ALEXIS GROS-LOUIS

B. 1987, Wendake, QC
Works / lives in Tiohtià:ke – Mooniyang – Teotia’yih indare'; Montréal, QC
alexis.gr.louis@gmail.com
1 (514) 706-6786 / +49 0162 8608307

EDUCATION
– PhD in Art and Visual Culture, Western University – London, ON 2023
– 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
– Lecturer, Media and Art Scenes, LaSalle College – Montreal, QC 2021-22
– 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 ScotiaCollege of Art & Design – Halifax, NS, 2019
– Graduate assistant, Reconfigured Image, Professor Robert Bean, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2018

TRAINING
– Pedagogy Seminar, Associate Professor Karin Cope, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design – Halifax, NS 2018

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
– Önenha'; Wen'wa' / [Superimpositions], She:kon Gallery, 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
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
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
– BYOB / Bring Your Own Beamer, Kulturnatta, Göteborgs Konsthall – Göteborg, SE 2015 

– Creation, Collection, Curation, Galleri Rotor 2 – Akademin Valand, Göteborg, SE 2014 

– Pisser en Public, Rats 9 Gallery – Belgo, Montreal, QC
– Deuxième Collectif, Salle Jean-Paul Morin – LaSalle College, Montreal, QC

AWARD / BURSARY
– Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University – London, ON 2023
– 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
– Microgrants, Visual Arts, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2022
– Creation; Research, Exploration and Production, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2022
– Arts Abroad; Residency, Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) – Ottawa, ON 2021
– Recognition; Revitalization, Creation and Transmission, Project Grant, CALQ – Quebec, QC 2021
– Première Ovation, Manif d’Art, Project Grant – Québec, QC 2021
– Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS 2019-20
– Former Student Bursary, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS 2019
– Graduate Scholarship Award, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS, Ca. 2018-19
– Roloff Beny Scholarship, NSCAD University – Halifax, NS 2018
– In-Course Bursary, Concordia University, Montréal, QC 2017
– Special Project Grant, FASA, Montréal, QC 2017
– K-Pengar Project Grant, Kultur Ungdom, Göteborg, SE 2016
– Mobility Bursary, Concordia International, Montréal, QC 2015-16
– Special Project Grant, FASA, Montréal, QC 2015

PEER ASSESMENT
– Committee member, Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) – Ottawa, ON 2022
– Committee member, 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

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

COLLECTIONS
– Collection Méduse, Méduse – Quebec, QC 2022

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
– 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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