Karine Fréchette
Montréal, Québec, Canada
karinefrechette@hotmail.fr
Represented by Blouin Division
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Education
2013/2016 MFA, Studio Art, Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
2005/2009 Baccalauréat (BFA) Arts Visuels et Médiatiques, UQAM
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 Karine Fréchette (Wakes II) december 7 / january 25, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
2019 Wakes, february 22 / april 3, Art Mûr Berlin
2018 Karine Fréchette, january 13 / february 17, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
2017 Asterism, october 5 / 28, McClure Gallery, Montreal
2017 Résonances, june 15 /august 12, Orford Musique, Orford
2016 Thesis Show, november 21 / 28, MFA Gallery, Concordia University
2013 Dissimulations, october 10 / november 9, Galerie B-312, Montreal
2013 Sous la Voûte d’une Géode, march 7 / august 3, Maison de la Culture de Gatineau
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Group Exhibitions
2019
Shapé, Maison de la Culture Janine-Sutto ( Frontenac ), Montreal
Elsewhere a Blue Line, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany
Wrestling with Impermanence, Franz-Flemming-Str 9, Leipzig, Germany
2018
RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Powerplant Gallery, Toronto
Exposition d’été, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
2017
VIII Jeux de la Francophonie, National Library & Museum of Civilization, Abidjan, Ivory cost
L’abstraction Now, Galerie du Viaduc, curator: J.K. Maclean, Montreal
2015
Fresh Paint and New Construction, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
Vertigo, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire
Post-Photoshop, Drake Hotel,Toronto
2014
RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Fine Art Museum of Montreal
2013
Autour de l’UQAM, Galerie d’Este, Montreal
2011
Chromatic 2, SAT, Montreal
Sommet Génération d’idées, Palais des Congrès, Montreal
2010
Calibre 12, Maison de la culture Maisonneuve, Montreal
Complot 7 / Déjà Vu, Galerie Art Mûr, with publication, Montreal
2009
Fresh Paint and New Construction, Gallerie Art Mûr, Montreal
Passage à découvert, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
Du pain et des jeux, Le chat des artistes, Montreal
2008
Paramètre, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
2007
Employés demandés, Galerie L’art passe à l’est, Montreal
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Art Fairs
Art Fairs
2020 Art Toronto, Blouin Division
2019 Art Toronto, Galerie René Blouin
2018 Art Toronto, Galerie René Blouin & RBC Canadian Painting Competition
2014 Art Toronto, RBC Canadian Painting Competition
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Auctions and Fundraising exhibitions
2018 Parles-moi d’amour, Organisme Les Impatients, Montreal
2014-2018 Pour l’art, Galerie B-312, Montréal
2012 Encan MACL, Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, Saint‐Jérôme
2011 Évènement 28, Praxis Art Actuel, Sainte-Thérèse
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Distinctions and Awards
2018 Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting (9 months in Europe)
2018 RBC Canadian Painting Competition Finalist
2017 8èmes Jeux de la Francophonie – Abidjan, Ivory coast
2015 Lillian Vineberg Graduate Award in Painting And Drawing
2015 Curtlands Foundation Prize
2014 RBC Canadian Painting Competition Finalist
2014 Hélène Couture Award for Excellence in Painting and Drawing
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Residencies
July 2019 / July 2022
Montreal Artist Residency, Darling Foundry
sponsored by Christine & G.Pierre Lapointe
April 1 / June 30 2019
Pilotenkueche International Program, Leipzig, Germany
Funded with the Plaskett Prize
March 4 / April 22 2017
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Quebec Artists In Residence Fellowship – CALQ
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Collections
MNBAQ (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec)
Senvest Collection
Private Collections
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Work Experience
2016 Painting 200, Part-Time Faculty, Concordia University
2014-15 Painting 200, Teaching Assistant of Juliana Espana Keller, Concordia University
2014 Drawing 200, Teaching Assistant of Liliana Berezowsky, Concordia University
2011 Formation et stage pour la relève en loisir culturel, ville de Montréal
2007-08 Muralist Assistant, Organisme MU, Montreal
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Press and Publications
Brief interview with Bryne McLaughlin, Velocity, Preview section, Canadian Art – Antimatter, volume 36#4, page 21, Winter 2020: https://canadianart.ca/interviews/karine-frechette/
Here is the text (FR or EN) I wrote for the exhibition Wakes at Art Mûr Berlin: https://artmur.com/expositions/2019-expositions/wakes/
Molly Hamilton, 3 Concordians among finalists for RBC’s 2018 Canadian Painting
Competition, Concordia.ca/Alumnis and friends/News, 29/08/18
20th RBC Canadian Painting Competition, exhibition publication, 2018
Interview with Katerina Pansera, Out of Lines, Radio CKUT, 90.3 FM, 05/10/2017
Éric Clément, La relève est là, et bien là!, La Presse+, section ARTS, Écran 7, 07/08/15
RBC Canadian Painting Competition, exhibition publication, 2014
Interview with Pierre Archambault, Espace Visuel, Radio Centre-ville, 102.3 FM, 07/11/13
Jérôme Delgado, Pièges et complots, Le Devoir, page E7,13/03/2010.
Virginie Fecteau, Complot 7, Déjà Vu / Vestige du lieu, Editions Projet Complot, 2010