CV - Sylvain Tremblay Artiste Peintre

CURRICULUM VITAE
SYLVAIN TREMBLAY
www.sylvaintremblay.ca
SOLO SHOWS
2015
Timeless, Opera Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2011
Made in China, Galerie d'Art Fei, Cao Chang Di, Beijing, China
Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010
Opera Gallery, Singapore
Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Opera Gallery, New York, United States
2008
Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2007
Galerie d’Art Iris, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
Art gallery, Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas
2006
Opera Gallery, Singapore
Contrast Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Opera Gallery, Miami, United States
2005
Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Goddesses, Opera Gallery, New York, United States
2004
Contrast Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Timeless Textures, Opera Gallery, Singapore
Femmes Intemporelles, Opera Gallery, New York, United States
Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003
Murmures Urbains, Galerie Lydia Monaro, Montreal, Canada
Temps au Jardin, Galerie d’Art Iris, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
Regards sur le Temps, Opera Gallery, New York, United States
2002
Les Intemporels, Galerie Lydia Monaro, Montreal, Canada
Réflexion du Temps, Galerie d’été Bénédicte Gauthier, Paris, France
Harmonique du Temps, Galerie d’art Iris, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
2001
Gens du Nouveau Millénaire, Galerie Lydia Monaro, Montreal, Canada
Fragments Humains, Tremblay-Monet Gallery, Montreal, Canada
GROUP SHOWS
2016
10th Anniversary - Special group exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto,
Canada
2015
TRAIT D’UNION, Alliance Française, 1st edition, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2014
Art UAE, Armani Oasis Burj Khalifa, 1st edition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Art on the Water, Art Moments Central European Visual Art Festival, 7th edition,
Budapest, Hungary
2013
A Piece of Canada, Opera Gallery DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012
Canada Week, Opera Gallery DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Corno-Tremblay, Opera Gallery DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2010
Galerie Lydia Monaro, Montreal, Canada
Canada Pavilion, Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
2009
Timeless, Opera Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Thompson Landry Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2007
Opera Gallery, London, England
2006
Opera Gallery, New York, United States
2005
Contemporary Art with Humanistic Concerns, Second Beijing International Art
Biennale, Beijing, China
Opera Gallery, Miami, United States
2004
6th Art International Zurich contemporary art fair, NKE Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Uncensored, The New Yorker magazine, New York, United States
2002
Tremblay / Cisinski, Opera Gallery, New York, United States
RESIDENCIES
2014
Canada Art Month, Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2012
National Day, Canadian University of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
PUBLICATIONS
2014
No Gender, Sylvain Tremblay. Official book launch: Montreal, Canada
2008
Sylvain Tremblay. Official book launch: Opera Gallery, New York, United States
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
Interview for Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada, Kevin Sweet, September 22, 2016,
Toronto
The embodiment of contemporary art, Audrey Ducharme Duhaime, PRESTIGE
DESIGN, Vol 13, # 03, pp. 78-83, March 2015, Trois Rivieres
2015
Live interview on THE TICKET, Dubai Eye 103,8, Mark Lloyd, Stef Burgon and
Zahra Soar, November 30, 2015, Dubai
IT’S MY LIFE « Carpe diem – seize the day », Khaleej Times Magazine wknd, p. 12,
November 20, 2015, Dubai
SYLVAIN TREMBLAY From Montreal to Dubai, Diane Stehlé, LUXE, Vol 8, # 04,
pp. 42-45, April 2015, Montreal
2014
Un immense portrait de sable, Marie-Claude Ouellet, DébrouillArts, # 12, p. 2,
November 2014, Montreal
Sylvain Tremblay : les œuvres de l’expo No Gender, Mylène Tremblay, Châtelaine,
November 2014, Montreal
Sylvain Tremblay, VOYAGER Dubai, no. 209, p. 10, July 2014, Dubai
Bint Al Khaleej, Arabic Magazine, pp. 108-109, June 2014, Dubai
Live interview on Médium Large, Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada,
Catherine Perrin, May 21, 2014, Montreal
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Artist creates largest sand portrait of Shaikh Zayed, Kelly Clarke, Khaleej Times,
May 13, 2014, Dubai
Interview for Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada, May 12, 2014, Montreal
Interview for Sabah Al Dar, Abu Dhabi TV, May 12, 2014, Abu Dhabi
Interview for Gulf News TV, May 12, 2014, Dubai
UAE artist to create portrait of Sheikh Zayed in sand, Martin Croucher, The National,
May 12, 2014, Abu Dhabi
Radio interview, Dubai Eye 103.8, May 11, 2014, Dubai
Radio interview, Hit 96.7, May 10, 2014, Dubai
Portrait of HH Sheikh Zayed to be created from a hot air balloon, Sarah Garden,
Emirates Woman News, May 8, 2014, Dubai
Largest Painting Of Sheikh Zayed To Be Created In The Dubai Desert, UAE Today,
May 8, 2014, Dubai
Artist to create Shaikh Zayed portrait using sand, Janice Ponce de Leon, Gulf News,
May 7, 2014, Dubai
Interview at CITY 7 Dubai, Chinese News, March 26, 2014, Dubai
Fatima Alley, Al Ittihad Newspaper, March 3, 2014, Abu Dhabi
Sylvain Tremblay, Canadian artist, 2A Magazine, no. 26, pp. 128-131, Winter 2014,
Dubai
Live interview on MBC One Channel, February 23, 2014, Dubai
2013
Art gallery brings a piece of Canada to Dubai, Jumana Khamis, Gulf News,
September 11, 2013, Dubai
Interview for CITY 7 Dubai, Abdul Karim Jtanif, September 11, 2013, Dubai
Sylvain Tremblay, DÉCOVER, no. 21, pp. 86-89, August 2013, Montreal
National Day Artwork Unveiled, Chancellor’s, pp. 7-8, Spring 2013, Dubai
2012
RENCONTRE AVEC...Sylvain Tremblay ARTISTE PEINTRE QUÉBÉCOIS,
Nathalie Boudreau, Madame Magazine, no. 10, pp. 9-13, September 2012, Dubai
Segment on Canada Week in Dubai, Nathalie Boudreau, C'est bien meilleur le matin,
Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada, March 5, 2012, Dubai
2011
Crafting Success, Joyce Tan, EXQUISITE, pp. 42-44, Jan/Feb 2011, Singapore
2010
Segment: Sylvain Tremblay et son oeuvre, Frédéric Charpentier, Le Show du Matin, V
Télé, November 16, 2010, Montreal
Le lustre du peintre, Nathalie Richard, Via Destinations, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 17,
August - September 2010, Montreal
2009
Interview for MTV Music, Hôtel W Seoul, February 14, 2009, Seoul
Canadian artist makes timeless paintings, Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Korea Times,
February 2009, Seoul
Interview for CNB News, February 2009, Seoul
Interview for CBS, Nocut News TV, February 2009, Seoul
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Timeless, Vogue Korea, pp. 320-322, March 2009, Seoul
Timeless, Misoolsidae, no. 110, pp. 84-85, March 2009, Seoul
Nouvelle génération, Robert Bernier, Parcours, vol. 14, no. 66, pp. 28-29, SpringSummer 2009, Montreal
2008
Interview for Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada, Amélie Beaumont, November 21, 2008,
Ottawa
Radio interview, Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada, Line Boily, November 21, 2008,
Ottawa
Sylvain Tremblay à la Galerie Thompson Landry : À chacun sa bulle, Chatar Khadija,
L’Express, November 25 to December 1, 2008, Toronto
2007
Interview for Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada, Geneviève Asselin and Christine
Campestre, June 29, 2007, Montreal
2004
Sylvain Tremblay : La Rencontre Magique, Fabienne Boulinau, Le Figaro, Édition
France-Amérique, no. 1655, p. 28, February 28 – March 5, 2004, Paris
Les cycles de la matière, Robert Bernier, Parcours, no. 9, pp.18-26, Winter 2004,
Montreal
2003
Visionary veneer, Dorota Kozinska, Parcours, no. 9, pp. 27-31, Winter 2003, Montreal
Interview for Passe p’art, TV5, December 5, 2003, Montreal
Interview for 5 sur 5, Radio-Canada, December 4, 2003, Montreal
Radio interview, Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada, October 18, 2003, Ottawa
2002
Interview for the show Tablo on the theme Fetis”, original broadcast on the Art TV
channel, November 23, 2002, Montreal
La Peinture au Quebec depuis les années 1960 : Les frontières indéfinissables,
Robert Bernier, Éditions de l’Homme, Montreal
La vie d’artiste !, Robert Bernier, Parcours, no. 8, pp. 7-8, Fall 2002, Montreal
Flight of Icarus, Dorota Kozinska, Parcours, no. 8, pp. 9-10, Fall 2002, Montreal
Réflexion du Temps, Gisèle Loubert, Magazin’Art, no. 57, pp. 84-87, Fall 2002,
Montreal
2001
Double Réflexion, Robert Bernier, Parcours, no. 7, pp. 54-56, Fall 2001, Montreal
Being Walking, Dorota Kozinska, Parcours, no. 7, pp. 57-59, Fall 2001, Montreal
EDUCATION
1984-87
Graphic design diploma, Collège Sainte-Foy, Quebec
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-16
Lecturer in the history of modern art, Canadian University of Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
2002
Illustration for the promotional poster for the opera Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
2001
Illustrator, Wrebbit puzzle company
1996
Publicity illustration for the film Karmina by Gabriel Pelletier
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1993-99
Illustration for the cover page of the collection Frissons and the trilogy Petits Secrets
de l’Univers, Éditions Héritage
1993-97
Instructor in illustration, Collège Salette, Quebec
JURIES AND OTHER
2014
Juror, Graphic arts competition for francophonie 2014, Institut français, United Arab
Emirates
2001
Juror, Concours Lux Quebec
Expert appraiser for the National Library of Canada (illustrations and posters)
MEMBERSHIP
2002-15
Member of the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Quebec (RAAV)
CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
2012-13
Canadian University of Dubai
Dubai, UAE
Acquisition of three works
2013
Sodavex
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
Le St-Jude Espace Tonus
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
Formula 1 (Bernie Eccleston)
Acquisition of one work
2012
Claret Investment Management
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
2010
Stikeman Elliot
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
2009
Borden Ladner Gervais
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of two works
Tower Watson & Co
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
2004
Hôtel Le St-James
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of two works
Hôtel Le Saint-Sulpice
Montreal, Quebec
Acquisition of one work
2001
Newman-Haas Racing LLC
Lincolnshire, United States
Acquisition of two works for their private collection
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GALLERIES
North America
Montreal, Canada: Galerie Lydia Monaro
Toronto, Canada: Thompson Landry Gallery
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada: Galerie d’art Iris
Europe
Paris, France: Opera Gallery
London, England: Opera Gallery
Monaco: Opera Gallery
Geneva, Switzerland: Opera Gallery
Asia
Singapore: Opera Gallery – ION
Hong Kong, China: Opera Gallery
Seoul, South Korea: Opera Gallery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Galerie Pro-Art
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Opera Gallery - DIFC
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