A N N E - M A R I E G I R O U X

VISUAL ARTS (1991 - today):

Visual Artist Painter / Sculptor / Scenic Painter / Muralist Painter / Videographer / Cinematographer

MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS / EXPERIMENTAL FILM / ART VIDEO (1989-2002):

Producer / Artistic Director / Choreographer / Dancer / Scenographer / Sound Designer / Director / Editor

EDUCATION

1989 B.F.A. Contemporary Dance / Visual Arts / Cinema . Concordia University. Montréal. Graduated in 1999

1985 Minor in French Studies. Theatre Studies / Dramatic writing / Drawing. Université de Montréal

1985 D.E.C Human Sciences / Photography. Cegep St-Laurent. Ville St-Laurent

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2025 NOCTURNES. Installation. Galerie PRODUIT RIEN. Montréal (QC) Canada

2025 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. Centre d’art Diane Dufresne. Repentigny (QC) Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 DÉRIVES À LA DÉRIVE PHASE II. Installation. Galerie PRODUIT RIEN. Montréal (QC) Canada

2023 MAIN GAUCHE / MAIN DROITE (phase 1). Sortez les canons. Vieux Beloeil (QC) Canada

2022 FRAGMENTS. CICA Contemporary Art Solo Show Series 2022. CICA Museum. Gimpo, South Korea

2018 DÉRIVE À LA DÉRIVE. GALERIE ERGA. Montréal (QC) Canada

2016 ANNE-MARIE GIROUX. STIKEMAN ELLIOTT. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2016 SI UN ARBRE J’ÉTAIS, JE SERAIS FORÊT MORTE. TRAN & TRAN. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2015 SI UN ARBRE J’ÉTAIS, JE SERAIS FORÊT MORTE. GALERIE LUZ. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2013 QUAND LA MATIÈRE PREND CORPS. ESPACE PROJET. Montréal, (QC) Canada

PRIVATE SOLO EXHIBITION

2010 Séries ROUGE & KAIFENG, CHINA. Atelier-Galerie 4535. Montréal (QC) Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 WILD LIFE 2024, JOHN B. AIRD, GALLERY. Toronto (ON) Canada. Jurors: André Laroche, Louis Joncas

2023 ART SUR PAPIER 2023. Galerie ERGA. Montréal (QC) Canada

2023 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS, Centre d’art Diane Dufresne. Repentigny (QC) Canada

2022 ART SUR PAPIER 2022. Galerie ERGA. Montréal (QC) Canada

2022 THE ECO ART EXHIBIT. Gallery1313. Toronto (ON) Canada

2022 STILL LIFE 2021-2022, JOHN B. AIRD, GALLERY. Toronto (ON) Canada. Jurors: Juno Youn, Marli Davis

2021 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. Galerie des arts Desjardins. Drummondville (QC) Canada

2021 CIRCLE 2021. CZONG INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART. CICA MUSEUM. Gimpo, South Korea

2021 SCULPTURE 2021, JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY. Toronto (ON) Canada Juror: Robert Birch

2021 ZÜRICH 3.0. Swiss Art Expo, ArtBox/Project. Zürich Main Station, Switzerland

2021 ART SUR PAPIER 2021. GALERIE ERGA. Montréal (QC) Canada

2021 DRAWING 2021, JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY. Toronto (ON) Canada Jurors: Steve Khan and Neda Omidvar

2021 A VISUAL CULTURE. VAN DER PLAS GALLERY. New York City, NY USA

2020 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal (QC) Canada

2019 SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE 2019-2020. Selected Finalists Exhibition. Mahon Hall. Salt Spring Island, (BC) Canada. Jurors: David Balzer, Sandra Meigs, cheyenne urions

2019 BLUE YELLOW and RED. VAN DER PLAS GALLERY. New York, NY USA

2019 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal (QC) Canada

2018 THE MAKING OF A DREAM. VAN DER PLAS GALLERY. New York, NY USA

2018 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal (QC) Canada

2018 ARTIST PROJECT. Art Fair. BETTER LIVING CENTRE. Toronto (ON) Canada. Jurors: Jury: Mark Challen, Kate Barron, Lukus Toane

2017 ALL ART + . VAN DER PLAS GALLERY. New York, NY USA

2017 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2017 ARTIST PROJECT. Art Fair. BETTER LIVING CENTRE. Toronto (ON) Toronto. Jurors: Mark Challen, Kate Barron, Lukus Toane

2016 MIAMI 1.0. Contemporary Art Fair. ARTBOX.PROJECT. SPECTRUM MIAMI. Miami, FL USA

2016 DETROIT BIENNALE. MONA, Museum of New Art. Detroit, MI USA

2016 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2015 THE NEXT BIG THING. MONA, Museum of New Art. Detroit, MI USA

2015 DESTRUCT’ART. ESPACE PROJET. (QC) Canada

2015 SELFIE SHOW. MONA, Museum of New Art. Detroit, MI USA

2015 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. CENTRE WELLINGTON. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2014 EXPO DE GROUPE, GALERIE LUZ. Montréal, (QC) Canada

2014 MONOCHROME. SPACE WOMb Gallery. New York City. NY, USA

2014 SPRING ART MARKET. SPACE WOMb Gallery. New York City, NY USA

2013 ADIEU SEPTEMBER. SPACE WOMb Gallery. Long Island City. NY USA

2013 DOCUMENTA USA. MONA, Museum of New Art. Detroit, MI USA

2013 SQUARE EXHIBITION. SPACE WOMb Gallery. Long Island City, NY USA

ARTIST RESIDENCY

2020 Artist in residency - DÉRIVES À LA DÉRIVE PHASE II Installation project in progress. GALERIE ERGA. Montréal, (QC) Canada

COMPETITION AWARD EXHIBITION FINALIST

2019 SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE 2019-2020. Selected Finalists Exhibition. Mahon Hall. Salt Spring Island, (BC) Canada. Jurors: David Balzer, Sandra Meigs, cheyenne urions

INSTALLATION

2019 DÉRIVES (PHASE I), Installation project. ARTIST PROJECT 2019. BETTER LIVING CENTRE. Selected and invited by jurors: Taiga Lipson, Devan Patel, Jeremy Vandermeij. Toronto (ON) Canada

GRANT, AWARD (visual arts)

2021 Artist to Watch, curator: Emily Zimmerman. August 2021. @artconnect_magazine, Berlin Germany

2021 Artist of the Week. March 14 - 20, 2021. ArtConnect.com, Berlin Germany

2019 Travel Grant. Conseil des arts des et des lettres du Québec. SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE. Salt Spring Island, BC Canada

2019 Anne-Marie Giroux finalist. SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE 2019-2020. Salt Spring Island, (BC) Canada

2018 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner in the Painting category. ArtSlalnt. Los Angeles, CA USA (2018-2017-2016)

2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner in the Sculpture category. ArtSlalnt. Los Angeles, CA USA

2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner in the Abstract. ArtSlalnt. Los Angeles, CA USA

2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner in the Mixed Media. ArtSlalnt. Los Angeles, CA USA

PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS (visual arts)

2025 Art Investment & Collectors 2025. Contemporary Art Collectors & Art Market Experts. January 2025

2023 CICA ART NOW 2023 published by CICA Press / CICA MUSEUM (South Korea). Available on KINDLE, September 2023

2022 FRAGMENTS by Anne-Marie Giroux published by Dodho Magazine, November 2022

2022 À ÉCHELLE HUMAINE, radio interview at Radio-Canada Ontario about the artist’s works at The Eco Art Exhibit @ Gallery1313

2021 ANNE-MARIE GIROUX | MEET THE ARTIST @artconnect_magazine, ArtConnect, Berlin-based magazine, Germany

2021 THE STUDIO IMAGE PROJECT, FRIEND OF THE ARTIST, art book publisher, Dallas, TX USA

2021 Artist of the Week. March 14 - 20, 2021. ArtConnect.com, Berlin Germany

2020 PORTRAIT D’ANNE-MARIE GIROUX par Andréas Alberti / publié le 12 novembre 2020

2020 Dérive à la dérive no.1 is featured in the ART HOLE Magazine, Issue 3, August 2020

2020 Projet TÊTES is featured in the ART HOLE Magazine, Issue 1 , June 2020

2019 Une outremontaise finaliste au Salt Spring National Art Prize. Journal d’Outremont. 9 octobre 2019

2019 Conceptual Connections, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE, posted on 8 october 2019

2019 Anne-Marie Giroux, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE, Issue 90, August/September 2019

2019 Finalists Announced for Salt Spring National Art Prize. Canadian Art Magazine, News July 23, 2019

2019 35 artists to look for at Toronto’s huge contemporary art fair, Amy Carlberg, BlogTO, Februrary 22, 2019

2019 Anne-Marie Giroux, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE, Issue 87, February/March 2019

2018 Dérives, par René Viau, critique d’art, October 2018

2018 ANNE-MARIE GIROUX ANSWERS 5 QUESTIONS by the ARTSLANT Team, 16/04/2018

2018 Anne-Marie Giroux, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE, Issue 82, April/ May 2018

2017 DÉRIVE no.1 is featured in the AVERAGE ART MAGAZINE, Issue 14, September 2017

2016 « Under the Radar: Lauren C. Sudbrink, Anne-Marie Giroux, Yasmin Khalaf » by The Artslant Team, 18/03/2016

2013 « A View from the Easel », Hartigan, Philip. HYPERALLERGIC, Chicago, IL USA, December 5, 2013

CATALOGUE

2024 WILDLIFE 2024, presented by JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY, juried by André Laroche and Louis Joncas

2023 PARLE-MOI D’AMOUR. LES IMPATIENTS. (2021-2020-2019-2018-2017-2016-2015)

2022 STILL-LIFE 2021, presented by JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY, juried by Juno Youn and Marli Davis

2021 CIRCLE 2021 Exhibition Catalogue. CICA MUSEUM

2021 SCULPTURE 2021, presented by JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY, juried by Robert Birch

2021 DRAWING 2021, presented by JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY, juried by Steve Khan and Neda Omidvar

2019 The SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE 2019-2020 Finalist’s Exhibition Catalogue

COLLECTIONS

MONA, MUSEUM OF NEW ART. Detroit, Michigan USA

TRAN & TRAN Cabinet Dentaire. Montréal (QC) Canada

Private collections

EXPERIENCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS ENVIRONMENT

2013 Assistant muralist painter artist with visual artist Jérôme Poirier for the mural of Michel Rabagliati. Cultural intervention program in the public space of Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie. Parc Beaubien, Montréal (QC) Canada

2012 Scenic painter for the project BALAENA of MUSÉE DE L'AVENTURE BASQUE DE TROIS-PISTOLES. Trois-Pistoles (Qc) Canada

2012 Assistant muralist painter for the mural LE TEMPS QUI PASSE of visual artist Jérôme Poirier. Cultural intervention program in the public space of Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie. Parc Moncalm, Montréal (QC) Canada

2011 Scenic painter for the exhibition INDIANA JONES ET L’AVENTURE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE. Montréal (QC Canada. Barcelona, Spain

2009 Scenic painter for the film BLACK BOX. Artistic Director: Louis-René Landry. Montréal (QC) Canada

1998 Scenic painter for the film THE SECRET ADVENTURE OF JULES VERNE. Artistic Director: Normand Sarrazin. Montréal (QC) Canada

1991 Scenic painter and sculptor for the artistic project NÉO-SPOT of visual artist Jérôme Poirier. Montréal (QC) Canada

MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECTS / EXPERIMENTAL FILM / ART VIDEO

2001 AUBE ET CRÉPUSCULE

Multidisciplinary choreographic work for three dancers, combining dance, sculpture and sound. Producer, artistic director, choreographer, sound designer, sculptor, scenographer, costume designer. Studio de l’Agora de la Danse. Montréal

1997 MODULUS 5

Multidisciplinary choreographic work for one dancer and one sculptor, combining dance and sculpture. Producer, artistic director, choreographer, dancer, costume designer. Co-created with sculptor Jérôme Poirier. Théâtre La Chapelle. Montréal

1995 PASSAGE

Multidisciplinary choreographic work for one dancer, combining dance, sculpture, and experimental film. Producer, artistic director, choreographer, dancer, scenographer, costume designer. Théâtre La Chapelle (1995). Tangente (1994). Montréal

1995 PHASES

Experimental Film / 16mm / color / 15 min. Integrated into the multidisciplinary choreographic work PASSAGE. Producer, director, editor, artistic director, choreographer, dancer. Théâtre La Chapelle (1995). Tangente (1994). Montréal

1993 LE TOIT

Art video / betacam / color / 18 min. International broadcasting. Montréal, France, Belgium, Spain. Collective work. Producer, director, editor, artistic director, choreographer, dancer, costume designer. Premiered at the MUE-DANSE series produced by Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and Tangente

AWARD - (Multidisciplinary Choreographic Projects / Experimental Film / Art Video)

1993 JURY SPECIAL MENTION, Festival International Cidade de Vigo (Spain) for the art video LE TOIT

GRANTS - (Multidisciplinary choreographic works – Experimental film – Art video)

2001 Conseil des arts du Canada, Programme Inter-Arts for the work AUBE ET CRÉPUSCULE.

1999 PRIM centre d’arts médiatiques, Sound coproduction Program for the work AUBE ET CRÉPUSCULE

1998 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Bourse B - Danse et Arts multidisciplinaires for the work AUBE ET CRÉPUSCULE

1995 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Bourse B - Danse et arts multidisciplinaires et multimédias for the work MODULUS 5

1993 Office National du Film du Canada, Programme ACIC for the film PHASES (integrated into the work PASSAGE)

1992 Conseil des arts du Canada, Programme Explorations for the work PASSAGE

1992 Vidéographe, Programme de Coproduction et de Diffusion for the art video LE TOIT

1991 Conseil des arts du Canada, Programme Explorations (collective project) for the art video LE TOIT

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the RAAV, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec, since 2018

Member of ESPACE PROJET, 2014 - 2018

Member of Jury pour l’Académie Canadienne du Cinéma et de la Télévision « Gemini Awards 2006 »

Member of Union des Artistes, 1994 - 2002

Member of Regroupement Québécois de la Danse, 1993 - 2002

Founder member of nonprofit organization LES PRODUCTIONS À REBOURS, 1991 - 1997

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(Multidisciplinary Choreographic Projects / Experimental Film / Art Video) print medias / radio interview

Howe-Beck, Linde. « Sculpted movement Anne-Marie Giroux makes the most of minimal gestures ». The Gazette. Montreal. Friday November 16, 2001

Poulin, Isabelle. « Le corps-matière ». Le Devoir. Montréal. Le vendredi 16 novembre 2001

Dufort, François. « Anne-Marie Giroux à l’Agora de la danse, la critique. C'est avec une gestuelle aussi minutieuse que précise qu'Anne-Marie Giroux éveille en nous des souvenirs d'un été déjà lointain ». Dfdanse. Le magazine de la danse actuelle à Montréal. Critique Jeudi 15 novembre 2001

Szporer, Philip. « Modulus 5 ». Hour. Montreal. June 5 – 11, 1997

Szporer, Philip. « Young Turks’ 97. A baker's dozen Montrealers who make this city a happening place ».Hour. Montreal. May 15 – 21, 1997

Malashenko, Camilla. « Passage is visual gem ». The Gazette. Montreal. Friday, May 12, 1995

McQuade, Winston. Émission Radar, Entrevue radiophonique. Radio de la Société Radio-Canada. Montréal. Jeudi 11 mai 1995

Malashenko, Camilla. « Le Toit was highlight ». The Gazette. Montreal. Thursday, February 25, 1993

Szporer, Philip. « Against the grain. Les Productions à Rebours dance-video Le Toit was one of the highlights of the recent Mue-Danse Series ». Hour. Montreal. April 22-28, 1993

Choinière, Isabelle. « Quand les électrodes prennent corps ». INTER ART ACTUEL. Québec. numéro 57 été 1993