Valérie Blass

Valérie Blass
Born (1967-12-10) December 10, 1967
Montreal, Quebec
Nationality Canadian
Education Université du Québec à Montréal
Known for sculpture
Awards Gershon Iskowitz Prize, 2017

Valérie Blass (born 1967) is a Canadian artist working primarily in sculpture. She lives and works in her hometown of Montreal, Quebec, and is represented by Catriona Jeffries,[1] in Vancouver. She received both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts, specializing in visual and media arts, from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She employs a variety of sculptural techniques, including casting, carving, moulding, and bricolage to create strange and playful arrangements of both found and constructed objects.[2]

In a 2011 article in the Canadian magazine The Walrus, her practice of sculptural assemblage was compared to artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Louise Bourgeois.[3] Her work has been collected by the National Gallery of Canada, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Royal Bank of Canada, and several other private collections.

Notable exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

In 2012, Blass' work was presented in a major solo exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal alongside accompanying solo exhibitions featuring works by Ghada Amer and Wangechi Mutu.[4] Other notable solo exhibitions of her work include displays at Parisian Laundry in Montreal in 2008 and 2011 and at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto in 2009.[2]

Group exhibitions

Blass' work has been presented in several notable group exhibitions, including the inaugural Québec Triennial at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2008,[5] Nothing to Declare: Current Sculpture from Canada at The Power Plant in Toronto in 2009,[6] Oh, Canada, a major survey of contemporary Canadian Art at MASS MoCA in 2012.[7] and It is What it Is, an exhibition featuring recent acquisitions of contemporary Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada in 2010/2011.[8]

In 2015, Blass presented new sculptural work featuring sculptural busts, distorted mirrors, and casts of human limbs in an exhibition titled My Life at Artspeak,[9] Vancouver before travelling to the commercial gallery Daniel Faria,[10] Toronto.

Awards

Blass was awarded the 2017 Gershon Iskowitz Prize by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation.[11]

Further reading

  • Johnstone, Lesley; Amelia Jones; Wayne Baerwaldt; Valérie Blass (2012). Valérie Blass. Montreal: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. ISBN 9782551251414.

References

  1. ↑ "Catriona Jeffries". catrionajeffries.com. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  2. 1 2 "Valérie Blass Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal". www.macm.org. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Lee. "Valérie Blass". The Walrus. The Walrus. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ghada Amer, Valérie Blass and Wangechi Mutu Exhibitions at the MAC Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal". www.macm.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Québec Triennial 2008 Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal". www.macm.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Power Plant - Nothing to Declare: Current Sculpture from Canada - 2009 - Exhibitions – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "MASS MoCA Museum of Contemporary Art presents: Oh, Canada in our Galleries on through April 8, 2013". www.massmoca.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "My Life | Artspeak". artspeak.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  9. ↑ "Valérie Blass". Daniel Faria Gallery. Daniel Faria Gallery. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Valérie Blass is a Gershon Iskowitz Prizewinner! - AGO Art Matters". AGO Art Matters. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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