Michelle Allard

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Born: 1973
Lives: Vancouver

Education
2001-2003 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Canada
1998-2000 Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
1995-1998 Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Canada

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Highlife, Richmond Art Gallery, BC, Canada
2006 In Transit, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, On.
2006 Flourish, Mercer Union, Toronto,On.
2006 More and Less, with Kate Terry, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
2006 Window Project, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, On.
2005 In the Pink, Association Pollen, Monflanquin France
2004 Extruded Expanded, installation, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, On
2004 Overlay, String Gallery, installation, Toronto, On.
2003 Deluged, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, On.
2002 Light Duct, Project Space, Mercer Union, Toronto
2001 Sitings, Gallery 7, Toronto
2001 Featherweight, window space, Forest City Gallery, London, On.
2000 New Works, Bus Gallery, Toronto
1998 Redhead Gallery Showcase, Toronto

Group Exhibitions
2007 DoubleBounce, Ephemeroptera, New York
2005 Transformation/ Metamorphosis, Aomori Cont. Art Centre, Japan
2004 Polyurethane Overlay, AceArtInc, Winnipeg
2003 Item, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, On.
2003 Exhibit .001, Nth Art collective, Ols & Co Gallery, London, U.K.
2003 Two Heads are Better than Dumb, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph On.
2002 Red Dot projects, University of Guelph, On.
2002 Keep Six, Kaufman Building, Kitchener, On.
2002 Art in the Workplace, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto
2002 It's Simply Wonderful, Breadbox Gallery, Toronto
2002 House Broken, independent storefront, Toronto
2002 6/6, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, On.
2001 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, On.
2001 Home, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, Canada
2001 Stays Fresh Longer, Breadbox Gallery, Toronto
2000 Constraint, Forest City Gallery, London, On.
2000 Processes, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2000 Electrostatic, Artsystem, Toronto
2000 Knockout, The Art Firm, Toronto
2000 Externalized, OCAD Gallery, Toronto
2000 Walk, Overflo Gallery, Toronto
2000 No Bigger than a Breadbox, Redhead Gallery, Toronto
2000 Art/ Party, Artsystem, Toronto
1999 Millennium Party Favours, Bus Gallery, Toronto
1999 Regarding Discard, Gallery 76, Toronto
1998 Emergings, Area Space, 401 Richmond Complex, Toronto

Bibliography
Peck, Robin & Pilipczuk, Sophie, "Monstra," Espace-Sculpture 79, Spring Edition, 2007

Kuntz, Melissa. “Toronto…”. Art in America. No. 3, Feb. 2007, pg 157-158

Pilipczuk, Sophie, “A Material World”. Visual Arts News Vol. 28, No. 3, Winter 2007, pg.31-32

Dault, Gary Michael, “ Michelle Allard and Oona Stern at Diaz Contemporary,” The Globe and Mail. 13/01/2007, R8

Jagar, David, “Double Play at Mercer…” Now Magazine. Vol. 26, No.1,Sept 7-13, 2006

Association Pollen, Michelle allard, residency and exhibition catalogue, 2005

"Paperwait," Aceartinc. 2003-2004, Vol 6, pg. 44

"Fast Forward," Canadian Art Magazine. summer 2003, Vol. 21, No.2, pg.22

"Fast Forward," Canadian Art Magazine. summer 2003, Vol. 20, No. 2, pg.16.

Kondrachuk, Natalie, "Home" exhibition cataloque, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, Ontario: 2001

"At Home in Zavitz," Ontarion Newspaper. February, 2002

Anderson, Phil, "In and around Gallery 1313," Artery Magazine. Summer /2000: Pg.6

Mei, Sue, "Constraint: Big Environments at the Forest City Gallery," Scene. Nov.30, 2000: Pg.21

Viswanathan, Leela, "Michelle Allard," Lola Magazine. Vol.10, Fall 2001: Pg.69

Grants/Awards
2007 Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant
2005 Toronto Arts Council Creation/Production Grant
2005 Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, residency grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council Creation/ Production Grant
2005 Residency grant, Association Pollen, Monflanquin France
2004 Canada Council Visual Arts Creation/ Production Grant
2003 Toronto Arts Council Creation/Production Grant
2003 Canadian Federation of Graduate Women Artists Award
2003 The Ron Shuebrook Graduate Scholarship
2002 University of Guelph Research/ Travel Scholarship
2002 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2001 Ontario Graduate Scolarship
2001 Board of Graduate Research Scholarship
2001 University of Guelph Scholarship
2000 Dr. Eugene A. Pogetto Award
1999 Nora E. Vaughan Sculpture Award

Projects
Residencies

2005 Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2005 Association Pollen, Monflanquin France
2004 AceArtInc artist-run-centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba