Photo Collage by A.S. (Montreal, Canada) 1993
A. S., Montreal, Canada.
“Boy With Arms, 1993”, Photo-Collage.
21 cm width x 28 cm height. Private Collection
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A. S., Montreal, Canada.
“Boy Pulled, 1993”, Photo-Collage.
20 cm width x 26 cm height. Private Collection.
Asking USD$1250 each.
BIO:
Andrea Szilasi finds her inspiration in science magazines and anatomy books. But however fascinated she may be with the inner workings of the human body, how it is quantified or depicted, hers is not a documentary interpretation of the corporeal. Rather, she casts her gaze upon the fragility of the body and ultimately upon the human condition. Szilasi confers a barren, ascetic quality to her images just as she strips the space of cultural clues or context, she strips the central figure as well. When she focuses on human sexuality, for instance, she creates non-culturally specific, decontextualized hybrids. Like other artists working in the past decade, she relies on several destabilizing devices and distancing effects such as blurring the image, inverting the figure, weaving two photographs together; these elements combine to produce a cinematic impression.
MORE:
Andrea Szilasi lives and works in Montreal. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts (Photography) from Concordia University (2016), a BFA in Studio Arts (Painting and Drawing) from Concordia University (1991), and a BA in Film Studies and French Language and Literature from the University of Toronto (1988). Andrea Szilasi is a photo-based artist whose work examines the representation of the human body in the photographic medium.
Since 1994, her work has been presented in many solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe. Szilasi’s work has been most notably shown at Joyce Yahouda Gallery between 2003 and 2017 (Canada), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Canada, 2016), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Canada, 2015), the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul (Canada, 2015), the Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie (Canada, 2015), Spacewomb Gallery in New York (United States, 2015), the Musée régional de Rimouski (Canada, 2006), the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (Canada, 2000), Kunstverein das weisse haus (Austria, 2008), and Centro de la Imagen (Mexico, 2000).
Szilasi’s work has been featured in several publications including Femmes artistes du XXe siècle au Québec, published by the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Musée virtuel de la photographie québécoise published by Vox Populi.
Andrea Szilasi’s work is included in several public and private collections including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (of the National Gallery of Canada), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Laurentian Bank of Canada, Cirque du Soleil, and Loto-Québec.
Andrea Szilasi
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EDUCATION
2012-2016 Master of Fine Arts (Studio Arts) Photography Concentration Option, Concordia University
1988-1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University
1983-1988 B.A. in Film Studies and French Language and Literature, University of Toronto
1985-1986 French Language and Literature, University of Aix-Marseilles, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
La Vitrine, atelier Daigneault/Schofield, 2126 Rachel Street East, Montreal.
2019
SZILASI & SZILASI, Deux Poissons Gallery, Montreal (duo exhibition with
Gabor Szilasi)
2016
One Hundred Crowned Masterpieces of Painting, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
Plotter Prints, Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie, Site historique du Banc-de- Pêche-de-Paspébiac, Paspébiac.
2014
Plotter Prints, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
2008
The Centerfold Series and Figures, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
2005
Portraits, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
2004
mirror, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto.
2003
Mirer, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal.
Small Works, Séquence Gallery, Chicoutimi.
2001
Small Works, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto.
L’univers du corps, Expression, centre d’exposition de St-Hyacinthe. Curated by Danielle Lord.
2000
Recent Photographic Works, Archive gallery, Toronto.
Small Works, Vu, Quebec.
1999
Oeuvres récentes, Séquence gallery, Chicoutimi.
Small Works, (as part of Mois de la Photo), McClure gallery, Montreal.
Oeuvres récentes, Circa gallery, Montreal.
1996
Oeuvres récentes, Plein Sud, Longueuil.
Oeuvres récentes, Vox gallery, Montreal.
1995
Usine C, Montreal.
1994
Clark gallery, Montreal.
* Titles in bold indicate that a publication accompanies the exhibition.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Des horizons d’attente, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
Curator: Marie-Eve Beaupré.
2020
Salon des refusés, Galerie McBride contemporain, Montreal.
Tirage unique 1/1, Galerie La Castiglione, Montreal.
2019
En toutes lettres, Galerie Roger Bellemare Galerie Christian Lambert, Montreal
Portraits intimes, Galerie La Castiglione, Montreal.
Good Neighbours, Outre-vie / Afterlife, Galerie FOFA, Concordia University, Montreal.
2018
Outre-vie / Afterlife, Galerie Optica, Montreal.
2017
Pour l’art, exposition bénéfice, Galerie B-312, Montreal.
Outre-vie / Afterlife: How Many Seas, Focus Photography Festival, Carter Road, West Bandra, Mumbai.
2016
Push and Pull, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal. Curator: Nicolas Mavrikakis.
She Photographs, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Curator: Diane Charbonneau.
Ensemble, VU, Quebec. Curator: Anne-Marie Proulx.
Vitrine d’Art, a public art project in vacant store fronts in the Southwest borough of Montreal. Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay.
2015
Ateliers croisés, Musée d’art contemporain de Baie- Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul. Curators: Serge Murphy et René Viau.
Dessins et autres choses… Formats, Montreal. Curator: Sophie Jodoin.
Pop Up New York City, with Joyce Yahouda Gallery, March 4 to 8, 2015.
Incarnations: photographies de la collection du MNBAQ de 1990 à aujourd’hui. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec. Curator: Maude Lévesque.
2014
Il était une fois dans le Sud-Ouest II, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal.
Du détail à l’œuvre, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal. Curator: Yan Romanesky.
Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Galerie Roger Bellemare / Galerie Christian Lambert, Montreal.
2013
Il était une fois dans le Sud-Ouest, Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier, Montreal.Curator: André Cornellier.
Art au Quotidien, presented at the Résidences du Ritz Carlton, Montreal. Curator: Joyce Yahouda.
IGNITION 9, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal. Curators: Michèle Thériault and jake moore.
Ultramoderne: MFA Group Exhibition Concordia University, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal.
2011
PEUT MIEUX FAIRE – Cahiers d’exercices, L’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec. Curator: Emmanuel Gallant.
Les fenêtres qui parlent 2011, 50 artists exhibit photographs in windows on Marquette Street, Montreal. Curators: Catherine Arsenault, Marie Degrendel.
Il était une fois, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal. Curators: Claire Moeder, Joyce Yahouda.
Family Ties, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal. Curator: Joyce Millar.
Kamera Hungarica, Cinéma du Parc, Montreal. Curator: Támas Wormser.
2010
Tarot de Montréal, Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont- Royal, Montreal. Curator: Marie-Claude Bouthillier.
Re-Insitu, (travelling exhibition) Canadian Hungarian Artists’ Collective, Maison de la Culture Nôtre-Dame- de-Grace, Montreal.
2009
Un cowboy, un perroquet, et d’autres personnages, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
Re-Insitu, (travelling exhibition) Canadian Hungarian Artists’ Collective, Muveszet Malom, Szentendre and Helikon Kastely Muzeum, Keszthely, Hungary.
2008
Affordable Art Fair New York 2008, with Joyce Yahouda Gallery, New York.
Darkling Eclipse, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna. Curated by Leisure Projects: Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley.
Parle-moi d’amour, Les Impatients, Montreal.
2006
Thinking, the Process, Maison de la Culture Marie Uguay. Curator: Janet Logan.
Déjà vu, Musée de Rimouski, Rimouski, Qc. Curator: Bernard Lamarche.
4 1/2 au B-312, galerie B-312, Montreal.
4 1/2, artists’ project with Karilee Fuglem, Annie Martin and Carmen Ruschiensky, Montreal.
Reflections: Canada – Hungary, la galerie d’art Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, Qc.
2005
Fenêtres / Ablakok, Maison de la culture Côte-des- Neiges, Montreal.
2004
The Store, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
Salon du printemps with Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal.
2003
1 espace à 9, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal.
2002
Salle comble, Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal.
Portraits-robot, Graff Gallery, Montreal. Curated by Eric Simon.
Joliet, artists’ projects in interior windows by Atelier Fovea, Moser Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of St-Francis, Joliet, Illinois.
Photographies découpées, Art Mûr, Montreal.
Tour de Villeneuve (part of Mois de la Photo à Montréal). Installations in the Villeneuve/St-Laurent area by members of Atelier Fovea, Montreal.
La Nature des choses, Musée du Québec, Quebec. Curated by Nathalie de Blois.
2001
Les Ateliers s’exposent 2001, Atelier Fovea, collectif de photographes, Montreal.
Remettre ça, galerie B312, Montreal.
Photographies découpées, Art Mûr, Montreal.
Tour de Villeneuve, (part of Mois de la Photo à Montréal). Artists’ interventions in the Villeneuve/St-Laurent area of Montreal, Atelier Fovea.
La Nature des choses, Musée du Québec, Québec. Curated by Natalie de Blois.
2000
Placards à Joliette, 20 artists exhibit in 20 store closets in downtown Joliette. Organized by les ateliers convertibles. Curated by Josée Fafard and Baptiste Grison, Joliette, Qc.
Galeries Ephémères, an exhibition in thirty store windows on Saint-Laurence boulevard in Montreal. Organized by Observatoire 4 gallery. Curated by Josette Oberson.
La cathédrale engloutie, Galerie B, Montreal.
Shifting Sites, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa. Curated by Andrea Kunard.
PassArt 2000, Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda. Curated by Madeleine Doré.
1999
L’état des choses…photographique, (part of Mois de la Photo), Espace B, Galerie René Harrison, Montreal. Curated by Cristine Palmieri.
1998
Glow, galerie Archive, Toronto.
Les Bricolos, galerie Clark, Montreal. Curated by Emmanuel Galland and Nicolas Baier.
Pur collage, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Ste-Foy, Quebec. Curated by Caroline Monette.
Montréal–Calgary, galerie Circa, Montreal, and Truck et Stride galleries, Calgary. Curated by Sylvie Fraser.
1997
Univers singuliers, galerie Mistral, Montreal.
skins, (part of Contact 97), Archive gallery, Toronto.
Tout un chacun, Vu, Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie, Quebec.
1996
Artifice 96, contemporary visual art in downtown Montreal. An infiltration of the urban landscape by emerging artists, presented by the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal. Curated by Marie-Michèle Cron and David Liss.
1995
Galerie Nomad, Montreal. Curated by David Liss.
* Titles in bold indicate that a publication accompanies the exhibition.
TEACHING / WORK EXPERIENCE, ACTIVITIES
2019 Instructor, summer cyanotype/collage workshop, Sunbury Shores, New Brunswick
2013- Member of Outre-vie/Afterlife collective. An artists’ collective comprised of thirteen image based artists whose work deals with the concept of afterlife. Founded by Raymonde April at Concordia University in 2013.
2003-2017 Andrea Szilasi was represented by Joyce Yahouda in Montreal until the gallery’s closing in 2017.
2016 Instructor, summer cyanotype workshop, Sunbury Shores, New Brunswick
2012-14 Teaching Assistantships, Concordia University
2000-08 Coordinator of McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre
2001 Member of Vox gallery administrative board
2000 Computer residency, Atelier d’estampe Sagamie, Alma
2000-01 Member of the programming committee at Vox gallery
1999-03 Member of Atelier Fovea, photographer’s collective, Montreal
1995-97 Member of Articule gallery
1994 Vice-president and member, Articule gallery
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Campbell, James D. “Szilasi & Szilasi.” Bordercrossings, Issue No. 152, Vol. 38, No. 4. Dec. 2019, Jan. Feb. 2020.
Campbell, James D. “Intimate Portraits.” Ciel variable, No. 113, Fall 2019.
Campbell, James D., “SHE Photographs”, Magenta magazine, Summer/Fall 2016. http://www.magentafoundation.org/magazine/she-photographs/
Campeau, Sylvain. “Tout un chacun.” ETC. MONTRÉAL, No. 39, Sept., Oct., Nov. 1997.
Couëlle, Jennifer. “Andréa Szilasi.” art press 244, March 1999.
Crevier, Lyne. “Sous la torture.” ici, August 7 to 13, 2003.
Cron, Marie-Michèle. “Jacki Danylchuk Andrea Szilasi.” Text in publication accompanying Plein Sud exhibition, September 1996.
Dagenais, Francine. “La figure-pendule.” CVphoto 44, fall 1998.
Delgado, Jérome. “Tel père, telle fille, mais pas tout à fait.” Le Devoir, Nov. 23 & 24, 2019.
Hakim, Mona. “Andrea Szilasi: Galerie Circa.” CVphoto 46, spring 1999.
Kozinska, Dorota. “Family Ties”. Vie des arts 223, summer 2011.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Collages, etc.” Le Devoir, November 5 and 6, 2005.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Déjà vu!” Text in publication accompanying exhibition at the Musée régional de Rimouski, June 18 to September 10, 2006.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Familiarités déboussolées.” Le Devoir, August 9 and 10, 2003.
Lamarche, Bernard. “Revisiter la photographie.” Le Devoir, February 6 and 7, 1999.
Landry, Pierre. “L’éclatement des frontières, 1965- 2000.”Text in publication for Femmes artistes du XXe siècle au Québec at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2010.
Lehmann, Henry. “Scissor-hands Szilasi is back in Circa exhibition.” The Gazette, January 23, 1999.
Lehmann, Henry. “Still life with limbs.” The Gazette, August 10, 2003.
Logan, Janet. “Thinking, the process”. Text in publication accompanying exhibition at the Maison de la culture Marie- Uguay, October 10 to November 26, 2006.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Le Monde à l’envers.” Voir, October 27, 2005.
Millar Joyce. “Once upon a time…” Text in publication forFamily Ties, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 2011.
Skene, Cameron. “Photo Synthesis.” The Gazette, July 29, 2006.
Tousignant, Isa. “Visual arts.” Hour, July 17 to 23, 2003.
Dossier “La relève 2.” ETC MONTRÉAL, No. 37, March, April, May 1997. Artist’s page in collaboration with the artists of Artifice 96.
Dossier “Identités.” ETC MONTRÉAL, No. 81, summer 2008.
COLLECTIONS
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
National Gallery of Canada
Cirque du Soleil
Laurentian Bank of Canada
Loto Québec
Mettle Communications
private collections
Collection Permanente du Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec:
https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600026905
PRESS:
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/567536/tel-pere-telle-fille-mais-pas-tout-a-fait
https://cielvariable.ca/en/issues/ciel-variable-44-theater-of-realities/andrea-szilasi-francine-dagenais/