Marion Bordier Photograph ‘Le Cahier Morale de ma Mère’, 2009
Marion Bordier (Ottawa, Canada), Photograph, Tilted ‘Le Cahier Morale de ma Mère’, 19 x 13 inches, 2009, Exhibited as ‘LE CAHIER DE MORALE DE MA MÈRE’, 2009, AxeNéo-7, Gatineau, Québec. Signed lower right.
$250 unframed
Marion M. Bordier is a visual artist working in photo-video and audio installation. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in North America, Latin America, Europe and in Beijing. She has represented Canada at international events such as The Havana Bienniale, Cuenca Painting Bienniale (Ecuador), the First Photography Bienniale in the Czech Republic, the Barro Bienniale of Caracas (Venezuela), the Hamburg Trienniale (Germany) and FotoAmérica (Chile).
Statement
What constitutes an image? To explore that question, I examine video images as well as projected photographs, including those contained within the image itself, such as in a mirror image or transparency. My fascination with finding the physical limits of a projected image have led me to reflect on the instability and expansive quality of light and its innate substance: coloured waves that travel and transform what we see depending on the media. Indeed, it comes to mind that sound also travels by waves, albeit invisible ones. I therefore propose that the viewer experience my artwork through the synergy of audio and the images emanating from light, and fleeting mental images, that emerge from his or her own memory bank.
Research:
Collection of the National Gallery of Otatwa, Canada: https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/marion-bordier
Artist Website: http://www.marionbordier.ca/index.html
MARION M. BORDIER bordiermarion@gmail.com
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, M.F.A., 2009
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, B.A. Honours Visual Arts, cum laude CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, Art Education and Spanish Literature
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
ESPACIO, Universidad Católica (collaboration with Galerie 101), Santiago, Chile
2010
LE MUSÉE EN PLEIN AIR FRANCOPHONE, Festival Franco-Ontarien, Ottawa, Canada
2009
LE CAHIER DE MORALE DE MA MÈRE, AxeNéo-7, Gatineau, Québec
STIMULUS, the City of Ottawa Art Gallery, (annual event, selection by jury: Andrew Fay, Nichola Feldman-Kiss, Jerry Grey), Ottawa, Canada
2007-2008
PIEL, touring exhibition, Extensión de la Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Gatineau, Canada and Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile
DIRTY DOZEN, Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Curator Jennifer Macklem RESPONSES, Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Curator P. Cousineau-Levine SPLASH, the Ottawa Art Gallery, (annual event, selection by jury), Ottawa, Canada
2006
VANIER-SUR-L’OUTAOUAIS, AUJOURD’HUI POUR DEMAIN, MUSÉOPARC,
video Nous sommes ici ,
2006-2008
TRANS-ART, ELECTROREPROGRAFIA, touring exhibition, Curator Humberto Nilo Saavedra, Universidad de Talca, Santiago, Chile. catalogue
INSIDE LOOK, Karsh-Masson Galllery, Curator Jonathan Brown, Ottawa, Canada. catalogue
IMAGES DE L’ÂME, Espace diffusion Bravo-Est, Ottawa, Canada (duo)
L’IMAGIER, Métamorphose, Aylmer, Québec, Canada
2004
MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHILE (FotoAmérica), representation of Canada – Curator Tomas Andreu, Galería Animal, Santiago, Chile (solo). catalogue
LA MAGIA DEL ARTE, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Curator F. Carrizales, Caracas, Venezuela (solo),
EQUILIBRE, Galeria de la Aduana, Barranquilla, Colombia. Catalogue, 28 pages, text Léa Deschamps.
2003
FUSION, touring exhibition, Galerie Katharsis, Copenhague, Danemark, Silkeborg, Jutland, Danemark, Mostings House, Copenhague, Danemark; Gallery Kierat, Szczecin, Poland; KunstlerHaus Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, curator Octavio Negus. catalogue.
OPERATION MANKIND, KunstKabinett LBK, Hamburg and Berlin, Germany (drawing)
2002
TRIENNALE OF PHOTOGRAPHY OF HAMBURG (Triennale der Photographie Hamburg), representation of Canada – Curator Renée Pötzscher, Kunstlerhaus Hamburg- Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany. catalogue
BIENNIALE OF CARACAS (Bienal del Barro), representation of Canada – Curator Maria Eugenia Cardenas, Museo de arte contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas, V enezuela
ESPACE ATLANTIQUE, Moncton, New-Brunswick, Curator Léa Deschamps, (performance, scenario, transmission video from one side to the other of the Atlantic ocean)
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography / Musée Contemporain de la Photographie Canadienne, Ottawa, Canada
L’ÉCHELLE DE LA LANGUE, Axe Néo-7, Hull, Québec (installation including large format prints, poems, prose and live snails) catalogue, 40 pages.
2001
THE WARSAW COLLECTION, Canadian Art Collection, Department of External Affairs (Le Groupe Agriculturel) permanent installation, Warsaw, Poland. catalogue, 4 pages.
Galerie de la nouvelle Municipalité d’Ottawa, Canada
2000
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIALE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Body and photography, representation of Canada – Curator Martina Pachmanova, Prague, Czech Republic. Catalogue
MEGAMOVIE FESTIVAL, interactive exhibition on Internet, Artengine, Ottawa
ÍCONES REBELDES, Palacio da Artes, Grande Galeria, Fundação Clovis Salgado, Belo Horizonte, minas Gerais, Brésil, Curator Teresa Portes (large format photographs)
MARION BORDIER, Prague Contemporary Art Centre, Galerie Jelení, Prague, Czech Republic. (solo, photography), Curator Milos Vojtechckovsky. catalogue.
SOLSTICE, Galerie L’Imagier, Aylmer, Québec. (photography)
LE MONDE, Galerie de la Petite Renarde Rusée, Lompret, France
A SELFLESS MOTHER, installation Multimedia, collaboration with Audrey Churgin, Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.A. (solo – drawings, audio and photo projections)
SÉQUENCES 1-2-3 / SEKVENCE 1-2-3, Journées de la Francophonie de Prague, Belgian Delegation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Prague, Czech Republic.(solo – representation of Canada – photo-installation) catalogue, text Denis Lessard.
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE NEW MILLENIUM, Curator José Mansilla-Miranda, Museo de arte contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
1999
MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN MONTREAL (Le mois de la photo de Montréal), Le document et l’Internet, interactive exhibition for internet – Curator Sylvie Parent, Montréal, Québec. (solo)
TRAUMA, KunstlerHaus Hamburg-Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany (duo) catalogue
1997
LE SIÈGE DE LA MÉMOIRE/ THE SEAT OF MEMORY, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (solo – drawing on the wall, photography, installation)
1996
INTERNATIONAL PAINTING BIENNIALE (Bienal de Cuenca), Museum of Fine Arts, representation of Canada, Premio del público (award of the public), Cuenca, Ecuador (painting)
1994
SELECTION OF THE BIENNIALE OF HAVANA, Ludwig Forum Für Internationale Kunst – Curator Wolfgang Becker, Aachen, Germany (painting)
BIENNIALE OF HA V ANA (Bienal de Havana), representation of Canada – Curators Llilian Llanes, Nelson Herrera Ysla, La Havana, Cuba. Catalogue (painting) FILMOGRAPHY
Waters, visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2010
Close-ups, 2009, 4 mn 45 seconds, loop, part of installation Le Cahier de morale, AxeNéo7, Gatineau, Canada
Nous sommes ici, 2006, 20 mn, Inaugural exhibition, Muséoparc, Ottawa, Canada
Ebb and Flow, 2005, 1 mn, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia
Equivalences, 2002, 8 mn 15 seconds
Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
Universidad Austral Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Rivages Video Festival – Curator Chantal Dahan, Fort-du-Portage, Québec
Trauma, 2000 (interactive), Artengine web site, Canada
SELECTED CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Guest Curator: Pratiques artistiques en Ontario francophone I-V, Publication of five books: Matière, procédés et présences physiques; Indices numériques; Interventions et manoeuvres; Espaces et paysages; Couleur et narration
2006
Guest Curator: Le sujet construit en photographie, AXE NÉO-7, Gatineau, Canada, Curator, texts on Lorraine Gilbert, Justin Wonnaccott, Claudia Liekam and Catherine Poncin Curator: Vanier-sur-l’outaouais, aujourd’hui pour demain, Muséoparc, City of Ottawa, Canada – Curator of the inaugural exhibition, first francophone museum in Ottawa
2001
Co-Curator: Homenaje a los pueblos indigenas en el Nuevo milienio, Santiago, Chile
1997
Guest Curator: Joseph Beuys Was Here, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
1996
Co-Curator: Structures and installations, Carlos Aguirre, Ottawa, Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
University of Ottawa, Dean’s Award, 2010; Entrance Scholarship, 2008, 2009; University of Ottawa Scholarship for Excellence, 2008, 2009
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec 2001, 2000, 1998, 1991, 1988, 1987
Conseil des Arts du Canada 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1991, 1990, 1987, 1986, 1984, 1982
Ontario Arts Council (including grants to Collective Le Groupe Agriculturel) 2008, 2005, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1989, 1981
Evelyn Wood Memorial Scholarship, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, 1993 Gouvernment of Ontario, Arts Abroad, Department of Culture, Tourisme, (Le Groupe Agriculturel), 1994
Heritage Department / Ministère du Patrimoine Canadien, Programmes des Cultures et des Langues Ancestrales, (Le Groupe Agriculturel), 1994, 1996
UnitedNationsCanada/NationsUniesCanada,Celebration50 anniversairyofUnited Nations (Le Groupe Agriculturel), 1995
SELECTED JURY DUTY
2008. Curator, pre-selection of works of art for jury, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
2008. CALQ (grants A, visual arts), 2006 (grants B, media and visual arts)
2006. City of Ottawa / Ville d’Ottawa, Prix Karsh (Photography), 2002, Visual Arts (grants to artists and organisations)
2005. Ontario Arts Council / Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario (Visual Arts, Projects) 2002-2005. Programming Committee, Axe Néo-7 Art Contemporain, Gatineau, Canada
2001. Canada Council for the Arts (Visual Arts, mid-career)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2009-present. DAÏMōN, Production Centre in New Media and Photography – Board member
2004-present. Consultant, BRAVO (Bureau du Regroupement des Artistes Visuels de l’Ontario)
2006-2008. Centre d’exposition L’IMAGIER, Gatineau, Québec – Board member 2002-2005. AXE NÉO-7, Gatineau, Québec – Board member, programming committee
FURTHER EDUCATION
Artengine – Pure Data; Modul8; Audio post production, 2010
Daïmōn, animation, 2009; DVD Studio Pro 2007; video, 2004, 2002, 1999, 1987 CSTC Film – Television & New Media Training – Writing a scenario, 2006; The complete dv production, 2006; Post-Production, Final Cut Pro, 2004
Quebec School Board – QuarkXpress, 1993; Photoshop, 1992
Atelier Coopérative Art Vivant – printmaking techniques, 1991-1992