CURRICULUM VITAE SYLVAIN TREMBLAY www.sylvaintremblay.ca SOLO SHOWS 2017 Grand dévoilement, Le Livart, Great Unveiling, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto, Canada Grand dévoilement, Galerie d Art Iris, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada 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, 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 Contrast Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Opera Gallery, Miami, United States 2004 Contrast Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Femmes Intemporelles, Opera Gallery, New York, United States Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2003 Murmures Urbains, Galerie Lydia Monaro, 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, 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, Fragments Humains, Tremblay-Monet Gallery, GROUP SHOWS 2017 Meadows Personal Structures, Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy 30 th Anniversary, Galerie d art Iris, Baie-St-Paul, Canada Abstraction sauvage, Le Livart, Made in Canada 150, Macaya Gallery, Miami, United States 2016 G20 International Art Exchange Exhibition, Hangzhou Qianjang Art Museum, Hangzhou, china 10 th Anniversary - Special group exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2015 TRAIT D UNION, Alliance Française, 1 st edition, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2014 Art UAE, Armani Oasis Burj Khalifa, 1 st 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 Silhouette of dreams, Opera Gallery, Singapore Canada Pavilion, Expo 2010, Shanghai, China Galerie Lydia Monaro, 2009 Timeless, Opera Gallery, Seoul, South Korea Thompson Landry Gallery, Calgary, Canada 2007 Morono Tremblay, Opera Gallery, New York, United States Opera Gallery, London, England 2006 Open your heart, Opera Gallery, Singapore 2005 Contemporary Art with Humanistic Concerns, Second Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China Molnar/Tremblay, Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, China Goddesses, Opera Gallery, New York, United States Opera Gallery, Miami, United States 2004 6th Art International Zurich contemporary art fair, NKE Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland Timeless Textures, Opera Gallery, Singapore Censored, 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 2017-2018 SYLVAIN TREMBLAY Brooklyn Beijing Dubai Montreal. International tour: Baie- Saint-Paul, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, New York, Hong Kong and Paris. 2014 NO GENDER, Sylvain Tremblay. Official book launch: 2008 SYLVAIN TREMBLAY. Official book launch: Opera Gallery, New York, United States BIBLIOGRAPHY 2017 Escaping to create, Jasmine Nadeau, Mixte Magazine, N o 29, pp. 194-197, Winter 2017, Montreal Radio interview for Raymond Desmarteau, Radio-Canada international, Raymond Desmarteau, November 13, 2017, Montreal Radio interview for Debout Ville-Marie, Radio Ville-Marie, Michel Gailloux, November 07, 2017, Montreal Radio interview for Grands Lacs Café/Toronto, ICI Radio-Canada Première, Sylvie- Anne Jeanson, October 28, 2017, Toronto Radio interview for L heure de pointe, ICI Radio-Canada Première, Line Boily, October 26, 2017, Toronto Exposition des œuvres de Sylvain Tremblay à la galerie Thompson Landry, Le Métropolitain, October 25, 2017, Toronto UAE artist makes film to honour Leonardo Da Vinci, Viraj Asher, Gulf News, July 31, 2017, Dubai Radio interview, Radio active FM, Pierre Mousset, June 24, 2017, France CV 2
L artiste peintre Sylvain Tremblay invité au Clos Lucé pour célébrer Léonard de Vinci, MAGADMIN, June 23, 2017, Montreal Interview for Just in Canada, Channel YouTube, Justin Douglas, May 04, 2017, Montreal 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 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 CV 3
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 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, Spring- Summer 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 2005 SYLVAIN TREMBLAY, Marie Labrecque, La voix du succès, vol. 01, no. 01, pp. 72-73, Summer 2005, 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 CV 4
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 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 MEMBERSHIP Expert appraiser for the National Library of Canada (illustrations and posters) 2002-18 Member of the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Quebec (RAAV) CORPORATE COMMISSIONS 2013-17 Sodavex Acquisition of five works 2012-13 Canadian University of Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates Acquisition of three works 2013 Le St-Jude Espace Tonus Formula 1 (Bernie Eccleston) 2012 Claret Investment Management 2010 Stikeman Elliot CV 5
2009 Borden Ladner Gervais Acquisition of two works Tower Watson & Co 2004 Hôtel Le St-James Acquisition of two works Hôtel Le Saint-Sulpice 2001 Newman-Haas Racing LLC Lincolnshire, United States Acquisition of two works for their private collection GALLERIES North America Miami, United States: Macaya Gallery 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 Middle East Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Opera Gallery - DIFC Beirut, Libyan: Opera Gallery CV 6