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Lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Painting and Drawing, Montreal, Canada
Selected Solo exhibitions
Zip Stack Flow, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lifelines Extended, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall, Ontario, Canada
Off Line, Ronewa Projects, Berlin , Germany
Lifelines , Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Quebec
Hand Woven Memories, The Portable Museum Project, Virtual Exhibition
Contemplation for Obsolete Objects: PostScript Harcourt House, Edmonton, Canada
Contemplation for Obsolete Objects, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Canada
Architectonica, Galerie d’Art Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire (Quebec), Canada
Flatpack, Galerie R3: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
Contained Chance: Antonietta Grassi and Brigitte Radecki, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada
UnFolding: Antonietta Grassi and Katherine Pickering , Artcite, Windsor, Canada
Antonietta Grassi: Works on Paper, The Harris-Warke Gallery, Red Deer, Canada
Deliberate Apertures and Accidental Enclosures, Art-Image, Espace Odyssée, Gatineau, Canada
Antonietta Grassi: Twitch, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
Deliberate Apertures and Accidental Enclosures, Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc
Public Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Rococo, McClure Gallery, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)
Langscapes, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Mots Perdus, Galerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada
Babble, Galerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada
Babble, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Astrazione Referenziale, Galeria d’arte contemporanea San Giorgio, Naples, Italy
Painting dot com, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Wave, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Scar Calendar, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Projet cicatrices( suite), Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Projet cicatrices, Galerie Clark, Montreal, Canada
Projetto Cicatrices, Romberg Arte Contemporanea , Rome, Italy
Cupio, Galerie Port Maurice, Montreal, Canada
Selected Group exhibitions
Foire Plural: Antonietta Grassi, Grace Lee Lawrence, Vicky Vainionpää, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal, Montréal Quebec, Canada
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
“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
Pictura, “Hotspots” Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal , Canada
Foire Papier 2020, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal Montreal, Canada
Structures of Power, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Foire Papier 2019, Grand Quai du Port de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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, Toronto, Canada
Change Agent, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal Canada
Winter, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, New York, U.S.A
Small Works, Trestle Gallery, New York, U.S.A
Massivart, Chromatic 7th edition, Montreal, Canada
Monolithic, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, U.S.A.
High Water, Boston Public Library, Boston, U.S.A
Nord Art 2015, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf, Germany
The Drawing Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Massivart, Chromatic 6th edition, Montreal, Canada
The View from Over Here, Crossing Art, New York, U.S.A.
Massivart, Chromatic 5th edition, Montreal, Canada
Découvrir/Emballer, L’Artothèque, Montreal, Canada
Dawson Faculty Biennale, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada
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 Show, Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
Palm Springs Art Fair, Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
New acquisitions, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec, Canada
Dawson Bienale, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Le Collège comme lieu de création, Maison de la culture Notre- Dame-de-Grace, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Canada
Opere N ouve, Museo MAACK, Molise, Italy
Terra Tremante, Museo MAACK, Molise, Italy
L’Abstraction: une manière de voir, Centre d’exposition Val-d’or, Quebec, Canada
Gallery Artists, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Post Scriptum, Galerie Esthesio, Quebec City, Canada
La Collection Prêt d’oeuvres d’arts – Nouvelles acquisitions, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec City, Canada
Gallery Artists, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hommage to Yves Gaucher, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
L’Abstraction : une manière de voir, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec, Canada
D. Blatherwick, A. Grassi, F. Sullivan, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Paysage, Galerie René Bouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
La cathédrale engloutie, Galerie René Blouin / Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada
Les Peintures, Galerie 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
Peinture Peinture, Édifice Belgo, Montreal, Canada
Untitled, ARTCORE Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The Conscious Feminine, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Drawing Show, Boston 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
Holocaust Commemorative, Joseph D.Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Made, Quartier Éphemère, Montreal, Canada
Public Art Projects
Selected Artist, Public project for the Esplanade Cartier (includes new YWCA) Prevel, Montreal, Quebec
Selected Artist, Public project for the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, new building in St Roch , Québec
Finalist, Public art for Verdun Auditorium in Verdun , Quebec
Finalist for several public art projects including the CHUM (CHUM phase 2, oeuvre 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)
Musée à ciel ouvert de Saint-Lambert, Ville de Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, Canada
Weekend en lumière, Showfrette, Ville de Beloeil, Canada
Kalenarte, Museo a l’aperto, Museo Civico di Molise, Casacalende, Italy
Collections
Collection BLG, Montreal, Corporate Collection
Musée d’art contemporain de Baie Saint Paul, BSP, Québec,
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Global Affairs (Government Of Canada)
Groupe Desjardins, Corporate Collection
Boston Public Library, Permanent Collection
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
Visual Arts Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Publication Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Commissioned Art work for the CALQ Head Office, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, Québec
Arts Abroad Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts du Canada
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Visual Arts Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts du Canada
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Jury prize, Queens Library Foundation and Crossing Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Culture et communication du Québec, Shortlisted for public arts program
“Intégration des arts à l’architecture”
A Grant, (research and creation), Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
B Grant, (research and creation), Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
B Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
Travel Grant (Italy), Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
1999 Travel Grant (France), Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec
B Grant (arts visuels), Canada Council for the Arts
Banff Artist Residency Grant, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Women and Paint
Travel Grant (Vancouver), Canada Council for the Arts
Bibliography (*Reviews)
Richard Pasquarelli “Interview with Antonietta Grassi”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, November 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, “Critic’s Pick”, ARTFORUM , November 2020
Catalogue, Kieriander, Trevor, Pictura, Painting in Montreal’s Image, Quebec, 2020
*Sorell, Lyndsey, “Antonietta Grassi at at Harcourt House in Edmonton”, Akimbo.ca, Feb. 2019
*Novak, Chelsea, Montreal Artist Antonietta Grassi shares her Inspiration for Edmonton Exhibit, Dazed Magazine , March 2019
*Lheureux, Charlotte, L’Obsolescence en suspens, Vie Des Arts (Actualité des Arts Visuels), 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, Marcia, “This 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 Presse, June 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
Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Artist Residency, Centre SAGAMIE, Alma, Quebec
Artist Residency, Symposium International d’art contemporain Baie- Saint – Paul
Artist talk, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall, Ottawa, Canada
Guest Speaker, Concordia University, Studio Arts
Artist Residency ( alumni invitation), Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Lecture, MAC Séminarts ( Musée d’arts contemporains Montréal)
Lecture, Harcourt House , Edmonton, Canada
Artist Residency, Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Lecture, Galerie d’Art Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire, Quebec
Lecture, Galerie R3, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
CHUO-FM89, Interview with Mitchell Caplan, April 20, 2016
Lecture, Art-Image, Espace Odyssée, Gatineau, Canada
Lecture, Massivart, Chromatic 6th edition, Montreal, Canada
Lecture, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson, Vermont, USA
Art around the World, Colliding Worlds, webcast interview hosted by Angela Romeo, Palm
Springs Art Fair, January 2014
Lecture, Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Lecture, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art, Chester , Vermont, U.S.A.
Lecture, McClure Gallery, Montreal , Canada
Lecture, Museo MAACK, Italy (invitation)
Lecture, UAAC Conference (Universities Art Association of Canada), Montreal, Canada
Television Interview “D, Musique Plus”, March 2000
Lecture and Resident Artist, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Women and Paint Residency, Banff, Canada
Lecture, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada