curriculum vitae - Gilles Payette, Sculpteur verrier

CURRICULUM VITAE
Gilles Payette
493, Rang des Dussault
Saint-Sébastien, Quebec
J0J 2C0
Telephone : 1-450-244-6314
Email :
Website :
[email protected]
http://www.gillespayette.com
Education
1995
1993
1993
1992
1991-92
1982-85
1983
1978
1970-75
Glass pouring for architectural concept under the direction
of Hank Murta Adams at the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle.
Funded by the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department;
three-week intensive program.
Glass pouring under the direction of Gene Koss at the Pilchuck Glass School,
Seattle. Partially funded by the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department; three weeks.
Cast Assistant for Bertil Vallien at the New York Experimental Glass Workshop,
New York; 45 hours.
Apprenticeship in "pâte de verre" under the direction of David Reekie at Espace
Verre, Montreal; intensive 60-hour course.
Apprenticeship in glass, foundry, "pâte de verre" and kiln casting at the Centre
des Métiers du Verre in Montreal. Partially funded by Quebec Cultural Affairs
Department.
Courses in art foundry, bronze, aluminum. École des Métiers de l'Est in
Montreal; one night per week for three years.
Course in construction site safety with C.S.S.T. (Quebec's workmen's
safety board).
Travelling in Greece, Egypt and France for nine months.
Technical and art history courses at the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli sculpture School;
full-time training.
Grant
2004
2001
1995
1993
1991
Travelling grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
Travelling grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
Prestigious grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
Prestigious grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
Prestigious long-term of the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
Mention
2007
2004
1996
1995
1994
First Exhibitor Prize, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.
Nominate for a NICHE AWARDS, USA.
First price for all sculpture categories, International art competition,
Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montreal.
Nominate for a grant from the Corning Glass works Foundation.
Nominate for a grant from the Corning Glass works Foundation.
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Public Collections
2004
2004
2002
1982
1978
Sculptural pieces under the policy of integrating art into the
Architecture of public building (the 1% program) in the CEGEP (College),
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Sculptural pieces under the policy of integrating art into the Architecture of
public building (the 1% program) in Beloeil, Cultural centre.
Sculptural pieces in the movies series The Bunker.
Two murals in wood, 17 feet x 10 feet, in the Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville
home for senior citizens, under the policy integrating art into the
architecture of public building (the 1% program).
Jury's selection.
Modular concrete fountain at the sculpture symposium in
Iles-des-Moulins, Terrebonne County.
Jury's selection.
Private Collections
2005
2002
2002
2001
2001
2000
1998
1984
1980
1978
1977
Group Christie.
Merck Frost.
Royal Bank.
Médis company.
Pfizer.
Pfizer.
Joncas Postexperts inc., Montreal.
Free-standing sculpture at Mont-Orford.
A 6 feet x 6 feet mural in the lobby of the Quebec Hospital Association.
Murals for the company Technam.
Free-standing sculpture and trophies for the Federation of Desjardins Credit unions.
Solo Shows
2007
2005
2004
2001
1998
1995
1992
1989
1984
1978
Silver Fox Gallery, Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Gallery ARTO, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Washington MD.
The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Washington MD.
Gallery Horace.
Gallery Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec: "Métamorphoses".
Gallery Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec: "La Grande Débâcle".
Canadian Pacific Forest Products Limited, Montreal.
Gallery Noctuelle, Montreal.
Gallery des Moulins, Terrebonne, Quebec.
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Group Shows
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
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2002-03
2002
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2002
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2001
2001
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2001
1999
1999
1998
1998
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1995
1995
1995
Carrousel des Métiers d’art et de création, Louvre, Paris, France… Jury
SOFA Chicago, Gallery CRÉA, Montreal.
National Liberty Museum, 9th Annual Glass Show, Philadelphia.
31st Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show... Jury
“Celebrate Craft” by the Craft Council of Newfoundland... Jury
SOFA Chicago with Mowen Solinsky Gallery, Nevada City, CA.
Estampe Plus Gallery, Quebec City, Quebec.
SOFA Chicago with Mowen Solinsky Gallery, Nevada City, CA.
Ironwood Gallery, Ridgefield, CT Glass Collector event.
10th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC.
Ironwood Gallery, Ridgefield, CT.
A Show of Hands, Toronto, Ontario.
9th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC.
Rencontre des Arts, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Gallery CMAQ, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal.
8th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC.
Gallery Ariana, Royal Oak, Michigan.
Gallery Ironwood, Ridgefield, CT.
Gallery Madeleine C, Longueuil.
Gallery CMAQ, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal.
Best of Canadian glass 2003, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto
7th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC.
"Douze pas avant le vide", Musée du Haut Richelieu, Centre multifonctionnel de
Boucherville, Centre d'arts visuels de Saint-Hubert.
Gallery Estampe Plus, Quebec.
Sable V Wimberley, Texas.
SOFA Chicago, Barbara Sylverberg.
Matière à Vision V, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Gallery Matéria, Quebec.
"Art without Frontiers", Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Stewart Hall art gallery, Montreal.
Marché Bonsecours, Gallery CMAQ, Montreal.
Gallery Elena Lee, Celebration 25 years of glass, Montreal.
Gallery Kittrell/Riffkind art Glass, Dallas, Texas.
Glass Art Society's 31st annual conference. Corning.
Centre des Métiers du Verre (Glass crafts Center, Montréal).
Long Beach Island Foundation of arts and science, New Jersey.
Glass Art Society's 29th annual conference, Florida.
Symposiums of sculpture in Quebec: 1964-1997.
Creative center of Gesù, new space, space in movement... Jury
Cultural center Brancusi, Montreal.
Gallery Elena Lee, Montreal.
Exhibition Mont-Orford Art Center.
Where's the content/context? Canadian clay and Glass Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario... Jury
Canadian Glass biennial event of Montreal.
Gallery Elena Lee, Montreal.
Exhibition Mont-Orford Arts Center: "A l'ombre de Orford".
Quebec Glass Exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Waterloo, Ontario.
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Major Events
1980
1978
1974
Quebec sculpture symposium at the summer festival in
Quebec City (on invitation).
Sculpture symposium in Terrebonne.
Sculpture symposium in Kamouraska.
Career
2005
2004
2002
1998
1995
1994
1993-94
1985
1983-85
1979-81
Assistant for a sand casting demo of Hank Murta Adams
At Wheaton Village for the "Glass Weekend».
Casting demonstration at the Tulane University, Louisiana.
Glass Art Society's 34th Annual Conference.
Casting demonstration at the Studio in Wimberley, Texas.
Class Assistant, Hank Murta Adams, Chicago Art Institute.
Great price Téléboutique Bell Design,
Selected table for exhibition.
Presentation of model for a project under the 1% program.
Shawinigan, Quebec.
Technician at the Centre des Métiers du Verre du Quebec
(Quebec Glass Crafts Centre), Espace Verre in Montreal.
Technical assistant for the installation of a large-scale work
by Luc Forget under the 1% program.
Member of board of the Quebec Sculpture Council.
Teacher.
Catalogues and Press Clips
2007
2006
2005
2005
2004
2004
2003
2002
2002
2002
2001
1999
1998
1996
1995
1995
1995
1995
American Style.
Niche magazine.
Le Soleil, Quebec, Article.
Le Canada Français, September, Article.
Rencontre des Arts, November 2004.
Le Soleil, Quebec, Article.
Le Soleil, Quebec, Article.
Culture Montérégie, Volume 16, No. 2, Autumn 2002.
Le Soleil, Quebec, Article.
The Gazette, Montreal, Article.
Exhibition catalogue Glass Art Society's.
Exhibition catalogue Glass Art Society's.
Symposium exhibition catalogue: 1964-1997.
Exhibition catalogue Mont-Orford.
Répertoire des sculpteurs C.S.Q..
L’œil Nu, Volume 1, No. 22, March.
La Parole, Drummondville, cahier Expo Habitat, March 15.
La tribune, Sherbrooke, Article, February 18.
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