Visual Artist CV

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Claudine Ascher

Artist

Email  : claudineascher@gmail.com
Phone  : 514 696-6999

Bringing a sensibility to my visual art from my experiences with dance and in the theatre, I create drawings focused on my models as actors caught in a moment in time, and from these, interpretative sculptures that explore the emotional and perceptual ‘realities’ the poses suggest.

My mediums of choice are graphite and coloured pencil and clay, and sometimes these are combined or related to other mediums. My drawing style relates to Realism and Phenomenology, while my sculptures to Surrealism and Magic Realism, though I admit to a certain degree of irony in my sculptural work.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  Juried or Curated

2017 – HISTOIRES INTÉRIEURS, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, St-Laurent, Que.
Director: Pierre Wilson

2007 – DRAWINGS, Restaurant Aikawa Gallery, D.D.O., Que.

2004 – ART PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, Java U Gallery, 4914 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Que.
Curator: Cynthia Van Frank

2001 – RELATIONSHIPS, Espace 3, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Que.
Curator: Doreen Lindsay

2001 – BESTIARY, invited artist, Cornwall Regional Gallery, Cornwall, Ont.
Curator: Sylvie Lizotte

2000 – OF FLIGHT, invited artist, Kirkland Library, Kirkland, Que, Director: Beverley Gilbertson

1996 – UNDERTOWS, Gallery 89, John Abbot College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
Co-Directors: Nasco Kasadarow, David Lubell

1994 – DANS TOUT SES ETATS, Centre de Céramique Poterie Bonsecours, Montreal, Que.
Curator : Monique Giard

1990 – DRAMATIS PERSONAE, invited artist, La Maison André Benjamin Papineau, Laval, Que.
Director: Michel Maillet

1988 – I DREAMT A DREAM, invited artist, installation, The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Congress, Palais des Congrès, Montreal, Que.

1987 – THE WALLFLOWER SERIES, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, Que.

1985 – NEW MUSE: VIDEA, Sally Borden Lounge, The Banff Center, Banff, Alta.

1984 – BETWEEN THIS SPACE AND THAT, installation, The Exit Gallery, The Banff Center, Banff, Alta.
Curator: Ralph Temple

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
As Artist and Director/Curator, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que.

2010 – PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN with performances

2004 – REVERIE with performances

1999 – THE INNER LIMITS

1989 – RESIDENTS OF THE FOURTH

SELECTED ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES

2014 – WHO, WHAT, WHERE?, dance and mime performance during trio exhibition Inner Narratives,
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Que.

2010 – THE MOBILE GALLERY, movement and visual art performance during
People I Have Known solo exhibition, Galerie de la Ville., D.D.O., Que.

2004 – THE WAKING DREAM, performance during solo exhibition Reverie, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que.

1984 – CAST SHADOWS, created by Claudine Ascher and performed with Marie-Claude Leclerc,
Henri Sylvestre, Cameron Watt and Joan Irwin, The Walter Phillips Gallery of The Banff Centre;
Fine Arts, Banff, Alta.

DUO OR TRIO EXHIBITIONS

2014 – INNER NARRATIVES w/Bev Wight & Susan Fowler, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Que.
Curator: Joyce Millar

2013 – JE DORS, w/Claire Venne & Diane Collet, L’Entrepôt de Lachine, Lachine, Que.
Director : Francine Hoffman

2010 – IMAGES 3, w/Yvonne Callaway Smith & Diane Collet, Galerie Laoun Opticien, Montreal, Que.
Director: Sheriff Laoun – catalogue

2006 – CONFINED SPACES, w/Lisa Waite, Espace Trois, The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Que.
Curator: Doreen Lindsay

1996 – UNPLUGGED, w/Diane Collet, The Cornwall Regional Gallery, Cornwall, Ont.
Curator: Sylvie Lizotte

1992 – THE STORYTELLERS, w/Diane Collet, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que. – as curator

1985 – DRAWINGS, w/Marie-Claude Leclerc, The Little Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alta.

CREATION IN-GALLERY PROJECTS AND/OR EXHIBITIONS INVITING PARTICIPATION BY OTHER ARTISTS

As Independent Artist and Curator
2017 – ART AT HOME / L’ART CHEZ SOI, (in former American Apparel store)  Fairview Pointe-Claire, Pointe-Claire, Que.

As Artist and Director/Curator of  Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que. Select online catalogues available.
2019 – THE DOLL HOUSE – 13-artist

2017 – LATTICES AND INTERSTICES – 73-artist

2015 – SO SAYS – 16 artist thematic

2013 – THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – in gallery, 9-artist

2012 – THE PLAYROOM – in-gallery, 12-artist

2010 – 10X10 CHALLENGE 2010: 17 artist creation project; Collaboration with the Lakeshore
Camera Club; DVD by Stéphane Brazeau, Drew Patterson, Richard Bonomo

2008 – FLIGHT OF FANCY: THE IMAGINARY CANADIAN STAMP COLLECTION; 16 artist

2008 – ART AT HOME, GALERIE DE LA VILLE AT MOBILIA, Mobilia, Pointe-Claire, Que.

2001 – IMPROVISATIONS 2001 – in-gallery, 5-artist

1998 – IMPROVISATIONS 1998 – in-gallery, 13-artist

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

2012 – REFLECTIONS ON REBIRTH: IMAGES FOR JAPAN POST 3/11, Prince Takamodo Gallery, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. Curators: Nina Handjeva, Robin Campbell

1996 – INTERCHANGE 96, seven-person, Galerie Stara radnice, Brno, Czech Republic

1996 – ARTISTS’ EXCHANGE: August 1 to August 29, In-Studio Production and exhibition:
With Milan and Eva Lapka, Susan LowBeer, Shinco Jager and Krysia Stronski,
Guests of the Brno Artists’ Association, Kunstat and Brno, Czech Republic

1995 – THE WORLD’S WOMEN ON LINE, permanently at: www.asu.edu/wwol with CD-ROM –
Curator: Muriel Magenta

1995 – THE WORLD’S WOMEN ON LINE, United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China and Computing Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, USA.
Curator: Muriel Magenta

NATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 – 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Sask.

2006 – ART WOW 2, Galerie Harwood, Hudson, Que.

1994 – THE FEMININE VIEW POINT, Jacob 1220 Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Que. – catalogue

1989 – NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ont.

1984 – “84 CLAY EH?”, The Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alta – catalogue

THEMATIC GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Invited, Juried or Curated

2017 – IMPULSES Selections from the Permanent Collection,
The Walter Phillips Gallery Main Space, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alta.

2012 – CADAVRE EXQUIS, Galerie Ouest, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.

2010 – ORANGE, Galerie 127 Raphael Décor, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.

2010 – LE CORPS MIS A NU, Galerie 127 Raphael Décor, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.

2008 – IASD: DREMS WITHOUT BORDERS, Galerie Art Neuf, Montreal, Que.

2007 – EYE CANDY, Galerie Design Ex Machina, Pointe-Claire, Que.

2003 – EN ROUTE, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Que.

2003 – LE CORPS MASCULIN, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Que.

2001 – CORPUS: DOROTA’S IMAGINARY COLLECTION, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Que.

2001 – FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK

2001 – EXHIBITION, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Que.

1999 – DIALOGUES, invited artist, Jewish Artists’ Association, Decarie Square, Montreal, Que.

1997 – ART ACTUEL ET CONTEMPORAIN: GRAND FORMAT, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Mtl, Que.

1996 – TRIBUTE TO ROLAND SMITH, Galerie VAV, Concordia University, Montreal, Que.

1994 – CORPUS, Five-person thematic, McClure Gallery of the Visual Arts Center, Montreal, Que.

1993 – QUÉBEC MULTI-CULTUREL ART CONTEMPORAIN, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Montreal, Que. – catalogue

1991 – ENSEMBLE, Le Quartier des Arts, Pointe-Claire, Que.

COMMERCIAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 – SIDIM, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Que.

2007 – RENCONTRE DES ARTS, Centre des Ainés, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. – catalogue

2006 – RENCONTRE DES ARTS, Centre des Ainés, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. – catalogue

1998 – VISUAL EUPHORIA, Galerie Raphael Essebag, Montreal, Que.

1995 – 1001 POTS, La guilde des céramistes de Montreal, Val-David, Que.

DEALER EXHIBITIONS

2005 – gallery closed 2007 – GALERIE 2050: SCOTT ADDIS, 2050 Crescent Street, Montreal, Que. 

2001 – gallery closed 2011 – GALLERY ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan 

1999 – gallery closed 2006 – DAVID ASTROF FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS, Thompson House of McGill U., Les Ailes de la Mode, Marché Bonsecours, The Belgo Building, Montreal, Que. 

1996 – NOVA AUCTIONS, catalogue

FACULTY OR FUNDRAISER EXHIBITIONS

2018 – SILENT AUCTION, Law Faculty McGill University for Lawyers Without Borders, Montreal, Que.

2012 – THE COLLECTORS’ FAIR – Galerie de la Ville, The Dollard Center for the Arts , D.D.O., Que.

2011 – ART AU CARRE, Centre des arts visuels, Westmount, Que

1988 to 2018 – FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Galerie de la Ville, The Dollard Center for the Arts, D.D.O., Que. 

1987 – FACULTY OR FUNDRAISER EXHIBITIONS, The McClure Gallery, The Visual Arts Centre  

2000 to 2011 – MOUNTAIN LAKE PBS Public Auctions, Vermont, U.S. A. – to 2006 – catalogues 00, 01, 06

2004 – OMPAC Public Auctions – catalogues 04, 05

CORPORATE OR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Allsteel, Toronto, Ont.

Colart, Dollarama, Montreal, Que.

Avmor, Montreal, Que.

The Banff Centre, Banff, Alta

Mountain Lake PBS, Vermont, U.S.A.

Ceramic Artists Association, Brno/Prague, Czech Republic

Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montreal, Que.

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Ongoing sculptural commissions for individuals including specialty portraits, urns

2001 – THE AVMOR COLLECTION, Old Montreal, Que.: drawings of Old Montreal Avmor buildings

1996 – PROJET FOR THE BIRDS, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Polyvalente Marcel Landry, Iberville, Que.

1996 – PROJET FOR THE ENVIIRONMENT, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Polyvalente Marcel Landry, Iberville, Que.

1994 – AUTOPORTRAIT OF A CLASS, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School, Pierrefonds, Que.

1989 – CHILD’S PLAY, Les Conceptions d’aménagement A.M. Ltée., Que.
19-foot seated child for Allsteel display at Toronto’s IDEX exhibition  – silver medal winner

SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS AND MEMBER EXHIBITIONS
Ongoing since 2021: ASSOCIATION DES ARTISTES DE LASALLE – Galerie du Centre Henri-Lemieux, Ville LaSalle

2021 – SALON D’AUTOMNE

2022 – SALON DU PREINTEMPS – juried

Ongoing since 2021 : LE GUEULART, ARTIST-RUN CENTRE, Saint-Isidore, Que. – participant in exhibitions

2021 – UN GEANT SANS PAREIL – GSP (George St. Pierre)

2021 – PARIS

2022 – LE SEIN MIS A NU

2022 – CIRCUIT DE SCULPTURE A SAINT-ISIDORE

Ongoing since 2020: The Artists Association of Dollard (AAD), Honorary Life Member

Ongoing since 1992 : R.A.A.V.: Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels (CARFAC) Que. professional member

SELECTED ARTICLES OR PROGRAMS

2017 – Portrait d’artiste : Claudine Ascher” par Mireille Belanger, © Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec

2017 – “Impulses: Selections from the Permanent Collection” February 11 to May 29, 2017
Curator’s statement, The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre. Banff, Alta.

2010 – “10×10: 1 Camera, 1 Lens, 1 Model: 4th Edition The Parish House”; DVD.
Director: Stephane Brazeau, with Drew Patterson, Richard Bonomo

2009 – “Claudine: Selling for Dad” Whalley-Abbey Media Buy Me:, Episode #7121,
Director: Gideon Dante, DVD runtime: DVD 21:46 mins. First Broadcast: HGTV (Videotron 103) Feb. 1, 8:30 pm

2006 – “Ascher invites public to say ‘hello’ to sculptures”, article and photo by Heather Solomon, The Canadian Jewish News, Lifestyle section, February 9, M page 37

2004 – “Dans la peau de Claudine Ascher”, article by Valerie Schultz, photo by Jacques Pharand, Arts et Spectacles, Cite Nouvelles/City News, May 7, 2004, page 23

2002 – “Ascher aligns animals and humans at SBC”, article by Heather Solomon, photo de Doreen Lindsay, Canadian Jewish News, Arts Section, January 24, M page 29

2000 – “Envol: Une Exposition de Claudine Ascher”, Arts et Spectacles, Cites Nouvelles / City News, October 15,  page 17

1993 – “La sculpture – le modelage en argile”, segment dirige par Stéphane Pilon Radio Québec 17UHF/Cable 8, March 10

1992 – Interview 2, Info Service WI Câble 9, Caroline Beribeau, Kirkland Socio-Cultural Animator – repeat broadcast

1992 – Interview 1, Info Service WI Câble 9, Caroline Beribeau, Kirkland Socio-Cultural Animator – repeat broadcast

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