CAROLE BRISSON

03-3425 Ave Ridgewood
Montreal (Quebec) H3V 1B6
Canada

Tel.: (514) 772-1135

brissoncarole@hotmail.com

Spoken languages: French, English
Born in Montreal in 1957

STUDIES

Centre Saydie Bronfman, Montreal.
(Advanced Painting)
1996 - 1999

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
(Anatomy)
1985 - 1986

Arts Student's League, New York.
(Painting and Drawing)
1984

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Dept. A.P.
1980 - 1982

 

CONGRESS

2nd et 4th International Symposium on Art Holography, Lake Forest, USA.
1985 and 1991

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Award winner for an artist in residence in the Center For The Holographic Arts (Holocenter) New York. 2008

 

TRAINING

Paper-making course at The Visual Arts Centre, Westmount. Quebec, Canada.
2001

Encaustic painting course at The Visual Arts Centre, Westmount. Quebec, Canada.
2001

Fake-finishing course at The Visual Arts Center, Westmount. Quebec, Canada.
2000

Bronze sculpture (Lost-Wax technique) with the sculptor Arto, professor at UQAM.
1997

Production of a series of reflection holograms under the supervision of Mr. Rémy Blackburn, holographer (Atelier holographique de Montréal).
1991

 

PROFESSIONNAL ART EXPERIENCE

Manager of the international exhibitions and Public Art Projects of sculptor-holographer
Georges Dyens: New York (Alternative Museum), Paris (Art+Com Gallery, UNESCO), Ville LaSalle (Place René-Lévesque), Quebec City (“Boomerang”, Museum of Civilization), USA (Mississippi Museum of Art).
1987 - 1995

Research assistant on the project “Firescape”,
Submitted to the 350th anniversary of Montreal Committee.
1989 - 1992

Designer of the lamps bordering the path of the International Music Festival at Lanaudière, Joliette. Quebec, Canada.
1989

Research assistant and director of Public Relations for MGD Productions, Montreal.
1982 - 1987

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Salon du dessin, Galerie Ars Longa, Montreal
2010

Holographic paintings, Gallery 286, London
2003-2005

Drawings, Temple Emmanuel, Montreal
1993

Drawings, Galerie l'Imprévu, Montreal
1987

Drawings, Salle Gérin Lajoie, UQAM
1983

 

SOLO SHOWS

Centre des Arts Contemporains du Québec à Montréal
« Symbiose »
Montreal, Quebec
2009

Carole Brisson's workshop – Open house
Montreal, Quebec
2006

Musée du Bas-St-Laurent
Multimedia installation “Vestiges et transparence”
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
2004

Espace 306, Belgo Building
Multimedia installation “Vestiges et transparence”
Montreal, Quebec
2002

Centre des Arts contemporains du Québec à Montréal
Multimedia installation “Pompei, Eros Thanatos”
Montreal, Quebec
1997

 

MEDIAS, DIFFUSION OF ARTWORKS                 

La Presse, Guérard Christiane
Automne 2006

Les Saisons de Claudine TVA, Johanne Morency
14 mars 2005

Passep’Art, Marc-André Coallier
Automne 2005

Le Journal de Montréal, Guérard Christiane
« Biographie visuelle » p.25
4 décembre 2004

L’Ardoise, Rivière-du Loup
 25 novembre 2004

ETC Montréal, Bourget Charles, No 62, « L’archéologie
d’une mythologie intuitive » pages 48-51
Juin, juillet, août 2003

Journal Info-dimanche, « Vestiges et transparence »
Au Musée du Bas St-Laurent »
21 novembre 2004

Salut, Bonjour –TVA-Québec, Johnson,
« Carole Brisson, artiste multidisciplinaire »
8 novembre 2002

Samedi et rien d’autre, Radio-Canada
Grimaldi Francine,«Carole Brisson, peintre-holographe»
16 novembre 2002

Westmount Examiner, Vanderstay Marilyn, « Brisson
documents new holographic approaches » page 7
Novembre 2002

The Canadian Jewish News, Solomon Heather,
“Brisson turns the wheel of time in Holographic
painting” page 29
Décembre 2002

CD Rom sur l’holographie d’art international
publié par GRAM-UQAM et MGD productions,
Dyens Georges, “The real virtual 3D images”
2001

Vie des Arts, Poissant Louise, « D’hier à demain »,
No 190, page 78
Printemps 1998

COLLECTORS

Mrs Marie-Claire Landry, Montreal, Canada
Mr Alan Jones, London, UK
Mrs Johanne Rodrigue, Montreal, Canada
Mrs Louise Poissant & Dr François L'espérance, Montreal, Canada
Rabbi Leigh Lerner & Mrs Loren Lerner, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Mr & Mrs Hatchuel, Outremont, Quebec, Canada
Mr Pierre Dyens, Paris, France
Mr Georges Dyens, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Mrs Sandra Pihl, Montreal West, Quebec, Canada
Mrs Francine Brisson, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
Mr Jean Rozon, Laval, Quebec, Canada