Gilles Payette • Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1995 Glass pouring for architectural concept under the direction of Hank Murta Adams at the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle. Funded by the Quebec Cultural affairs department; three-week intensive program.
1993 Glass pouring under the direction of Gene Koss at the Pilchuck GlassSchool,Seattle. Partially funded by the Quebec Cultural affairs department; three weeks.
1993 Cast Assistant for Bertil Vallien at the New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York; 45 hours.
1992 Apprenticeship in "pâte de verre" under the direction of David Reekie at Espace Verre, Montreal; intensive 60-hour course.
1991-92 Apprenticeship in glass, foundry, "pâte de verre" and kiln casting at the Centre des Métiers du Verre in Montreal. Partially funded by Quebec Cultural affairs department.
1982-85 Courses in art foundry, bronze, aluminium, Ecole des Métiers de l'est in Montreal; one night per week for three years.
1983 Course in construction site safety with C.S.S.T. (Quebec's workmen's safety board).
1978 Travelling in Greece, Egypt and France for nine months.
1972-75 Technical and art history courses at the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli sculpture school; full-time training.
1970-71 Courses in drafting and plan-reading, hands-on workshop training; one month apprenticeship in each of the following trades:
* tin plate craftsman
* cabinetmaker
* electrician
* die maker
GRANTS
2004 Travelling grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department
2001 Travelling grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department
1995 Prestigious grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
1993 Prestigious grant from the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
1991 Prestigious long-term of the Quebec Cultural Affairs Department.
MENTION
2004 Nominate for a NICHE AWARDS,USA
1996 First price for all sculpture categories International art competition Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montreal.
1995 Nominate for a grant from the Corning Glass works Foundation.
1993 Nominate for a grant from the Corning Glass works Foundation.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2004 Sculptural pieces under the policy of integrating art into the architecture of public building (the 1% program) in the CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
2004 Sculptural pieces under the policy of integrating art into the architecture of public building ( the 1% program) in Beloeil.Cultural centre
2002 Sculptural pieces in the movies series The Bunker
1982 Two murals in wood, 17 feet x 10 feet, in the Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville home for senior citizens, under the policy integrating art into the architecture of public building (the 1% program).Jury's selection.
1978 Modular concrete fountain at the sculpture symposium in Iles-des-Moulins, Terrebonne county. Jury's selection.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2002 Merck Frost
2002 Royal Bank
2001 Médis company
2001 Pfizer.
2000 Pfizer.
1998 Joncas Postexperts inc., Montreal.
1983 Free-standing sculpture at Mont-Orford.
1980 A 6 feet x 6 feet mural in the lobby of the Quebec Hospital Assoc.
1978 Murals for the company Technam.
1977 Free-standing sculpture and trophies for the Fédération of Desjardins crédit unions.
SOLO SHOWS
2005 Gallery,ARTO Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu,Que
2004 The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Washington, MD
2001 The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Washington,MD
1988 Gallery Horace.
1995 Gallery Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec : "Métamorphoses".
1992 Gallery Horace, Sherbrooke, Quebec: "La Grande Débâcle".
1989 Canadian Pacific Forest Products Limited, Montreal.
1984 Gallery Noctuelle, Montreal
1978 Gallery du Moulins, Terrebonne, Quebec.
GROUP SHOWS
2006 SOFA Chicago with Mowen Solinsky Gallery, Nevada City. CA
2006 Irronwood Gallery, Ridgefield, CT Glass Collector event
2006 10th Annual Canadian Glass show, West End Gallery, Victoria.BC
2005 Irronwood Gallery, Ridgefield , CT
2005 A Show of Hands, Toronto , Ontario
2005 9th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery , Victoria , BC
2005 Gallery A Show Of Hands, Toronto
2004 Rencontre des Arts, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2004 Gallery CMAQ, Marché Bonsecours, Montréal
2004 8th Annual Canadian Glass show, West End gallery, Victoria , BC
2004 Gallery Ariana, Royal Oak , Michigan
2004 Gallery Ironwood, Ridgefield , CT
2003 Gallery Madeleine C , Longueuil
2003 Gallery CMAQ, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal
2003 Best of Canadian glass 2003, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto
2003 7th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery , Victoria , BC
2002-03 "Douze pas avant le vide", Musée du Haut-Richelieu, Centre multifonctionnel de Boucherville , Centre d'arts visuels de Saint-Hubert
2002 Gallery Estampe Plus , Quebec
2002 Sable V Wimberly , Texas
2002 Sofa Chicago, Barbara Sylverberg
2002 Matière à Vision V, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2002 Gallery Matéria , Quebec
2002 "Art without Frontiers", St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2002 Stewart Hall art gallery, Montreal
2001 Marché Bonsecours, Gallery CMAQ, Montreal
2001 Gallery Elena Lee, Celebration 25 years of glass, Montreal
2001 Gallery Kittrell/Riffkind art Glass, Dallas , Texas
2001 Glass art Society's 31th annual conference.Corning.
2001 Centre des Métiers du Verre (Glass crafts Center, Montreal ).
1999 Long Beach Island Foundation of arts and science, New Jersey .
1998 Glass Art Society's 29th annual conference.Florida
1998 Symposiums of sculpture in Quebec : 1964-1997.
1998 Créative center of Gesù, new space, space in movement . . . Jury.
1996 Cultural center Brancusi, Montreal .
1996 Gallery Elena Lee, Montreal .
1996 Exhibition Mont-Orford Art Center .
1996 Where's the content/context? Canadian clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo , Ontario Jury.
1996 Canadian Glass biennial event of Montreal .
1995 Gallery Elena Lee, Montreal .
1995 Exhibition Mont-Orford Arts Center : "A l'ombre de Orford".
1995 Quebec Glass Exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo , Ontario .
1994 Gallery du Parc, Trois-Rivières , Quebec . Small formats.
1994 "Refractions-Direction" canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo , Ontario .
1993 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Sherbrooke , Quebec .
1993 O.H.H.R. Inter-regional exhibition at Espace Virtuel in Chicoutimi . Jury's selection.
1992 O.H.H.R. Inter-regional exhibition at Gallery Horace in Sherbrooke . Jury's selection.
1992 "Papier, matière" (paper, matter) exhibition at Gallery Horace in Sherbrooke .
1992 "Payez et emportez" (cash and carry) exhibition at Gallery Horace in Sherbrooke
MAJOR EVENTS
1980 Quebec sculpture symposium at the summer festival in Quebec City , on invitation.
1978 Sculpture symposium in Terrebonne.
1974 Sculpture symposium in Kamouraska.
CAREER
2005 Assistant for a sand casting demo of Hank Murta Adams At Wheaton Village for the "Glass Weekend "
2004 Casting demonstration at the Tulane University , Louisiane Glass Art Society's 34th Annual Conference
2002 Casting demonstration at the Studio in Wimberly , Texas
1998 Class assistant, Hank Murta Adams, Chicago Art Institute.
1995 Great price Téléboutique Bell Design. Selected table for exhibition.
1994 Presentation of model for a project under the 1% program. Shawinigan , Quebec .
1993-94 Technician at the Centre des Métiers du Verre du Quebec ( Quebec Glass Crafts Centre), Espace Verre in Montreal .
1985 Technical assistant for the installation of a large-scale work by Luc Forget under the 1% program.
1982-83 Member of board of the Quebec sculpture council.
1980-81 Full-time teacher for a woodworking course and in charge of the workshop, for the Montreal school board. Design, production and installation of a mural in wood, with the help of the pupils, at the Cherrier school in Montreal
1979-80 Full-time co-ordinator in charge of the workshop for building film sets in Montreal .
1979-80 Teacher for a sculpture course at the Longueuil cultural centre, adult education; two courses per week.
CATALOGUES and PRESS CLIPS
2005 Le Soleil , Quebec , article
2005 Le Canada Français, September, article
2004 Rencontre des Arts, November 2004
2004 Le Soleil , Quebec , article
2003 Le Soleil , Quebec , article
2002 Culture Montérégie, volume 16, number 2, autumn 2002
2002 Le Soleil Quebec , Article
2002 The Gazette, Montreal , article
2001 Exhibition catalogue Glass Art Society's.
1999 Exhibition catalogue Glass Art Society's.
1998 Exhibition catalogue Mont-Orford.
1995 Répertoire des sculpteurs C.S.Q..
1993 Exhibition catalogue of "20 ans du Race" Musée des Beaux-Arts, Sherbrooke .
1993 O.H.H.R., exhibition catalogue.
1985 Confrontation exhibition catalogue.
1984 Confrontation exhibition catalogue.
1983 Confrontation exhibition catalogue.