarais
France Goneau
Elizabeth Picard
Initiated by Ateliers d'Art de France since 2013, Révélations is the international fine craft and creation appointment. 33 countries will be represented by 450 creators, artists of matter, artwork manufactures, galleries, houses of excellence, foundations and institutions. Together, they will unveil the great wealth and vitality of contemporary fine craft from across the globe. The five artists listed above were invited to represent Canada.
COLLABORATION + 3 EXHIBITONS
EDMONTON (AB), QUÉBEC CITY (QC), RICHMOND (VA. USA)
Bivouac
Isabelle Demers (QC), Emilie Proulx (MTL) and I (TO) have been working on a project that is enthusiastically titled "Bivouac".
It is a 3-part project that will take place first in Edmonton, then in Québec City and then in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
By the time we reach Richmond, "Bivouac" will take the form of a scenographic installation, which will gradually unfold throughout the exhibition space, using the main wall in the background as the viewpoint. A multitude of hanging elements strategically placed in front of each other will create an overview of a picturesque landscape that oscillates between figuration and abstraction. There will be unusual objects such as embroidered tents, a sleeping goose, a few ghosts and a bonfire. Why not.
June 29 - August 3, 2018
Centre d'arts visuels de l'Alberta
Edmonton
Sept. 7 - Oct. 14, 2018
Centre MATERIA
Québec City
Residency // Jan. 19th - March 1st 2019
Exhibition // Feb. 1st - March 1st 2019
SEDIMENT
Richmond, VA. USA
Watch our interview with Le Soleil, Québec City (in french)
Read our interview with Radio Canada, Edmonton (in french)
TEXTILE SYMPOSIUM + GROUP SHOW
DAUGAVPILS ROTHKO ART CENTRE, DAUGAVPILS (Latvia)
October 2-12, 2017
IV Textile and Fiber Art Symposium 2017
9 participants from 9 countries will take part of the IV International Textile Symposium: Ellie Niblock (Ireland), Kasia Tons (Australia), Karina Korotkova (Latvia), Koenig Lucy (Germany), Anouk Desloges (Québec/Canada), Julia Strikovska (Ukraine), Wonju Kim (South Korea), Diane Lavoie (USA), Sophie Lawniczak (Germany).
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
LONSDALE GALLERY, TORONTO (Ont.)
November 23 - December 23, 2016
Initiated by Lonsdale's Gallery Manager and Programming Coordinator, Darcie Kennedy, Outside The Lines is a two-person exhibition featuring works by Helen Liene Dreifelds and me.
While Helen will create an exquisite (as she always does) installation with hand-woven monofilament nylon, I will present a selection of 10 pieces from different eras that reveals intricate motif and shapes that tend to expand out of the frame.
Lonsdale Gallery
410 Spadina road, Toronto, Ont. M5P 2W2
VISUAL ARTIST GRANT
DALGLISH FAMILY FOUNDATION VENTURE AWARD
I am extremely proud to announce that I won the Dalglish Family Venture Award. I have big projects in mind and this award will make them even greater. I am actually building a new body of work that will be presented in the context of a solo exhibition. I will take advantage of this event to launch a catalogue that will introduce a selection of recent embroideries and share meaningful information about my career.
VISUAL ARTIST GRANT
ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
I am pleased to announce that I am a recipient of an Emerging Visual Artist Grant for Francophones. This grant will support my new production entitled "Bas-relief nouveau genre" which consists in creating a body of works that investigates the notion of there-dimensionality within two-dimensional compositions.
GROUP SHOW
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO (Ont.)
January 23 - June 1, 2016
Non-Objective
Art historian and curator Damian Skinner describes the present moment as the third wave of craft wherein there is a collapse in the distinctions between craft, design, art and business. This progression within contemporary craft is due to the growth of theory and practice generally and movements within specific genres over the past few decades. The ongoing development of post-disciplinary teaching and methods has also had a profound effect on craft practice and thinking. This third wave of craft has evolved from the foundational Arts & Craft Movement (1880s-1910s) which was a response to industrialization, and the later Studio Craft Movement (1960s-1970s) which was focused on originality and artistic expression. Today’s craft artists are defining this collapse of distinctions with work that is less concerned with categorization or defined in opposition to other artistic practices. Highly aware and engaged with contemporary culture, these artists embrace it all.
Harbourfront Centre’s Craft & Design Studio has always had a lateral view of contemporary craft, championing an expansive and inclusive mindset when it comes to artists and designers. This exhibition confounds specific readings of the craft “object” and happily engages in ambiguity.
– Curated by Melanie Egan and Patrick Macaulay
Artport Gallery
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto (Ont)
GROUP SHOW
TORONTO DESIGN OFFSITE FESTIVAL, JJSTUDIO, TORONTO (Ont.)
January 21 - March 24, 2016
Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO) takes design out of the studio and into the city, transforming Toronto into a hub for all things design. Storefronts display exciting exhibitions, galleries host immersive installations, and local and international designers spark discussion with lectures and workshops open to everyone to participate and learn. Created by designers, TO DO brings creative minds together to celebrate Canada’s energetic design scene, and influence the way we understand and interact with design.
Near To Far
Line is often referred to as “the most basic element of design”, yet this simple element functions in complex ways. The direction, weight, and character of a line can convey many different states and emotions, as conveyed by the range of works in this show.
Artits: Lizz Aston, Micah Adams, Anouk Desloges and Jay Joo
Event website
825B Bloor St West, Toronto (Ont)
GROUP SHOW
IDEA EXCHANGE, CAMBRIDGE (Ont.)
January 16 - March 6, 2016
One of a three part exhibition that provides access to Idea Exchange's permanent collection of Contemporary Canadian fibre based work. The largest assemblage of works from their collection will be on display at all three galleries.
Artists:
Susan Bidinosti, Leslie Bush, J. Lynn Campbell, Suzanne Carlsen, Kai Chan, Anouk Desloges, Elizabeth Hewson, Co Hodeman, Kirtley Jarvis, Karin Jones, David Kaye, Sheila McMath, Meghan Price and Anna Torma.
Contemporary Textile Collection II
Event website
Preston, 45 King St East, Cambridge (Ont)
ART FAIR
FOIRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE ST-LAMBERT, ST-LAMBERT (Qc)
The Foire d’art contemporain de St-Lambert is a juried show in which thirty-five emerging and mid-career artists will present a great variety of works including painting, drawing, sculpture, textile, multimedia art, and so on. Over the last 6 editions, the FAC became an ideal place where collectors, galleries, artists and the public intermingle.
I would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Foire d'art contemporain de St-Lambert
Oct 15 -18, 2015
Event website
81 rue Hooper, Saint-Lambert (Qc)
GROUP SHOW
LIVING ART CENTRE, MISSISSAUGA (Ont.)
Connection-Connexion surveys present day Ontario to its distinctive past. Through a range of media, artists offer audiences a variety of viewpoints concerning place, geography, economics, the environment, culture, and language as they connect to ones Francophone identity and shared history.
Connection-Connexion
Sept 15 - Nov 15, 2015
Living Art Centre
GROUP SHOW /
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE - ARTPORT GALLERY, TORONTO (Ont.)
Abstraction. Curated by Melanie Egan and Patrick Macaulay
January 2016
Harbourfront Centre _ Artport Gallery
GROUP SHOW
CRAFT ONTARIO, TORONTO (Ont.)
Materialize offers a sensational selection of work by up-and-coming emerging makers that includes everything from embroidered acrylic to baroque ceramic compositions. Visitors will find curious soft textile sculptures, a sensuous wood and leather bench, intricate self-referential jewellery, immaculately carved glass and much, much more..
Materialize. Curated by Deborah Wang and Greg Sims
July 9 - August 28, 2015
GROUP SHOW
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE - VITRINES, TORONTO (Ont.)
30-Day Project
June 20 - Sept 20, 2015
GROUP SHOW
LE CERCLE, QUÉBEC CITY (Qc)
Le Bel Ouvrage questions the boundaries between arts and crafts. The exhibition brings together a dozen of women who revisit the medium of textile. The artist Giorgia Volpe (Québec), Anouk Desloges (Québec-Toronto) and the collective Trinket (Québec) will present their latest productions among weaving works from the members of the Cercle des Fermières and the work of the quilter Brigitte Gagnon (Québec).
Le Cercle
Le Bel Ouvrage. Curated by Jeanne Couture
April 22 - June 1, 2015
Performance by Giorgia Volpe April 22@5pm
GROUP SHOW
GALERIE 3, QUÉBEC CITY (Qc)
20 pieces were selected by twelve members of the Contemporary Art Collectors Circle of Québec City. This group exhibition aims to reflect the quality of work of the region's artists.
Passion et engagement. La collection à Québec: une présentation du Cercle des collectionneurs d'art actuel de Québec. Curated by Audrey Careau
February 27 - March 22, 2015
GROUP SHOW
GALERIE GLENDON GALLERY, TORONTO (Ont.)
February 10 - March 13, 2015
Villes doubles, femmes dédoublées /Reflected Cities, Reflecting Women. Curated by Jeanne-Elyse Renaud
Glendon Hall, Glendon College, York University
2275 Bayview Ave. Toronto ON M4N 3M6
The main objective of this project is to link and diffuse the different pieces of artistic research developed by eight francophone artists working in Québec and in Ontario. These women come from different backgrounds, some originating from Canada and others from Cameroun and France. They carry cultural baggage filled with references and reflect on the multiple factors defining women today.
The exhibition proposes a diversified and multi-sensory vision which is projected and questioned by female artists in order to better understand women’s reality in Canada. It will put into perspective various paths of reflection touching various aspects of life such as the social environment, the work life, or the individual landscape. This project, entitled Villes doubles, femmes dédoublées, offers a multi-faceted view of the feminine landmarks of today.
Artists :
Ontario : Izabel Barsive (Video), Julie Lassonde (Performance), Yasmine Louis (Printing), Erica Brisson (Social Intervention).
Québec : Catherine Sylvain (Sculpture), Sophie Privé (Painting), Véronique La Perrière (Drawing), Anouk Desloges (Contemporary Embroidery).
Supported by the Ontario Art Council.
ONTARIO CRAFT COUNCIL AWARDS 2014
HELEN FRANCES GREGOR SCHOLARSHIP
I am pleased to announce that I am the recipient of the Helen Frances Gregor scholarship 2014.
Established by family, friends and colleagues, this scholarship celebrates the life of Helen Frances Gregor, an internationally renowned textile artist and teacher. It is awarded annually to provide funds for a fibre artist to pursue further study or further development of their body of work.
"KNOTS BOUQUET" IN THE FIBRE ART COLLECTION
IDEA EXCHANGE, CAMBRIDGE (Ont.)
Knots Bouquet, textile embroidery on plexiglass, 38 X 27, 2013
2014 marks 25 years of collecting by Cambridge Galleries, now Idea Exchange. Over 115 Canadian artists are represented in the permanent collection dedicated to fibre based works. In the late eighties, we decided to pursue a particular collection mandate focused on the fibre medium, partly because the region’s flourishing industrial base was originally established by the textile industry, and partly because such specialization would set us apart from other institutional collectors. The works in our permanent collection are decidedly contemporary, pushing the limits on all fronts.