Marisa Portolese (CV, short version) Born 1969, Canadian
Employment History
2000-present Assistant Professor, Studio Arts Department,
Photography Programme, Concordia University, Montréal, Qc.
Academic Background
Masters of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Qc
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Qc
Solo Exhibitions
Breathless, Galerie Trois Points, Montréal, Qc, 2007
The Recognitions, Galerie Trois Points, Montréal, Qc, 2005
The Recognitions, Galérie Séquence, Chicoutimi, Qc, 2005
Forms of Address/Undress, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, On, 2004. Catalogue
Belle de Jour, University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco, Ca, USA, 2003
Belle de Jour, Eastern Edge Gallery, St-John's, Newfoundland, 2003
Belle de Jour, Observatoire 4, Montréal, Qc, 2002
Amuletta, Maison de la Culture Côte des Neiges, Montréal, Qc, 2001
Amuletta, Galerie Exart Montréal, Qc, 2001
Baptême, VU Gallery, Québec, Québec-Catalogue, 1995
Public Art/ Installation Work
Bloom-Another Day in Paradise, Cultural Community Centre, CCSE Hochelaga Maisonneuve, Ville de Montréal Public Art Competition, Montreal, Québec
Group Exhibitions
Des Bêtes et des Hommes , Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Québec, 2007
Replaying Narrativity/Explorations Narratives, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde,
public intervention/installation, Mois de la Photo à Montréal 10th edition,
curator: Marie Fraser, Montreal, Québec, 2007
Alone, curator: Penny Cousineau Levine, Gallery 44, Toronto, On, 2006
Being in Body, curator, Leslie Bellavance, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery,
Kimball Visual Art Center, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA, 2006
Group exhibitions
Faking Death, curator: P. Cousineau-Levine, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY, USA 2006
Sous l'oeil de la photographe-portraits des femmes 1898-2003
Curator: Lucie Bureau, travelling exhibition
Gallery Robert McLaughlin, Oshawa, On, upcoming 2007
Galerie d'art Union-Vie de Drummondville, Dummondville, Qc, 2006
Centre d'expression St-Hyacinthe, St-Hyacinthe, Qc, 2005
Centre d'exposition de Val d'or, Abitibi, Qc, 2004
Individuation, Esthésio art contemporain, Québec, Qc, 2005
6th Biennial, curator: Maura Reilly, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2005
Northwest Annual, Curator: Ken Lum, CCA, Seattle, WA, 2004
SIX, Curator: Penny Cousineau Levine, Observatoire 4, Montreal, Qc, 2003 Persona Grata, Curators: Maurice Forget and Joyce Millar Stewart Hall Gallery, Point-Claire,Québec, 2003, Arts Sutton, Sutton, Qc, 2003
Les Fleurs du Mal, Vu Gallery/ Jardin St-Roch, Québec, Qc, 2003
Young Fiction, Curator: Evergon , Gallery Trois Points, Montreal, Qc, 2003
Bravo, 1095 De Maisonneuve, Montreal, Qc, 2001
Galeries Éphémères, Observatoire 4, Montréal, Qc, 2000
Au delà du Rêve Américain, Gallery 318, Belgo Building, Mtl, Qc, 1999
At the Origin of Memory: A Selection of Works by Montreal Artists of Italian Descent Curator: Anna Carlevaris
Cantieri Culturali Alla Zisa/Ducrot Gallery, Palermo Sicily, Italy, 1999
Palazzo Barracano, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy, 1999
Et les Villes S'éclaboussaient de Bleu, Strathearn Intercultural Center,
Catalogue Montréal, Qc, 1994
21 Lieux Photographiques, Centre International D'art Contemporain, Mtl, Qc, 1993
En Dehors de Soi , Dazibao Gallery, Catalogue, Montréal, Qc, 1993
Curatorial Work
Pixelware, Une Sublime Forgerie/A Sublime Forgery
Curators: Sarah Angelucci, France Choinière and Marisa Portolese
Dazibao Gallery, Montréal, Qc; Gallery 44, Toronto, On, 2005
XX5, VAV Gallery, FINE ARTS DONORS EVENT, Concordia University, Mtl, Qc, 2001