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Mathieu Grenier
Education

2021 Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst Salzburg, AT
2020 University of Texas at Austin, US
2019 Royal College of Art, UK
2011 Université du Québec à Montréal, CA

Solo exhibitions (Selected)

2024 (Upcoming) Crystal Gazers,Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in partnership with Blouin|Division, Toronto, CA
2024 Chrysotiles Activés, Centre d'art Diagonale, Montreal, CA
2023 Bleu somnolence : 33%, Galerie B-312, Montreal, CA
2021 Screen Fade, Blouin|Division Gallery, Montreal, CA, Curated by Elisa Gutiérrez
2020 Don't Protect Me From All That Noise, SIGHTINGS - Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, CA
2019 Sans Filtre Centre d'exposition Plein-Sud, Longueuil, CA
2019 Suspended Spaces: A Posthumous Collaboration With Charles Gagnon, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal, CA
2019 Expanded Nomenclature, grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, US
2017 La forteresse ouverte Centre d’art La Halle, Pont-en-Royans, FR
2016 Boîte noire Galerie René Blouin, Montreal, CA
2015 Symposium Le Lobe, Chicoutimi, CA
2015 Au-delà des signes Galerie Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal, CA
2015 Sans titre Arprim, Montreal, CA

Group exhibitions (Selected)

2021 Salvifique, Musée d'art de Joliette, Joliette, CA, Curator: Julie Alary Lavallée
2020 The Thing in Itself, NARS Foundation, New-York, US
2020 _____: Revisited, Visual Art Center, Austin, US
2020 Inaugural Exhibition, Blouin|Division Gallery, Montreal, CA
2020 it takes time to see, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Toronto, CA
2019 Fichiers temporaires, Centre Sagamie, Alma, CA
2018 Chantier de recherche sur l'image, M. C. Maisonneuve, Montreal, CA Curators: Caroline Boileau et Stéphane Gilot
2018 L'écrin - Chantier de recherche sur l'image, L'imprimerie, Montreal, CA
2018 Refus contraire, Galerie de l'UQÀM, Montreal, CA
2017 Lire la performance : Une bibliographie commentée en temps réel III Artexte, Montréal, CA Curators: Jade Boivin, Barbara Clausen, Emmanuelle Choquette et Geneviève Marcil
2017 Rien de moins Galerie Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert, Montreal, CA
2014 Photoforum, Galerie Les Territoires, Montreal, CA
2013 Peinture Extrême : Cadrer le tout, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, CA, Curated by Maude Hénaire
2012 Complot 9 : Gravité/Graviter, Espace Cercle Carré, Montreal, CA
2012 Art Souterrain, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal, CA

Residencies (Selected)

2023 Frizbee Residency, Brussels, BE
2022 Arsenal Contemporary, New-York, US<
2021 Centre Sagamie, Alma, CA
2020 NARS Foundation, New-York, US
2018 La Factatory, Lyon, FR
2018 L'imprimerie, Montreal, CA
2018 Centre Sagamie, Alma, CA
2017 Centre d’art La Halle, Pont-en-Royans, FR
2015 Oboro, Montreal, CA
2015 Le Lobe, Chicoutimi, CA

Awards and grants (Selected)

2021 Professional Artists Grant Program 2021 - 2022: Acquisition and marketing, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2021 Professional Artist Grants Program: Research and Creation, Canada Art Council
2021 Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts, The American Austrian Foundation, AT
2021 Prefix Prize - Honourable Mention, Prefix Institute for Contemporary Art
2020 Professional Artists Grant Program 2020 - 2021: Creation, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020 Professional Artists Grants Program 2020 - 2021: Studios and Residencies, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2020 Professional Artist Grants Program: Arts Abroad, Canada Art Council
2019 - 2020 John F. Newnam Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Studio Art, University of Texas, Austin
2019 Study Exchange Award - Royal College of Art, University of Texas, Austin
2019 Professional artists grant program 2019 - 2020: Acquisition and marketing, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2019 COFA Summer Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas, Austin
2019 Professional Artist Grants Program: Research and Creation, Canada Art Council
2018 - 2020 Russell Lee Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Photography, University of Texas, Austin
2018 - 2020 William and Bettye Nowlin Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Photography, University of Texas, Austin
2018 Professional Artist Grants Program: Arts Abroad, Canada Art Council
2018 Professional Development Award, University of Texas, Austin
2018 Travel grant, Austin - Toronto, University of Texas, Austin
2018 Professional Development Award, University of Texas, Austin
2018 Travel grant, Montreal - Austin, University of Texas, Austin
2015 Emerging Artists Grant Program 2015 - 2016: Research and Creation, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2015 Production assistance program, Oboro, Montreal
2014 Charles Pachter Prize, Hnatyshyn Foundation

Fairs/Auctions/Fundraisers/Events (Selected)

2023 VENDU | SOLD, ESSE Arts + Opinions - Projet Casa, Montreal
2023 BUY ART | ACHÈTE DE L'ART, Diagonale, Montreal
2023 Art Brussels, Bruxelles, BE
2023 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas TX, USA
2022 BUY ART | ACHÈTE DE L'ART, Diagonale, Montreal
2022 Art Toronto, Convention center, Toronto
2021 PAPIER 21, Old Port of Montreal, Montreal
2021 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas TX, USA
2021 Art Brussels, Bruxelles, BE
2021 BUY ART | ACHÈTE DE L'ART, Diagonale, Montreal
2021 Art Toronto, Convention center, Toronto
2020 PAPIER 20, Old Port of Montreal, Montreal
2019 BUY ART | ACHÈTE DE L'ART, Diagonale, Montreal
2019 Encan ESSE, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
2019 Portfolio Reviews Momenta Biennale de l'image, Fondation Phi pour l'art contemporain, Montreal
2019 PAPIER 19, Old Port of Montreal, Montreal
2018 Artist talk at The Society for Photographic Education - South Central Chapter, Lousiana State University, Bâton-Rouge LS
2018 Art Toronto, Convention center, Toronto
2018 PAPIER 18, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal
2018 Parle-moi d'amour, Les Impatients, Édifice Wilder - Espace Danse, Montreal
2017 Art Toronto, Convention center, Toronto
2017 PAPIER 17, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal
2016 BUY ART | ACHÈTE DE L'ART, Diagonale, Montreal
2015 Artist Talk, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi

Collections

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Musée d'art de Joliette
Ville de Vénissieux Collection
Schloss Arenberg Collection
Giverny Capital Collection
Banque Scotia Collection
Loto-Québec Collection
Roger Bellemare Collection
Schlemm Collection
Landriault Paradis Collection
Other public and private collections (Canada, France, Saudi Arabia and U.S.A.)

Publications

Nous nous emmêlerons,, Collectif du chantier de l’image, auto édité et imprimé avec le support du Centre d’artiste L’imprimerie, Montréal, 2022
Coup monté, Complot 9 : Gravité/Graviter, LAC et Maude P. Hénaire, Montréal, Éditions Projet Complot, 2012, p. 51 à 61.

Press (Selected)

Post, Le Sabord, Numéro 125, automne 2023
Mathieu Grenier, Vie des Arts Laurence Pelletier, Numéro 271, été 2023
Mathieu Grenier: Bleu somnolence : 33%, Esse, arts + opinions Dominique Sirois-Rouleau, Numéro 108 : Résilience, printemps 2023
Mathieu Grenier, Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts, The American Austrian Foundation, 2021
Mathieu Grenier, The American Austrian Foundation Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Mathieu Grenier: Sans Filtre, Espace Art Actuel Emmanuelle Choquette, Numéro 125, Printemps 2020
Dialogue dans le temps et l'espace, Le Devoir Marie-Ève Charron, September 28th 2019
Some Other Refusals, Canadian Art Magazine: Undoing painting, Fall 2019, Vincent Bonin, September 15th 2019
Mathieu Grenier: Expanded Nomenclature at grayDUCK Gallery, The Austin Chronicle Barbara Purcell, July 4th 2019
Mathieu Grenier: Expanded Nomenclature, The Glasstire, June 29th 2019
Regards outre atlantiques sur La forteresse ouverte à la Halle, Le Mémorial de l'Isère, Xaviera Bogaczyk, June 16th 2017
Lueur dans les ténèbres, Le Devoir Nicolas Mavrikakis, December 10th 2016
Must-Sees This Week: December 1 to 7, 2016, Canadian Art, December 1rst 2016
Radicales manières, Le Devoir, Jérôme Delgado, March 28th 2015.
3 Emerging Canadian Artists win Pachter Prizes, Canadian Art, Leah Sandals, September 30th 2014.
Peinture, entre l'essence et l'excès, Le Devoir, Jérôme Delgado, July 13th 2013.