Karine Fréchette
From Montreal, Quebec, Canada
contact: karinefrechette@hotmail.fr
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Education
2013-2017 MFA, Studio Art, Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
2005-2009 BFA, Arts Visuels et Médiatiques, UQAM
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Wakes, february 22 / april 3, Art Mûr Gallery, Berlin (in collaboration with G.R.B.)
2018 Karine Fréchette, january 13 / february 17, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
2017 Asterism, october 5 / 28, McClure Gallery, Montreal
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
Group Exhibitions
2018 Art Toronto, Toronto
RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Powerplant Gallery, Toronto
2017 8èmes Jeux de la Francophonie, National Library and Museum of Civilization,
Abidjan, Ivory cost
L’abstraction Now, Galerie du Viaduc, curator: J.K. Maclean, Montreal
2015 Fresh Paint and New Construction, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal
Vertigo, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire
Post-Photoshop, Drake Hotel, Toronto
Pour l’art, Galerie B-312, Montreal
2014 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Fine Art Museum of Montreal
Pour l’art, Galerie B-312, Montreal
2013 Around UQAM, Galerie d’Este, Montreal
2012 Encan MACL, Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, Saint‐Jérôme
2011 Évènement 28, Praxis Art Actuel, Sainte-Thérèse
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, Art Mûr Gallery, with publication, Montreal
2009 Fresh Paint and New Construction, Art Mûr Gallery, 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
Distinctions and Awards
2018 Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting (to live and work 9-12 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
Residencies
2019 April first / June 30th, Pilotenkueche International Program, Leipzig, Germany
Founded with the Plaskett Prize
2017 March 4th / April 22th, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Québec Artists In Residence Fellowship – CALQ
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Collections
MNBAQ (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec)
Senvest Collection
Private Collections
Work Experience
2016 Painting 200, Part-Time Faculty, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2014-15 Painting 200, Teaching Assistant of Juliana Espana Keller, Concordia
2014 Drawing 200, Teaching Assistant of Liliana Berezowsky, Concordia
2011 Formation pour la relève en loisir culturel, ville de Montréal
2007-08 Muralist Assistant, Organisme MU, Montreal
Press and Publications
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