Sylvie Bélanger

Sylvie Bélanger (born in 1951 in Le Gardeur, Québec, Canada) is a interdisciplinary artist using sound, video, photography and installation. Bélanger received an MFA from York University, a BFA from Concordia University and a Baccalauréat in Philosophy of Religion from Université de Montréal. She lives and works in Toronto and is an Associate Professor of Visual Studies at SUNY Buffalo. Before joining SUNY Buffalo, she taught at The University of Windsor, San Francisco Art Institute, University of Toronto/Sheridan College and Concordia University. Bélanger was the recipient of the Stauffer Prize [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/joseph_s_stauffer/gc127238388984062500.htm The Canada Council for the Arts - Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes - Cumulative list of Winners ] ] , Each year the Canada Council designates up to three Canadian artists who have been awarded an individual arts grant, one in each of the fields of music, visual arts and literature, as winners of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes. [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/joseph_s_stauffer The Canada Council for the Arts - Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes ] ] Bélanger has received numerous professional grants from The Nuala Dresher Fellowship, the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the External Affairs of Canada.

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nationality = Canadian
field = installation artist, video artist
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Work

Bélanger has exhibited her multimedia installations across Canada, USA, France, Germany, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Japan, Thailand, Philippines and China. Her works are in collections of Gemeente Museum, The Netherlands, Za Moca Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, Oakville Galleries, Canada, Windsor Art Gallery, Canada, Musée du Québec, Canada, Galeria Oliva Arauna, Spain, The Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Canada, Woodlawn Arts Foundation, Toronto, Canada and York University, Canada.

In 2002 Bélanger was commissioned to create public art for the Bessarion subway station in Toronto. The work is a series of friezes of hands, feet and backs of heads, which represent the users of the station. The feet images appear on the concourse level while the heads appear on the platform level. The hand images appear along the stairs between the Sheppard Avenue side entrance/exit and the concourse.

In 2007, Bélanger was the Big Orbit Gallery summer artist in residence. During her residency she created the Multimedia installation "Des fleurs pour décorer", which was inspired by the artists' loft. Through this framework, ideas of gentrification, leisure, interior design and art history are woven through the condominium as a new concept of urban living. "Des fleurs pour décorer" was simultaneously part of the Beyond/In Western New York 2007 Exhibition as installed at Big Orbit Gallery. Bélanger is represented by Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

Bibliography

* Bélanger, Sylvie and Lorenzo Buj. "Meditation." "Reading the Gaze." C. Barber, S. Kivland and C. Leyser, (eds). London: Bookwork, 1991. 51-70.
* C. Christie. "Sylvie Bélanger." "Canadian News Makers". Toronto: Gale Canada, 1997. 48-51.
* Allucquère R. Stone, M. Heim, D. de Kerckhove, L. Dompierre "Press Enter, Between Seduction and Disbeleif". Toronto: The Power Plant. 1995
* Cheetam, Mark. "Remembering Postmodernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art". Toronto: Oxford, University of Toronto, 1991. ISBN 0195408179
* The Cutting Edge Women's Research Group, editor. "Desire By Design: Body, Territories and New Technologies." 1999. 82. ISBN 1860642802
* Grande, John K. "Intertwining: Artists, Landscape, Issues, Technology" 1998. 105 ISBN 1551641100
* Jolicoeur, Nicole. "Emettre du silence in Trans-mission". Montéal: La Centrale/Powerhouse Remue-Ménage, 1996. 68-73.
* Marks, L.U. "Press / Enter", "Artforum" (Sept. 1995): 97.
* Murray, J. "Canadian Art in the Twenty Century". Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1999. 272-93.
* Ylitalo, K. "Sylvie Bélanger." "Redaktion Allegmeines Kunstlerlexikon." München-Leipzig, Germany: K.G. Saur Verlad 2008.
* "Tu me manques" "Art Forum Azamino." (vol. 3, June 2007)
* "Sylvie Bélanger at Portside." "Madame FIGARO." #342 (06/06/2007): 78.

External links

* [http://www.sylviebelanger Sylvie Bélanger - Official Website]
* [http://www.birchlibralato.com Birch Libralato Gallery - Commercial Representation]
* [http://www.beyondinwny.org/artists/SylvieBelanger.html Albright Knox Art Gallery - Beyond | In Western NY 2007]

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