Elena Willis
Lives and works in Montreal

www.elenawillis.com
info@elenawillis.com

Education
2000-2003 Major Photography
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

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