Resume
Education
2019. Master of Fine Arts (ès Arts), UQÀM, Montreal, CA.
2014. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, CA.
2013. Freie Kunst (year of study in the BFA program), Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany.
2010. Diploma of Collegial Studies in Classical Music (interpretation), Vincent-d’Indy School of Music, Montreal, CA.
Personal and two person exhibitions
2022. Sanatoriums, Occurrence - espace d’art et d’essai contemporains, Montréal, CA.
2019. Between two Eternities : Alexia Laferté-Coutu + Jessica Williams, Projet Pangée, Montreal, CA.
2018. Leurs ombres centenaires, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, CA.
2017. D’un certain point de vue, Espace Cercle Carré, Montreal, CA.
Collective exhibitions (selection)
2024. (Upcoming), Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, CA.
2023. Earthly, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA.
2022. Tu m’enveloppes et je te contiens, Fonderie Darling, Montreal, CA.
2021. Matérialité, CIRCA Art Actuel, Montreal, CA.
2020. The Invitational I, Guest curator : Alessio Antoniolli (Gasworks London), Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK.
2020. Private song, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2019. Radical Residency IV, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK.
2018. Pour l’art, Galerie B-312, Montreal, QC.
2017. Pavillon, ancienne École des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, CA.
2016. Terrain (...), Cdex (Center of diffusion and experimentation for graduate students in Fine Arts, UQAM), Montreal, CA.
2014. Stein, Schere, Papier, Die Other Music Academy, Weimar, Germany.
2013. Ruins, VAV Gallery (Concordia University), Montreal, CA.
Fairs and auctions
2023. Printemps du MAC, Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, CA.
2022. Vendu/Sold : Esse Auction, Projet Casa, Montréal, CA.
2020. C Magazine Auction, Toronto, CA.
2019. Vendu/Sold : Esse Auction, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CA.
Papier Art Fair, Projet Pangée, Grand Quay, Port of Montreal, CA.
Residencies and workshops
2024. (Ungoing)
Production residency, Centre
d’art actuel Touttout, Chicoutimi, CA.
2023. Darling x New Haven research residency,
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop / Hospitalfield, Edinburgh / Arbroath, RU.
2019. Radical Resicendy IV, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK.
2017. Initiation to cast glass technique, intensive class directed by sculptor Gilles Payette,
Espace Verre, Montréal, CA.
2017. City Bureau Sound and Image Micro-School, workshop given by artist Caroline Boileau and cineast Oswaldo Toledano,
Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts and the Institute for Urban Futures, Montreal, CA.
Grants and distinctions
2024. Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Creation Grant
2023. Pierre Ayot Prize (City of Montreal and AGAC)
2023. Canada Council for the Arts, Research grant.
2022. Canada Council for the Arts, Project grant
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Production grant
2021. Canada Council for the Arts, Project grant
2020. Canada Council for the Arts, Research and creation Grant
2019. Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Mobility Grant
Finalist, Plein sud Prize (Longueuil)
2018. Jean-Marc-Eustache Grant in Visual Arts
Fondation UQÀM, Excellence Grant
2017. FARE Excellence Grant for graduate students (UQÀM)
2014. MELS, Mobility Grant
2013. Finalist, « Lise-Hélène Larin and Cecil Buller Drawing Award » (Concordia University)
Publications
Laferté-Coutu, A. Laferté-Coutu, M. (2017) « Correspondance » in Forum recherche-création. Édition 2017. Montreal : Association des étudiants de la Maîtrise en Arts visuels et médiatiques de l’UQAM. 18-24. [Text written in collaboration with Mérédith Laferté-Coutu (PhD student in Philosophy, PennState University, Pennsylvania, USA).]
Press
CLÉMENT, Éric. Un cadeau pour 20 ans de création. La Presse, jeudi 27 septembre 2022.
QUIRION, Jean-Michel. Alexia Laferté Coutu : Sanatoriums. Espace Art Actuel, numéro 131, printemps/été 2022.
MAVRIKAKIS, Nicolas. “Laferté Coutu ausculte les formes d’une autre épidémie”. Le Devoir, les samedi 22 et dimanche 23 janvier 2022
QUIRION, Jean-Michel. Alexia Laferté Coutu : Sanatoriums. Espace Art Actuel, numéro 131, printemps/été 2022.
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/662316/arts-visuels-laferte-coutu-ausculte-les-formes-d-une-autre-epidemie
SHARPE, Emma. "Unfixing Futures : A national survey of artists who imagine the world otherwise". Canadian Art (Tangents), Toronto, CA, Winter 2021.
https://canadianart.ca/features/unfixing-futures/
BO-GEUN, Kim. August 13, 2020. "AI’s choice has noted coïncidence"[Curator’s translation]. The Hankyoreh (Journal Coréen), Séoul, Corée du sud.
HOGEVEEN, Esmé. "Alexia Laferté Coutu and Jessica Williams : Between Two Eternities", Cmagazine(143), Toronto, CA, Septembre 2019.
https://cmagazine.com/issues/143
AZIZI, Arshy. Critic’s Picks Montreal : "Alexia Laferté Coutu and JessicaWilliams", Artforum international, New York, NY, USA, February 2019.
https://www.artforum.com/picks/alexia-laferte-coutu-and-jessica-williams-78572
"Must-sees this week : May 10 to 16", Canadian Art, may 2018.
GOULD, Trevor. (2013) "The Work: Exchange Interaction. Back to the Wall" in Sculpture 410, 68-69.
https://issuu.com/christopherspears/docs/sculpture_410_-_final_draft_-_impos.
RUSSEL, Jake. "Ruins"in The Link’s guide to Art Matters 2013, The Link, march 2013.
https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/the-link-s-guide-to-art-matters-2013
SHARPE, Emma. "Unfixing Futures : A national survey of artists who imagine the world otherwise". Canadian Art (Tangents), Toronto, CA, Winter 2021.
https://canadianart.ca/features/unfixing-futures/
BO-GEUN, Kim. August 13, 2020. "AI’s choice has noted coïncidence"[Curator’s translation]. The Hankyoreh (Journal Coréen), Séoul, Corée du sud.
HOGEVEEN, Esmé. "Alexia Laferté Coutu and Jessica Williams : Between Two Eternities", Cmagazine(143), Toronto, CA, Septembre 2019.
https://cmagazine.com/issues/143
AZIZI, Arshy. Critic’s Picks Montreal : "Alexia Laferté Coutu and JessicaWilliams", Artforum international, New York, NY, USA, February 2019.
https://www.artforum.com/picks/alexia-laferte-coutu-and-jessica-williams-78572
"Must-sees this week : May 10 to 16", Canadian Art, may 2018.
GOULD, Trevor. (2013) "The Work: Exchange Interaction. Back to the Wall" in Sculpture 410, 68-69.
https://issuu.com/christopherspears/docs/sculpture_410_-_final_draft_-_impos.
RUSSEL, Jake. "Ruins"in The Link’s guide to Art Matters 2013, The Link, march 2013.
https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/the-link-s-guide-to-art-matters-2013