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Bio 

Ingrid Syage Tremblay is a French-Canadian/Syrian artist from Montreal. She completed an MFA in Sculpture & Extended Media at The University of Texas at Austin in 2018 where she received the Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship and the Quebec Research Fund Fellowship among numerous awards. Prior to her MFA, she earned a BFA from Concordia University, a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. from University of Montreal. Tremblay was the recipient of the 2018-2019 VCU Fountainhead Fellowship in Sculpture. She additionally recently completed residencies at Est-Nord-Est (Québec), NARS Foundation (NY), Djerassi (California) and the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center (Vermont). She will be artist-in-residence at Sculpture Space (NY) in 2022. Her work is recognized and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Quebec Council for the Arts. It was shown in institutions in Canada, USA and Europe. Her exhibitions has been covered in outlets including Espace Art Actuel, Revue Esse and Vie des Arts. Public lectures include School or Art Institute of Chicago, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center and Virginia Commonwealth University.
 

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EDUCATION
2018 MFA Sculpture + Extended Media, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
2015 BFA with Greatest Distinction, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
2008 M.Sc., Université de Montréal, Canada.
2007 B.Sc., Université de Montréal, Canada.

RESIDENCIES (SELECTED)
2023 Sculpture Space, Utica, NY (forthcoming).
2021 Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean Port Joli, Canada.
2020 NARS Foundation International Residency Program, NYC, NY.
Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
2019 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, CA, USA.
2019 The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, VT, USA.
2018-2019 VCU Fountainhead Fellowship, Sculpture + Extended Media Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
2016 ACRE residency, WI, USA.
2015 Terra Vivente Art Studio, Guardia Sanframondi, Italy.
2014 Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Vue sur mer (as part of Nicolas fleming mudroom installation), Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Canada. (upcoming).
2022 Un mirage à l'horizon, galerie Antoine Sirois/Espace groupe Mach (Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada (upcoming).
2020 Un raccourci par le désert, Maison de la Culture de Rosemont, Montreal, Canada.
2019 madeleine, Centre Clark, Montreal, Canada.
2018 Salty Feel, GrayDuck Gallery, Austin, TX.
2017 Tumble, Slow Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA. Curated by Paul Hopkin
2014 Équilibre précaire , Espace Projet Gallery, Montréal, Canada.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2023 Salon Révélation, Grand Palais de Paris, Paris, France (forthcoming).
2023 TBA, Centre Skol, Montreal, Canada (forthcoming).
2022 Elles déploient des paysages, Vieux Presbytère, Deschambault, Canada. Curated by Anne-Sophie Blanchet.
2022 The Sky is Higher Here, Transmitter gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Leila Seyedzadeh.
2022 Borderwalls IV, The Border Space Project, New York, NY. Curated by Jamie Martinez.
2021 Vers des cycles mouvants/Towards Moving Cycles, Centre EXPRESSION, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
Curated by Ariel Rondeau et Josephine Rivard.
2021 Artroduction, Projet Casa, Montréal
2021 Artroduction, Galerie 3, Québec, Canada.
2020 The Thing in Itself, NARS Gallery, NYC, NY. Curated by Elisa Gutiérrez.
2020 Cadrer la nature, Centre d'exposition de L'Université de Montréal. Montréal, Canada. Curated by Catherine Barnabé.
2020 Mushrooms in the Dark, Situationist RCA, London, UK.
2019 Nice is Not Enough, SEDIMENT ARTS, Richmond, VA. Curated by Claire Zitzow.
2018 Affordable Dream House, Visual Art Center, Austin, TX.
2018 Leave Well Enough Alone, Magic the Gallery, Austin, TX. Curated by Courtney Allen
2017 Staycation 2: What in the World? , MASS gallery, Austin, TX. Curated by Aaron Dubrow.
2017 Room before, Visual Art Center, Austin, TX. Curated by Veronica Roberts
2017 Hand Eye, ACRE Project, Chicago, IL, USA. Curated by Danny Floyd.
2017 The Adjacent Possible - 1, Tap Art Space, Montréal, Canada. Curated by Marx Ruiz-Wilson
2017 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA. Juried by Toby Kamps.
2016 Partial Shade, Dancy Garden, Austin, Tx, USA.
2016 Paraphrase, Visual Art Center, Austin, TX, USA.
2016 RBMA Festival, Phi Center, Montreal, Canada.
2015 Forme Naturali, Monte Dei Pegni Gallery, Guardia Sanframondi, Italy. Curated by Helen Wadsley.
2015 Faculty of Fine Arts Annual Graduating Students Exhibition. Juried Exhibition. FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Canada. Curated by Sarah Amarica.
2015 Chromatic Montreal 2015, Montréal, Canada. Curated by Raphaëlle Cormier
2015 Survival Instinct. C.O.A. Gallery, Montréal, Canada. Curated by Anne Bertrand
2014 Ruins of the Future. VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2014 VASR2014. VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2013 Ruins. VAV gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2012 COMBINE 2012. FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2012 The body and its presence. Coatcheck Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2012 Subject to change. Espace Projet Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2012 Pinakotheke deuxième édition. AB Gallery. Curated by Gabrielle Bouchard.
2011 Pinakotheke première édition. Racine Gallery. Curated by Gabrielle Bouchard.
2011 Le jeu dans l’art. Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada.
2011 Alive and Kicking. Eastern Bloc Gallery, Montréal, Canada.

GRANTS AND DISTINCTIONS
2022 Canada Council for the Arts- Concept to realization Grant.
2021 Canada Council for the Arts - Research and Creation Grant.
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Research and Creation Grant.
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Concept to Realization Grant.
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Residency Grant.
2019 Canada Council for the Arts - Concept to Realization Grant.
2018-2019 Quebec Council for the Arts - Research and Creation Grant.
2018-2019 VCUarts Fountainhead Fellowship in Sculpture + Extended Media.
2017 Winner Eye's Got It! 2017, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX.
2016-2018 Quebec Research Fund Grant - Culture and Society
Bourse fond de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC)
2017 The University of Texas -- Austin, travel grant: Austin-New York.
2017 The University of Texas -- Austin, travel grant: Austin-Marfa.
2017-2018 Eugenie Kamrath Mygdal Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture.
2017-2018 Lomis Slaughter, Jr. Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture.
2017-2018 William Mozart McVey Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture.
2017-2018 Marshall F. Wells Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment.
2017 College of Fine Arts / Graduate School Continuing Summer Fellowship, UT-Austin.
2017 The University of Texas -- Austin, travel grant: Austin-Chicago.
2016-2017 College of Fine Arts / Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship, UT-Austin.
2016 Dean Prestigious Grant, Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin.
2016 The University of Texas -- Austin, travel grant: Austin-Houston.
2016 The University of Texas -- Austin, travel grant: Austin-Montreal.
2016 University of California -- Los Angeles (UCLA), travel grant: Montreal-Los Angeles.
2016 The University of Texas -- Austin, Travel grant: Montreal-Austin.
2015 Candidate for Concordia sculpture department, BMO contest.
2014 Fine Art Students Alliance Special Project grant.
2014 Vermont Studio Center artist's grant.
2011 Fine Art Students Alliance Special Project grant.
2011 Concordia University Alumni Association grant.
2011 Concordia Council on Student Life grant.

PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS AND LECTURES
Josianne Desloges: Exhibition review "Elles déploient des paysage: sculptures inquilines", Journal le Soleil, July 2022
Adam Timur Aslan: Exhibition review " A Meditation on Vastness: “The sky is higher here” at Transmitter Gallery", ANTE Magazine, New York, March 2022
https://antemag.com/2022/03/11/a-meditation-on-vastness-the-sky-is-higher-here-at-transmitter-gallery/
ART SPIEL, Reflections on the work of contemporary artists, "The sky is higher here at Transmitter", New York, March 2021.
https://artspiel.org/the-sky-is-higher-here-at-transmitter/
Jean-Michel Quirion: Exhibition review "Vers des cycles mouvants", revue Espace art actuel, septembre 2021
Maxime Prévost Durand: Exhibition review "Déconstruire la hiérarchie entre le matériau et l'humain", journal de Saint-Hyacinthe, 17 juin 2021.
Amélie Giguère, Testimony, https://estnordest.org/en/record/ingrid-tremblay/
Charline Giroud: Exhibition review "Cadrer la nature", revue Ex_situ, mars 2021.
Ariel Rondeau: Exhibition review « Un raccourci par le désert», magazine Espace art actuel, Winter 2021
Dominique Sirois : Exhibition review « Cadrer la nature », Esse Magazine, Winter 2021.
Marie-Ève Leclerc-Parker: Exhibition review « Cadrer la nature », Vie des Arts Magazine, Winter 2021.
Interview with Eve O'Shea: A Conversation with Ingrid Tremblay, New York Art Residency Studio Foundation, February 2021.
Artist lecture, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Sculpture Department, October 2020.
À L'est de vos empires, critique de l'exposition Cadrer la nature par Florence Gariépy dans l'épisode "L'art sur le web-Le net art, la ruée vers le numérique et les expositions virtuelles", October 2020.
Manon Tourigny: "'madeleine", Centre Clark, October 2019.
Interview with Benjamin J. Allard, Radio Atelier, CIBL, October 2019.
Artist Lecture, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, June 2019.
Artist Lecture, Art Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, October 2018
Allison Myers: "Tender Things", Art historian's essay in Nice is Not Enough catalog, Sediment Arts, May 2019.
Interview with Jessi DiTillio, Colloquia part 2, Visual Art Center, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2018.
Jessi DiTillio: Art historian's essay in Affordable Dream House Exhibition catalogue, Visual Art Center, May 2018.
Interview with Rachael Starbuck: Material Girls present Hello Girls, NO VACANCY, Brooklyn, NY. November 2017.
Rebecca Marino : "Featured work" Conflict or Interest, March 2017.
RBMA 2016, Exhibition Catalogue, by Redbull Music Academy, October 2016.
Crystal David, Forme Naturali Italian Exhibition, video 1:17, 2015
Chromatic 2015 , Exhibition Catalogue, by MASSIV art, May 2015.
Trevor Gould: "Sculpture As...", Interventionist and spatial practice Spring 2015.
Tiffany Le: "The Voice of… Ingrid Tremblay", CUJAH, 2015.
Interfold magazine. Transparency, January 2013.
Erika Couto: "Ingrid Tremblay", Combine 2012: Concordia University Catalogue Essay.
Christina Ryan: "Presence and excess", April 2012.