Biography

MELANIE AUTHIER (Canadian, b. 1980) lives and works in Montreal, QC. Authier received her BFA from Concordia University (Montreal, QC) and an MFA

from University of Guelph (Guelph, ON). Residencies include Annandale Artist Residency (Cardigan, PE), La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de La

Napoule, Mandelieu-La (Napoule, France), Thames Art Gallery (Chatham-Kent, ON), NSCAD University (Halifax, NS). Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions

include Andrew Rafacz (Chicago, IL), Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto, ON), Division Gallery (Montreal, QC), Musee Regional de Rimouski (Rimouski, QC),

MSVU Art Gallery (Halifax, NS), Galerie UQAM (Montreal, QC), College Art Galleries (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK), Art Gallery of Guelph

(Guelph, ON), Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa, ON), Thames Art Gallery (Chatham-Kent, ON). Recent group exhibitions include Praz-Delavallade (Los Angeles,

CA), Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto, ON), Andrew Rafacz (Chicago, IL), Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton, ON), Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa, ON), Arsenal

Contemporary (New York, NY) and Canada House (London, UK). She has exhibited at art fairs in Miami, Chicago, Toronto and Montreal.

Her work is in numerous collections, including The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg, ON), The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON),

Musée régionalde Rimouski (Rimouski, QC), TD Bank Collection (Toronto, ON and London, ON), BMO (Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC), RBC Collection

(Ottawa, ON and Toronto, ON), Canada House (London, UK) and the ARBZ-Visual Art Collection-Global Affairs Canada in Madrid and Berlin.

Authier is based in Montreal, Quebec. She is represented by Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON with works available at Andrew

Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL.