Born in 1979 in Banbury, England. Lives and works in Montreal

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ELENA WILLIS
Born in 1979 in Banbury, England. Lives and works in Montreal.
EDUCATION
2003
BFA in Photography, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2008
QC
2007
2006
2004
Safe, Centre d’Exposition Mont-Laurier, Mont-Laurier
Cohesion, Musée du Fjord, La Baie, QC
Cohesion, Maison des Arts de Laval, Laval, QC
Atoms to Energy, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
Cirque du Soleil (head office), Montreal, QC
Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library, Montreal,
Espace F, Matane, Quebec, QC
Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC
McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC
Espace 306, Montreal, QC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
2014
2011
2010-2011
2009
2008
Musée d’Art Contemporain des Laurentides, SaintJérôme, QC
Papier en Movement, Place Émilie-Gamelin, Montreal,
QC
Anima, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC
En Trois Temps, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, QC
Art Montréal Contemporain (part of World’s Fair),
Shanghai, China
Touring Group Exhibition throughout China organized by
the “Alliance Française” from September 2010 to
September 2011 (Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing,
Chongqing, Jinan, Xian, Tianjin, Shanghai, Dalian,
Beijing)
Three Shadows Photography Art, Beijing, China
Nuit Blanche: Movement Art Public, Montreal, QC
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, QC
2007
2005
2004
2003
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, QC
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, QC
Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image, Nice, France
Gladstone Hotel, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto,
ON
Toronto Image Works Gallery, Contact Photography
Festival, Toronto, ON
Galerie Thérèse Dion, Montreal, QC
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, QC
Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, QC
VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
ART FAIRS
2014
2011
Art Toronto, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, ON
Papier14, Montreal, QC
TIAF 2011, Toronto, ON
Scope New York (with Galerie D’Este), New York, NY
AUCTIONS
2015
2011
2010
2007
2005
2003
Public Art Auction, Casey House Foundation ‘Art with
Heart’
Public Art Auction, Casey House Foundation ‘Art with
Heart’ Auction, Toronto, ON
Vendu – Sold, ESSE Magazine, Montreal, QC
Public Art Auction, Casey House Foundation ‘Art with
Heart’ Auction, Toronto, ON
Public Art Auction, Village Galleries Auction, Toronto, ON
Public Art Auction, Houston Center for Photography,
Houston, TX, USA
Public Art Auction, Casey House Foundation ‘Art with
Heart’ Auction, Toronto, ON
Public Art Auction, Observatoire 4, Montreal, QC
AWARDS & GRANTS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation
Grant
Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation
Grant
Prix du Conseil de la Culture, Laval, QC
Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec, Type B Grant
2004
2003
Du Maurier Arts Council Grant
Du Maurier Arts Council Grant
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
2015
2008
Centre Sagamie, Alma, Quebec, Canada
‘Centre de dynamiques artistiques,’ Point Éphémère,
Paris,France
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2014
2011
2006
Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC
Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC
Public billboard installation, Project Plan Large, Darling
Foundry, Montreal, QC
PUBLICATIONS
‘Cohesion’, Co-Published by SODEX, Maison des Arts de Laval & Elena Willis, 2013
‘Spectacle + Artifice’, Published by Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario,
2008
‘Enfants de Cartier, photographie canadienne contemporaine’, Published by Théâtre
de la Photographie et de L’image, Nice, France, 2007
‘Carte Blanche’, Published by Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada, 2006
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nauber-Riser, Constance: ‘L’essor artistique du Mile-End’, 05/11/14
Benoit Leblanc: 'La nature au cœur de l'art d'Elena Willis et Jeffrey Poirier', The
guardian, 10/09/2013
St-Amoure, Danielle: ‘Movement: From One Side of the Picture to the Other’,
Sidestreet Review, 06/15/10
Mavrikakis, Nicolas: ‘Elena Willis - Image-enquête’, Le Voir, 06/05/10
Wolff, Rachel: ‘Artist Elena Willis’s Cloudy Classroom’, New York Entertainment,
22/1/08
Redfern, Christine: ‘Noise Makers 2008: Dark Dreamer’, Montreal Mirror, 03/01/08
Redfern, Christine: ‘Interpretation of dreams in a most concrete manner’, The
Gazette, 24/11/07
L’Heureux, Guy: ‘Révolution et Onirisme à la Fonderie Darling’, Le Délit, 06/11/07
Redfern, Christine: ‘Night Visions’, Montreal Mirror, 25/10/07
Madsen, Bjarke: ‘Contact Photography Festival: Elena Willis’, NOW, 3/05/07
Mavrikakis, Nicolas: ‘Sanchez et Willis’, Le Voir, 10/12/06
Redfern, Christine: ‘Sweet Dreams’, Montreal Mirror, 06/29/06
Recurt, Elizabeth: ‘Elegance’, ETC Magazine, 01/09/05
Musgrave, Sarah: ‘Au Naturel’, Montreal Mirror, 01/04/04
Mavrikakis, Nicolas: ‘Survol de la Photo Actuelle’, Le Voir, 11/09/03
COLLECTIONS
Maison des Arts de Laval
Claridge Collection
Cirque du Soleil
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection, Guelph, ON
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, QC
Alcan Inc., Montreal, ON
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, QC
Private collections in Canada, United States and Europe