The 2022 Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art awarded to artists Rémi Belliveau of UQAM and Diyar Mayil of Concordia
MONTREAL, Could 5, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – Artist Rémi Belliveau, who will graduate this summer time with a Grasp’s in visible and media arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Diyar Mayil, a closing 12 months scholar in tremendous arts at Concordia University, have been awarded the celebrated 2022 Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art.
The Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowships in Up to date Artwork, every price $60,000 and disbursed over a interval of two years, present award recipients with the popularity and assist they should refine their work and additional their inventive analysis at a turning level of their careers as they transfer out of academia into the skilled neighborhood. Annually, the fellowships are awarded to 2 college students finishing a Grasp’s or PhD program in media arts or visible arts at UQAM’s School of Arts and Concordia College’s School of Wonderful Arts.
The 2022 fellows
The interdisciplinary trans and non-binary artist Rémi Belliveau is from Belliveau-Village, an Acadian hamlet within the Mi’kma’ki, unceded conventional territory of the Mi’kmaq individuals, within the Memramcook valley of New Brunswick.
Their creative work goals to develop the schools of self-analysis and significant sense whereas deconstructing and recoding the foundations, constructions and collective creativeness of the Acadian tradition to which they belong.
Since 2012, their work has been displayed at a number of occasions and group exhibitions comparable to Les Histoires Nécessaires (curator: Véronique LeBlanc, 2019) on the Galerie d’artwork Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Université de Moncton; Artwork within the Open 2017, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Writing Topography (curator: Corrina Ghaznavi, 2015) on the Beaverbrook Artwork Gallery, New Brunswick.
In 2020, the Galerie de l’UQAM hosted Hier semble si loin / Chapitre 4 / Jean Dularge, Rémi Belliveau’s master’s exhibition in visual and media arts. The earlier 12 months, their first solo exhibition, Dissonances rurales, was offered on the Galerie d’artwork Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen of Université de Moncton, curated by Nisk Imbeault.
In 2021, Rémi Belliveau was a Sobey Art Award finalist (Atlantic), which earned them a spot within the closing exhibition on the Nationwide Gallery of Canada (curator: Josée Drouin-Brisebois). The artist at present lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang, the unceded conventional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg, also referred to as Montreal.
Diyar Mayil has a BFA from Concordia College, the place she additionally simply accomplished her MFA. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, she now lives and works in Montreal.
As an interdisciplinary artist, Diyar Mayil combines sculpture, set up and efficiency. Her works discover the social actuality of marginalized our bodies. Consolation, discomfort, adaptation and the acceptance of various our bodies in public and in personal are recurring topics in her artwork. Her works had been lately exhibited at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, the Printemps numérique and the Leonard & Bina Ellen Artwork Gallery. She’s going to quickly start an artist residency on the NARS Basis in New York.
Her sculptural and efficiency works are based mostly on the illustration of the physique. Each acquainted and mysterious, the physique is very political. She attracts on themes of alienation and subtlety to discover the connection between the human physique and politics. Conceptually and materially, she combines the accustomed to the unusual and the light with the perilous in her quest to create associations that evoke each consolation and discomfort. On this manner, she hopes to create an intuitive dialogue between the viewer and her work to carry out new views and sensibilities within the notion of the physique.
“The monetary assist supplied by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Basis in Up to date Artwork is invaluable for rising artists,” says Joanne Lalonde, dean of UQAM’s School of Arts. “This fellowship permits these artists to commit themselves to their analysis and inventive work, and facilitates a smoother transition to the skilled atmosphere. I want to thank the Bronfmans for his or her assist. Over the previous 13 years, this fellowship has created an ecosystem that serves as a springboard for nationwide and worldwide recognition.”
“This is likely one of the most beneficiant fellowships obtainable to rising Canadian visible artists. It’s extremely aggressive, and every of our 24 previous fellows has contributed to the expansion of arts and tradition in Montreal,” says Annie Gérin, Dean of the School of Wonderful Arts at Concordia. “I do know Diyar and Rémi will proceed on this custom, and have a optimistic affect on the modern artwork world. We’re extraordinarily pleased with their achievements as college students at Concordia and UQAM and need them effectively.”
Earlier winners
26 distinctive artists have acquired the Fellowship up to now.
Previous winners are:
2021: Leila Zelli (UQAM) and Nico Williams (Concordia)
2020: Heidi Barkun (UQAM) and Mara Eagle (Concordia)
2019: Céline Huyguebaert (UQAM) and Madeleine Mayo (Concordia)
2018: Frédérique Laliberté (Concordia) and Émilie Serri (UQAM)
2017: Andréanne Abbondanza-Bergeron (Concordia) and Martin Leduc (UQAM)
2016: Yannick Desranleau (Concordia) and Guillaume Adjutor Provost (UQAM)
2015: Velibor Božović (Concordia) and Myriam Jacob-Allard (UQAM)
2014: Marie Dauverné (UQAM) and Brendan Flanagan (Concordia)
2013: Nadia Seboussi (UQAM) and Kim Waldron (Concordia)
2012: Sébastien Cliche (UQAM) and Julie Favreau (Concordia)
2011: Aude Moreau (UQAM) and Pavitra Wickramasinghe (Concordia)
2010: Steve Bates (Concordia) and Véronique Savard (UQAM)
A sales space for the recipients of the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Up to date Artwork will likely be arrange on the 2022 Papier Up to date Artwork Honest, the place artists Rémi Belliveau and Diyar Mayil will exhibit their works from August 26 to August 28, 2022. Allison Kalb, a grasp’s scholar in artwork historical past at UQAM, will curate the exhibition.
In regards to the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Household Basis
The Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Household Basis is a charitable group that strives to create and innovate domestically, nationally and internationally, with a powerful deal with Montreal. website
** Images of fellows obtainable upon request.
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