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Samuelle Grande
Samuelle Grande was born in 1994 in Montreal, where she continues to live and work. She studied at Concordia University in Montreal, where she earned a BFA in 2019. She received an MFA from the University of Guelph in 2023. Grande has exhibited across Canada and the United States. In 2025, she held solo presentations at Galerie Nicolas Robert in Montreal and Toronto. The same year, she presented paintings at NADA, New York. In 2024, she completed an artist residency at the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence program Fool’s Paradise in Scarborough, Ontario. She is the recipient of two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants (2024, 2023), the Canadian Federation of University Women Award (2023), and the Tony Sherman Graduate Scholarship (2021), among other awards. Grande is part of the Curated Artists Registry at White Columns, New York.
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
2026 - 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
Fairs
2025 - New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York, NY
2025 - Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, QC
2024 - Untitled, Miami, FL
2024 - Art Toronto, Toronto, ON
2024 - Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, QC
Collections
BLG - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Private Collections
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
Contemporary Art Library, “Samuelle Grande at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto.” Contemporary Art Library
Contemporary Art Library, “Samuelle Grande at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal.” Contemporary Art Library
Border Crossings, “Plural - Editor’s Pick Day 1”, Border Crossings Magazine [Online]
University of Guelph, In the studio with Samuelle Grande / MFA Studio Art at U of Guelph
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
2026 - Artist talk, John Abbott College, Montreal, QC
2025 - Artist talk, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2023 - Artist talk, Art Gallery of Guelph, QC
2023 - Workshop, Art Gallery of Guelph, QC
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