Florence Giroux Gravel

BIO
Florence Giroux Gravel is a visual artist who received her MFA from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and studied in Studio Art at New York University (NYU Steinhardt) as well. She has exhibited in Canada, the United States, Iceland and France, notably at Carvalho Park, Sorbonne Art Gallery, Foire Plural, Foire Papier, Marius-Barbeau Museum, AMF Gallery and Bernard Gallery. Her work is present in corporate and private collections, including Claridge Inc., Kirkland & Ellis, Ubisoft Montréal and Institut Teccart. Florence is a recipient of 4 Première Ovation grants, 1 in Mentoring in Public Art (2020) and 3 in Research and Creation (2022, 2023 and 2024). Florence belongs to the Artists File of Art and Architecture Integration Policy of Quebec (1%).

STATEMENT
Playing with perception and movement, Florence works with the notion of space by being interested in the multiplication of points of view experienced by the viewer. The distance and the proximity to the works reveal fields of illusions and unexpected wavelengths for the eye, creating a dialogue with the environment. Her works are transformed according to the effect of light, leading to a variability of tones, nuances and densities. Working with threads for the past few ye...

EDUCATION
2015-2016 Certificate in Studio Art (MFA Program), New York University (NYU Steinhardt), New York, USA

2013-2016 MASTER’S degree in Fine Arts and Sciences of Art, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

2009-2013 BACHELOR’S degree in Art History, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Upcoming. Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, 100th anniversary of the Maison des Étudiants Canadiens, Paris, France

2024 Ears. Sorbonne Art Gallery, Paris, France

2023 (Duo exhibition) Merging Echoes. Carvalho Park, Brooklyn

2023 L'Entre Temps. Galerie AMF, Quebec City, Canada

2022 Light and Transparency. Centre culturel Georges-Vanier, Montréal, Canada

2022 Valse. Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Canada

2020 Chroma. Ubisoft, Montréal, Canada

2019 Vibrations chromatiques. Galerie AVE, Montréal, Canada

2019 Transparence chromatique. Musée Marius-Barbeau, St-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada

2017 Traversée chromatique entre les fils de l’âme. Complexe Jules-Dallaire, Quebec City, Canada

2015 Les mots de l’âme entre les fils. Maison des étudiants Canadiens, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, France


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Factory, Djúpavík, Iceland

2023 Galerie AMF, Quebec City, Canada

2022 Territoires insoupçonnés : Fernand Toupin, Florence Giroux Gravel, Stéphanie L’Heureux and Gilles Tarabiscuité. Galerie Bernard, Montréal, Canada

2016 Obsolescere. The Commons Gallery, New York, USA