Robert Saucier Curriculum Vitae ROBERT SAUCIER 4064 Drolet Street Montreal (Quebec) Canada, H2W 2L4 Tel.: (514) 849-2043, 524-3326 Email: saucier.robert@uqam.ca WEB Pages: http://eavm.uqam.ca/eavm/enseiqnants/saucier/ and http://www.comm. uqam.ca/~GRAM/A/oeuv/artistes/159.html Born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada 1951 Lives and works in Montreal, Canada since 1974 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004 INFRASENSE, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland INFRASENSE, Folly Gallery - Lancaster, UK 2002 2000 1999 1997 1995 1994 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1985 1981 AUTOSMART, Centre d'exposition Circa, Montreal, (Quebec), Canada PERIPETIES A 244 CM DU CENTRE, Espace Virtue!, Chicoutimi, (Quebec), Canada STILL CAN'T FLY, Circa Gallery, Montreal (Quebec), Canada, http://www.multimania.com/leonperreault/exhibition/robert.htm THE MACHINES THAT CAN'T LIE, installation in a public park, made for the project On Experiencing the City organized by Optica, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada, http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/k31320/sauc01 .htm CONSENSU, AXE-NEO 7, Hull, (Quebec) Canada ROBERT SAUCIER, Optica, Montreal, (Quebec). Canada 9195...DESUITE, Plein Sud, Longueuil, (Quebec). Canada Obscure, Quebec, (Quebec). Canada MANOEUVRES , La Chapelle des Templiers, Citadelle de I'Arsenal, Metz, France, June-September Galerie des services culturels du Quebec , Quebec Delegation in Paris, Paris, France. Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, (Ontario) Canada, www.umoncton.ca/qaum/hp Iuc69.html Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, (Nova-Scotia) Canada University of Moncton Art Gallery, Moncton, (New-Brunswick) Canada RE-CONSTRUCTIONS DE MEMOIRE, J. Yahouda Meir Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada 46287P 2 exp., Gallery 13, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada AULIEUDE... , Installation, organized by Articule, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada INSTALLATION-PIEGE, University of Quebec in Montreal Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001 2000 1999 JE PENSE PARCE QUEJE SENS, (curator: Serge Legare). Gallery of visual art at University of Laval, Quebec, Canada BRUITS DE FOND, (curator Gaston St-Pierre) Orford Art Center, Quebec, Canada PASSART, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada CHRONIQUE DU PREMIER JOUR : 40 CM EN RASE-MOTTES. Interactive web page as part of a group show: Des souris et des ceuvres, curators : Anne Ramsden and Nicole Jolicoeur, http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/k31320/saucier/ CHARRETTE, MARTIN, SAUCIER - 25 ANS APRES, Galerie Colline, Histotical Museum of Madawaska, Edmundston, (New-Brunswick) Canada Robert Saucier 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Curriculum Vitae 2 MACHINES, (curator: Bernard Lamarche) Galerie UQAM, Montreal, (Quebec) Canada EN CAUSE:BRANCUSI, AXE-NEO 7, Hull, (Quebec) TINTAMARRE, University of Moncton Art Gallery, Moncton, (New-Brunswick) Saquenay Lac St-Jean Museum, Chicoutimi, (Quebec) Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto (Ontario). EMPREINTES DE ROBOTS, College Edouard-Montpetit Art Gallery, Longueuil, (Quebec) CHAMPS MAGNETIQUES, Maison de la Culture Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal (Quebec) Musee Sainte-Croix, Poitier, France. 1991 Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, (Ontario) 1989 ESPECES DESPACE, University of Quebec in Montreal Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) 1988 25 ANS D'ARTEN ACADIE, University of Moncton Art Gallery, Moncton, (N.-B.) 1987 DE FER ETD'ACIER, Galerie des Arts Lavalin, Montreal, (Quebec) 1986 ABSURD-E, J. Yahouda Meir Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) 1985 PICASSO VU PAR..., Galerie 13, Montreal, (Quebec) THE TSHIRT, Grunwald Gallery, Toronto and J. Yahouda Meir Gallery, Montreal. 1984 MONTREAL-TOUT-TERRAIN, Montreal, (Quebec) 1980-1981, DIVERSITE, Madawaska Museum, Edmundston, N.B. Galerie Sans Norn, Moncton, N.B. Restigouche Gallery, Centre National d'exposition, Campbellton, N.B. Galerie de Matane, Matane, Quebec ART D'APRES NATURE, Pavilion Forum des Arts, Man and his World, Montreal, (Quebec). Show organized by Lavalin Inc., travelling across Canada, Toronto (Hart House Gallery), Calgary (Nickle Arts Museum), Burnaby, B.C. (Burnaby Art Gallery) etc.. DUNEUFACINQ, Articule, Montreal, (Quebec) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 ETC. Montreal, Danser avec les robots, Louise Poissant, pages 55 to 58, number 62, Summer 2003 Espace, De la sculpture comme breche, Serge Fisette, pages 37 to 39, number 63, Spring 2003 Montreal Campus, Les mecanismes affectifs, Joan Barbe, September 22, 2002 Espace, Bruits de fond, une exposition d'environnements sonores, Gaston St-Pierre, pages 17 to 19. number 59, Spring 2002 Magazine electronique du CIAC, Regard sur Tart web au Quebec :Quinze ceuvres quebecoises commentees et mises en perspective dans la courte histoire du Web, Sylvie Parent Espace, Pour une esthetique du lien, Joanne Lalonde, pages 5 to 9. number 55, Spring 2001. ESSE ,arts+ opinions, front and back covers, also En reseau et hors commerce...., Johanne Chagnon, page 29, Spring 2000. Montreal Campus, Pignon sur rue, I'art in situ en milieu urbain, Marie-Eve Cousineau, pages 2 and 3, avril 19, 2000 ETC. Montreal, Discours plastique et discours expositionnel, Jocelyne Connolly, pages 39 to 41, June to August, 1999. Hour, Historical grounding, Marcus Miller, May 13 to 19, page 45. Espace, Machine-faitiches, Marie-Josee Pinard, Spring 1999. ECT Montreal, Transcrit au plomb, sous I'Oeil placide de Deep Blue, Jean-Pierre Latour, March to May 1998 Le Devoir, Sur le chemin des ecoliers, Bernard Lamarche, October 18,1997 Robert Saucier 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 Curriculum Vitae 3 Espace, The Art of Science or the Science of Art, Denis Vaillancourt, no. 36, Summer 1996 Espace, The Machine Stripped Bare by its Very Spectator, Jean-Pierre Latour, no. 36, Summer 1996 ECT Montreal, Exhiber pour denier, Jocelyne Connely, March-May 1995 Parachute, Robert Saucier, RX Raiden, no 80, Oct.-Dec. 1995 Le Devoir, Zapping culturelle, Jennifer Couelle, April 2, 1995 ESSE arts+opinins, Le vide n'existe plus, Pauline Morier, Spring/summer 1995 ECT Montreal, Pour un cinetisme convivial, Jean-Pierre Latour, Aug.-Nov. 1994 VOIR (Quebec), Micaprojet, Michel Bois, April 14,1994 Le Soleil, Robert Saucier chez Obscure, Dany Quine, April 13,1994 Le Devoir, De I'emotivite a couper au couteau, Mona Hakim, February 6,1994 Espace, Champs magnetiques, Serge Fisette, Winter 1994 Le Devoir, Un cinetisme tourne vers I'interieur, Mona Hakim, January 8,1994 La Presse, Champs magnetiquesiune exposition qui a du mouvement, R. Bernatchez, January 8, 1994 Inter art actuel, Terre minee, 2e symposium en arts visuels de lAbitibi-Temiscaminque, Autumn 1993 Espace, The Technocratic Art of Robert Saucier, Athena Paradissis, Spring 1992. Border Crossings, Humanus Ex Machina, Robert Enright, Fall 1991 The Globe and Mail, Behind toy-like creations a grimly adult view, Kate Taylor, December 6,1991 Halifax Post, High spirited show tackles ironies of history, Elissa Bernard, February 17,1991 Metropole, La conquete du territoire par Robert Saucier, interview with Daniel Bonin, Sept.15/Oct.15. 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 Le Devoir, Iconographies rechargeables, by Claire Gravel, November 19,1988 ETC Montreal, Chronique/photo, no. 4, Summer 1988 Le Devoir, La sculpture contemporaine a I'age du fer, by Claire Gravel, Nov. 19,1987 Vision 41, Recontextualisation des materiaux, by Robert Saucier, A.Q.E.S.A.P. Vanguard, Reviews, Robert Saucier, Galerie 13, by Pascale Beaudet, FebVMar 1986 La Presse, D'une installation a I'autre, by Jocelyne Lepage, October 19,1985 L'artiste et I'oeuvre a faire, by Leon Bernier and Isabelle Perreault, Institut Quebecois de Recherche sur la Culture. Le Devoir, De I'objet a /'installation, by Gilles Daigneault, Oct. 12. Vanguard, Montreal-tout-terrain, by Jean Tourangeau, Dec/Jan. CATALOGUES 1999 1997 1994 1989 1987 1984 1983 1981 1980 1979 Sur Vexperience de la ville: interventions en milieu urbain, Optica centre d'art contemporain, under the supervision of Marie Fraser, 179 pages, Montreal 1999 L'Art et la Paix, Option Paix, Galerie Montcalm, Hull, (Quebec). Empreintes de robots, College Edouard-Montpetit Art Gallery, Longueuil, (Quebec) Especes d'Espace, University of Quebec in Montreal Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) De fer et d'acier, Lavalin Art Gallery, Montreal, (Quebec) Montreal-tout-terrain, Montreal, (Quebec) Oeuvres des anciens, Centre Universitaire St-Louis Maillet, Edmundston, (N.B.) Au lieu de..., Articule, Montreal, (Quebec) Du Neuf a Cinq, Montreal, (Quebec) Diversite, Ministere des Affaires Intergouvernementales, (Quebec) Artd'apres Nature, Lavalin Inc., Montreal, (Quebec) Biennale II du Quebec, Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal, (Quebec) Robert Saucier Curriculum Vitae GRANTS 2003 Research grant, PAFAC, University of Quebec in Montreal 2002 Research grant, Hexagram, Montreal Quebec Canada 1997-98 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Bourse "A". 1992 Ministere des Affaires culturelles du Quebec. 1989, 1991 Canada Art Council, B grant. 1988, 1990,1992, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec. 1987 Canada Art Council. 1985 Ministere des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec, 1984 Canada Art Council. Ministere des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec. 1982 Canada Art Council. 1980 Ministere des Affaires Intergouvernementales, section Quebec/Nouveau Brunswick. 1979 Ministere des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec. EDUCATION 1985-1988 1973-1977 1969-1973 University of Quebec in Montreal, M.F.A., sculpture major. University of Quebec in Montreal, B.A. in visual arts, sculpture major. University of Moncton, St-Louis Maillet Campus, Edmundston, N.B. B.A., visual arts minor. PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE Professor of sculpture at the School of Visual and Media Art at University of Quebec in Montreal, assistant-director for the school (2000-2003) I did seven public commissioned sculptures for the Integration of Art to Architecture Program, Ministry of Culture for Quebec. 1998/99 In parthership with James Newman, CIMME, Commission scolaire Sainte-Marguerite, Lachine. 88,000. $ 1995/1996 Sans titre, Centre de prevention de Montreal. Societe immobiliere du Quebec, Montreal. 42,500$ 1995 Les chats de Muybridge au royaume de Bastet, Victor-Dore School, CECM, Montreal. 30,000$ 1993 Untitled, Ecole Saint Pascal-Baylon, CECM, Montreal. 12,000.00$ 1993 Untitled, Centre Antonio-Barrette (Construction Trade School), Montreal. 32,000.00$ 1992 Naviquera I'estime, CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal (oeuvre dans I'agora), Montreal. 25,000.00$ 1991 Untitled, Ecole du Soleil Levant, Commission scolaire des Manoirs, Mascouche. 32,000.00 In June 1993,1 did an exterior sculpture for the Visual Arts Symposium of Abitibi-Temiscaminque (Quebec) Co-founder of ARTICULE, Board member from 1979 to 1982.