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GALERIE DIVISION
LAURENT CRASTE
Born in Orléans (France), 1968
Lives and works in Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
EDUCATION
2007
M.F.A., UQAM, First Class Honours, Montreal, QC
1997
Professional degree in ceramics, Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
1993
M.S., Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC
1991
B.V.S.C, École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Laurent Craste : Jeux de massacre, Art Souterrain, Espace Ubisoft, Montreal, QC
Shards of Vanity, exhibition under the management of the curator Virginia Eichhorn,
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, West Owen Sound, ON
2013
Laurent Craste, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
Trans/pose/forme/figure, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Lab Design, Montreal, QC
2012
Iconocraste, Cirque du Soleil head office, Montreal, QC
2010
Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), SAS gallery, Toronto, ON
Pulse Art Fair, SAS gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009
The Esthetics of Ransacking, SAS gallery, Montreal, QC
2008
The Communicating Vessels, CIRCA exhibition center, Montreal, QC
2007
The Gods of the Stadium, video intervention, Écomusée du Fier Monde, Montreal, QC
Christs’ Plate, video intervention, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montreal,
QC
I would have loved to be a Moorish woman, video intervention, Musée du Château
Dufresne, Montreal, QC
2004
Amphora, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
1999
The new consultations of the Pythie: genetic oracles, Gallery of the Centre de
Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Sensory Stories, Centre Phi, Montreal, QC
Sensory Stories: An Exhibition of New Narrative Experiences, Museum of the Moving
Image, New York, NY, USA
Mutations, les métiers d’art du Québec depuis 1930, Musée de l’Amérique
francophone, du complexe muséal des Musées de la civilisation, Quebec, QC
Montreal Creative, ARTV studio, Place des Arts, Montreal, QC
2014
Paris Chromatic Festival : Parade interactive work created in collaboration with studio
créatif DPT, Les Docks, Cité de la Mode et du Design du quai d’Austerlitz, Paris, France
Porcelain: Breaking Tradition, Division Gallery, Toronto, ON
Montreal Chromatic Festival: Parade interactive work created in collaboration with
studio créatif DPT, Chalet de la Montagne, Montreal, QC
Happening, Les Docks, Cité de la Mode et du Design du quai d’Austerlitz, during the
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GALERIE DIVISION
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
Regard sur l’art contemporain: selection of works from the Cirque du Soleil collection,
Villeray Saint Michel Parc Extension Art Center, Montreal, QC
Olga Antonova, Laurent Craste, Cheryl Pope: decoration/destruction – Main Gallery –
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Porcelain: Breaking Tradition, exhibition under the management of the curator Anaïs
Castro, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, QC
Pulse Art Miami with the Division Gallery
Earth & Alchemy, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
Boston, MA, USA
Art Toronto, SAS gallery, Toronto, ON
Scope Art Show, SAS gallery, New York, NY, USA
La céramique dans tous ses états, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, SaintBruno-de-Montarville, QC
Aqua Art Miami, SAS gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Stilleven, Pertwee Anderson & Gold Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Terra Nova: Canadian ‘Ground-Breakers’ in Ceramic Art, Canadian Clay and Glass
Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Aqua Art Miami, SAS gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), SAS gallery, Montreal, QC
La représentation, exhibition under the management of the curator Luc Delavigne,
Haut-Richelieu Museum, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
10 Artists/10 Years: Surveying work by Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics
Recipients, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Montreal Art Contemporary, Expo 2010 of Shangaï, China – selection by Marie Fraser,
director of the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum, and Stéphane Aquin, curator of
contemporary art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Hantise, exhibition under the management of the curator Ève de Garie-Lamanque, Art
Mûr Gallery, Montreal, QC
Presentation of two video installations during the Nuit Blanche Festival, The Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Your breath that passes through, site-specific video intervention as part of the Nuit
Blanche Festival, Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC
Unity and diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea
SOFA, CREA Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Espaces (habitables et inhabitables) RAKU, Centre de Céramique Bonsecours,
Montreal, QC
Muse textile, exhibition under the management of the curator Denis Longchamps,
Centre des textiles contemporains de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Le classicisme revisité, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Refuge, public intervention by the Collectif Art-Terre, Montreal, QC
Rencontres céramiques – Ceramics Encounters – Winnipeg-Montréal, exhibition under
the management of the curator Denis Longchamps, Musée des maîtres et artisans du
Québec, Montreal, QC
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GALERIE DIVISION
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, USA
SOFA, CREA Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Les journées de la Céramique, Saint-Sulpice square, Paris, France
L’Idée du Blanc, exhibition by the Art-Terre collective, Gallery of Centre de Céramique
Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
SOFA, CREA Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Virtuose, exhibition under the management of the curator Louise Lemieux-Bérubé,
Salon des Métiers d’Art, Montreal, QC
Le language du bol, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
SOFA, CREA Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Raku – Espace – Feu, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Coexistence, Quebec Craft Council Gallery, Montreal, QC
Canadian Forum on Cultural Enterprise, Conference Centre of the Cité des Sciences et
de l’Industrie of La Villette, Paris, France
SOFA, CREA Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
12e Biennale de Céramique Contemporaine de Châteauroux, Châteauroux, France
Genius Loci, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Pulsion, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
The Colour of Power, Quebec Craft Council Gallery, Montreal, QC
National Biennial of Ceramics: Autoportrait, Galerie du Parc, Trois-Rivières, QC;
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Caractères, November 2002-January 2004, presented in seven arts centres in
Montreal, QC
20 years of presence and passion, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours,
Montreal, QC
Collection, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Prix François Houdé en France, Arts Center of Brouage, Jonzac and La Rochelle, France
At Present, Queen’s Gallery and Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
À Présent, Musée du Haut-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC.
Entre deux Rives, Arts Center of Brouage, Jonzac and La Rochelle, France
8 ceramists, 8 teachers, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Plural Readings, Shwayder Gallery, as part of the National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Denver, CO,USA
Lectures Plurielles, Haut-Richelieu Museum, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
One of a Kind Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Salon des Métiers d’Art, Montreal, QC
1001 pots, Val-David, QC
Salon des Métiers d’Art, Montreal, QC
1001 pots, 10th anniversary, Val-David, QC
Références, sculptures exhibition, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours,
Montreal, QC
Teapots exhibition, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Salon des Métiers d’Art, Montreal, QC
1001 pots, Val-David, QC
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GALERIE DIVISION
1996
1994
1993
Graduation exhibition, Gallery of the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours, Montreal, QC
Fra Angelico Gallery, Montreal, QC
Christine-Marie Gallery, Montreal, QC
Dare-Dare Gallery, Montreal, QC
Christine-Marie Gallery, Montreal, QC
CURATING
2012
Possession, with Jannick Deslaurier, Yannick Pouliot and Anne Ramsden, SAS gallery,
Montreal, QC
GRANTS AND DISTINCTIONS
2015
Research and creation grant, Quebec Arts Council
Guest lecturer at the symposium Les storytellers de demain, Centre Phi, Montreal, QC
Guest lecturer for the class « Histoire d’un medium », Art History Department of the
Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Guest lecturer for the class « Formes et structures temporelles », Visual Arts
Department of UQAM, Montreal, QC
2014
Grant to artists, Canada Council for the Arts
2012
Guest lecturer, Ma création, ma carrière symposium, CMAQ, Grande Bibliothèque du
Québec, Quebec, QC
2010
Runner up for the Pulse Prize and the Pulse People’s Choice Award, New York, NY, USA
Research and creation grant, Quebec Arts Council
2008
Research and creation grant, Quebec Arts Council
2007
Recipient of the Bourse d’Excellence de l’UQAM pour les cycles supérieurs (FARE),
UQAM, Montreal, QC
Awarded grant by the Centre Interuniversitaire en Arts Médiatiques (CIAM)
Guest lecturer, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2006
Guest lecturer, Les journées de la Céramique, Paris, France
2005
Finalist, Carouge International Ceramics Contest, Switzerland
Guest lecturer, SOFA, Chicago, IL, USA
2003
Finalist, François-Houdé Prize, Montreal, QC
2002
Winner of the Winifred Shantz Award ($10,000), Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Finalist, François-Houdé Prize, Montreal, QC
2001
Finalist, François-Houdé Prize, Montreal, QC
2000
Finalist, François-Houdé Prize, Montreal, QC
Guest lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
1999
Research and creation grant, Quebec Arts Council
Finalist, François-Houdé Prize, Montreal, QC
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2015
Cheasley Paterson, Elaine and Susan Surette. Sloppy Craft – Postdisciplinarity and the
Crafts, Bloomsbury editions, 2015.
2014
Amell, Carolina. Art of Ceramics, MONSA editions, 2014.
2012
The celebrity art collection, 1990-2012: Reflection, International Corporate Art, Miami,
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2009
2007
2005
2003
2002
2012.
Nam, Sang Woo. Unity and & Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009 –
Guest Pavilion Canada, Cheongju, 2009.
Longchamps, Denis. Rencontres céramiques –Ceramics Encounters – Winnipeg –
Montréal, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Cahiers métiers d’arts, Quebec,
2007.
Le vase soliflore, Concours International de Céramique de la Ville de Carouge, Carouge,
2005.
12ème Biennale de Céramique Contemporaine de Châteauroux, DRAC Centre,
Châteauroux, France, 2003.
10ème Biennale Nationale de Céramique du Canada: Autoportrait, Éditions d’art Le
Sabord, Trois-Rivières, 2002.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS
2015
Falvey, Emily. « Laurent Craste: Porcelain Power », Canadian Art, vol. 32, no 2, p. 86-87,
summer 2015.
Mufson, Beckett. « Vases Channel Buster Keaton in a Modern Take on Shadow
Puppetry », The Creators Project, April 23, 2015.
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/vases-channel-buster-keaton-in-amoderntake-on-shadow-puppetry
2014
Côté, Émilie. « Montréal à la nuit blanche de Paris », La Presse, October 5, 2014.
Charbonneau, Diane. « Contemporary ceramics: three perspectives », M Magazine,
January 2014, p. 18-19.
Tousignant, Isa. « ’’Porcelain: Breaking Tradition’ Showed Medium’s Strenght »,
Canadian Art, May 30, 2014.
Chauvet, Sophie. « The necessary interconnectivity between art and business »,
Graphite publication, June 21, 2014. http://graphitepublications.com/the-necessaryinterconnectivity-between-art-and-business/
« Porcelain: Breaking Tradition reviewed », Akimbo, January 28, 2014.
Seleanu, André. « Laurent Craste – Dans tous ses éclats », Vie des arts, no 233, Winter
2013/14, p. 32-33.
2013
Pohl, John. « Visual Arts: The power of porcelain », The Gazette, December 6, 2013.
Clément, Éric. « De la porcelaine à l’œuvre: le récit actuel de la céramique’’, La Presse,
November 21, 2013.
Delgado, Jérôme. « Casser une noble image. La porcelaine comme matériau dans la
création actuelle », Le Devoir, cahier Culture, November 16, 2013.
Clément, Éric. « L’art contemporain de Stephen Bronfman », La Presse, Arts section,
December 26, 2013.
Redgrave, Veronica. « Retour sur l’Art Basel Miami Beach et la présence québécoise »,
Huffington Post Québec, December 11, 2013.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. « Vues à Miami, reconnues sur la planète? », Le Devoir, December
12, 2013.
2012
« Artist profile: Laurent Craste subverts precious image of precious porcelain », Arts
observer, December 29, 2012.
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2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
Cutler, Meredith. « Earth and Alchemy: contemporary ceramic sculpture », Art Scope,
New England’s cultural magazine, November-December 2012, p. 8-9.
Clément, Éric. « Possession: les fantômes d’objets », La Presse, March 26, 2012.
Lonchamps, Denis. « Laurent CRASTE: intensité et ambiguïté », Espace Sculpture, no 99,
Winter 2012, p. 40-41.
Allard, Dominique. « Savoir-faire : interventions actuelles sur l’objet de porcelaine —
Current Interventions on the Porcelain Object », Esse, no 74, Winter 2012, p. 26-33.
« Sloppy or Skilled? Post-disciplinarity and traditions », Lecture by Denis Longchamps
given at the University Art Association of Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON,
October 27-29, 2011.
Kowolik, Leopold CJ. « Portfolio: eight creative Canadians who work by Crossing the
Line », Studio Magazine, Fall-Winter 2011/2012, p. 47.
de Garie-Lamanque, Ève. « Yannick Pouliot, Guillaume Lachapelle, Laurent Craste:
Home, Sweet Home – Object, Animism and Domesticity », Espace Sculpture, no 96,
Summer 2011, p. 15-18.
Neuville, Julien. « Laurent Craste, when trying to blow out a vase becomes beautiful »,
Hand(some)made magazine, May 2011.
http://www.handsomemade.com/2011/05/laurent-craste-when-trying-to-blowingout-a-vase-becomes-beautiful/
Masson, Géraldyne. «Laurent Craste: destruction/création », Clark magazine, no 47,
2011, p. 17.
Saunders, Stephanie. « Ten artists first-time buyers should invest in now », Toronto
Life, November 24, 2010.
Matthew, Kirsten. « Laurent Craste: Shards of Vanity », Interview in Dirty Magazine.
http://dirty-mag.com/01/art_lcraste.html – 2010.
Beaudet, Pascale. « The Silence of Still Life », Ceramics: Art and Perception, no79, 2010,
p. 84-87.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. « Tout est vanité », Voir, November 26, 2009.
Longchamps, Denis. « Art public et communautés », Espace Sculpture, no 88, 2009, p.
8-11.
Zaccardelli, Géraldine. « Laurent Craste : la vie n’est-elle qu’un décor? », Vie des Arts,
no 212, 2008, p. 88-89.
Longchamps, Denis. « ’Refuge’ a project of Art-Terre collective », website of the
Canadian Crafts Federation, 2007. www.canadiancraftsfederation.ca
Andréanni, Carole. « Le Parcours céramique de Carouge », La Revue de la Céramique et
du Verre, no 146, 2006, p.50.
Beaudet, Pascale. « Laurent Craste: metamorphoses and inventions », Ceramics: Art
and Perception, no 60, 2005, p. 59-61.
Andréanni, Carole. « La céramique au Québec », La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre,
no 131, 2003, p. 26-33.
« Canada’s Tenth National Biennial », Ceramics Monthly, December 2002, p. 37-39.
« Laurent Craste receives the $10,000 Winifred Shantz Award for ceramists
», Waterloo Chronicle, October 16, 2002.
« L’art de la terre », Le Nouvelliste, cahier Arts Visuels, August 10, 2002.
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1998
Haines, Paul. « Références », Contact, no 114, 1998, p. 37-38.
COLLECTIONS
Permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Claridge collection, Montreal, QC
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Permanent collection Tom Thomson Art Gallery, ON
Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, QC
City of Montreal, Montreal, QC
Hotel – Bertrand Museum – Permanent collection, Châteauroux, France
Loto-Quebec collection, Montreal, QC
Permanent collection of the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Quebec, QC
Tourisme Montreal collection, Montreal, QC
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