Lise Beaudry est originaire d’Earlton, un petit village près de la frontière du Québec et de l’Ontario  Son art s’inspire des loisirs traditionnels de la communauté franco-ontarienne dont elle est issue :  la pêche (y compris la pêche sur glace), camping, voyage et réunions de famille.  Ses œuvres photographiques et vidéographiques ont été présentées dans des centres d’artistes à travers le Canada : A Space (Toronto), Grunt Gallery (Vancouver), La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury) et AXENÉO7 (Gatineau) aussi bien qu’à l’étranger:  États-Unis, Roumanie, Allemagne, et notamment aux Rencontres d’Arles en France.  Elle vit et travaille à Toronto, où elle enseigne à l’Université de Toronto à Mississauga dans le programme d’art et d’histoire de l’art.

Lise Beaudry is a Franco-Ontarian artist originally from the rural region of Témiscamingue on the Ontario-Québec border.  Her work is influenced by the “lure of the local”, as Lucy Lippard describes, the sense and pull of a space.  For Beaudry this is the land, geography and activities of the north. Beaudry holds a BFA from Concordia University (1997) and an MFA from York University (2006). Her photographic and video work has been presented across Canada and internationally, including Les rencontres internationales de la photographie (Arles), Grant Gallery (Vancouver), ASpace (Toronto), Biennial of Young Artists (Romania), Ice Follies, (North Bay), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Mississauga, and Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain (Montréal). She lives and works in Toronto where she teaches in the Art and Art History program at the University of Toronto in Mississauga.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES

2017     Un tout en ses parties (exhibition and residency) Espace f, Matane, Québec
2012     Sur la glace / Standing on Ice, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario (curated by Stuart Keeler)
2011     Out of Place / Non lieu Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario (curated by Melissa Bennett)
2010     BOLERAMA, AXENÉO7, Gatineau, Québec
2007     La pêche blanche, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario GNO, Sudbury, Ontario
2006     Placed, The Photo Passage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2006     BOLERAMA, Galerie Glendon, Toronto
2005     Scenes in the Sky, Cinésalon - Galerie d’art médiatique, Montréal
2000     Welcome to the Inflated World of Rain & Muffin, A Space Gallery, Toronto
1999    Welcome to the Inflated World of Rain & Muffin, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver

GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES

2017     Visitor Information, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (curated by Jayne Wilkinson and Linda Jansma)
2017     Papier Foire d’art, Montréal
2017     Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montréal
2016     Abricadabri, Foire d’art alternatif de Sudbury (FAAS),  Sudbury, Ontario
2015     Travelling Light, Views of Ontario (online exhibition curated by Scott McLeod)
              Open Field Street Project, Toronto
              Connection – Connexion, Living Arts Center, Mississauga  (curated by Megan Press)
2014     North of Here, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (curated by Patrick Macaulay)
2013     10 X10 Photography Project, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
2006     Ice Follies, North Bay,  Ontario
              Scenes in the Sky, Gallery 44, Toronto
2004     Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, Romania  
              Spin Gallery, Toronto
              Alleyjaunt – local art in local garages , Toronto
2002     Eastern Edge Gallery, St.John’s, Newfoundland
2001     Transit, S.O.F. Art House, Toronto
             25 Interpretations, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
2000    Sights Un-Scene, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
             Long Hot Summer, A Space Gallery, Toronto
             Cab 2000 - Community Art Biennial , Toronto
             Genderless Generation, Spin Gallery, Toronto
             Piddle About, The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1997     Travaux en Cours Extérieurs, Rencontres internationales de la photographie , Arles, France
              X >  ÷ - International Day Against Discrimination - Metro McGill, Montréal

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS / PROCHAINES EXPOSITIONS

2018     Cimes et Cieux, Pierre François Ouellette art contemporain (Centre Space), Toronto
              Scratch that, Koffler Gallery, Toronto  (curated by Noa Bronstein)
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MOVING IMAGES / IMAGES MOBILES

2012        I Hear the Music: Dufferin Crossing Bank
                 Flip book animation commissioned by Circuit Gallery and presented in collaboration with Art for Commuters on TTC subway screens.
2008/09   La vie en pellicule
                  Film commissed as part of the  Canadian Distribution Centre’s 40th anniversary project:  
                  Re-Generation – New Animations on Semianl Films presented at Cinematheque Ontario and travelled to over 12 venues across Canada.
2005         Entre J’entre
                  Film commissed as part of LIFT’s Poetry/Projections project presented at the Drake Hotel, Toronto.
2002        Le Tourbillon
                 Awards: Inside Out Film & Video Festival - Best Up-and-Coming Toronto Filmaker V
                 Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Short Film
                 Selected screenings: Berlin Lesbian Film Festival; Brussels Lesbian  & Gay Film Festival; Miami Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; MIX Film Festival 
                 (New York); Image+Nation (Montréal); Immaginaria Intern. Lesbian Film Festival (Italy); Verzaubert Film Festival (Germany)

EDUCATION / FORMATION

2004 - 2006    York University (MFA Visual Arts)
1994 - 1997    Concordia University (BFA  Photography)
1993 - 1995    Algonquin College  (Photography certificate)

GRANTS and AWARDS / PRIX et BOURSES

2017        Canda Council for the Arts, Visual Artists, Project Grant
2016        K.M Hunter Artist Award finalist
2015        Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career, Visual Arts Grant
                 Canda Council for the Arts, Visual Artists, Project Grant
                 Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artists
2012        BMW Exhibition Prize, Contact Photography Festival
2011        Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career, Visual Arts Grant
                 Canda Council for the Arts, Visual Artists, Project Grant
                 Toronto Arts Council, Level Two, Visual Artists
                 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assitance
2010        Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assitance
2008         Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career, Visual Arts Grant
2006         Ontario Arts Council, Avance Média
                  Toronto Arts Council, Level One, Visual Arts Grant
                  Canada Council for the Arts, Artist Production Grant
                  Ontario Art Council, Exhibition Assistance
                  Art@Suite 500, York University
2005         Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / EXPÉRIENCES PROFESSIONELLES

2015 – present    Ontario Arts Council
                               Consultant for francophone initiatives and outreach

2010 – present    Sheridan and University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) -Art and Art History Program
                               Seasonial Faculty

2008 – 2014         Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
                               Director

2004 – 2010         York University
                               Studio Instructor

2003 – 2007         ALLEYJAUNT - local art in local garages
                               Co-founder, co-organizer and curator