Curriculum Vitae
Born in Montreal, 1980
Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Studio Arts, Minor in Women and the Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Representation
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Upcoming
2025 Solo Exhibition (January 2025), Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Distance fails the clairvoyant eye, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2020 Architecture of Voids, Georgia Scherman Projects presents, Division Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
2018 Amplitude of the Infinite, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), Musee Regional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
2017 Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), Galerie UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), College Art Galleries, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- curated by Robert Enright
Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
2016 Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
Contrarieties & Counterpoints (touring solo exhibition), Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, ON, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
2014 Figments and Foils, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2013 Grisailles, Rodman Hall Gallery, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Vault/Shield/Buttress/Basin, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
Jostling Pictorial Oppositions, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010 The Ribbon and the Lightning Rod, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nobody's Geometry, FOFA (Faculty of Fine Arts) Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Warrior Ridge, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2009 Chain Links: Melanie Authier with Jack Buch, Oscar Cahen, Joan Mitchell etc., Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Frisky Vista, Bilton Contemporary, Red Deer, AB, Canada
Chameleon, Definitely Superior Artist-run Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2008 Vista Blitz, TNG (The New Gallery), Calgary, AB, Canada
Sneaky Haunt, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2007 Karma Kanyon, aceartinc, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2024 Northern Exposure, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA, USA - curated by Margot Ross and Michael Slenske
Winter Group Exhibition, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2023 Friendship’s Death, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2022 The Collection, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2020 This Sacred Vessel, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
Currently on View, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
2018 Àdisòkàmagan/Nous connaître un peu nous mêmes/We’ll all become stories, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2017 The Collection Gets Some Colours, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC, Canada
2016 The Tremendous Elusive: Emily Carr and the Canadian Imaginary, The Canada Gallery, Canada House, London, UK - curated by Lisa Baldissera
2015 Master Class, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON, Canada
2014 Young Canadian Painters, Cambridge Gallery - Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON, Canada - curated by Iga Janik
Off-Manif, Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec, QC, Canada
Colour Interaction, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2013 Le Projet Peinture - The Painting Project, Galerie UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada
2012 Builders: Canadian Biennial, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
60 Painters, Humber College, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
2011 Between the Cracks, Oboro, Montreal, QC, Canada - curated by David Elliott
2010 Four Ottawa Painters, CUAG (Carleton University Art Gallery), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Untitled 2010: Melanie Authier, John Massey, Margaret Priest, Tony Scherman, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Behind the Black Curtain II, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2009 The Phoenix Art, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC, Canada - curated by Robert Enright
Young Canada Presents: Barometric Reading Series 1, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Look 5 - Perceptions in Landscape, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Behind the Black Curtain, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2008 Soft Abs, Modern Fuel Artist-run Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada
Look Four, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jerome Fortin & New Arrivals, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2007 RBC Painting Competition (tour), OCAD, Toronto, ON; Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Moncton, NB; MacLaren Art Centre,
Barrie, ON; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Emily Carr Institute Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Cartographies, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Selected Books and Publications
2020 Melanie Authier: Grisailles, Audrey McClellan (ed.); artist catalogue with essays by Marcie Bronson and Jonathan Shaughnessy, Rodman
Hall Art Centre, Andora Graphics, Canada
2017 Àdisòkàmagan/Nous connaître un peu nous mêmes/We'll all become stories, Ottawa Art Gallery, Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver, BC , p. 23-24
Higher States: Lawren Harris and His American Contemporaries, Kendra Ward (ed.), Roald Nasgaard and Gwendolyn Owens, McMichael
Canadian Art Collection, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, NB, Canada, p. 102-103
2016 Melanie Authier: Contrarieties & Counterpoints, Robert Enright (ed.); artist catalogue with essays by Sky Goodden, Sarah Milroy, Ola
Wlusek and intro by Michelle Gewurtz, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
Out of the Bush Garden: Contemporary Artists from Central-Eastern Canada, texts by Luciano Benetton, Francesca Valente, Peggy
Gale, Luciano Benetton Collection, Imago Mundi, Italy
2014 Young Canadian Painters, Pete Smith essay, Cambridge Gallery - Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON
2013 Ron Shuebrook Drawings, essays by Melanie Authier... (et al.), Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, ON, p. 23-28
Le Projet Peinture - The Painting Project, Louise Dery, Julie Belisle; essays by Robert Enright... (et al.), Galerie UQAM, Montreal, QC,
p. 168-171
2012 Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012, Jonathan Shaughnessy; essays by Ann Thomas... (et al.) The National Gallery of Canada, ABC
Books Canada Ottawa, ON, p. 60-61
2010 The Natural: Remark's on Melanie Authier's Radically Improvisatory Art, James D. Campbell, FOFA (Faculty of Fine Arts) Gallery,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Melanie Authier - Warrior Ridge, exhibition catalogue, Robert Enright (intro), James D. Campbell (essay)
London, ON
The Donovan Collection, Daniel Donovan, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, ON, p. 71
2008 Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, Clint Roenisch and Jane Urquhart, The Magenta Foundation, Toronto, ON, p. 15, 32
RBC Painting Competition Ten Years, Laurel MacMillan (ed.), Friesens, Altona, MB, p. 10, 25
PaperWait 2005-2007, "Melanie Authier's Karma Kanyon", essay by Stacey Abramson, aceartinc, Winnipeg, MB, p. 77-80
Melanie Authier - Sneaky Haunt, Jennie Kraehling (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Vista Blitz, Martin Golland, TNG (The New Gallery), Calgary, AB
Experimentation joy and fun, Matthew Hills, essay, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
2007 RBC Painting Competition, Leah Sandals, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON, p. 19
Selected Reviews and Interviews
2023 Chicago Reader, “Contrasts and connections”, Alan Pocaro, June 23: https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/contrasts-and-connections-
friendships-death-andrew-rafacz-melissa-leandro/
NewCity Art, “Freedom in Abstraction: A Review of “Friendship’s Death” at Andrew Rafacz”, Annette Lepique, June 8:
2020 Azure Magazine, “Five Striking Art Labels for a Sparkling Wine Collection by Stratus”, Nelda Rodger, Dec. 11:
2018 BorderCrossings Magazine, Crossovers - "Melanie Authier", Benjamin Klein, vol 37, number 1, p. 112-113
The Coast, “Review of Contrarieties & Counterpoints: Recent Paintings by Melanie Authier”, Mollie Cronin, January 25:
2017 Whitehot Magazine, “Melanie Authier at Galerie de L’UQAM”, James D. Campbell, Dec.:
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/at-galerie-de-l-uqam/3842
La presse plus, “Entre-deux ludique”, Mario Cloutier, Nov. 11:
https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/20511ca9-494a-4c05-9a7e-2eac79934647%7C_0.html?
utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Internal+Share&utm_content=Screen
Actualites UQAM, “Energie vive”, Naomie Gelper, Nov. 21:
Grain Magazine, “Shiver”, Winter, Vol.44.2: cover, p.1,5-10,19,30,42,51,70-71,87,96-97,109,120
University of Guelph, “U of G Prof Curates MFA Grad’s Touring Exhibition”, Andrew Vowles, Jan. 26:
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2017/01/artistic-collaboration-leads-nationwide-touring-exhibition/
2016 NGC Magazine, “An Interview with Melanie Authier”, Becky Rynor, Dec. 1:
http://www.ngcmagazine.ca/artists/an-interview-with-melanie-authier
2015 BorderCrossings Magazine, "The Wholly Trinity", Robert Enright, vol 34, number 3, p. 67-70
BorderCrossings Magazine, Borderviews - "Conundrumming", Robert Enright, vol 34, number 1, p. 19
2014 Canadian Art Magazine, "View: Melanie Authier", Winter, p. 30
Canadian Art.ca, "Melanie Authier on Abstraction, Painting and Going Grey", online posting, Bryne McLaughlin, March 11:
http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2014/03/11/melanie-authier-on-grisailles/
Elle Canada Magazine, "Ones to Watch", Sarah Laing, March, number 153, p. 111
Akimbo.ca, "Melanie Authier at Rodman Hall Art Centre in St. Catharines", Stephanie Vegh, Jan. 7:
http://www.akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=801
Daysoutontario.com, "Oppositions & Challenges in Melanie Authier's Grisailles", Jan 1:
http://daysoutontario.com/blog.php?id=923708776
2013 Walrus Magazine, "Five Contemporary Artists to Watch", Brian Morgan, vol 10, number 10, Dec. p. 59-60
BorderCrossings Magazine, "Crossovers - Melanie Authier", James D. Campbell, vol 32, number 2, p. 127-129
The Globe and Mail, "Melanie Authier: Grisailles", James Adams, Saturday, Dec. 14, R3
The Globe and Mail, "Redrawing the Map", Sarah Milroy, Saturday, June 8, R6
Vie des Arts, "Le Projet Peinture: Peintres cote a cote", Rene Viau, N 232, Fall, p. 98-99
2012 Ottawa Citizen, "Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012", Peter Simpson, Thursday, Nov. 1, D14
Canadian Art.ca, "Canadian Biennial Aims to Build Different Vision of National Art", online posting, Leah Sandals, Nov. 1:
http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2012/11/01/builders-biennial/
Canadian Art.ca, "Melanie Authier, David Hoffos Among Artists on Just-Released Canadian Biennial list", Leah Sandals, online
posting, Oct. 19: http://www.canadianart.ca/news/2012/10/19/biennial-builders/
Le Droit, "Negocier en contradictions", Valerie Lessard, Saturday, Oct. 27, A11
Ottawa Citizen, "Art-Full", Peter Simpson, Monday, Aug. 27, D12
Vernissage - The Magazine of the National Gallery of Canada, "Building Materials", Jonathan Shaughnessy, Fall, p. 11-19
Canadian Art.ca, "Discover must-know artists from across Canada", online posting: http://www.canadianart.ca/artist/melanie-authier/
Harper's Magazine, "Hounds Socket", August, p. 13
Chatelaine, "Unleash the power of your mind", Sydney Loney, August, p. 116-120
Akimbo.ca, "60 Painters", Terrence Dick, June 5: http://www.akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=540
Thestar.com, "60 Painters shows off Toronto's dynamic artists", Murray Whyte, May 25:
2011 Ottawa Magazine, "Painter's Painting", Cindy Dechman, February, p. 47-48
Thestar.com, "Lightning Strikes Twice: Melanie Authier and Georgia Scherman Projects", Murray Whyte, Dec. 13:
Frieze Magazine, "The Phoenix Art", James D. Campbell, May, p. 146-147
The Globe and Mail, "Melanie Authier at Georgia Scherman Projects", R. M. Vaughan, Dec. 4
2009 National Post, "Does this look like a zebra to you?", Leah Sandals, Friday, Apr. 3, PM12
Canadian Art.ca, "Melanie Authier: Chain Links", online posting, Carol-Ann M. Ryan, May 28:
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2009/05/28/melanie-authier
2008 FFWD Weekly - Visual Arts, "Contradictions in Landscape", Andrea Williamson, Nov. 27
2007 BorderCrossings Magazine, "Crossovers - Melanie Authier", Cliff Eyland, vol 26, number 3, p. 140-141
Gallerieswest, "What we saw at exhibitions in the West", Helena Wadsley, vol 7, number 1, April, p. 42
Lectures / Talks
2021 Artist Talk, Painting 200, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 Artist Talk, Special Zoom Speaker Series, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
2018 Visiting Artist Talk, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Visiting Artist Talk, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Artist Talk, Mount Saint-Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
Visiting Artist / MFA studio visits, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada
2017 Melanie Authier in discussion with Robert Enright, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Melanie Authier in discussion with Robert Enright, Guelph Art Gallery, Guelph, ON, Canada
2016 Melanie Authier in discussion with Georgia Scherman, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Artist Talk for Contrarieties & Counterpoints, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Artist Talk, Intercambiador ACART Madrid A.I.R. Program, Madrid, Spain
Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Artist Talk, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, ON, Canada
2015 Panel Discussion with Eric Fischl, Art Bank, Ottawa, ON, Canada - co-hosted by the US Embassy and the National Gallery of Canada
Visiting Artist and Talk, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
2014 University of Quebec in Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Visiting Artist and Talk, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
"Spatial Wonders: An Artist's Interpretation", The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2013 "Conversations in the Toronto Art World", University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Visiting Artist and Talk, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB, Canada
Artist Talk, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
"Happy Hour Speed Painting", in conjunction with The Painting Project, Galerie UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada
Visiting Artist and Talk, "A Jostle of Pictorial Oppositions", Indiana University, Indiana, IN, USA
2012 "Materialize: How the stuff of Painting creates meaning", 60 Painters panel discussion, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
2011 Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2010 Four Ottawa Painters panel discussion, CUAG, Ottawa, ON, Canada
FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2009 Visiting Artist and Talk, Arts Students League of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Georgia Scherman Projects with MOCCA Programming, Toronto, ON, Canada
Definitely Superior Artist-run Center, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
2008 Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB, Canada
Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Canada
University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
2007 aceartinc, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Artist Residencies
2023 Artist Residency, La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
2016 Artist Residency, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, ON, Canada
2013 Artist Residency, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Selected Awards/Grants
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Research and Creation Grant
2015 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2014 Canada Council for the Arts - Visual Artist Project Grant
Ontario Arts Council - Production Grant
2013 Canada Council for the Arts - Visual Artist Project Grant
Ontario Arts Council - Production Grant
City of Ottawa - Production Grant
2011 City of Ottawa - Production Grant
Ontario Arts Council - Production Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2009 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008 Toronto Arts Council - Production Grant
Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2007 Honourable Mention for the 9th Annual RBC Painting Competition
Selected Collections
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Canada House, London, UK
ARBZ-Visual Art Collection-Global Affairs Canada, Madrid, ES
ARBZ-Visual Art Collection-Global Affairs Canada, Berlin, DE
CPOA Collection National Museum of Fine Arts Quebec / La collection Prêt d'œuvres d'art du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,
Quebec, QC
Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC
Ottawa Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
College Art Galleries, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Humber Institute of Technology and Learning, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
The Donovan Collection, Toronto, ON
Torys LLP, Toronto, ON
Sobeys Art Collection, Halifax, NS
Stikeman-Elliott, Toronto, ON
Deloitte Corporate Collection, Toronto, ON
McCarthy Tetrault, Toronto, ON
RBC Collection, Ottawa, ON and Toronto, ON
Loto-Quebec, Montreal, QC
Desjardins, Levi, QC
TD Bank Collection, Toronto, ON and London, ON
BMO, Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC
City of Ottawa Art Collection - Direct Ottawa Art Purchase Program, Ottawa, ON
Norwegian Cruise Line, Florida, US