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Cheryl Fortier


News
November 19, 20, 21 & 22 2015 - Eastside Culture Crawl
I'll have some new paintings from my current series on the studio walls as well as work in progress. You'll find me in the Mergatroid Building (lime green), 995 Vernon Drive.  I'm in the ground floor studio with all the windows at the corner of Vernon and Parker Streets. I look forward to seeing you over the weekend. If you can't make it and would like to see my work in the week following the Crawl send me an email to arrange a time.




November 16 - 20 - ARTBOMB Auction site
http://www.artbombdaily.com will feature Cheryl's painting Tirez vers chez soi.

 

Sept. 26 - Oct. 8 2015 - VCCA Retrospective
Group exhibit featuring the works of ten years of fellows at VCCA-France. Cheryl exhibited Elle parle, la chaise n'écoute pas


July 2 - 30, 2015 - Rêverie Silencieuse with Elodie Jammes, la Galerie Arts'Kad, Auvillar, France
 Vernissage Thursday July 9 at 6:30pm.


November 20, 21, 22 & 23 2014 - Eastside Culture Crawl
New Thursday hours: Special Studio Preview Thursday November 20th 5 - 10pm!
I'll have some new paintings from my current series on the studio walls as well as work in progress. You'll find me in the Mergatroid Building (lime green), 995 Vernon Drive.  I'm in the ground floor studio with all the windows at the corner of Vernon and Parker Streets. I look forward to seeing you over the weekend. If you can't make it and would like to see my work in the week following the Crawl send me an email to arrange a time.




Nov. 5 - 28 2014  Britannia Art Gallery exhibit "Water"
Joint exhibit with painter Jeff Wilson. Opening reception 6:30pm Thurs. Nov. 6 at the gallery, 1661 Napier St., Vancouver.





Fall-winter 2014-2015  East Feast Project Selected!
On June 1st a group of people joined for the annual Shannon Campbell presenting at East FeastEast Feast event where there was fine food, entertainment and presentations of the 3 projects that were shortlisted. Cindy Mateusch from posAbilities and my daughter Shannon Campbell presented my project "Art Outside of Ourselves" and did an expert job as it was chosen by the attendees.

The FEAST funding will enable a group of artists with developemental disabilities from "Alternatives Creations Studio" in East Vancouver along with community members to take an imaginative journey to and from Vancouver, BC and Southwest France without leaving Bonjour Vancouver from les artistes a deux mainsthe art studio. I will lead art workshops in both locations in which the participants will create "mail art" (postcard sized, two dimensional artworks). The mail art will be exchanged wtih community members and artists with developmental disabilities from the "A deux mains" studio in Valence d'Agen, France.

The project will take place in fall and winter, more news to follow. I hope that you'll be able to join us.


Août 2 - 13 2014 Exposition: Chapelle Ste. Catherine, le Port, Auvillar
Group show with sculptor France Alvin and photographer Sabine van den Bergh
 
[Image] - Invitation Aout 2014 - cliquez pour agrandir


July 4 - Sept. 21 2014 - Salon d'Art de la Ville D'Agen: Insolite
I'm very happy to announce that two of my paintings have been accepted by the Salon d'Art de la Ville D'Agen. For my non-French friends, Agen is the prefecture (capital) of Lot et Garonne, the neighbouring department to Tarn et Garonne, the department of Auvillar.

L'Eau Bleu Outremer - cliquez pour agrandir



Thursday February 6th 2014: Bird on a Wire Private View
The opening with artists is from 7pm - 9:30 pm - I'll be there!
I will be exhibiting paintings from my newest series. They will be featured until the end of March.
Bird on a Wire Creations
2535 Main Street, Vancouver BC (on west side just south of Broadway)



Cheryl Fortier painting Hover / Suspendu on ArtBomb June 5, 2013

Hover / Suspendu. Click to enlarge.
 
Those of you who visited my studio for the Culture Crawl in Nov. 2012 will recall my large scale underwater paintings. I'm excited to announce that one of these pieces, Hover / Suspendu, will be exclusively featured by ArtBombDaily.com for their June 5 celebration of the UN's World Environment Day. The auction is open from 3am - 8pm Pacific time on Wednesday June 5. 

UPDATE: Winning bidder is thrilled and is displaying the painting in her home in Ontario. Thanks to everyone who participated.




Juin - June 2013 - Auvillar, France
"Bon vent" Un projet de fresque élaboré par l'artiste Cheryl Fortier et les élèves de la classe de CM2 de l'école d'Auvillar.
"Bon vent" A community mural project developed by Cheryl with the CM2 students of Auvillar Elementary School and the help of many community members.

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Artist
Cheryl in her studio at VCCA.

The force behind Cheryl Fortier’s work comes from the raw yet gentle energy of the land and sea: at once peaceful and threatening, familiar and exotic. In the spaces between the experiences of the wild and the din of a city studio, a tension is manifest. In her studio Cheryl works to compress and magnify these tensions creating acrylic on canvas paintings that resonate with the power of nature.

Cheryl’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and in France and she is represented in private collections in North America, France and the U.K. Deeply committed to making art a part of people’s lives, Cheryl teaches, acts as juror, mentor and has been involved in diverse community mural projects in hospitals, restaurants and public spaces.

Cheryl spends summers in Southwest France where she is currently the Resident Director for The Virginia Center for Creative Arts at their facility in Auvillar. Her studio is in the Mergatroid Building in East Vancouver.


Contact
Studio
Auvillar, France
Studio visits by appointment.

Email
cheryl@cherylfortier.com

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Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibits
  2016 Window Dressing - 2 & 3 Dimensional Installation, Paneficio Window Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2015 Undertow, The Cultch Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2013 L'Arrats, VanCity - Denman, Vancouver, BC
  2011 À Table, Auvillar, France
  2011 l'Arrats - une Petite Rivière, Chapelle Ste Catherine, Auvillar, France
  2008 Ebb and Flood, Richmond Art Gallery, City Hall Location, Richmond, BC
  2002 Current Paintings, Portfolio Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  1999 Printemps, Flower Factory Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  1997 A Sense of Place, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
  1991 Seasons, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
  1990 Selected Works, Place des Arts Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
  1990 Current Watercolours, Caisse Populaire de Maillardville, Coquitlam, BC
  1989 Stepping Out, Place des Arts Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
Selected Group Exhibits
  2015 A Silent Reverie, Eastside Culture Crawl – The Fortier Studio, Vancouver, BC
  2015 Retrospective VCCA – 10 ans de création au Moulin à Nef, Chapelle Ste Catherine, Auvillar, France
  2015 Rêverie Silencieuse, la Galerie les Arts’Kad, Auvillar, France
  2014 Life Lines, Eastside Culture Crawl – The Fortier Studio, Vancouver, BC
  2014 Water, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2014 Exposition à la Chapelle Sainte Catherine, le Port, avec France Alvin et Sabine van den Bergh. Auvillar, France
  2014 "Insolite" Salon d'Art de la Ville D'Agen, Centre culturel André-Malraux, Agen, France
  2014 Afloat, Bird on a Wire Creations, Vancouver, BC
  2013 Afloat, Eastside Culture Crawl – The Fortier Studio, Vancouver, BC
  2012 Ocean Dreams, Eastside Culture Crawl – The Fortier Studio, Vancouver, BC
  2011 5ième Salon d'Art Contemporain de Montauban, Salle de l'Ancienne Collège, Montauban, Tarn et Garonne, France
  2011 Westcoast Trees, Hollyburn Country Club Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2010 Paysages - SW France, Eastside Culture Crawl – The Fortier Studio, Vancouver, BC
  2008 The Turning Point, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2008 Square Foot, AWOL Gallery & Studios, Toronto, Ontario
  2008 You Are Here, Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2008 Ongoing Exhibits Of Gallery Artists, Willow Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  2008 Ongoing Exhibits Of Gallery Artists, Vandop Gallery, New Westminster, BC
  2008 Ongoing Exhibits Of Gallery Artists, Nest Interiors, Vancouver, BC
  1987 - 2007 63 Group Exhibits
Community Art Projects
  2014 - 2015 Art Outside of Ourselves, art exchange project between East Vancouver and Auvillar, France communities.
  2013 Bon Vent, Community Mural Project, Auvillar France
  2012 Birds of a Feather, Atelier à Deux Mains, Centre Henri Cros – ARSEEA, Valence d’Agen, France
  2011 Porte, Atelier à Deux Mains, Centre Henri Cros – ARSEEA, Valence d’Agen, France
  2005 Broughton Mural, Knights Of Columbus Assisted Living Community, Vancouver, BC
  2003 Collingwood Murals, Collingwood District Business Association, Vancouver, BC
  2001 GVFH Co-Op/False Creek School Mural, Greater Vancouver GVFH Co-Op, Vancouver, BC
  2001 Alzheimer Community Mural Project, Pleasant View Care Home, Mission, BC
Awards / Residencies
  2014 East FEAST Vancouver community project 2014 award recipient
  2009 - 2015 Artist in Residence, Moulin à Nef, VCCA-France, Auvillar
  2007 - 2015 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia, USA
  2000 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant
  1997 Valley Fine Arts '97, Honorable Mention, BC Festival Of The Arts Regional Exhibit
  1996 Valley Fine Arts '96, People's Choice Award, BC Festival Of The Arts Regional Exhibit
Professional Positions in the Arts
  1998 - 1999 Executive Director, The District of Mission Arts Council, Mission, BC
  1994 - 1996 Arts & Crafts Co-ordinator, La Fête Colombienne des Enfants - Francophone Children’s Festival, Maillardville, BC
Teaching Experience
  1998 - present Watercolour And Acrylic Painting; College And Community Courses, Professional Development, Teachers Workshops, Private Classes and Workshops
Selected Reviews
  2015 Charlotte Fouilleron, Etrangers, ils font bouger nos régions - Canadienne dans le Tarn, Femme actuelle, France, 17 août
  2014 Stéphanie Lonec, Grande Exposition à La Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, La Dépêche du Midi,   France, 9 août
  2013 Stéphanie Lonec, La fresque « Bon Vent ! » a été inaugurée, La Dépêche du Midi, France, 12 octobre
  2011 Montauban. G.D.S., Le Salon d’Art Contemporain est ouvert, La Dépêche du Midi, France, 30 septembre
  2011 Christophe Gardner, Cheryl Fortier expose, La Dépêche du Midi, France, 24 juin
  2008 Veronica Lawrence, Artist Dives into Coastal Landscape, Richmond Review, July 9
  2008 Michelle Hopkins, Q & A, Richmond News, June 24
  2006 Rod Drown, Artist Seeks Large Canvas, The Vancouver Courier, August 2
  2005 Breakfast TV, Arts In Vancouver - Eastside Culture Crawl, City Television, November 17
  2002 Susan Balcom, The Vancouver Sun, February 15
  2001 Mia Thomas, The Times, March 27
Education
  1987 Diploma in Applied Arts; Painting & Printmaking, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
Memberships
  1996 - present CARFAC (Canadian Artist Representatives/Front Des Artists Canadiens)



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