Elena Willis
Lives and works in Montreal
www.elenawillis.com
info@elenawillis.com
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| Education |
| 2000-2003 |
Major Photography |
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Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
| Awards & Grants |
| 2009 |
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant |
| 2008 |
Prix du Conseil de la Culture, Laval, Quebec |
| 2007 |
Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec, Type B Grant |
| 2004 |
Du Maurier Arts Council Grant |
| 2003 |
Du Mauriers Arts Council Grant |
| Solo Exhibitions |
| January 2008 |
Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library, Montreal, Canada |
| November 2007 |
Espace F, Matane, Quebec, Canada |
| October 2007 |
Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada |
| June 2006 |
McClure Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| April 2004 |
Espace 306, Montreal, canada |
| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| August 2009 |
Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China |
| February 2009 |
Nuit Blanche: Movement Art Public, Montreal, Canada |
| August 2008 |
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada |
| June 2008 |
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada |
| February 2008 |
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Canada |
| January 2008 |
Eli
Klein Fine Art, New York City, USA |
| September 2007 |
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada |
| May 2007 |
Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice, France |
| May 2007 |
Gladstone Hotel, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada |
| May 2007 |
Toronto Image Works Gallery, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada |
| August 2005 |
Galerie Thérèse Dion, Montreal, Canada |
| April 2004 |
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Juried Show) |
| April 2004 |
Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| February 2004 |
VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada |
| September 2003 |
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Juried Show) |
| Public Billboard Installation |
| September 2006 |
Project Plan Large, Darling Foundry, Canada |
| Public Art Auctions |
| May 2007 |
Village Galleries Auction, Toronto, Canada |
| January 2007 |
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, USA |
| November 2005 |
Casey House Foundation 'Art with Heart' Auction, Toronto |
| March 2003 |
Observatoire 4, Montreal, Canada |
| Artist Residency |
| ‘Centre de dynamiques artistiques,’ Point Éphémère,
Paris, France, 2008 |
| Publications |
Spectacle + Artifice, Published by Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, 2008
Enfants de Cartier, photographie canadienne contemporaine, Published by Theatre de la Photographie
et de L’image, Nice France 2007
Carte Blanche, Published by Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada, 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Wolff, Rachel: ‘Artist Elena Willis’s Cloudy
Classroom’, New York Entertainment, 22/1/08
Redfern, Christine: ‘Noise Makers 2008: Dark Dreamer’, Montreal
Mirror, 03/01/08
Redfern, Christine: ‘Interpretation of dreams in a most concrete
manner’, The Gazette, 24/11/07
L’Heureux, Guy: ‘Révolution et Onirisme à la Fonderie Darling’,
Le Délit, 06/11/07
Redfern, Christine: ‘Night Visions’, Montreal Mirror, 25/10/07
Madsen, Bjarke: ‘Contact Photography Festival: Elena Willis’, NOW,
3/05/07
Mavrikakis, Nicolas: ‘Sanchez et Willis’,Le Voir, 10/12/06
Redfern, Christine: ‘Sweet Dreams’, Montreal Mirror, 06/29/06
Recurt, Elizabeth: ‘Elegance’,ETC Magazine, 01/09/05
Musgrave, Sarah: ‘Au Naturel’, Montreal Mirror, 01/04/04
Mavrikakis,
Nicolas: ‘Survol de la Photo Actuelle’, Le
Voir, 11/09/03 |
| Collections |
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection, Guelph, Canada
Musée national des beaux-arts-du Québec, Québec City, Canada
Alcan Inc., Montreal, Quebec
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Private collections in Canada and United States |
Last updated: Saturday February 13, 2010 print
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