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EDUCATION
1988 Master’s Degree in Fine Art, MFA, (Art and Technology of Image), University of Paris VIII, Paris, France.
1984 Bachelor’s Degree in Photography, BFA, Ryerson University, Toronto.
1979 Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Art, BAA, (Graphic Design and Photography), Laval University, Quebec.
1976 Diploma of Collegial Studies in Fine Arts, Collège Ste-Foy, Quebec.
FILMOGRAPHY
- ART IS LIKE A GAME, portraits and collaborations 1984- 2024, (2025) 38 min.
Art-Walks (2019–ongoing), video, series of collaborative walks in different cities.
- Flowers of Ichijo – Art Walk Kyoto, (2026) 25 min.
- Negotiating Gentrification in Euljiro, Seoul's Instagrammable Neighborhood, Art-Walk-Seoul (2023), 24 min.
- A walk with artist, poet, curator, Maralynn Cherry, along the East Don River of Pomona Park, Old Thornhill, greater Toronto, (2023), 31 min.
- A walk with photographer, filmmaker, educator, Jessica Auer, Seydisfördur, Iceland (2023), 33 min.
- A walk with artist Magali Desbazeille, Montreuil, région Parisienne (2022), 36 min.
- taking care to add little variations from time to time, Art-Walk-Osaka (2021), 11 min.
- A walk with artist and researcher Anna Ridler (2021), 15 min.
- A walk with AI artist Jake Elwes (2021), 19 min.
- A walk with digital artist Jonas Ersland, Bergmannstrasse, Berlin-Kreuzberg (2021), 19 min.
- A walk with Artist Elena Mazzi, Parco Dora, Turin (2021) 21 min.
- Art-Walk-Berlin (2019), 10 min.
- Louise Bourgeois Doesn’t Do Interviews Anymore (2019), 14 min, video.
- Max in Space – 12 Conversations with the Artist Max Dean (2018), 57 min, video.
- The Cut (2018), 3.5 min, video. Artistic collaborator: Nancy Campbell.
- Ægisída: Notes from Iceland (2015), 7 min, video. Music composition: Kristin Anna Valtysdottir. Musicians: Kristin Anna Valtysdottir (vocals, koto harp, bowed saltery), Eirikur Olafson (trumpet, synthesizer).
- Hôtel des Mimosas (2015), 2.5 min, video. Music by Francis Lai, Kirk Elliot, Ensemble Polaris.
- Swimming Barcelona (2014), 6 min, video. Music: Dafydd Hughes.
- Fountain – Bike – Brakhage, summer solstice in Iceland (2013), 10 min, video. Music: Dafydd Hughes
- Meta Incognita – Winter Solstice (2011), 7 min, video. Music: Alex Geddie.
- Meta Incognita – Summer Variations (2010), 7 min, video. Music: Alex Geddie.
- The Importance of Doing Nothing (2010), 4 min, video.
- Stella in Wilderness (2008), 4 min, video. Music: Udo Kasemets.
- Le temps est nécessaire: Entretien avec François Sullivan dans son atelier (2007), 13 min, video.
- Continuum (2006), 4 min, video.
- Robins and Dove at the Window (2006), 8 min, video. Music: Alex Geddie.
- Snow, Rokeby, Elder (2005–2008), three films by Pierre Tremblay, in collaboration with Frédéric Papon, Co-production: Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains.
- Michael Snow in January 2005 (2005), 45 min, video.
- R. Bruce Elder, Writer, Filmmaker, Professor (2007), 48 min, video.
- David Rokeby: Rendering Perception (2008), 46 min, video.
- Michelle Héon dans son atelier à Paris (2004), video.
- Portraits in a Sentence (2002–2005), over 100 short video portraits, installation for monitors, interactive.
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2026 The Third Quanzhou (Huaguang) International Image Biennial, Presence & Methods, Fujian Huaguang Photographic Art Museum, Quanzhou, China
2025 I see my pupils in yours, an exhibition of 18 International Contemporary Photographic Artists, Fujian Huaguang Photographic Art Museum, Quanzhou, China
2023 Negotiating Gentrification in Euljiro, Seoul's Instagrammable Neighbourhood, De Appel, Amsterdam.
2023 Negotiating Gentrification in Euljiro, Seoul's Instagrammable Neighbourhood, #social2023, CICA Museum, Seoul.
2023 A walk with artist Magali Desbazeille - Pierre Louis Tremblay, les Murs à Pêches, Montreuil, région Parisienne, 41th International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal
2022 Louise Bourgeois doesn’t do Interviews Anymore, Max in Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, OCAD University.
2022 Max in Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, launch online ARTS.FILM.
2021 Taking care to add little variations from time to time: Art-Walk – Osaka, Videoformes, 36 International Digital Arts Festival, Clermont- Ferrand, France.
2020 Max in Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, ON ART Film Festival, Poland.
2020 Max in Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, Stephen Bulger Gallery.
2020 Art-Walk-Berlin, Keith, Berlin, Germany
2019 Max In Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, 37th International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal
2019 Max In Space – 12 conversations with the artist Max Dean, Fusion International Film Festival, West Europe nominations, Brussels
2018 The Cut, collaboration with Nancy Campbell, Barge Fiodra, London, UK
2017 POOLS, selected works, Mengi – Creative & Experimental Music and Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 POOLS, selected works, Image Movement, Moves#140, Berlin, Germany
2017 POOLS, selected works, Le Fresnoy, Cinéthèque, Lille, France
2016 POOLS, new works, curated by Sara Knelman, Ryerson Athletic Centre, one night-only screening in the space of an empty swimming pool
2016 Ægisída, Notes from Iceland, International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal
2015 Hôtel des Mimosas, The Distance Between, Ensemble Polaris, Innis College Theatre, Toronto
2015 Meta Incognita – Winter Solstice, The Dynamics of Darkness in the North, a scientific and artistic multidisciplinary event, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013 Time is Necessary, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
2013 Meta Incognita – variations estivales, Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montreal
2013 Fountain – Bike - Brakhage, Toronto/Montréal/Lille conference, UQAM, Montréal
2011 Meta Incognita – variations estivales, Toronto/Montréal/Lille conference, Le Fresnoy, France
2010 Michelle Héon dans son atelier à Paris – décembre 2009, exposition Michelle Héon, Galerie Trois Points, Montréal
2010 The Importance of Doing Nothing, Sites for Seeing: Out of the Cineplex and Into the Marshlands, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, New Brunswick
2009 Time Is Necessary - Françoise Sullivan, a film by Pierre Tremblay, The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960. Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario
2009 Snow, Rokeby, Elder, three films by Pierre Tremblay. Panorama, le Fresnoy, France. A collaboration with le Fresnoy, France.
2009 Snow, Rokeby, Elder, three films by Pierre Tremblay. FCAD – School of Image Arts. A collaboration with le Fresnoy, France.
2009 R. Bruce Elder, Writer, Filmmaker, Professor a film by Pierre Tremblay. A collaboration with le Fresnoy, France. The New Paragone: The Cinema and Vanguard Art Movements – A symposium on the Avant-Garde and the Early Reception of the Cinema. March 2009
2009 Continuum, Géométries Virtuelles – Centre Culturel Français du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodge
2009 Stella in Wilderness, Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montreal
2008 Continuum, Dans la nuit, des images – Création visuelle et numérique en Europe, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2007 R. Bruce Elder, Camera, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Le Fresnoy/Ryerson Production
2005 Continuum, Enseigner/Produire: Mythologies et Pédagogies du numérique, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2005 Continuum, prog:ME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2004 Continuum, Angle, 1st International Short Film & Video Festival, Xiamen, China,
2004 Continuum, Artrage 04 Program, CyberDeco, Perth, Australia, October
2004 Continuum, Anima 04, SAT, Montreal, Quebec, March
2003 Stan Brakhage - Portraits in a Sentence, Stan Brakhage Memorial Events: ‘’Stan Brakhage and Filmmakers under the Influence of Brakhage’’, Images Festival, Ryerson University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art is Like a Game, portraits and collaborations 1984-2024, InterAccess, Toronto
2014 Black Star Subject: Canada, Ryerson Image Centre video wall, Curated by Don Snyder
2012 Meta Incognita – Summer Variations, The Photographers’s Gallery – The Wall, London, England
2012 Constructed Land, a collaboration with David Bouchard, Alex Geddie and Bruno Lessard, InterAccess, Toronto
2011 300 Days of Indulgence – Negociating with the Beyond, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario
2008 Last Evening of Summer – Oonagh – the Great Lakes, Steve Bulger Gallery (window), Nuit Blanche, Toronto
2008 Continuum, Glendon Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Continuum, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario
2006 Continuum, UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2005 Portraits in a sentence, Observatoire 4, Montreal, Quebec
2002 Portraits in a sentence, Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec
1997 D’après Rodin, Centre Nicéphore, Montpellier, France
1994 Portraits de Sculpture, Galerie Clio Llamosi, Paris, France
1992 L'Ame des Images, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto
1991 L'Ame des Images, VU, Québec
1986 Photos Couleurs, Alliance Française, Toronto
1984 Voyage, Ryerson Photographic Arts Center, Toronto
1983 Improvisation, New Image Gallery, Toronto
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Presence & Methods, The Third Quanzhou (Huaguang) International Image Biennial, Fujian Huaguang Photographic Art Museum, Quanzhou, China
2025 I see my pupils in yours, an exhibition of 18 International Contemporary Photographic Artists, Fujian Huaguang Photographic Art Museum, Quanzhou, China
2023 Negotiating Gentrification in Euljiro, Seoul's Instagrammable Neighbourhood, #social2023, CICA Museum, Seoul.
2022 Realms of Being, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, South Korea.
2011 Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Meta Incognita - variations estivale in collaboration with David Bouchard, Bruno Lessard, music Alex Geddie, Toronto
2009 Dernière soirée de l’été – Oonagh – les Grands lacs, Mois de la photo à Montréal, Les Ateliers Jean Brillant
2002 Portraits in a sentence, Centre d’Art d’Ivry-sur-Seine - CREDAC, Ivry, France
1994 ISEA, 5th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Images du Futur, Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal
1993 FISEA 93, Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1993 Artistes de la Galerie, Galerie Clio Llamosi, Paris, France
1992 2nd Rencontre Internationale d'Art Infographique, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
1991 Rencontre d'Art Infographique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1988 FLOMEN / BAILLARGEON / TREMBLAY / WAQUANT Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France
1986 An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography Weller Gallery, Toronto
1984 An Exhibition of International Artist's Postcards Gallery 44, Toronto
RESIDENCIES
2019 Villa Eläintarha, HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Air 3331, Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Art Space YOSUGA, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2015 Siglufjordur Residency, Siglufjordur, Iceland
2002 Estampes Sagamie, Alma, Quebec
PERFORMANCE - CONCERT
2011 Unbanisme/Urbanité, In Extensio, Continuum. Montréal
2010 Time and Tributes to Robert Creeley & Maralynn Cherry, music of Udo Kasemets, Susan Layard (singer/speaker) video realized by Pierre Tremblay
2009 SOUND(word/time) SCAPES music of Udo Kasemets, Video by Pierre Tremblay
2009 poeMusics, music of Udo Kasemets, Visuals by Pierre Tremblay, Susan Layard (singer/speaker), Paul Dutton (speaker), Manu Mazinani (recording) Victoria University, Emmanuel College Chapel, University of Toronto
2007 The Liberties of Susan Howe, a pOemPERA of Udo Kasemets, Visuals by Pierre Tremblay
2003 It was 35 years ago today, C[H]ORAL Reunion Collective, a performance in celebration of Marcel Duchamp and John Cage at Ryerson, Ryerson University.
TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004 BOOTH, an exhibition of interactive video installation, Portraits in a Sentence, Pierre Tremblay and Skawennati Tricia Fragnito, 80 Minutes, 80 Movies, 80s Music, Pierre Tremblay, InterAccess electronic media arts centre, Toronto
1993 The Astounding Gaze, Photography and New Technology, Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Howard Gerry, Peter Sramek, Pierre Tremblay, Occurrence, Espace d’art et d’essai contemporains, Montréal
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Realms of Being", Changwon Sculpture Biennale, South Korea.
2011 “Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life”, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Meta Incognita - variations estivale in collaboration with David Bouchard, Bruno Lessard, music Alex Geddie, Toronto
2009 Mois de la photo à Montréal, Dernière soirée de l’été – Oonagh – les Grands lacs, Les Ateliers Jean Brillant
2002 Portraits in a sentence, Centre d’Art d’Ivry-sur-Seine - CREDAC, Ivry, France
1994 ISEA, 5th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Images du Futur, Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal
1993 FISEA 93, Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1993 Artistes de la Galerie Galerie Clio Llamosi, Paris, France
1992 2nd Rencontre Internationale d'Art Infographique, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
1991 Rencontre d'Art Infographique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1988 FLOMEN / BAILLARGEON / TREMBLAY / WAQUANT Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France
1986 An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography Weller Gallery, Toronto
1984 An Exhibition of International Artist's Postcards Gallery 44, Toronto
CURATOR
2022 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Renewal
2011 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Zeitgeist
2020 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Portrait
2019 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Memory
2018 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Experimental Landscapes
2017 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Speed
2016 Moving-Image-Arts, International Short Film Festival, Theme: Light
2013 Moving Frames, Shifting Boundaries: Artistic experiments and Innovation in Film and Video, co–curated with Gerda Cammaer, Ryerson Image Centre, Student Gallery
COLLECTIONS
- Louise Bourgeois Archives, The Easton Foundation, New York, USA, Louise Bourgeois doesn’t do interviews anymore (short film)
- Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France, France, Rodin Portfolio
- Musée Rodin, Paris, France, Rodin Portfolio
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France, L’Ame des Images Portfolio
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Shannon Anderson, “Screen Time: Pierre Tremblay’s Art Walks,” publication forthcoming.
2014 Don Snyder, “Black Star: Canada,” Ryerson Image Arts Gallery.
2013 Andrew Dewdney, “Curating the Photographic Image in Networked Culture.” In The Photographic Image in Digital Culture, edited by Martin Lister. London: Taylor & Francis Group. Pp. 95–105.
2012 Steven Loft, “Constructed Land: Reconstructions and Digital Landscapes,” InterAccess Gallery.
2012 Greg J. Smith, “Constructed Land: 65,000 Variations on a Theme,” CAN Creative Applications.Net, August 8, 2012, online.
2011 Maralynn, Cherry, “Spending time with Pierre Tremblay and the rebirth of images”, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington.
2011 Gaëlle Morel, “Pierre Tremblay. L’art de l’archive”, The Work of Pierre Tremblay,” Visual Arts Centre of Clarington.
2011 Don Snyder, “Negotiating with the Image: The Work of Pierre Tremblay,” Visual Arts Centre of Clarington.
2009 MOREL, Gaëlle, Les Espaces de l’image, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
2008 Sequence of Senses - Continuum, Mag MassArt Guide, April 2008, 14-15.
2007 FITZGIBBONS, Lisa, Trente ans pour la galerie Glendon - Continuum, Vie des Arts, no 208 (automne 2007).
2004 MCLEOD, Dayna, Portraits in a sentence, Observatoire 4, Montreal.
2002 LOUBIER, Patrice, MICHAEL-DAULT, Gary, Portraits in a sentence, Langage +, Alma, Quebec
1998 Virtual Museum of Quebec Photography, CD-ROM presenting 68 Quebec artists and photographers.
1998 DESMILLE, Sylvain, D’après Rodin, Vox, Montreal.
1993 DAGENAIS, Francine, The Astounding Gaze, Machines immatérielles, images virtuelles, Aspects de la Photographie Québécoise et Canadienne, Vox and le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
1991 DESMILLE, Sylvain, L’Ame des images, Feuillets d’ artistes 1990-1994, VU centre d’animation et de diffusion de la photographie, Quebec
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
2016 Toronto/Montreal/Lille: Invention of Light: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2013 Toronto/Montreal/Lille: Lumières de la ville: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2011 Lille/Montreal/Toronto: Lumières des Lumière: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2008 Toronto/Montreal/Lille: Together/Elsewhere: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal
2006 Toronto/Montreal: The Proliferation of Screens: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal
2003 Quebec/Ontario: New Forms, New Works; a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with colleague, Professor Don Snyder, Ryerson University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2013 L’art du portrait dans la littérature et les arts visuels: 3ième colloque international, Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers de Kairouan, Tunisie co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2013 Poetics and Politics of Documentary Film: Research Symposium, Helsinki Film School, Finland
2013 Toronto/Montreal/Lille: Lumières de la ville: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2011 Lille/Montreal/Toronto: Lumières des Lumière: a biennial of artistic exchange co-organised with Louise Poissant (UQAM), University of Quebec, Montreal and le Fresnoy, Lille, France
2005 Enseigner/Produire: Une exposition-enquête – le numérique dans l’art
- un séminaire: Pédagogie et processus de production, le Fresnoy, France
- un colloque: Mythologies et Pédagogies du numérique, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2004 Open Territories Conference, the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), presentation of new work titled : Collage.
2000 Talk and Presentation of pieces from the portfolio Portraits in a Sentence, InterAccess, Toronto
2000 Conference and single channel video presentation of Portraits in a sentence, le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, France.
PUBLICATIONS (Editor- Coordinator of French Visiting Artist Catalogue)
2008 Proliferation of Screens, coauthor with Louise Poissant, from the conference Proliferation of Screens held in Montreal in 2006, a biennial of artistic exchange – second edition, published by Presses de l’Université du Québec, Ryerson University, Québec
2005 Maider Fortune – Everything is going to be Alright; exhibition catalogue, Archive Gallery, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto.
2002 Arnaud Dejeammes – Recent Works ; exhibition catalogue, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto.
2001 Magali Desbazeille – The Grass is always greener on the other side; exhibition catalogue, Ryerson Gallery.
2000 Christian Châtel - Discards ; exhibition catalogue, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto.
JURIES
- Ontario Arts Council, Avances média, 2010
- Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), Québec, 2009
- Toronto Arts Council, Grants to Media artist, 2009
- Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists Mid-career program, 2008
- Conseil des Art de l’Ontario, comité d’évaluation du programme Avance média, 2007
- École Supérieure de l'Image d'Angoulême, France, Président du jury des projets d’évaluation de fin d’année, 2004
- Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, France, membre du jury d’évaluation des projets de fin d’année, Juin 2002, 2003, 2004
- Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, France, membre du jury d’évaluation des projets étudiants, Décembre 2000
SERVICE
2009 – 2012 Board of Directors, CMagazine
2005 – 2008 Board of Directors, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
2005 Programming Advisory Board, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
SELECTED GRANTS
2019 Ryerson, FCAD, SRC, Travel Grant
2016 Ryerson, Creative Funds
2015 SSHRC, Connection Grants, Investigator; Pierre Tremblay, Co-Investigator Louise Poissant, 6th Biennial Toronto/Montreal/Lille
2015 Ryerson, Small Project Grant
2015 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2013 Ryerson University, FCAD, Travel Grant
2013 SSHRC, Connection Grants, Investigator; Louise Poissant, Co-Investigator Pierre Tremblay, 5th Biennial Toronto/Montreal/Lille
2011 Ontario Arts Council, Artistes médiatiques en milieu de carrière
2010 Ryerson University, Creative Grant
2010 Faculty of Communication and Design, Travel Grant, Ryerson University
2008 SSHRC, Image, Text, Sound and Technology – Conference Grant, Principal investigator
2007 Project Grant, Ryerson University, Faculty of Communication and Design
2006 Faculty of Communication and Design, Project Grant, Ryerson University
2005 Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant, Media Section
2004 Canarie. ArtGrid, Co-Investigator with UQAM, Montréal, Québec
2004 International Co-operation Of Art Schools with le Fresnoy, France
2004 Faculty of Communication and Design, Creative Grant, Ryerson University
2003 International Co-operation Of Art Schools with le Fresnoy, France
2002 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2002 Daniel Langlois Fondation for Art, Science and Technology, with Professor Don Snyder for Quebec/Ontario Symposium
2001 Faculty of Communication and Design, SRC Grant, Seed Funding for the Art and Industry High-Bandwith Network Project with Tim Jackson
2000 Faculty of Communication and Design, Research Grant, Ryerson