CV - Adrienne Spier

Adrienne Spier
Born in Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
Represented By: Parisian Laundry
Education
2001-2004
2000-2001
1993-1997
Masters of Fine Art
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Independent Studio Program – Sculpture
Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – Major in Fine Art
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions
2011
2010
2008
2006
2003
2001
1997
Foyer, 6785 Rue Clark (Montreal, Quebec)
Grade, Parisian Laundry (Montreal, Quebec)
Three Bedroom Flat, Parisian Laundry (Montreal, Quebec)
Unwanted, Broken and Useless, Circus (Berlin, Germany)
Three Bedroom Flat, Mercer Union (Toronto, Ontario)
Unwanted, Broken and Useless, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, (Toronto, Ontario)
Basement Apartment, Eastern Front, (Toronto, Ontario)
Waiting Rooms and Offices, Gallery Dare Dare (Montreal, Quebec)
Distribution Services, Gallery Optica multidisciplinary room (Montreal, Quebec)
Adrienne Spier, Toronto School of Art Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Metal and Glass, Zavitz Art Gallery (Guelph, Ontario)
Group Exhibitions
2009
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1997
1996
YYZ Time Warp, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, (Toronto, Ontario)
Impassé, Truck Gallery, (Calgary, Alberta)
Residency Event, This Neck of the Woods, (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Ignition, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Montreal, Quebec)
Ten Things At Once, Rada Gallery (Montreal, Quebec)
Group MFA Exhibition, VAV Gallery (Montreal, Quebec)
Electronics 101,Toronto School of Art Gallery (Toronto, Ontario)
Graduating Student Exhibition, Sculpture Society of Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Graduating Student Exhibition, Sculpture Society of Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Residencies
2008
2007
2004
2003
2002
Knock on Woods - Artists Residency (Montreal, Quebec)
Sagamie Residency - CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL ART (Alma, Québec)
Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency (Toronto Island, Ontario)
The Resource Centre - Environmental Organization (Chicago, Illinois)
A Week In The Woods - Artists Residency (Montreal, Quebec)
Grants/Awards/Scholarships
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
1995-1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
Visual Arts – Research and Creation Grant - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Visual Arts – Project Grant - Canada Council
Visual Arts – Travel Grant - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Visual Arts – Travel Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
Visual Arts – Project Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
Assistance Grant - Ontario Arts Council
Creation / Production Grant - Canada Council for the Arts
Joyce Melville Memorial Scholarship – for studies in Fine Arts and involvement in women’s
issues, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Dean’s List (First-Class Standing) – University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Greenwin Properties Prize – First prize in the Graduating Student Exhibition, Sculpture
Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Studio Art Award – Presented by the Art Technicians of the University of Guelph for
excellence in a variety of media
Studio Dimensions Prize – Awarded by Fine Art Faculty of the University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario
Finalist in Juried Art Show – Juried by artists and curators independent of the University,
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Additional Training
1998-2001
2000
1999
1999
1998-1999
1998
1997-1998
1997
1996
1995
1992-1993
Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario – Figure Sculpture, Electronics for Sculpture,
Contemporary Issues
Haliburton School of Art, Haliburton, Ontario – Art Beyond Process
La Sabranenque Restoration Projects, Saint Victor la Coste, France – Volunteer Restoration
of Medieval Castles
Avenue Road Art School, Toronto, Ontario – Classical Figure Drawing
Central Technical School, Toronto, Ontario – Classical Figure Sculpture, Bronze Casting
The Academy of Locksmithing, Toronto, Ontario – Basic Locksmithing 1 & 2
George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario - Furniture Technician Program
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario – Photography Techniques 2
State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York – Bronze Casting
Haliburton School of Art, Haliburton, Ontario – Ikat Dying and Weaving
Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto, Ontario – Drawing 1 & 2
Selected Bibliography
2011
2010
2008
2007
Emily Rosamond "Patterning Particularity" esse Autumn, 2011 pg 56-59
Stacey DeWolfe "Lasting Impressions" Montreal Mirror December 23, 2010 pg 87
Christina Colizza "Imaging Imagination" The Mcgill Daily November 14, 2010 pg 36
Alex Mcgill "Resurrection" The Link November 2, 2010 pg 12
Stacey DeWolfe "School Desks" Montreal Mirror October 14, 2010 pg 56
Jocelyne Lepage: “Voir ou ne pas voir, telle est la question” La Presse November 7, 2008 pg. 2
Jérôme Delgado: “L’éclat des apparences” Le Devoir November 1st, 2008 pg. E9
Stacey Dewolfe: “Laundry, landscapes and a string yeti” Montreal Mirror October 30, 2008 pg.47
Nicolas Mavrikakis: “Contre le Beau” Voir October 30, 2008 pg 36
Gary Michael Dault: “Adrienne Spier”, BorderCrossings, May 2008, pg. 95
Nicola Kuhn: “Mitleid mit Möbeln”, Der Tagesspiegel, 22.05.2008
Meike Jansen: “Wie ein Käfer auf dem Rücken – das Spiel des Lebens”, taz, 16.04.2008
Laura Wicket, Interview with Adrienne Spier, mercerunionhall.blogspot.com, 04.04.2008
Aileen Burns: “Three Bedroom Flat”, Mercer Union Brochure, February 2008
Dan Adler: “Unwanted, Broken and Useless”, Artforum, February 2007, pg. 302