Artist Biography
EDUCATION
2002-2004
MFA, Visual Arts, Columbia University
1999-2000
Institut de Création Artistique et de Recherche en Infographie, Montreal; digital animation
1996-1997
Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni v Praze, Prague; Interdisciplinary Arts with Milan Knizak (Fluxus)
1995-1996
Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City
1992-1995
BFA, Concordia University, Montreal
SOLO SHOWS
2011
For the Partner, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
2010
What is Found There, Gallery Diet, Miami
2006
Others, Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York
2003
Metamorphoses and More, Luft Gallery, Toronto
Les Métamorphoses, Galerie Clark, Montreal
2002
Some Confused Creatures, Luft Gallery, Toronto
2000
Dragons et dragonnes, La Centrale, Montreal
La caverne II, Bishops’ University Art Gallery, Lennoxville
1999
La caverne, Articule, Montreal
Mambo, Le lieu, centre en art actuel, Quebec city
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2011
The Quebec Triennial 2011-The Work Ahead of Us, Musée d’art contemorain de Montréal, Montréal
Becoming Something Found, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia
2010
Come Through, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Fell In Beside (A Day Without Object), Philly Fringe, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Joel Dean, Fabienne Lasserre, Leslie Smith III, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Foreign Object, Regina Rex, Queens, NY
Weaving In and Out, No Longer Empty Projects, East Harlem, New York
Word-less, curated by Felicity Hogan, Elizabeth Arts Foundation, New York
All This and Not Ordinary, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
Hace Tanto Que No Te Veo, Espacio Matacuna 100, Santiago, Chile
Redi-mix, curated by James Hyde, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York
Housebroken, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York
In a Shadow Box, Crystal Ball Gallery, Berlin
2009
3 obras, Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Mexico
Party at Chris’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York
Structured Simplicity, Dumbo Art Center, New York
Trance, Chance, Dreams & The Unconscious, South First Gallery, New York
Turn On, Slag Gallery, New York
Arctic Book Club, Elizabeth Arts Foundation
2008
Hair Follies, Fofa Gallery, Montreal
Paperworks, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
Once Upon a Time, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York
The Split Wall, Hilary Harnishfeger and Fabienne Lasserre, South First Gallery, New York
The Grey House That Thinks Itself IntoYour Head Without Asking, organized by Jessica
Dickinson, Peter
Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York
What’s so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Esso Gallery, New York
2007
Welcome to my World, curated by Matthew Day Jackson and Amy Davila, Alexandre Pollazzon Gallery, London
The Line of Time, the Plane of Now, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York
L.I.C., NYC, (with Flux Factory), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Grizzly Project, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
2006
Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
3rd Gongju International Art Festival: “The Original Nature of Human”, Limlip Art Museum, Korea
Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Possibly Being, Fabienne Lasserre, Will Villalongo, Larry Bamburg, Esso Gallery, New York
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York
2005
Performa05- Performa Radio, curated by Anthony Huberman, NY
The Muster, a project by Allison Smith, in collaboration with Anna Craycroft, Governor’s Island, NY
2004
Strange Animal, organized by Giovanni Jance and Andrea Zittel, Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Free Radio HDTS, in collaboration with Christy Gast at High Desert Test Sites #4, Joshua Tree,
California
2003
Monster Tree, performance in collaboration with Christy Gast at High Desert Test Sites #2, Joshua Tree, California
One Enemy vs. 25 Millions of Friends, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany
2002
XXX Testimonial, Mercer Union, Toronto
2001
Projet Projo, MAI centre, Montreal
2000
Prêts d’oeuvres, Musée du Québec, Quebec city
1999
L’état des sexes, MAI centre, Montreal
Love-Horror, La Centrale, Montreal
1998
Points, lignes, surfaces, 20 ans, Belgo building, # 516, Montreal
1997
Artichaud , Maison de la Culture du Plateau Mt-Royal, Montreal
1996
Art ménager, Maison de la culture du Plateau Mt-Royal, Montreal
No soy fotografo, part of Foto Septiembre, Espacio Alternativo La Panaderìa, Mexico city
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2010
Ensayo N1, Karunkina, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
2009
La Curtiduría, Oaxaca, Mexico
2008
La Curtiduría, Oaxaca, Mexico
2007
Special Editions Residency Program, Lower East Side Printshop, New York
Conseil des Arts du Québec, Creation/ Production Grants for professional artists
1999
Canada Council for the Arts, Creation/Production Grants for professional Artists
1996
Scholarship for the Perfecting of the Arts, Funds for Formation of Researchers and Aid to Research
(Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche – F.C.A.R.)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007
Assistant Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Painting department
2005-2007
Visiting Artist Faculty, Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, FA2D, Painting and Drawing
2004-2005
Brooklyn College, Department of Art, Painting
2004
Columbia University, Department of Visual Arts, Introduction to Painting
2003-2004
Digital Media Center, Columbia University, Department Research Assistant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wiley, Chris, “Fabienne Lasserre”, Critic’s Pick, ArtForum.com, April 2011
Fisher, Matt, “Either/And, Fabienne Lasserre’s Convivial Creatures”, Artlog.com Magazine, April 22, 2011
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren,”Come Through”, Critic’s Pick, ArtForum.com, September 2010
Levy, Michelle, “Uncertainty Sets the Stage”, ArtSlantNY, September 19, 2010
Thelander, Emmy, “Report from Brooklyn: Regina Rex Gallery”, the artblog, August 2010
Truax, Stephen, “The Curatorial Knife: Artist Collective Regina Rex”, BushwickBK.com, July 20th 2010
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos, “Start a Diet”, Miami New Times, July 2010 Tripp, Benjamin, “Structured Simplicity”,
Brooklyn Rail.org, September 2009
Wilson, Michael, “Structured Simplicity”, Critic’s Pick, ArtForum.com, July 2009
“5th Annual New Prints Review”, Art on Paper, vol.13, no. 2, November/December 2008, New York
Zeeger, Brian, “The Split Wall”, Time Out New York, October 16-22, 2008, New York
Giraudi, Brigitte, “Fabienne Lasserre”, Ing Magazine #27, Summer 2008, Tokyo
Saltz, Jerry, “Yurts and Stalagmites”, Village Voice, October 11-18, 2006, New York
Fry, Naomi, “EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition”, Critic’s Pick, ArtForum.com, September 2006
Cohen, David, “On Sculpture Today”, The New York Sun, September 14, 2006, New York
Gelber, Eric, “A Shoreline Space for Sculpture”, The New York Sun, January 23, 2006, New York
White, Roger, “Possibly Being”, Brooklyn Rail, April 2006, New York
Zimmermann Brendel, Maria, “Fabienne Lasserre’s installation La Caverne: An Aesthetics of Confrontation”, in
One World, Five Universes, pub. Bishop’s University Art Gallery, 2002, Lennoxville, p.36-42
Lord, Véronique, “Dragons et dragonnes”, in Pink Link ou la Proposition Rose, La Centrale/Powerhouse in
collaboration with Les éditions du Remue-ménage, 2001, Montreal, p.30-31
Chester, Annie-Lou, “Fabienne Lasserre, La caverne”, in Articule-20 ans, 2000, Montreal, p. 9
Gordon, Russell T., “Fabienne Lasserre, La caverne”, Articule, 1999, Montreal
Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Contes pour adultes”, Voir, June 15 to 21, 2000, Montreal
Mc Leod, Dayn, “Puff and Magic Dragons”, Hour, June 8 to 14, 2000, Montreal
Cloutier, Anne-Marie, “Religion cathodique”, Elle Québec, no.130, June 2000, Montreal, p.32
Crevier, Lyne, “Coquin atout”, Ici, May 25 to June 1st, 2000, Montreal
Paiement, Geneviève, “Dragon Lady”, Mirror, May 11 to 18, 2000, Montreal
Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Frissons garantis”, Voir, November 18 to 24, 1999, Montreal
Couëlle, Jennifer, “La télé a un temple”, La presse, November 18, 1999, Montreal
Mavrikakis, Nicolas, “Le corps révolté”, Voir, May 6 to 13, 1999, Montreal
Saint-Hilaire, Jean-Claude, “De la vulve et du sacré”, Inter, art actuel, no.74, fall 1999, p. 66-67, Quebec
Points, Lines, Surfaces, 20 Years (exhibition catalog), Concordia University, 1998, Montreal, 55 pp.
Marchand, Keith, “Quartered and drawn”, Mirror, October 8 to 15, 1998, Montreal
MEDIA
Les choix de Sophie, documentary by Pierre Côté, Télé-Québec, December 9, 1999
Les Francs-tireurs, interview by Richard Martineau, Télé-Québec, December 8, 1999
Le lendemain de la veille, interview, CKUT, November 11, 1999, Montreal
Le lendemain de la veille, interview, CKUT, May 25, 2000, Montreal
