Samuelle Grande
Samuelle Grande’s paintings aspire to the conditions of poetry. Her painting practice engages with feelings, processes of thoughts and corporeality. Her paintings emerge through gesture, colour, and drawing-based procedures. Grande’s work weaves experiences and observations drawn from her daily life with images sourced from anonymous scrapbooks, cinema and Western art history. They call to mind dream sequences and memories that overlap in painterly scenarios.
Samuelle Grande lives and works in Tiohtià:ke-Mooniyang-Montréal. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Studio Arts from Concordia University (2019) and completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Guelph (2023). She has exhibited her work in group and solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Guelph; Boarding House Gallery, Guelph and Galerie Nicolas Robert in Toronto and Montreal. She is the recipient of several awards including the Canadian Federation of Women Graduate Award (2023), the Board of Graduate Studies Award (2022) and the Tony Sherman Graduate Scholarship (2021). She gratefully acknowledges the support of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
Acts of Will - Group exhibition
From January 10 to February 11, 2024
Selected Artworks
+ CV
EDUCATION
2019 - MFA, University of Guelph (ON)
2014 - BFA (Great Distinction), Specialization in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal (QC)
RESIDENCIES
2024
- Doris McCarthy Residency, Scarborough (ON)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
- Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Scholarship, University of Guelph
2022
- Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph
- University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
- Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
- University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2021
- Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
- Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
- University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
- University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2019
- Selected Nominee for BMO 1st Art! 2019 Competition, Concordia University, Montreal (QC)
2018
- Selected Nominee Hélène Couture Prize, Concordia University, Montreal (QC)
2013
- Best Short Film, July Prize, Festival en Cannes, Cégep de Saint-Laurent, Montreal (QC)
+ Solo exhibitions
2024
- (À venir) Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2023
- Out of the blue, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph (ON)
+ Selected group exhibitions
2024
- Chapitre III, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (QC)
- Acts of Will, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (ON) (curated by Alex Bowron)
2023
- Volume or Weight, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (ON)
- Open Studios, Guelph University, Guelph (ON)
2022
- Multi+-Facets, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph (ON)
- Open Studios, Guelph University, Guelph (ON)
2021
- A Seven or a Jack, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph (ON)
+ Art fairs
2024
- Plural, Montréal (QC)
+ Press and publications
2021
- Album cover Berceuses et tombeaux, Valérie Gagné & Caroline Planté
- Book cover, Chants d’obstacle, (poetry), Colin Zouvi, Ed. Poètes de Brousse
2018
- Book cover, La Ville Inquiète (poetry); Colin Zouvi, Éd. Poètes de Brousse (Finalist, Poetry prize Felix-Leclerc)