Camille Courier de Mèré (She, her)
Visual artist, researcher and teacher
5443, rue Lafond, Montreal, QC, H1X2X3
189, rue Ordener 75018 Paris
courier_de_mere.camille@uqam.ca
Portfolio: www.camillecourier.net
Permanent resident in Canada
EDUCATION
2015-2021 Doctorate in Arts Studies and Practices. PhD Mention : Excellent. Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM, Canada)
2013-2014 Master in Visual Arts, Contemporary Art and New Media. MVA Mention: Excellent. University of Paris VIII. (France)
1996-2001 National School of Fine Arts in Paris, (Beaux-Arts de Paris) specializing in drawing & painting (France)
1993 Baccalaureate Literature and Languages, Tours (France)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 (winter) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Theatre today", É. S. T., l’UQÀM (Bac, 2nd year)
2022 (fall) Visual arts teacher at Ville de Paris, Painting techniques course, initial training
2022 (winter) Visual arts teacher at Ville de Paris, Painting techniques course, initial training
2021 (fall) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Theatre and visual languages", at École Supérieure de Théâtre (É. S. T.), Université du Québec à Montréal, (Baccalauréat, 2nd-3rd year )
2020 (spring) Visual arts teacher at Ville de Paris, Painting techniques course, initial training
2020 (winter) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Theatre today", É. S. T., l’UQÀM (Bac, 2nd year)
2019 (fall) Lecturer "Forms and functions of performing arts 1, theoretical course, Faculty of Arts, UQÀM (Bac, 1st year)"
2019 (winter) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Theatre today", É. S. T., UQÀM (2nd year)
2018 (fall) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Forms et functions of performing arts 1", Faculty of Arts, UQÀM (Bac, 1st year)
2017-2018 Visual arts teacher at Ville de Paris, Painting techniques course, initial training
2017 (winter) Lecturer of the theoretical course "Theatre today", É. S. T., UQÀM (Bac, 1st year)
2016 (fall) Responsible for the creation of the theoretical course "Theatre and visual languages", É. S. T., UQÀM (Bac, 2-3rd year)
2015 (april) Laureate of the Visual arts teacher competition of the Ville de Paris, visual artists teaching for National French Education (Permanent position)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2010-15 Visual artist & set designer (freelance), Paris, France
2011 Assistant painter to the artist Anselm Kiefer, production of large formats, seascapes and mountains paintings, Croissy-Beaubourg studio, France
2005-10 Set design painter at painting studios of the Paris National Opera House, France
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES Scholarships, research-creation grants and prizes
2020-21 Université du Québec à Montréal Long Development Program doctoral scholarship for lecturers (Lecturer’s Union SCCUQ)
2020 Hexagram-UQAM Grant to support technological research and creation
2020 Scholarship of Mediane Canada Chair in arts, environmental technologies for practice and climate change, support for research-creation https://mediane.uqam.ca/a-propos-about/qui-who/laureat-es-laureates/
2019 Scholarship of Mediane Canada Chair in arts, environmental technologies and climate change, support for research-creation
2019-20 FARE Excellence scholarship graduate of the Faculty of Arts of UQÀM
2018-19 FARE Excellence scholarship graduate of the Faculty of Arts of UQÀM
2017 Technological support grant for research-creation, Hexagram-UQAM
2016-17 Scholarship for the Graduate's program Initiatives, Faculty of Arts at UQÀM
2016 Subsidy from the Faculty of Arts of UQÀM for the exhibition L'affaire du 3915. Curators: C. Major and C. Majeau.
2015-16 FARE Excellence Scholarship for Doctoral Recruitment in Arts Studies and Practices, UQÀM
2013 Creation grant for the in situ personal exhibition Sacré Printemps, Ville de Saint-Ouen, France
2013 Winner of the Jeune Création grant, for Iris, work created in situ, St-Germain Museum, Ville d'Auxerre, France
PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection) & recent artistic achievements
2022 (Aug.-Sept.) Archeopoetique 2. Drawing installation. îlôt des Palais Museum, Québec. Curators : F. Saillant & M.D. Labelle. Collective exhibition. https://actualites.uqam.ca/2022/des-dessins-de-camille-courier-a-quebec/
2022 (Apr.-May) Gestures Shadows. Digital & traditional drawings exhibition & demo (motion capture) in duet with F. Saillant. Curator : J. Lusven, https://hexagram.ca/fr/demo20-camille-courier-dessin-ombres-de-gestes/
2021(May-Oct.) Shadows of exile. Participatory drawing workshops. Curator : ATSA https://atsa.qc.ca/balado-cuisine-ton-quartier/villeray-saint-michel-parc-extension/ https://baladoquebec.ca/cuisine-ton-quartier-x-villeray-saint-michel-parc-extension/03-dessins-collectifs-camille-courier
2021 (Aug.) Hokhloma. Creation of a large-format fresco, commissioned by I. Zavyalova et R. Laroche, private collection, Montreal.
2021 (Aug.-sept.) Archeopoetique 1, Drawing installation. îlôt des Palais Museum, Québec. Curators : F. Saillant & M-D. Labelle. Collective exhibition. https://actualites.uqam.ca/2021/reproduire-des-vestiges
2021 (May) Shadows of exile : large scale drawings installation adapted to a public square for the exhibition "Le Grand Voyage". Curator : Annie Roy & Nicolas Rivard, produced by ATSA. Place des Festivals, Montreal. Collective exhibition https://atsa.qc.ca/le-grand-voyage-parcours-d-installations-et-d-expositions-a-ciel-ouvert
2021 (April) Gestures which overflow, in duet with F. Saillant. International conference Radio Gestes sans frontières, Galerie de l'UQAC, Chicoutimi. Curator : Jean-Paul Quéinnec. Collective exhibition https://radiogestessansbord.com/programmes/2entrelacer/#group-1
2021 (April-may) Shadows of exile, Montreal. Cartographies, paintings and large-format drawings. Hexagram-UQAM experiment room, Montreal. Personal exhibition (postponed, COVID 19).
2021 (Feb.) Exile, drawing, resilience. Large format drawing performance. RASE Multi-Symposium Month, Quebec
2020 (March) Shadows of Exile 1 : Democap. Hexagram-UQAM, Montreal. Research-creation residency and solo show https://hexagram.ca/fr/ombres-d-exil-montreal-2019-20/
2019 (sept) Drawing in exile: micropolitics, low tech and collaborative creation. Drawing and performance, performed at “Ecologies des fabriques” study days, PRint-Hexagram-UQAM organization, Montreal. Individual drawing performance.
2018-19 (Dec.) Brujas-Mame. Creation of a large-format fresco, commissioned by the City of Paris (Participatory Budget) for the hall of J. De Maistre school, Paris. Collaborative painting project, under the direction of C. Courier
2017 (Nov.) Kage, drawings in situ in Montmartre aux Artistes, contemporary drawing fair Drawing Now (off), Paris. Large format drawings created for a group exhibition
2016 (Nov.) The Sainte-Catherine Street Affair, in situ collective project, Montreal. Commissioners & curators: C. Major and C. Majeau. Large format drawings created for a group exhibition
2015 (June) Transversalités, Galerie Michel Journiac, University Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris. Curators: F. Jeune and G. Grammare. Large format drawings created for a group exhibition
2013 (March, 18th-June 30th). The Rite of Spring. Commission for an in situ drawing installation. Chateau de Saint-Ouen, Centre d’art contemporain. Curator : H. Cottenceau. Solo show.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS & Recent academic achievements
Academic publications in peer-reviewed journals :
Courier de Mèré, C. (2022, May 10th). Collaborate to invent a “postmigrant” future. Drawing by motion capture with refugees in view of a dissensual knowledge of certain contemporary exiles. Communication delivered at the colloquium “Contributions of research creation : intersectoral co-creation, digital cultural mediation, pedagogy and organization” at the 89th International Congress of ACFAS https://www.acfas.ca/evenements/congres/programme/89/600/601/c
Courier de Mèré, C. (2022, May, 9th-13th). Gestures of drawing and emergence of micropolitical presences, how to overcome the opposition between exile and resilience? Communication delivered at the 89th International Congress of ACFAS Gestures of drawing and emergence of micropolitical presences, how to overcome the opposition between exile and resilience? https://www.acfas.ca/user/90092 et https://www.acfas.ca/evenements/congres/programme/89/300/301/d
Courier de Mèré, C. et Saillant, F. (2021, May 13th). Edgeless Shadows of Gestures on an Archaeopoetic Table. Proceedings of the colloquium and exhibition “Radio gestes sans bords”, direction : J.P. Quéinnec et A.A. Giguère, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, et Université Laval; https://radiogestessansbord.com/programmes/2entrelacer/#group-1
Courier de Mèré, C. (2021). Rôle de la maquette et transduction dans la peinture scénographique. Dans J. Féral (dir.). Actes du Colloque international Changements d’échelle. Les arts confrontés au réel. Prise 2. pp. 173-191. Paris : Mimésis.
Courier de Mèré, C. (2021). L’usage de la photographie dans l’analyse du geste scénique pictural de Marine Dillard dans La Mouette d’Anton Tchekhov, mise en scène par Thomas Ostermeier. Dans B. Joinnault, A.-M. Émond et al. (dir.) Les actes du colloque sur la photographie au théâtre. pp. 153-163. Paris: Septentrion Éditions. http://www.septentrion.com/fr/livre/?GCOI=27574100166800
ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN RESEARCH GROUPS
Since 2019, Participating in MEDIANE Canada Research Chair in Arts, Ecotechnologies of Practice and Climate Change, Faculty of Arts of UQÀM https://mediane.uqam.ca/a-propos-about/qui-who/etudiant-es-students-postdocs/
Since 2016, Participating in the Interdisciplinary Research Creation Group PRint (Pratiques Interartistiques et Scènes Contemporaines), Faculty of Arts of UQÀM
2016, Participating in two events of the research project Esthetical Materialities, research group LIRA, Université Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
Since 2015, Doctoral student member of the media arts research group HEXAGRAM-Research-creation network in arts, cultures and technologies, UQÀM
Since 2011 Camille Courier de Mèré is a member of the professional artist organization La Maison des Artistes (France) and she is a member of RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels), Canada.
LANGUAGES
French, English, Spanish
SOFTWARES
Microsoft Office suite, Word, Power Point, Photoshop, InDesign, Tayasui, Sketch Up, Animate, MVN XSens and Unity.
mail : courier_de_mere.camille@uqam.ca
portfolio : www.camillecourier.net