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Professional artist Julie Breton Curriculum Vitae. Education, previous experience and art shows.

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EDUCATION

2019 - Drawing - Drawing with paint, Oxygen Art Centre, Deborah Thompson, MFA

2016 - Drawing - Pencil to Paper, Oxygen Art Centre, Deborah Thompson, MFA

1995 - B.Sc. Forest Environment & Management, Laval University, Québec city 

EXPERIENCE

Self-taught artist

2007 to now - Freelance Graphic Designer, Nelson BC

2016 to now - Quaterly art critique with Deborah Thompson, MFA

GRANTS

Sept 2016 to March 2017 - Visual Artist Development - Arts Council of Canada


MEMBERSHIP

Visual Artists of British-Columbia Collective

AWARDS

Sept 2017 - Semi-finalist in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition

 EXHIBITIONS

July 2020 - SOLIDARTY - Sotheby's Institute of Art Student Charity Auction - Jurried by Amira Gad, previously of the Serpentine Gallery, Witte de With and Emily Butler, of the Whitechapel Gallery. - London, UK

Feb 2020 - GROUP SHOW - Member Show & Sale - Touchstones Museum, Nelson BC

July 2019 - GROUP SHOW - Galerie Matthieu Dubuc, Paris France

May 2019 - ÉMOTIONS - Bellaflora, Nelson BC

May 2018 - Blue Night - Bellaflora, Nelson BC

May 2018 - ART MARKET - Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson BC

Sept 2017 - Member Show & Sale - Touchstones Museum, Nelson BC

June 2017 - COVALENCE - Langham Cultural Centre, Kaslo BC

April 2016 - ATMOSPHÈRE - Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver BC

March 2016 - APPETITE FOR ART - Nelson Arts Council, Nelson BC

Oct 2015 - MOMEMTUM - Bellaflora Studio, Nelson BC

July 2015 - LUMIÈRE - Touchstones Museum, Nelson BC

May 2015 - MOMENTUM - Blue Night - Nelson BC

 MEDIA

July 2018 - Style at Home magazine, The New Modern.

Nov 8, 2016 - CBC Vancouver video interview, with Monia Blanchette, Clin d'oeil Art.

April 14, 2016 - CBC Vancouver radio interview, with Marie Villeneuve, Phare Ouest.

 
Sunday inspiration from @haarkon_ This talented duo’s account is filled with the most glorious travel and nature shot. I use a lot of photographic reference for my work. This one will surely be part of the collection. #haarkongreenhousetour
Collection of collage materials found in the studio. I like how sometimes if you pay attention enough the tiniest things become most important.
‘’My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.’’ -Agnes Martin I see this unfinished painting everyday upon entering the studio. I find it uplifting, calm, perfect in it’s i
Collection of Conté à Paris squares. Nicolas Jacques Conté, a painter, chemist, physicist, hot air baloonist and inventor started a pencil factory in 1795. It’s still going strong today. I just love using materials that have a connection
I framed this artwork for myself. I am glad I did. Everytime I see it I am reminded how I love working with colour, transparency and texture. It inspires me to get into the studio and create some more.