Curriculum
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Rothwell Gallery, Hommage à la clownesse – Enchantement morose et Faune féminine
2024 Galerie d’art Eugène Racette, MIFO, Orléans, Ontario, Hommage à la clownesse – Enchantement morose
2018 Galerie d’art Eugène Racette, MIFO, Orléans, Ontario, La costumière costumée
2014 Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Exhibition and launch with les Éditions David of the book Sous la jupe, Ottawa
2011 Galerie Roger St-Denis (La Nouvelle Scène), Ottawa, Entre deux
2009 Galerie Roger St-Denis (La Nouvelle Scène), Ottawa, Estrogène
2007 During the États généraux du théâtre franco ontarien / Colloque sur les arts, la culture et la ville (Hampton Inn Conference Centre, 20-23 juin 2007, Ottawa), Le théâtre dans la ville
2006 Canadian Museum of History, exhibition of both Les enfants de la guerre, painting commissioned by Les rendez-vous de la francophonie and the poster created with it for the pan-canadian tour of the play Le pont de pierres et la peau d’images by Daniel Danis, production Théâtre Jeunesse en Tête
2005 National Arts Centre, Ottawa, during the Festival Zones théâtrales, Zones humaines, ten paintings inspired by franco-canadian theatre, from Moncton to Vancouver
2004 Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, 28 paintings inspired by franco-ontarian plays, Théâtre! lorsque tu nous inspires…
2002 Gallery of the Théâtre du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, 30th anniversary of the TNO, retrospective Des planches à la palette III
2001 Galerie Roger St-Denis (La Nouvelle Scène), Ottawa, Invited by the Jeux de la francophonie 2001 (during the poetry contest) and by the Festival du théâtre des régions, National Arts Centre, Des planches à la palette II
2000 Gallery of La Maison de l’île, Centre culturel Le Chenail, Hawkesbury, Des planches à la palette I
1999 La Nouvelle Scène, Ottawa, Pictodrames
1999 Galerie L’art d’époque, Aylmer, Québec, Mea Culpa
1998 Cumberland Gallery, Cumberland City Hall, Textiles et textures
1998 Trattoria Zingaro, Vanier, Symphonie en tournesols
1993 Céline Allard Gallery, Toronto, Relations
1993 Café Patachou, Toronto
1973 Minkler Auditorium , Seneca College, Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Saw Gallery, Exposition Pop de BRAVO-Est, pour le 30e anniversaire de BRAVO
2021 Art Gallery of Ottawa, Confluences, BRAVO-Est
2019 Ottawa City Hall, during Verse Fest Ottawa, Poèmes de la Cité 2019: Nos lieux, nos pas, invited by the first Poète lauréate d’Ottawa, Andrée Lacelle, exhibit of the painting Aux confins des deux rives
2019 Café Altern Gallery, Concept galerie éphémère, Ottawa, À la croisée des chemins/Crossroads
2018 À la croisée des chemins/Crossroads, A collective and travelling exhibition under the patronage of Bravo-Sud, promoting artistic and cultural products of French Ontario and supporting the artistic education programme for grades 7-12 of the Ontario Ministry of Education
2012 Nuit Blanche Ottawa, September 22, ByWard Market Gallery
2012 Festival franco-ontarien, Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa, BRAVO-Est
2011 Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Hall, Festival franco-ontarien
2010 Alliance française Gallery, Ottawa and Toronto, Textes, images et enluminures, , Cooperation between BRAVO-Est and the Association des auteurs et auteures franco-ontariens
2007 Alliance française gallery, Ottawa, Ose porter ton identité, Selection of Franco-Ontarian artists and tour of Ontarian schools 2007-10
2000 Galerie Roger St-Denis (La Nouvelle Scène), Ottawa, Complices, Duo Exhibition
2000 Galerie L’art de l’époque, Aylmer, Québec
1999 Galerie Eugène Racette, MIFO, Femmes – Rituels – Spiritualité
1997 Galerie Clément Bérini, Orléans
1997 Outdoor exhibition at the home of Nicole Rhéaume, Chelsea, Au marché
1997 Centre d’arts visuels d’Orléans, Projet Mail-Art, BRAVO-Est
1996 Corrid’Art de l’Ouest, Ottawa
1995 Galerie d’Art Jacar, Ottawa, Festival Franco Ontarien
1995 Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron, BRAVO-Est, Ottawa
1979 La Chasse-Galerie, Toronto
1965 Laurentian University of Sudbury, Charcoal on paper, Winner of the Ivan Wheel Prize
COMMISSIONS :
2018. La guerrière, Portrait of the late Paulette Gagnon, by La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins (LNSGD), Permanent exhibition at La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins
2018 Le pèlerin du théâtre, Portrait of Gilles Provost, prominent theatre personality of the Outaouais, by Gilles Provost
2009 Matamor, Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, L’illusion comique de Corneille, Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa
2006 Les enfants de la guerre, a painting commissioned by Les rendez-vous de la francophonie and used as a poster for the pan-canadian tour of the play Le pont de pierres et la peau d’images by Daniel Danis, production Théâtre Jeunesse en Tête
OTHER:
2024 Photo of my studio on the Cover of the BRAVO magazine, BravoArt and woman clown Bobo on cover of Demers Families Association Bulletin L’arbre du Mai, containing an article on my career (pages 12 -17)
2020 Publication of a novel by Éditions David, Sept nuits dans la vie de Chérie, containing photos of the 8 paintings in the series La costumière costumée by Suzon Demers which inspired Danièle Vallée to write this book.
2020 Painting included (Aux confins des deux rives, p. 32) in the book Poèmes dans la cité, Éditions David, a collection of poems and paintings by francophone artists under the direction of Andrée Lacelle, Poet Laureate of the City of Ottawa 2017-19
2016 Production at the National Arts Centre of La cérémonie, adapting excerpts of Sous la jupe, in the Contes nomades series, winner of the Hibou d’or for the best production of the year. Featured Danièle Vallée as story-teller with Jean Cloutier as musician and my paintings as set design.
2014 Publication of an art book by Éditions David, Sous la jupe, (finalist for the 2014 Trillium Prize) in which Danièle Vallée composed 14 novellas illustrating the paintings of Suzon Demers
2004 Publication of an art book by Éditions Prise de parole, Des planches à la palette, illustrating 40 oil paintings by Suzon Demers inspired by franco-ontarian theatre and accompanied by poetic texts of Joël Beddows, Preface by Annick Léger (Finalist of the 2006 Trillium Prize, 2006)
2004 Media coverage of the exhibition at la Galerie Montcalm: six minute segment on Panorama (TFO), segment on the news at Radio-Canada, article in The Citizen, Le Droit, La Rotonde, Le Voir, L’Express de Toronto
2003 Article describing my work to date in Les arts visuels: théorie, création et analyse, Éditions Chenelière/McGraw-Hill
2002 Théâtre La Tangente reproduced the painting L’ambitieuse Ève-Marie Guérin Schmidt as a poster for the tour in Québec of the play La passagère
2002 Éditions Prise de parole, painting L’ambitieuse Ève-Marie Guérin Schmidt as the cover fr the volume La passagère by Claude Guilmain.
2001 Éditions Prise de parole, painting La douce liberté as cover of the volume Maïta by Esther Beauchemin
2001 Émission Expresso, segment Coup de coeur by Julie Huard, Radio-Canada, March 2, 2001
2001 Éditions Le Nordir, painting Le jeu de Méphistophélès as cover of the volume Faust: Chroniques de la démesure by R. Léger
2001 Vignette on my work during the January 6 program of Via-TVA (program about francophones outside Québec)
2000 Liaison, la revue des arts en Ontario français, numéro 106, printemps 2000, special insert reproducing four of my paintings
1997 Revue Éloizes, no. 24, p. 82, Reproduction of the painting Harmonie
GRANTS :
2024, 2018, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1993
Aide à l’exposition, Conseil des arts de l’Ontario
TRAINING:
1971 MA in theatrical studies, Université de Louvain (Belgique)
1967 B.A. in history, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
1964 Sheridan Technical School, Sudbury, Industrial Art
1959-62 Couvent de la rue Rideau, Ottawa, Drawing and painting lessons with a teacher who was a graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Montréal
PROFESSIONNAL AFFILIATION
1990-2024 Member of Pro-Art in Toronto and of Bravo-Est in Ottawa
2009-11 Member of the Board of BRAVO-Est (Bureau des Regroupements des Artistes Visuels de l’Ontario français)
CONTACT :
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