Curriculum Vitae

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Lives and works in Montreal, Canada.

Education

1995 – 1997

Master of Fine Arts, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

1990– 1994

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Studio Arts with minor in Art History , Montreal, Canada

Selected Solo exhibitions

2023

Coda Chrome, Pictura Montréal, Patrick Mikhail, Montréal, Quebec

2022

Zip Stack Flow, Patrick Mikhail, Montréal, Quebec

2021

Lifelines Extended, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall, Ontario, Canada

Off Line, Ronewa Projects, Berlin , Germany

2020

Lifelines , Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Quebec
Hand Woven Memories, The Portable Museum Project, Virtual Exhibition

2019

Contemplation for Obsolete Objects: PostScript  Harcourt House, Edmonton, Canada

2018

Contemplation for Obsolete Objects, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Canada

Architectonica, Galerie d’Art Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire (Quebec), Canada

2017

Flatpack, Galerie R3: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada

Contained Chance: Antonietta Grassi and Brigitte RadeckiMaison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada

UnFolding: Antonietta Grassi and Katherine Pickering , Artcite, Windsor, Canada

2016

Antonietta Grassi: Works on Paper, The Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer, Canada
Deliberate Apertures and Accidental Enclosures, Art-Image, Espace Odyssée, Gatineau, Canada

2015

Antonietta Grassi: Twitch, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada

2014

Deliberate Apertures and Accidental Enclosures, Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc
Public Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2011

RococoMcClure Gallery, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)

2009

LangscapesWarren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2005

Mots Perdus, Galerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada

2003

Babble, Galerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada

2002

Babble, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Astrazione ReferenzialeGaleria d’arte contemporanea San Giorgio, Naples, Italy

1999

Painting dot com, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada

WaveArtcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1998

Scar CalendarHelen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

1997

Projet cicatrices( suite)Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Projet cicatricesGalerie Clark, Montreal, Canada

1996

Projetto CicatricesRomberg Arte Contemporanea , Rome, Italy

1995

CupioGalerie Port Maurice, Montreal, Canada

Selected Group exhibitions

2024

Warp Speed, University of Miami Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

 

2023

Art Toronto  (Antonietta Grassi, Grace Lee Lawrence, Chun Hua Catherine Dong)

Foire Plural: Antonietta Grassi, Grace Lee Lawrence, Vicky Vainionpää, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal, Montréal Quebec, Canada

2022

Transobjectional: From the Handmade to the Digital: with Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Antonietta Grassi, Grace Lee Lawrence, Amy Schissel, Vicky Vainionpää, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Quebec Canada

Dawson College Faculty Biennial 2022, Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery, Montreal , Quebec

2021

“Connecting Minds,Creating the Future”, Canadian Pavilion, International Expo Dubai, UAE,  Dubai

Cladogram, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah New York (curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui)

Foire Papier 2021, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada

Vendu/Sold, Revue Esse, Projet Casa, Montreal, Quebec

2020

 “Hotspots” Pictura Montreal , Canada

Foire Papier 2020, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal Montreal, Canada

2019

Structures of PowerPatrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada

Foire Papier 2019, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

2018

Foire Papier 2018, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada

The Drawing Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Finem Aestatis, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada

UnCommon, John B. Aird Gallery, TorontoCanada

Change Agent, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal  Canada

WinterKenise Barnes Fine Arts, New York, U.S.A

2016

Small WorksTrestle Gallery, New York, U.S.A
MassivartChromatic 7th edition, Montreal, Canada

2015

Monolithic, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, U.S.A.
High WaterBoston Public Library, Boston, U.S.A
Nord Art 2015Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf, Germany
The Drawing ShowJohn B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
MassivartChromatic 6th edition, Montreal, Canada

2014

The View from Over HereCrossing Art, New York, U.S.A.
MassivartChromatic 5th edition, Montreal, Canada
Découvrir/Emballer, L’Artothèque, Montreal, Canada
Dawson Faculty BiennaleWarren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2013

This Is Water (Eric Aho, Katherine Bradford, Antonietta Grassi, Don Nice, Amelia Toelke) Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, Vermont, U.S.A.
LA Art ShowBruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Palm Springs Art FairBruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2012

New acquisitionsMusée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec, Canada

2011

Dawson Bienale, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2008

Le Collège comme lieu de créationMaison de la culture Notre- Dame-de-Grace, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Canada

2006

Opere N ouveMuseo MAACK, Molise, Italy

2004

Terra TremanteMuseo MAACK, Molise, Italy
L’Abstraction: une manière de voirCentre d’exposition Val-d’or, Quebec, Canada

2003

Gallery ArtistsNewzones Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Post ScriptumGalerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada
La Collection Prêt d’oeuvres d’arts – Nouvelles acquisitionsMusée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec City, Canada

2002

Gallery ArtistsLeo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hommage to Yves GaucherLeonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
L’Abstraction : une manière de voir,  Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec, Canada

2001

D. Blatherwick, A. Grassi, F. Sullivan, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Paysage,  Galerie René Bouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada

2000

La cathédrale engloutie,  Galerie René Blouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada

1999

Les PeinturesGalerie René Blouin /Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Peintures de genres (masculin/féminin) L’actualité de la peinture abstraite au Québec, dans le cadre du Printemps du Québec en France, Centre d’échange de Perrache, Lyon, France
Oeuvres sur papier, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada

1998

Peinture PeintureÉdifice Belgo, Montreal, Canada
Untitled, ARTCORE Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1997

The Conscious FeminineWoman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Drawing ShowBoston Center for the Arts, Boston, U.S.A.
Abstraction, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, U.S.A.
La Grande Virée 1997, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada

1996

Holocaust CommemorativeJoseph D.Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Made, Quartier Éphemère, Montreal, Canada

Public Art Projects

2022

Selected Artist, Public project for the Esplanade Cartier (includes new YWCA)  Prevel, Montreal, Quebec

2021

Selected Artist, Public project for the  Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, CALQ  head office in St Roch, Québec

2020

Finalist, Public art for Verdun Auditorium in Verdun , Quebec

2019

Finalist for several public art projects including the CHUM (CHUM phase 2oeuvre d’art no.11, Foyer Amphitéâtre), the STM (metro Place des Arts), and several public schools in Montreal  (Ecole Odysée, le CREP, et L’Ecole Secondaire NDG)

2016

Musée à ciel ouvert de Saint-LambertVille de Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, Canada
Weekend en lumièreShowfrette, Ville de Beloeil, Canada

2010

KalenarteMuseo a l’aperto, Museo Civico di Molise, Casacalende, Italy

Collections

Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

Collection BLG, Montreal, Corporate Collection

Musée d’art contemporain de Baie Saint Paul, BSP, Québec,

Global Affairs (Government Of Canada)

Groupe Desjardins, Corporate Collection

Boston Public Library, Permanent Collection

Capital One, (MIT, Cambridge, MASS)

ACT Architecture

Galerie d’Art Stewart Hall, City of Pointe Claire,  Permanent Collection

Yamana Gold, Corporate Collection

Musée National des Beaux-Arts, Quebec, La Collection Prêt d’œuvres d’arts

Museo Civico Di Molise, Molise, Italy, Permanent Collection

Private and Corporate Collections in Canada, United States, Italy, France

Grants, Awards and Honours

2024

Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2023

Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant,  Canada Council for the Arts 

2022

Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

Publication Grant,  Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2021

Commissioned public artwork for the CALQ Head Office,  Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, Québec

Arts Abroad Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2020

Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2019

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2018

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts  du Canada

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts  et Lettres du Québec

2017

Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts  du Canada

2016

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2014

Jury prize, Queens Library Foundation and Crossing Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

Culture et communication du Québec, Shortlisted for public arts program

 

2007

A Grant, (research and creation), Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2005

B Grant, (research and creation), Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

2004

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2002

B Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec

B Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

1998

Banff Artist Residency Grant, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Theme “Women and Paint”

1998

Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

Bibliography (*Reviews)

Clement Éric, La Presse,  Dans l’atelier d’Antonietta Grassi, 2 décembre, 2023

Mattera, Joanne, Italianità: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Experience, Well-Fed Artist Press, New York, 2023

Kierander Trevor, Pictura Montréal, 2nd Edition exhibition catalogue, November, 2023

Pasquareli Richard, Whitehot Magazine, Interview with Antonietta Grassi, December 2022

*Beattie, Amanda, “(Re)Voir la peinture/(Re)Seeing   Painting, Revue Esse, Spring issue 2021

*Letarte Marie-Ann, “Pictura : Pleins feux sur la peinture montréalaise”, Revue L’inconvénient: littérature, art, et société, no.83,  2021

Catalogue, Amanda Beattie, Antonietta Grassi; Lifelines Extended, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall Canada, 2021

Osterweil, Ara, Artforum, Critics’ Picks, November, 2020

Catalogue, Kieriander, Trevor, Pictura, Painting in Montreal’s Image, Quebec,  2020

Sorell, Lindsay, Akimboblog.ca, Antonietta Grassi at at Harcourt House, Edmonton, January 31, 2019

*Novak, Chelsea, Montreal Artist Antonietta Grassi shares her Inspiration for Edmonton Exhibit, Dazed Magazine , March 2019

L’Heureux, Charlotte, Vie des Arts, Antonietta Grassi: L’Obsolescence en suspense, Summer, 2018

Issu.com, New Paintings, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, 2017

Catalogue, Inda 10 – 10th International Drawing Annual, Manifest, Works of Recent Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery, USA,  2016

Catalogue , Musée à ciel ouvert de Saint-Lambert, 2016

*Ledoux, Julie, , “Vue surélevée”, Le Journal Voir, Montréal , May 22, 2015

*Clément, Éric, , Une Montagne de créativité”, La Presse May 4, 2015

*Esteban, Lara, , Festival Chromatic 2015, Art-facto, May 2015

Catalogue, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, NordArt 2015 catalogue,Germany,  2015

*Scileppi, Tammy, ,”Crossing Art Gallery Teams with Queens Library Foundation to Show Diversity Through Art”, Times Ledger, New York,  December 3, 2014

Catalogue, Massivart / Chromatic  (5e édition), Quebec, 2014

*Gagnaire, Anne, , “Créer des liens entre l’art et les affaires”, Les Affaires ,Cover, April 12, 2014

*Santore, MarciaThis Is Water; Water As Art And Medium,” , Artscope, September/October, 2013

*This is Water Exhibit, The Vermont Journal September 8, 2013

*Bois, Michel, , “Antonietta Grassi; Entendre la Peinture”, Le Soleil May 28, 2005

*Cote, Nathalie, Voir, Babble (and other coded language), March 20, 2003

*Lehman, Henry. “A Fitting Tribute”, Montreal Gazette p.13, July 20, 2002

*Lamarche, Bernard. “L’Aire du vide: hommage à Yves Gaucher”, Le Devoir p.D5, July 27,  2002

*Delgado, Jerome, La Presse, Le legs de Gaucher, p.D12, July 27, 2002

*Christine Redfern, “Honouring Yves Gaucher”, Montreal Mirror p.38, July 18, 2002

*Zimmerman Brendel, Maria, “Antonietta Grassi  Fugacious Notations: Babble (and other coded language), ETC. Montreal  May/June 2002

*Lehman, Henry “Landscape Artists Explore Land of Metaphor”, Montreal Gazette August 4, 2001

Catalogue, David Elliot, Hommage à Yves Gaucher, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Quebec, 2001

*Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Paysages artistique Quebecois,” Voir July 26, 2001

*Swoboda, Victor, , “Young at Art: For today’s young artists bohemianism is out long hours in the studio are in”, Montreal Gazette February 9, 2001

*Lamarche, Bernard.” La disparition des motifs”, Le Devoir July 2, 2001

“La Cathédrale Englouti”, Canadian Art , Summer 2000

*Lyne Crevier, , “Bruissement de papier”, Ici Montréal February 8, 1999

*Stephanie Bérubé, “Grande fete de la peinture abstraite au Québec”,  La PresseJune 6, 1998

*Renzetti, Elizabeth, “Davide Pan, Antonietta Grassi and Otino Corsano” Eyetalian Magazine, p.36, Winter 1998

*Brancato, Dario, “Le opere di tre italocanadesei a Yorkville” Corriere Canadese, Jan. 15, 1998

*Stephan Aquin , “Made” , Journal Voir August 15,  1996

*Gillian MacKay,  “Children’s Holocaust graffiti inspires artist’s paintings”, The Globe and Mail November 23, 1996

*Nathalie –Roze Fischer, Holocaust Exhibit Potent and Subtle”, NOW (Toronto)November14, 1996

Public Lectures and Residencies

2024

Artist residency, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2023

Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

2022

Artist Residency, Centre SAGAMIE, Alma, Quebec

2021

Artist Residency, Symposium International d’art contemporain Baie- Saint – Paul

Artist talk, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall, Ottawa, Canada

2020

Guest Speaker, Concordia University, Studio Arts

2019

Artist Residency ( alumni invitation), Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts,   USA

Lecture, MAC Séminarts ( Musée d’arts contemporains Montréal)

2019

Lecture, Harcourt House , Edmonton, Canada

2018

Artist Residency, Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts,   USA

2017

Lecture, Galerie d’Art  Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire, Quebec

Lecture, Galerie R3, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada

2016

CHUO-FM89, Interview with  Mitchell Caplan, April 20, 2016
Lecture, Art-Image, Espace Odyssée, Gatineau, Canada

2015

Lecture, MassivartChromatic 6th edition, Montreal, Canada
Lecture, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada

2014

Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson, Vermont, USA
Art around the World, Colliding Worldswebcast interview hosted by Angela Romeo, Palm
Springs Art  Fair, January 2014
Lecture, Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2013

Lecture, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art, Chester , Vermont, U.S.A.
Lecture, McClure Gallery, Montreal , Canada

2004

Lecture, Museo MAACK, Italy (invitation)

2001

Lecture, UAAC Conference (Universities Art Association of Canada), Montreal, Canada

2000

Television Interview  “D, Musique Plus”,  March 2000

1998

Lecture and Resident Artist, The Banff Centre for the ArtsWomen and Paint Residency, Banff, Canada
Lecture, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada