Elena Willis |
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| Education | |
| 2000-2003 | Major Photography Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
| Awards & Grants | |
| 2009 2008 2007 2004 2003 |
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant Prix du Conseil de la Culture, Laval, Quebec Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec, Type B Grant Du Maurier Arts Council Grant Du Mauriers Arts Council Grant |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| April 2010 January 2008 November 2007 October 2007 June 2006 April 2004 |
Galerie D’ Este, Montreal, Canada Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library, Montreal, Canada Espace F, Matane, Quebec, Canada Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada McClure Gallery, Montreal, Canada Espace 306, Montreal, Canada |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 September 2010 May 2010 August 2009 February 2009 August 2008 June 2008 February 2008 January 2008 September 2007 May 2007 May 2007 May 2007 August 2005 April 2004 April 2004 February 2004 September 2003 |
Alliance Française (AF) Group Tour, Chongqing, China AF, Nanjing, China AF, Hangzhou, China AF, Guangzhou, China L’Exposition Universelle Shanghai: Art Montréal Contemporain, Shanghai, China Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China Nuit Blanche: Movement Art Public, Montreal, Canada Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Canada Eli Klein Fine Art, New York City, USA Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice, France Gladstone Hotel, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada Toronto Image Works Gallery, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada Galerie Thérèse Dion, Montreal, Canada Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Juried Show) Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Canada VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Juried Show) |
Upcoming Group Exhibitions Touring Group Exhibition throughout China organized by the Alliance Française (AF): |
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| March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 March 2011 |
AF Jina AF Xia AF Tianji AF Shanghi AF Dalian AF Beijing Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Quebec |
Upcoming Solo Exhibition |
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| April 2012 | Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Quebec |
Art Fair |
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| March 2011 | Scope Art Fair, New York City, USA |
| Public Art Installations | |
| February 2011 September 2006 |
Art Souterrain, Montreal, Canada Project Plan Large, Darling Foundry, Montreal, Canada |
| Public Art Auctions | |
| November 2010 November 2010 May 2007 January 2007 November 2005 March 2003 |
Casey House Foundation ‘Art with Heart’ Auction, Toronto, Canada esse benefit auction ‘Vendu-Sold’, Montreal, Canada Village Galleries Auction, Toronto, Canada Houston Center for Photography, Houston, USA Casey House Foundation 'Art with Heart' Auction, Toronto 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 |
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| Bibliography | |
| St-Amoure, Danielle: ‘Movement: From One Side of the Picture to the Other’, Sidestreet Review, 06/15/10 Mavrikakis, Nicolas: ‘Elena Willis - Image-enquête’, Le Voir, 06/05/10 Dewolfe, Stacey: ‘Illustrious illusions illustrated’, Montreal Mirror, 06/05/10 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 |
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| 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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Last updated: February 13, 2011 print