Nathalie Thibault

Nathalie Thibault was born in La Pocatière in 1975 and lives in Quebec City. Alongside her artistic practice she works at the hospice and research institute Michel-Sarrazin as an artist who offers individuals and group art sessions to terminal-phase cancer patients. Since receiving her MFA in visual arts from Université Laval in 2005 (Quebec), she has shown her solo work in Quebec and Ontario, notably at L'OEil de Poisson (Quebec), Galerie Simon Blais (Montreal), LE Gallery (Toronto ). In 2009, she was a semi-finalist of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition and of the 100 Painters of Tomorrow international competition in 2013. Thibault has exhibited in several group shows in Canada and United States including the Musée d’art contemporain of Montreal and the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto). In September 2017, she was included in Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Her works are held in private and institutional collections including the Caisses Desjardins Collection, Banque Scotia, The Loan of Works of Art collection from the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec.

EDUCATION
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2005 MFA in fine arts , Laval University, Quebec
2002 BFA in fine arts, Laval University, Quebec

ART FAIRS

2021-2012-2010 Art Toronto
2021-2020-2014 Papier (Paper)

AWARDS

​2013 Semi-finalist 100 Painters Of Tomorrow http: //www.100paintersoftomorrow.com/
2009 Semi-finalist at the Royal Bank of Canada's National Painting Competition
2008 Recipient of a Loto-Québec scholarship as part of the Repérage exhibition
2006 Finalist in the “Relève” category of the Quebec City Arts and Culture Awards for the exhibition Murmures et cacophonies de la couleur
2002 Recipient of the Louis Garneau prize as part of the exhibition for graduates of the BA in fine arts

PRESS

2020 Josianne Desloges, Living spaces by Virginie Mercure and Nathalie Thibault,
https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/les-espaces-habitables-de-virginie-mercure-et-nathalie-thibault-246df713d75a95f028111e10978c1fdb
2018 Josianne Desloges, Les chorégraphies au scroll by Nathalie Thibault , Le Soleil 25 November 2018: https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/les-choregraphies-au-rouleau-de-nathalie-thibault-263b9d492f11af86a7d869b43a3b513e
2018 James D. Campbell, Nathalie Thibault Études pour coups fumants, Whitehot Magazine-Juin https://whitehotmagazine.com/ar...

SOLO SHOW (SELECTION)

2023 Tracé angulaires et formes cintrées, Galerie a, Quebec City, QC, Canada,

2020 Les distracteurs de couleurs, Galerie a, Quebec City, QC, Canada

2018 Parades et Ripostes , Galerie a, Quebec City, QC, Canada

2018 Études pour coups fumants , Center Elgar, Verdun, Montreal, Canada

2013 L'emploi du temps , LE Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2011 Mes prétextes, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada

2010 Détours, Allers-Retours, L'Usine C, Montreal, QC, Canada

2010 Série Noire , LE Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2005 Errances affectives, artist run center L'OEil de Poisson, Quebec City, QC, Canada


GROUP SHOW (SELECTION)

Upcoming 2023: Exhibition on Brutalism in architecture, curator: Peio Éliceiry, artist run center L’OEil de Poisson and VU Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada

2018 Lancement de la Galerie a , Belgo Building, Montreal, QC, Canada

2017 Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, CB, Canada. Curators: Bruce Grenville and David MacWilliam (catalog)

2015 Inaugural exhibition , CG2 Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2012 MERGE an annual exhibition of emerging artists, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto

2009 L'Étincelle du Phénix, young Canadian...