Magalie Guerin

CV

born in Montreal (1973), lives in Chicago, IL

EDUCATION

2011           MFA- Painting, SAIC, Chicago, IL
1997           AEC- Commercial photography, Dawson College, Montreal
1994           DEC- Criminology, Cegep FXGarneau, Quebec

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012           Autumn Space, "The Warmest Guest", (February), Chicago, IL
2010           Autumn Space, “The Cracks of The Game”, (October), Chicago, IL
2006           MillerBlock, "Unrequited", (September) Boston, MA
2004           GV/AS gallery, "The Devil In Me", (June) Brooklyn, NY
2000           Belgo Espace 318, "Cheap Ciao", Montreal

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
D Gallery, "various small abstractions", with Justin Witte, Tim Nickodemus and Leslie Baum, curated by Philip von Zweck, Chicago, IL
Zolla/Lieberman gallery, "The Question of their Content", curated by Carly Silverman, Chicago, IL

2011  
Performa 11, a project by Philip von Zweck with Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
Monya Rowe gallery, "Cloud Gate", with Sean Ward, Nazafarin Lotfi, Sarah Sohn and Carly Silverman, New York, NY         
LVL3, “Reduction or Something Less”, with Matt Nichols and Conor Backman, Chicago, IL
SAIC Sullivan Gallery, MFA Thesis Show, Chicago, IL
Julius Ceasar, “Irritable Abstraction”, curated by Susanne Doremus, Chicago, IL
MDW fair (with The Suburban), with Sean Ward, Fatima Haider, Winslow Smith, Karolina Gnatowski and Dan Gunn, Chicago, IL          

2010           
Poor Farm, “The Great Poor Farm Experiment II” (1 year long installation, collaboration with Sean Ward), Manawa, WI
Zrobili, “You Are Not Making Art, Chicago, IL
“Midnight Snacks”, Chicago, IL

2009           
SCA Contemporary Art, “Fuckheads” curated by Angela Dufresne, Albuquerque, NM

2008           
Works on Paper (Fair), New York, NY with MillerBlock
Rabbithole studio, "Memorandum", Brooklyn, NY

2007           
AquaHotel (Fair), Miami, FL, with MillerBlock
Pierogi gallery, inclusion in the flat files, Brooklyn, NY
The 'temporary Museum, "The Face", Brooklyn, NY
31Grand, "Just a Ghostly Paper Sigh", New York, NY
31Grand, "No New Tale To Tell", New York, NY
MillerBlock, "Nature/Nurture", Boston, MA

2006           
31Grand, "Other worlds", Brooklyn, NY
ScopeMiami (Fair), FL, with 31Grand
The National Arts Club, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", New York, NY
MillerBlock, "Unless", Boston, MA
Bucheon Gallery, "Deluge", San Francisco, CA
Flow (Fair), Miami, FL, with MillerBlock
ScopeNY (Fair), NY, with 31Grand

2005           
Monya Rowe gallery, "Something is Somewhere", New York, NY
ScopeMiami (Fair), Miami, FL, with 31Grand

2004           
Broadway Gallery (Project room), "Wall List", New York, NY
Monya Rowe gallery, "I've Met Someone Else", New York, NY
GV/AS gallery, "Tits&Art IV", Brooklyn, NY
White Columns, Inclusion in the curated Slide Registry, New York, NY
The Drawing Center, Inclusion in the curated Slide Registry, New York, NY

2003           
GV/AS gallery, "Tits&Art 3", Brooklyn, Ny
GV/AS gallery, "Summer's Eve", Brooklyn, NY
GV/AS gallery, "Clean, it just looks dirty" (Curated by Bradley Rubenstein), Brooklyn, NY
Antagonist's Art Gallery, "The Day Of The Burning Painting", New York

2002           
GV/AS gallery, "Tits&Art II", Brooklyn, NY
GV/AS gallery, "Magalie Guerin+Gabriel CD", Brooklyn, NY
GV/AS gallery, "Tits&Art", Brooklyn, NY
Antagonist's Art gallery, "Caffeinate & Decimate", NY

2000           
Centre Pierre-Peladeau, "Poser un Geste", Montreal

AWARDS

2008             Millay Colony, New York
2006             KHN Center for the Arts, Nebraska
2005             Jentel Artist Residency Program, Wyoming

SELECTED PRESS

Newcity Art, "Museum of Contemporary Art, LVL3 gallery", Monica Westin, November 2011
Chicago Tribune, “Autumnal art”, Lauren Viera, Sept 15, 2011
(fundamental) PAINTING, Interview, standardinterview.blogspot.com, August 2011
Beautiful Decay.com, June 2011
A/ART (feature), May 2011 http://blogaart.blogspot.com/2011/0...
Pedro Vélez, “Chicago 2010”, Artnet.com, January 2011
Beautiful Decay.com, July 2009
www.phantasmaphile.com, March 2, 2007
foggygrizzly.blogspot.com (interview), February 2007
Dossier magazine, issue #2 2008, p.114
Adam E. Mendelsohn, "Just A Ghostly Paper Sigh", Art Review, February 2008, issue 19, p.79
Mange Ta Ville, ARTV, Montreal, 2006 (Television interview- CLICK HERE to view)
Completement Dada, Canal Vox, Montreal, 2006 (Television interview)
Cate McQuaid, "Identity crisis", Boston Globe 10/05/06
www.TheDrama.org, featured artist, April 2006
Swingset magazine #7, p.54-55, 2005
Rene Donais, "Scoptographies", ETC Montreal, #56, Dec. 2001, Montreal
Skidmore, "Skidsofrenic", Hour, June 7 2000, Montreal
David Aris, "Seven Senses", The Plant, Feb. 27 1997, Montreal

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2011- to present                       
Instructor, Early College Program, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Assistant to Jo Hormuth

2011
Assistant to Riva Lehrer
Substitute Teacher, SAIC Painting department, Chicago, IL

2009-2011           
Assistant to Michelle Grabner, Chicago, IL

2010                       
Teacher Assistant for Frank Piatek, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, SAIC (Graduate Noon Lecture), Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, SAIC (class of Dan Devening), Chicago, IL

2009                       
Visiting Artist, SAIC (class of D.Devening + E. Lebofsky), Chicago, IL
Art Buyer, Bill Smith Group, New York, NY

2008                       
Visiting Artist, Mass Art, Boston, MA

2002-04             
Director/curator of GV/AS gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2003                       
Curator, "BeyondXXX", Visual Aids Web Gallery (March)

2000-2009           
Freelance Color Photo Printer, New York, NY

1996-2000           
Commercial Photographer, Montreal, QC