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Samuelle Grande
Email: samuellegrande.studio@gmail.com
Website: https://www.samuellegrande.com/
Instagram: @samuellegrande
Bio
Samuelle Grande lives and works in Tiohtià:ke-Mooniyang-Montreal. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph (2023) and a BFA (Honours) in Studio Arts from Concordia University. Grande has exhibited across Canada and the United States, including at the NADA NYC (2025), Art Gallery of Guelph (2023), and Galerie Nicolas Robert in Toronto and Montreal. In 2024, she completed an artist residency at Fool’s Paradise, the Doris McCarthy residency in Scarborough, ON. Grande is the recipient of several awards, including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (2024, 2023), the Canadian Federation of University Women Award (2023) and the Tony Sherman Graduate Scholarship (2021).
Education
2023 - Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, University of Guelph, ON
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Great Distinction), Specialization in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - Extra Ordinary, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada
2025 - Free Play, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Canada
2024 - Folie à deux, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Canada
2023 - Out of the blue, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, Curator: Sally Frater
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 - Forthcoming, Spinnerei’s Werkschau Halle, Leipzig, Germany
2024 - Abstraction, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada
2024 - Chapitre III, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Canada
2024 - Acts of Will, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada, Curator: Alex Bowron
2023 - Volume or Weight, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, Canada
2022 - Multi+-Facets, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada
2021 - A Seven or a Jack, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada
Residency
2024 - Doris McCarthy Residency, Scarborough, Canada
Collections
BLG - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Private Collections
Fairs
2025 - New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York, USA
2025 - Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, Canada
2024 - Untitled, Miami, USA
2024 - Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2024 - Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, Canada
Awards & Grants
2025 - Travel grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2024 - Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, 2nd grant
2024 - Concept to Realization grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 - Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, 1st grant
2023 - Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Scholarship, University of Guelph
2022 - Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph
2022 - University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
2022 - Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
2022 - University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2021 - Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2021 - Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
2021 - University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
2021 - University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2019 - Selected Nominee for BMO 1st Art! 2019 Competition, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2018 - Selected Nominee Hélène Couture Prize, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2013 - Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Festival en Cannes, Cégep de Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Canada
Press
2025 - “Samuelle Grande at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal.” Contemporary Art Library, https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/project/samuelle-grande-at-galerie-nicolas-robert-montreal-51307
2025 “Free Play.” Artforum Artguide, https://artguide.artforum.com/artguide/galerie-nicolas-robert-
12704/free-play-247066
2024 Unknown author. (2024). “Plural - Editor’s Pick Day 1”, Border Crossings Magazine [Online], published April 12, 2024, https://bordercrossingsmag.com/news/entry/plural-editors-picks-day-1-2024
2023 University of Guelph. "#Inthestudio with Samuelle Grande / MFA Studio Art at U of Guelph." University of Guelph, 2023, https://graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/people/samuelle-grande
Publications
2025 - Book Cover, L’Herbe Clochette, (poetry), Colette Zouvi, Ed. Poètes de Brousse, Montreal, Canada
2024 - Illustrations, Rolling Right Poems, (poetry), John K. Grande & Arnold Shives, Sarsen Press, Winchester, United Kingdom
2021- Album Cover, Berceuses et tombeaux, Valérie Gagné & Caroline Planté
2021 - Book Cover, Chants d’obstacle, (poetry); Colette Zouvi, Ed. Poètes de Brousse
2018 - Book Cover, La Ville Inquiète (poetry); Colette Zouvi, Éd. Poètes de Brousse (Finalist, Poetry prize Felix-Leclerc)
Talks & Lectures
2025 - Artist talk, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2023 - Artist talk, Art Gallery of Guelph, Canada
2023 - Workshop, Art Gallery of Guelph, Canada
Videographer
2016 - Symposium d’art dans la Nature : Waldkunstpfad, Darmstadt, Germany
2015 - Earth Art Symposium, Royal Botanical Garden, Burlington, Canada
2014 - QBE Leadership School, Saint-Malo, France