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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-Walks (2019–ongoing), video, series of collaborative walks in different cities.

- 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

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

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

 

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

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