Complete CV

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JEAN-PIERRE LAROCQUE
EDUCATION
1988
1986
1981
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred
University, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Concordia University, Montreal, (Quebec)
Studies in Printmaking, Université du Québec à Montréal, (Quebec)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1996
1993
1991
1990
1989
1988
Galerie McClure, Visual Arts Center, Montreal, QC
Le Printemps des Potiers, Bandol, France
Le Musée de la Céramique de Salernes, Salernes,France
Recent works, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
Eaux-fortes récentes, Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Galerie Michel Guimont Espace Ex Machina Caserne Dalhousie, Quebec, QC
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal, QC
Gallery Camino real, Boca Raton, Florida
Clay Sculpture and Drawings, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, Toronto, ON
(Solo Inaugural Exhibition for the Reopening of the Museum – with film and book
on the artist)
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Garth Clark Gallery (Long Island City branch), New York, NY
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
10th Canadian Ceramics Biennale, Trois-Rivières, QC (Solo invitational with
catalogue and video)
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Revolution, A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Revolution, A Gallery Project, Detroit, Michigan, (catalogue with presentation by
Karen Kleinfelder)
Revolution, A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI
Swidler Gallery, Detroit, MI
Swidler Gallery, Detroit, MI
Resident Artist Exhibit, University of California, Long Beach, CA
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
2009
2008
2007
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
Galerie Michel Guimont, Gallery Opening show, Québec, QC
L’ARTE IL TORCHIO Art and the Printing press Canadian Printmakers- Museo
Civico Ala Ponzone-Cremona, Italy
8ème Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure originale: Trienniale de Chamalières,
Auvergne, France
Galerie d’Este, Group Show: Artists of the Gallery, Montreal, QC
Raw/medium rare/well done/ FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
“Nomade” La collection Loto-Québec galerie Espace Création 2009
La Collection Loto-Québec, 30 ans d’art visuels, Musée National des Beaux-Arts
du Québec QC
“Le Bestiaire”, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montréal, QC
La Collection Loto-Québec, 30 ans d’arts visuels, Musée Pierre-Boucher, TroisRivières, QC
A HUMAN IMPULSE: Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection,
Arizona State University Art Museum
SOFA Chicago: Elena Lee Gallery
Foire du papier, Montréal, QC, Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron
Collaborative vessels, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Making and Finding, Carol and Arthur Goldberg Collection, The Foundation ToLife Inc, Exhibition Space, Mount Kisco, New York
Fifty Years of Ceramics, Revolution gallery, Ferndale, Detroit, MI
From the neck up, Garth Clark Gallery, NY, NY,
Trojan Horses, Garth Clark Gallery, NY, NY, Arts notes by Garth Clark
Trans-mission, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA (catalogue)
Postmodern Ceramics, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance
Allan Chasanoff CERAMIC Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte,
NC catalogue)
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MN,
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The 20th century Arts Fair, New York, NY (Garth Clark Gallery)
The Art Show, New York, NY (Garth Clark Gallery)
San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA (Fay Gold Gallery)
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, KS
Frank Loyd Gallery, Los Angeles,
San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA (Dorothy Weiss gallery)
Dorothy Weiss gallery, San Francisco, CA
Portrait of our Time II, Revolution-A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI
Inside Out, the George Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, Toronto, ONT
54th Scripps Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Pomona, CA
The Diane and Igal Silber Collection, Laguna Beach Museum, CA
Figurative Sculpture, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn,
MI
JINRO, International Ceramic Art Exhibition in Belgium, Landcommandry Alden,
Bilzen, Belgium
JINRO, International Invitational Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
Working in Other Dimensions: Objects & Drawings II, the Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AR
6th National Canadian Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivières, QC
1994
1992
1991
1990
1989
NCECA Downtown Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Ceramic Southwest, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
5th National Canadian Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivières, QC
Ideas and Materials, Sisson Gallery, Dearborn, MI
New Art Forms Expositions, Chicago, IL (Revolution Gallery)
Emerging Artists, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
4th National Canadian Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivièeres, QC
Resident Artists Exhibition, the Banff center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta,
Five Artists under 35, Barbara Sylverberg Gallery, Montreal, QC
FILMS & VIDEO-DOCUMENT
ST-PIERRE, Carolanne. VIDEO: “Jean-Pierre Larocque en atelier”, 10ième Biennale Nationale
de Céramique de Trois-Rivières,QC, ARTV, 2002
ST-PIERRE, Carolanne - VIDEO: “Trapping Shadows”, Gardiner Museum 2006
BÉGIN, Francisque – EXPRESSION épisode 5, ART TV Juin 2008
CLAYART International Panorama CD-Rom 2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
20101995-1999
1994-1995
1994
1992-1994
1991-1992
1990
1986-1988
Department head, Department of Ceramics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
California State University, Long Beach, CA, Assistant-Professor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Assistant-Professor
University of Georgia, Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, NY, Assistant-Professor
Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC, Adjunct-Professor
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Summer Session, Invited Professor
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, NY, Graduate Teaching
Intern
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2006
2005
2004
1992
1990
1990
1989
The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. Painters and Sculptors Grant
Nominated number 1 candidate for the LAMAR DODD Distinguished Chair of
Art, Visiting Artist Position, University of Georgia, Athens USA
Canada Council Research grant
First prize, Festival du Film sur la Céramique, Montpellier, France
Bursary from The Canada Council for the Arts
1st Prize, Ceramics Documentary Film Festival, Montpellier, France
Bursary from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Quebec
Bursary from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Quebec
National Canadian Ceramics Biennial Award
The Canada Council for the Arts, The Exploration Program
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
1995
1990
1989
JINRO, International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Hongik University,
Seoul, Korea
Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, ALTA
BEMIS Foundation, An Alternative Worksite for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Resident Artist, California State University, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
CLÉMENT, Éric – Jean-Pierre Larocque – Antique et contemporain en même temps, LA PRESSE
Cyberpresse september 27, 2011Montréal, QC
MALAVOY-RACINE, Tristan - Le Retour du primitif, VOIR, September 22, 2011
ROSS, Nadia - “Hopkins et Larocque: Classissisme et étrangeté” Galerie Michel Guimond à la
Caserne Dalhousie Collaboration spéciale, Le Soleil. Québec, QC. Dec 2009
LÉVY, Bernard – “ DESSINS-Larocque“, Vie des Arts, No 214 Spring, Montreal, QC, 2009
BOUCHARD, Claude. “Les stigmates de la condition humaine”, Le Droit, Ottawa, ON, 31 Mai-1er
July 2008
CLAY IN ART International Yearbook 06/07 Kerameiki techni
OSTERMANN, Matthias. “The Ceramic Narrative”, A & C Black, London, University of
Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
JEFFERIES, Susan. “Trapping Shadows, Jean-Pierre Larocque: Clay Sculpture and Drawings”,
The George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON, Canada, June-October 2006
BOURASSA, Paul. “Filiations, Jean-Pierre larocque: Clay Sculpture and Drawings”,
The George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON, Canada, June-October 2006
JEFFERIES, Susan. “Trapping Shadows”, Art & Perception, Australia, 2006
ST-PIERRE, Carolanne. VIDEO: Gardiner Museum “Trapping Shadows” 6 minutes
JEFFERIES, Susan. “Trapping Shadows”, Art and Perception, Australia,
CLAY IN ART International yearbook 06/07 Kerameiki Techni (book format)
CLAY IN ART International yearbook 06/07 Kerameiki Techni (online format)
LÉVY, Bernard. “Le Voyage Inachevé”, Vie des Arts, No 202 spring 2006, Montréal, QC,
Canada, May 2006
NASISSE, Andy. “House-Horse-Head-Person : The Ceramic Work Of Jean-Pierre Larocque”,
Ceramics Monthly, USA, June /July 2006
American Caft review of Larocque/Gardiner exhibition. 2007
Globe & Mail, review by sarah Milroy
Building magazine Peter Sobchak ”Good things in small boxes”, October/November 2006
LAROCQUE, Jean-Pierre. “Mouse in the Beehive”, Garth Clark Gallery, essay by the artsist for the
exhibition catalogue, 2002
JEFFERIES, Susan. ”Trapping Shadows”, Art and Perception, Australia,
ST-PIERRE, Carolanne. VIDEO: “Jean-Pierre Larocque en atelier”, 10th National Canadian
Biennial of Ceramics in Trois-Rivières, QC, ARTV, 2002
NASISSE, Andy. “Trans-mission”, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA, Catalogue, 2003
Art Le Sabord, Revue de création littéraire et visuelle, Trois-Rivières, QC, Numéro 64, 2003
CLARK, Garth. “Trojan Horses”, Ceramic Arts Notes, Garth Clark Gallery, NY, NY
MARKDELVECCHIO, Mark. “Postmodern Ceramics”, Thames & Hudson, 2002
PERRY, Barbara. “Beauty and the Beast”, Allan Chasanoff CERAMIC Collection,
Mint Museum of Craft + Design (catalogue p.43)
WALLER, Jane. “The Human Form in Clay”, London, England
ROUMANES. Jacques-Bernard. “ Les échafaudages de la conscience esthétique”, Vie des Arts,
Montréal (Québec), juillet 1998, (portfolio)
CHILTON, Meredith. “Inside Out: Four Canadian Ceramic Installations”, The George Gardiner
Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, August 1998, (catalogue)
KLEINFELDER, Karen. “Jean-Pierre Larocque : Palimpsest”, Revolution Gallery, Detroit,
Michigan, 1996 (exhibition catalogue)
KLEINFELDER, Karen. “Jean-Pierre Larocque : Palimpsest”, Art and Perception, No 27,
Australie, 1997
MELROD, George. “Dynamic Disarray”, American Ceramics, New York, NY, No 12/3, autumn
1996 (cover page and portfolio)
MELROD, George. “ Openings”, Arts & Antiques, september 1996
NO Magazine, Séoul, Corée, 1996
WOTJAS, Thomas. Sculpture, New York, New York, april 1996: p. 60-61, (critique)
Ceramics Technical, Australie, 1995
nd
PETERSON, Susan. “The Craft and Art of Clay”, 2 Edition, Eaglewoods Cliff: Prentice Hall,
1996
PIPENBERG, Robert. “ The Spirit of Clay”, Farmington Hills: Pebble Press, 1996
KOPLOS, Janet. “The world of Clay”, JINRO, International exhibition, Seoul, Korea, Research
Institute
University of Hongik, 1995, (catalogue)
KOPLOS, Janet. “ The World of Clay”, JINRO, International exhibition in Belgium,
Landcommandry Alden, Biesen, Belgium, 1996, (catalogue)
DUBOIS, Allan. “Working in other Dimensions : Objects and Drawings II”, The Arkansas Art
Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1994, (catalogue)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Smithsonian American Art Museum at the Renwick Gallery, Donation:Diane and Igal Silber ,
Washington DC
BOS Montréal, agence de publicité, QC
Collection Loto-Québec , Montreal, QC
Collection HR Stratégies Inc, Montreal, QC
Collection HR Stratégies Inc, Bureau de Paris, France
Collection Transcontinental, Montreal,QC
Collection Martineau-Walker, Montreal, QC
Houston Museum, The Collection of Garth Clark and Mark del Vecchio, TX
New York Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Arizona State Museum, The Besser Collection, Tempe, AZ
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
Le Musée du Québec, QC
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Robert Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, Pensylvania
Diane and Igal Silber collection, Laguna Beach, CA
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art – Alfred University, NY
Museum of Contemporary International Ceramic Art, Inchon, S. Korea