LISE BEAUDRY
  • Proje(c)ts
    • Pi
    • Pi, en cours / in progress
    • Dans le bois | In the Woods
    • Les petits feux | Little Fires
    • Site historique
    • Crop
    • Through Lines
    • Visitor Information
    • Un tout en ses parties (Espace F)
    • Photo Boxes
    • The Stack
    • From the Filing Cabinets
    • People & Dogs
    • Un tout en ses parties
    • Album
    • Treetop
    • La lecture
    • Objective Disorder
    • Whitescape
    • Underscape
    • Zone
    • La pêche blanche
    • Sur la glace | Standing on Ice
    • Out of Place | Non lieu
    • BOLERAMA
    • En attendant
    • Scenes in the Sky
  • Bio
  • Contact
PicturePhotographe: Marc Audette (Merci)

Lise Beaudry est originaire d’Earlton, un petit village près de la frontière du Québec et de l’Ontario.  En tant qu’artiste franco-ontarienne,  elle aborde la photographie comme une plateforme d’expérimentation. Beaudry est titulaire d’un baccalauréat de Concordia University (1997) et d’une maîtrise en arts visuels (2006) de York University.  Ses œuvres photographiques et vidéographiques ont été présentées dans des centres d’artistes à travers le Canada et à l’étranger: Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (1997), Grunt Gallery, Vancouver (1999) A Space, Toronto (2000), Biennial of Young Artists, Romania (2004), Ice Follies, North Bay (2006), AXENÉO7, Gatineau (2010), Art Gallery of Hamilton (2011), Art Gallery of Mississauga (2012), Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montréal (2017) et Koffler Gallery, Toronto (2018).Ses œuvres se retrouvent dans plusieurs collections privées incluant le Groupe bancaire TD.  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 Témiscamingueon the Ontario-Québec border.  As an artist, she seeks ways to do and think with photography as a platform for experimentation.She 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 (1997), Grunt Gallery, Vancouver (1999) A Space, Toronto (2000), Biennial of Young Artists, Romania (2004), Ice Follies, North Bay (2006), AXENÉO7, Gatineau (2010), Art Gallery of Hamilton (2011) and Art Gallery of Mississauga (2012), Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montréal (2017) and Koffler Gallery, Toronto (2018).  In 2012, Beaudry won the BMW Exhibition Prize at the Contact Photography Festival. Her works are in private collections including TD Bank Art Collection.  Now residing in Toronto, she is a professor in the Art and Art History program at the University of Toronto in Mississauga.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES

2022     Pi, en cours, GNO, Sudbury, Ontario
2019     Lignes d'horizon, lignes de repère / Horizontal Lines, Reference Lines, Center[3], Hamilton (curated by Sally Frater)
​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

2021     Saison Creuse/Off Season, Le Labo, Toronto (curated by Stefan St-Laurent)
2020    Grounded, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ontario (curated by Shannon Anderson)
2019     Art Toronto, Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain

2018    Through Lines, Koffler Gallery, Toronto (curated by Noa Bronstein)
2018    Canopies and Heavens, Pierre François Ouellette art contemporain, Toronto
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

2022   Permanent public installation, Place des arts, Sudbury


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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

2020       Place des Arts Public Art Commission, Sudbury
2019       Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artists
2018        Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create
2017        Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Artists, Project Grant

2016        K.M Hunter Artist Award finalist
2015        Ontario Arts Council, Mid Career, Visual Arts Grant
                 Canada 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
                 Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Artists, Project Grant
                 Toronto Arts Council, Level Two, Visual Artists
                 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2010        Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
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

2010 – present    Sheridan and University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) -Art and Art History Program
                               Seasonial Faculty
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2015 – 2018         Ontario Arts Council
                               Consultant for francophone initiatives and outreach

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