EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Fabienne Lasserre

  

Hair Tree, 2006
Synthetic hair
Dimensions variable
Special thanks: Brian Gallagher, Monica Nydam, Kent Johnson

Hair is a richly imbued material in mythology, popular culture and literature and, in this installation, it is a truly surreal addition to the landscape. Both eerie and alluring, this tree becomes a highly poetic metaphor for the merging of femininity and nature.

Born 1973, Ottawa, Canada
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education:
2004 M.F.A. Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000 I.C.A.R.I. (Institut de Création Artistique et de Recherche en Infographie), Montreal, Canada
1997 Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni v Praze, Prague; “Intermedia art school”, Interdisciplinary Arts department with Czech artist Milan Knizak (Fluxus)
1996 Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City; academic exchange program
1995 B.F.A. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Selected solo exhibitions:
Others, Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York, NY (2006)
Metamorphoses and More, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2003)
Les Métamorphoses, Galerie Clark, Montreal, Canada (2003)
Some Confused Creatures, Luft Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2002)
Dragons et dragonnes, La Centrale, Montreal, Canada (2000)
La caverne II, Bishops’ University Art Gallery, Lennoxville, Canada (2000)
La caverne, Articule, Montreal, Canada (1999)
Mambo, Le lieu, centre en art actuel, Quebe City, Canada (1999)

Selected group exhibitions:
The Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York, NY (2006)
The Muster, a project by Allison Smith, in collaboration with Anna Craycroft, Governor’s Island, NY (2005)
Strange Animal, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (2004)
Free Radio HDTS, in collaboration with Christy Gast, High Desert Test Sites #4, Joshua Tree, CA (2004)
Monster Tree, performance in collaboration with Christy Gast, High Desert Test Sites #2, Joshua Tree, CA (2003)
One Enemy vs. 25 Million Friends, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany (2003)
XXX Testimonial, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada (2002)
Projet Projo, MAI centre, Montreal, Canada (2001)
Prêts d’œuvres, Musée du Québec, Quebec City, Canada (2000)
L'état des sexes, MAI centre, Montreal, Canada (1999)
Love-Horror, La Centrale, Montreal, Canada (1999)
Points, lignes, surfaces, 20 ans, Belgo building, # 516, Montreal, Canada (1998)
Artichaud, Maison de la Culture du Plateau Mt. Royal, Montreal, Canada (1997)
Art ménager, Maison de la culture du Plateau Mt-Royal, Montreal, Canada (1996)
No soy fotografo, part of Foto Septiembre, Espacio Alternativo La Panaderìa, Mexico City, Mexico (1996)

Grants, fellowships, and prizes include:
Conseil des Arts du Québec, Creation/ Production Grants for professional artists (2002)
Canada Council for the Arts, Creation/Production Grants for professional Artists (1999)