ALEXIS GROS-LOUIS

B. 1987, Wendake
Works / lives in Tiohtià:ke / Teotia’yih indare'; Montreal
alexis.gr.louis@gmail.com
1 (514) 706-6786

EDUCATION
– PhD in Art and Visual Culture, University of Western Ontario – London, ON 2023-2028
– MFA, Fine and Media Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2018-20
– BFA (with distinction), Photography Major, Fine Arts Faculty, Concordia University – Montreal, QC 2014-18
– BA Fotografi, Exchange student, Akademin Valand, Göteborgs Universitet – Göteborg, SE 2015-16
– DEC, Arts, Lettres & Communication, Arts & Design, LaSalle College – Montreal, QC 2012-14


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
– Graduate assistant, Digital Photography, Part-Time Lecturer Colin Carney, University of Western Ontario – London, ON 2024
– Part-time lecturer, Media and Art Scenes, LaSalle College – Montreal, QC 2021-22
– Part-time lecturer, Refusal, Protest and Transformation, LaSalle College – Montreal, QC 2021
– Graduate assistant, Expanded Media, Professor Craig Leonard, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2020
– Graduate assistant, Digital Projects and Electronic Culture, Professor David Clark, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2019
– Graduate assistant, Architecture, Culture and Photography, Associate Professor Adrian Fish, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS, 2019
– Graduate assistant, Reconfigured Image, Professor Robert Bean, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2018

TRAINING
– Theory and Research Methods (pedagogy) Seminar, Professor Sarah Bassnett, University of Western Ontario – London, ON 2023
– Pedagogy Seminar, Associate Professor Karin Cope, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2018

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
– Poglus; Yända'tsa’, Centre Ahkwayaonhkeh – Quebec, QC
2024
– 978-0816630288, Galerie B-312 – Montreal, QC
2022
– Önenha'; Wen'wa' / [Superimpositions], She:kon Gallery, La Biennale d'art contemporain autochtone (BACA) – Montreal, QC
2021
– 24 / 7, Créer des Ponts; Magasins Vacants, Art Souterrain – Montreal, QC
2020
– Anticipating the State of Despair, MFA Thesis exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery – Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS
2019
– Institutional Sensitivity | From the standpoint of a pile of ‘trash’ in a plastic bag, Treaty Gallery – Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS
2017
– “Less is More” / “Ɛυφημισμός / Euphemism / βαθύς” / “Untitled ’17”, Studio 0.010, Visual Art (VA) Building – Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2016
– “Is this art?” / “ἔλλειψις / Ellipsis / βραχυλογία” / “Untitled ‘16”, Galleri Monitor – Akademin Valand, Göteborg, SE


COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2025
– Il y a soixante ans. Le MAC au Château Dufresne / Aujourd’hui. Le MAADI de Stanley Février, Chateau Dusfrene – Montreal, QC
– Waskapitan / Ondulation, MAJ (Musée d’art de Joliette) – Joliette, QC

2024
– Ctrl+P Journal/Biennale of Contemporary Art, https://www.ctrlp--artjournal.org/biennale.html
– Ondulation, MAJ (Musée d’art de Joliette) – Joliette, QC
– Infinite Forms, Iah tshiewato:ktha tsi nikaieron'to:tens, Formes Infinies, Galerie de l'UdeM – Montreal, QC
– Symposium des collectionneurs Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859, Blouin Division – Montreal, QC
– Les forces du sommeil / Cohabitations des vivants, Manif d'art 11 - La biennale de Québec, EXMURO / Maison Tsawenhohi – Wendake & Quebec, QC

2023
– Yahndawa', Musée huron-wendat – Wendake, QC

2022
– Tu m’enveloppes et je te contiens, Fonderie Darling – Montreal, QC
– Yahndawa' Portage entre Québec et Wendake, Centre Méduse – Quebec, QC
– La poésie du territoire, Première Ovation – Quebec, QC

2021
– Questioning Space Accumulation, Alte Handelsschule – Leipzig, DE
– Warm Gestalt, Pilotenkueche – Leipzig, DE– Couleurs Boréales, Galerie Robert Poulin – Montreal, QC

2019

– Not Everybody* Is a Painter, Anna Leonowens Gallery – Nova Scotia College of Art & Design– Halifax, NS
– Peinture Fraîche et Nouvelle Construction 2019 / Fresh Paint 2019, Art Mûr – Montreal, QC

2018

– do it, participant for Lawrence Weiner do it instruction, Cat. #21 (1968), Courtesy of Independent Curators International, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and organized by Independent Curators International, Anna Leonowens Gallery – Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS
– This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Anna Leonowens Gallery – Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS

2017 

– Couleurs Boréales, Galerie Robert Poulin – Montreal, QC

2016 

– VÅR, En Fotografisk Utställning, Galleri Monitor – Akademin Valand, Göteborg, SE

2015 

– BYOB / Bring Your Own Beamer, Kulturnatta, Göteborgs Konsthall – Göteborg, SE

2014 

– Creation, Collection, Curation, Galleri Rotor 2 – Akademin Valand, Göteborg, SE
– Pisser en Public, Rats 9 Gallery – Belgo, Montreal, QC
– Deuxième Collectif, Salle Jean-Paul Morin – LaSalle College, Montreal, QC

GRANTS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
– Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Ottawa, ON 2025
– Recognition; Revitalization, Creation and Transmission, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2025
– Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, Short-Term Projects, Canada Council for the Arts – Ottawa, ON 2025
– Ontario Graduate Scholarship, The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies – Ottawa, ON 2024
– Inuit and First Nations Arts - Revitalization, Creation and Transmission CALQ – Quebec, QC 2023
– Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts – Ottawa, ON 2023
– Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts – Ottawa, ON 2023
– Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University – London, ON 2023
– Microgrants, Visual Arts, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2022
– Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, Small-Scale Activities, Canada Council for the Arts – Ottawa, ON 2022
– Creation; Research, Exploration and Production, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2022
– Arts Abroad; Residency, Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts – Ottawa, ON 2021
– Recognition; Revitalization, Creation and Transmission, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2021
– Première Ovation, Manif d’Art, Project Grant – Québec, QC 2021
– David and Sonia Murphy Bursary, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS 2019
– Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS, Ca. 2018-20
– Roloff Beny Scholarship, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS 2018
– In-Course Bursary, Concordia University – Montreal, QC 2017
– Special Project Grant, FASA, Montréal – QC 2017
– K-Pengar Project Grant, Kultur Ungdom – Göteborg, SE 2016
– Mobility Bursary, Concordia International – Montreal, QC 2015-16
– Special Project Grant, FASA – Montreal, QC 2015

COLLECTIONS
– Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) collection – Montreal, QC 2025
– Collection Méduse, Méduse – Quebec, QC 2022

RESIDENCY
– International Residence Program, Pilotenkueche – Leipzig, DE 2021

PEER ASSESMENT
– Committee member, programme Re-Connaître; Revitalisation, Création et Transmission, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) – Ottawa, ON 2024
– Committee member, Explore and Create; Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) – Ottawa, ON 2022
– Committee member, Explore and Create; Research & Creation, Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) – Ottawa, ON 2022
– Committee member, Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, Short-Term Projects, Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) – Ottawa, ON 2021

PUBLIC ART
– Invited artist; Œuvre d'art intégrée au Complexe aquatique Rosemont, Ville de Montreal – Montreal, QC 2024
– Invited artist; Parcours hommage Collège François-de-Laval, Ville de Québec – Quebec, QC 2023
– Short listed; Concours pour une œuvre d’art public Artistes autochtones de la relève, Ville de Québec – Quebec, QC 2021

PUBLIC TALK
2025
– Guy Sioui Durand & Alexis Gros-Louis, public talk; Poglus; Yända'tsa’, Centre Ahkwayaonhkeh – Quebec, QC
2022
– Terry Randy-Awashish & Alexis Gros-Louis, public talk; Önenha'; Wen'wa' / [Superimpositions], Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC) – Montreal, QC

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
– Les Forces du sommeil : manif d'art 11, La biennale de Québec – Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec 2024
ISBN 9782981816986
– Land Back, BACA (Contemporary Native Art Biennale), 6th Edition – Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) 2022
ISBN 978-2-923243-10-8


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