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, Montreal
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
2021 A Posteriori, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2021 Tout se confond, apparaît, puis s’efface de nouveau, Place publique, Fonderie Darling
2020 Exposition Inaugurale, Galerie Blouin Division, Montreal
2020 Art Toronto, Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto
2019 Shapé, Maison de la Culture Janine-Sutto ( Frontenac ), Montreal
2019 Elsewhere a Blue Line, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany
2019 Wrestling with Impermanence, Franz-Flemming-Str 9, Leipzig, Germany
2018 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Powerplant Gallery, Toronto
2018 Exposition d’été, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal
2017 VIII Jeux de la Francophonie, National Library & Museum of Civilization, Abidjan, Ivory cost
2017 L’abstraction Now, Galerie du Viaduc, curator: J.K. Maclean, Montreal
2015 Fresh Paint and New Construction, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2015 Vertigo, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire
2015 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
2010 Calibre 12, Maison de la culture Maisonneuve, Montreal
2010 Complot 7 / Déjà Vu, Galerie Art Mûr, with publication, Montreal
2009 Fresh Paint and New Construction, Gallerie Art Mûr, Montreal
2009 Passage à découvert, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
2009 Du pain et des jeux, Le chat des artistes, Montreal
2008 Paramètre, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
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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
2021 Encan du Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, Saint‐Jérôme
2018 Parles-moi d’amour, Organisme Les Impatients, Montreal
2014-2018 Pour l’art, Galerie B-312, Montreal
2012 Encan du Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, Saint‐Jérôme
2011 Évènement 28, Praxis Art Actuel, Sainte-Thérèse
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Distinctions and Awards
2020 Project grant, Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
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, Fonderie Darling, sponsored by Christine & G.Pierre Lapointe
April 1 / June 30 2019 Pilotenkueche International Program, Leipzig, Germany
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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Press and Publications
Ji-Yoon Han, L’exubérance en peinture: quelques notes sur Karine Fréchette (FR), Vie des Arts, Volume 263, pages 93-97, Summer 2021:
https://viedesarts.com/en/essais/lexubérance-en-peinture-quelques-notes-sur-karine-frechette/
Brief interview with Bryne McLaughlin (EN), 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