Leopold Foulem

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Lives: and works in Montréal, Québec, Canada

Education
1988 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Indiana State University

Solo Exhibitions
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Total: 36)
2007 Sites (bronzes),Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
2006 Assemblages,Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
2005 Allover +, Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
2004 Santa, Blue Boy, and The Colonel: Singular Congeries in Clay, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2003 Encore, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2002 “Mélange”, Galerie d’art de l’Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada.
Vases & Bouquets, Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
“Abstraction très singulières”, Centre Materia, Québec, QC, Canada, and Musée d’histoire et de la céramique québécoise, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada.
2001 Singular Abstractions, The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY, USA.
2000 “Phantasses et soucoupes”, Musée d’art de Saint-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada.
1999 Recent ceramics, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada (Cups and saucers).
Léopold Foulem, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA. (Monochrome Abstractions - Part Two).
1998 “Abstractions monochromes”, Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1997 "Léopold L. Foulem à Caraquet en couleur", Le Carrefour de la mer, Caraquet, NB, Canada.
1996 ... And Related Wares, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1995 Léopold L. Foulem, Recent Ceramics, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
The Extended "Familles", Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1993 Teapots: A Retrospective, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
“Parodies” (bronzes), Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1992 “Natures mortes en bronze peint”, Galerie Lieu Ouest, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1991 "Structures & armatures", Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1990 “L'homme objet” (bronzes), Michel Tétreault art contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1989 Teapots, Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1988 Generic Ceramic Containers, Turman Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, USA.
1987 Hand-Painted Shards, Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1985 Are they Laughing at my Rhytons?, Prime Canadian Crafts, Toronto, ON, Canada.
“Négatifs”, Interaction, Galerie d'expressions céramiques, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1984 “Rit-on de mes rythons ?”, Interaction, Galerie d'expressions céramiques, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1982 Matter Doesn't Matter, Prime Canadian Crafts, Toronto, ON, Canada.
There Are Queens And There Are Queens, Interaction, Galerie d'expressions céramiques, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1978 Jewish Bananas and Other Stuff, The Canadian Guild of Potters, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1975 The Carrots Are Gorgeous This Year, Dear, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
1973 Lover's Delights '73, The Canadian Guild of Potters, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1970 Mini-Thingies and Maxi-Minis, The Canadian Guild of Potters, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1969 Graduating Exhibition, Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada.



Group Exhibitions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS(Selection) (Total to date: over 225)
List of thirty-four (34) museums (on four (4) continents), where sixty (60) exhibitions from this group were held.
2007 Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, IA, USA
The Winnipeg Art Gallery,Winnipeg, MB, Canada
2006, 2001 Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, QC, Canada
2005 Peabody Essex Museum,Salem, MA, USA
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, USA
2004 Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, & 1986 San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, USA
2004 CU ART MUSEUM, Boulder, CO, USA
2003 Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon City, Korea
2003 Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, USA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, USA
2002 Taipei County Yingko Ceramic Museum, Taipei,Taiwan
2001 , 2000, 1999, 1997, & 1993 The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto,ON, Canada
2000 Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Musée d’art de Saint-Laurent, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada
1999, 1997, & 1995 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, QuébecCity, QC, Canada
1998, 1996 Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON, Canada
1997 Keramikmusett Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark
1997 Auckland Museum, Auckland, N.Z.
1996 Glenbow Museum Calgary, AB, Canada
1995 Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1994 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, USA
1993 Musée Marsil, Saint-Lambert, QC, Canada
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, USA
1992 Shigaraki Museum of Ceramic Art, Kohga-Gun, Japan
Carborundum Museum of Ceramics, Niagara Falls, NY, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1991 Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
American Craft Museum, New York, NY, USA
1971, 1970, 1969, & 1967 Musée International de la Céramique de Faenza, Faenza, Italy
1979 Musée de Céramique et D'Art Moderne, Vallauris, France
1969 Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA
1969 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada


Grants/Awards

2003 Prix Éloize – Artist of the year in the visual arts in Acadia.
2001 The Saidye-Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts.
1999 The Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award