selected reviews

 

2007
Made in Québec, View Photography Magazine, Stephan De Broyer, edition no.8, Brussels, Belgium, 2007
Montreal Hour, Inhaling Deep, Isa Tousignant, Feb 8th 2007, vol no. 15:06, pg 21
The McGill Daily, The cerebral space of beauty, Montreal's Marisa Portolese's latest exhibit portrays the female psyche in strikingly simple photography, David Levitz, vol 96, no. 29, Jan 18th, 2007
Voir Montreal, Portolese, Nicolas Mavrikakis, Feb 1st, 2007, vol no 21-05, pg 42
2005
Bois, Michel, Changer de Peau, Vie Des Arts Magazine, pg 70-71, Fall 2005
Campbell, James, Marisa Portolese, Border Crossings Magazine, pg 99-101, Vol.24, no. 3, Issue no. 95, 2005
Bois, Michel, Être ou ne pas être...., Le Soleil, Visual Arts section, July 23,. 2005
Côté, Nathalie, Individuation/ Et moi et moi et moi, Voir Québec, July 7th, 2005
Côté, Éléonore, Play/Pose, Voir Saguenay, June 30th, 2005
Fast Forward, Canadian Art, Summer issue 2005, Vol. 22, no. 2
Crevier, Lyne, Visages Longs, 2 juin, 2005, ICI Montréal, pg 38
Lehmann, Henri. Scowl Please, May 21 st 2005, The Montreal Gazette, W2
2004
Hackett, Regina, 2004 COCA Annual. Seattle Post Intelligencer, Arts and Entertainment, Oct 2004
Kangas, Matthew, Still Annual, but alas barely Northwest, Seattle Times, Visual Arts, Oct 2004
Engelson, Matthew, Visual Arts Pick, Northwest Annual, Seattle Weekly, Nov 2004
2003
Crevier, Lynne, Sextuor, Ici Montréal, October 2003
Crevier, Lynne, Belle de Jour, Ici Montréal, August 2003, pg 30
Saget, Flore, Un Chevreuil à la fenêtre de ma Chambre, Voir Montréal, Sept, 2003, pg 40
Mavrikakis, Nicolas, Survol de la Photo Actuelle, Voir, Sept 17/03, pg 51
Geneviève Thibault, Tout Feu Tout Flamme, La Gazette Des Femmes, Sept/Oct 2003 Vol.25/no.3


2003
Danielle Laurin, Féminin Pluriel, Elle Québec, Sept 2003, pg 50
Kathie Nicholson, Ménage à Trois, Bulletin Eastern Edge, St-John's, Newfoundland, pg 2-3
Milada Kovacova, Artist Run Centers, Mix Magazine, Volume 28.4, Spring 2003, pg 16
2002

Redfern, Christine, Photo Fiction, Montreal Mirror, December 12, 2002, pg 20
Schaëffner, Yves, Review of CV Photo Portfolio, September 12, 2002, pg 2
Lehmann, Henry, Following the greats to great effect, The Montreal Gazette February 2, 2002, J4
Delgado, Jérôme, Se Laisser Regarder, La Presse, January 26, 2002
Tousignant, Isa, Women in the Lens, Hour, January 17, 2002, pg 27
2001
Dufour, Robert, Amuletta-Voir Internet Edition, June/July 2001
Slutsky, Mark, Story of the Eye, Montreal Mirror, July 19 th , 2001, pg 34
2000
Lehmann, Henri, Art and Commerce Meet on the Main, The Montreal Gazette, September 9, 2000, pg J2
Palumbo, Michel, Les Signes D'une Absence, Vie Des Arts, no 178, spring, pg 58
1999
Nicita, Paola, Le Origini della Memoria-Oggi Sicilia-Palermo, Sicily, Italy, August 12, 1999, pg 12
1995
Lachance, Marie-Marisa Portolese/Nicole Doucet,Voir Québec, Québec   May 25, 1995, pg 25, vol 4. No.11
1993
Lehmann Henry, Art, Montreal Mirror, March 17, 1994, pg 23, vol.9, No.42
1992 
Cron, Marie-Michèle, Quand la Photo Courtise la Peinture, Le Devoir, Montréal, Sep 26, pg C13
Aquin, Stéphane, Kid Kodak,Voir, Montréal, September 17, 1992, pg 20
Moreau, Yvan-Court Circuit-ETC Montréal, No.20, November 1992, pg 51
 

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