GUY LARAMÉE
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| Lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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EDUCATION
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2004
2002 2000 |
MA Visual Arts, University of Québec at Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada MA Anthropology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebéc, Canada BFA Interdisciplinary Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebéc, Canada |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2015 | Guy Laramée, Centre D'art Jacques & Michel Auger, Notre-Dame Est Victoriaville Québec, Canada |
| 2012 | The Cave, PERTWEE, ANDERSON & GOLD, London, United Kingdom |
| Attacher les roches aux nuages, Centre Expression, Ste. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada | |
| Mountains, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Guan Yin, Galerie d'art Outremont, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2011 | La Grande Muraille, Galerie Lacerte, Québec, Canada |
| The Great Wall, Curated by Alex Campo, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY | |
| Le Pont, Curated by Manon Regimbald, Centre d’exposition de Val David, l'Eglise, Val-David, Quebéc, Canada | |
| 2010 | Pluie, Galerie Orange, Montreal, Québec, Canada |
| Le Sacrifice, Galerie Orange, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| Le Nuage d' inconnaissance (The Cloud of Unknowing), CIRCA, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2007 | Refuges, Praxis, Ste-Thérèse, Québec, Canada |
| Refuges, Galerie Lacerte, Québec City, Québec, Canada | |
| Biblios and Les Autels domestiques, Axe Néo7, Hull, Québec, Canada | |
| Biblios, Espace virtuel, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada | |
| Biblios, Horace, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada | |
| 2004 | Le Grand atelier, CIRCA, Montreal, Québec, Canada |
| Biblios: Le dernier livre, Galerie R3, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | |
| La grande Bibliothèque, at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| Biblios: Le dernier livre, Galerie de l'UQAM, Université du Québec à Montreal, Quebéc, Canada | |
| 1997 | Quelle belle journée pour mourir, Studio In-Vitro, Méduse complex, Québec City, Québec, Canada |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2018 | The Anthropocene: Our Eco Emergencies, curated by Gary Van Wyk, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY |
| 2017 | Buchwelten, Museum Sinclair-Haus, curated by Dr. Johannes Janssen and Ina Fuchs, Bad Homburg, Germany |
| Sites of Knowledge, curated by Melissa Bianca Amore and William Stover, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Book Art: A Novel Idea, curated by Alexandra Willis, Morris Museum, Morristown,NJ | |
| Building Books, Maloney Art Gallery, curated by Virgina Fabbri Butera and Rocco Scary, St. Elizabeth, University, Morristown, NJ | |
| 2016 | La bibliothèque: tout le savoir du monde, Musées de la Civilisation, Québec, Canada |
| Small Scales: Lands of Enchantment, curated by Kathy Reichenbach, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT | |
| BookArt, Beyond the Words, curated by Irene Moret/Grabgroup, Pordenonelegge, Pordenone, Italy | |
| Unbound Narrative, curated by Holly Tripman, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC | |
| Small Scales: Lands of Enchantment, curated by Kathy Reichenbach, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT | |
| This is Not a Book: Chapter Two, curated by Seager Gray, ICA, San Jose, CA | |
| Between the Covers: Altered Books in Contemporary Art, curated by Sarah Tanguy, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA | |
| 2015 | Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, Catalogue |
| Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspective on Landscape, University of Richmond Museums,Richmond, VA | |
| 2014 | Odd Volumes: Book Art from the The Allan Chasanoff Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
| 20th Papier Biennale: Rijswijk, Museum Risjwick, Risjwick, The Netherlands | |
| Somewhere Between Creation and Destruction, Hartford Art School: Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT | |
| Pulp Culture: Paper is the Medium, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ | |
| Adaption: Transforming Books Into Art, curated by Linda Ross, Birmingham Bloomfield Center, Bloomfield, MI | |
| Boundless: The Book Transformed in Contemporary Art & Fold Paper, Scissors, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ | |
| 2013 | PaperWorks: The Art and Science of an Extraordinary Material, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA |
| Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Arts, Curated by Karen Ann Myers, Halsey Institute, Charleston, SC | |
| Changing Perceptions of the Western Landscape, curated by Andrew Conners, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM | |
| 2012 | A Cut Above: 12 Paper Masters, Curated by Diana Ewer, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Otherworldly, Curated by Maddy Rosenberg and David McFadden, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY |
| Earthworks, Central Booking, New York, NY | |
| Biennale du lin, Curated by Danielle Lord, Église de Deschambault, Québec, Canada | |
| Trifold: New perspectives on book arts. Curated by Yuki, Nii, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York, NY | |
| I Will Cut ThrU, curated by Alex Campos, The Barbara Walters Gallery, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY | |
| 2010 | L'Anti-Sublime, curated by Rafael Sottolichio, Maison de la culture Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebéc, Canada |
| Altered Books: A New Object, Curated by Elizabeth Brown, Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK | |
| I Will Cut Thr U, curated by A. Campos, A. MacMillian, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | Toronto Art Fair, Galerie Lacerte, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Altered States: Artists Re-imagine the Book, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV | |
| Book Borrowers: Contemporary Artists Transforming the Book, Bellevue Arts Museum, WA | |
| 2008 | Global Warming at the Icebox, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA |
| Toronto International Art Fair, Lacerte-Orange Galeries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | |
| Logotopia, Curated by Sachas Hastings, Cambridge Galleries, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 2007 | Toronto International Art Fair, Lacerte-Orange Galeries?, Montréal, Québec. Canada |
| (Un)contained Vessels, Curated by A. Campos, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY | |
| Les Paysagistes, curated by COZIC.Maisons de la culture de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2006 | Toronto International Art Fair, Lacerte-Orange Galeries, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Exploiting/Exploding The Book, Curated by D. Davidson, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA | |
| Archipels, Curated by Jean-Pierre Morin Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| Mutilated/Cultivated Environments, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY | |
| 2005 | Trafic, Curated by Mathieu Beauséjour and Nathalie De Blois, L'Écart, Rouen-Noranda, Québec, Canada |
| Tous ces Livres sont à toi, Grande bibliothèque du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2002 | Arteur/visual codex, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY |
| Arteur/visual codex, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD | |
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COLLECTIONS |
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| The Allan Chasanoff Collection, Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT | |
| Bennet Jones, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Bowdoin College Library Special Collections and Archives, Brunswick, ME | |
| Bibliotèque Nationale du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| Galerie Lacerte, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| LOTO, Montréal, Québec, Canada | |
| Messner Mountain Museum, Bolzano, Italy | |
| Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collection, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY | |
| Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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| BOOKS AND CATALOGUES | |
| 2014 | "Odd Volumes, Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection", Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT, pps. 114-115, ills. |
| Manco, Tristan. "Big Art/ Small Art". Thames & Hudson, London, England | |
| 2013 | Heyenga, Laura, Dettmer, Brian, et all. "Art Made From Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, Transformed". Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA |
| Klanten, Robert, Matthis, Hubert, et all. "Fully Booked: Ink on Paper".1, Gestalt, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2012 | Salmony, Sandra, "1000 Artists' book", Quarry Books, Beverly, MA |
| 2011 | McFadden, David, "Otherworldly", Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY |
| Sloman, Paul, "Book Art", Gestalten, Berlin, Germany, London, United Kingdom | |
| 2009 | Sloman, Paul, "Book Borrowers", Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| 2008 | Sloman, Paul, "Guy Laramée: Le sacrifice", Galerie Lacerte-Orange, Montreal, Québec, Canada |
| Sloman, Paul, "Dompteurs d'orage / Matériaux insoupçonnés", Biennale nationale de Sculpture contemporaine du Québec, Le Sabord, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | |
| Shipman, Esther, "Logotopia: The Library in Architecture", Art and Imagination, Cambridge Galleries / ABC Art Books, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2006 | Mutilated/cultivated Environments, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY |
| Archipel, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| Tous ces livres sont à toi, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada | |
| 2002 | L'Espace Traversé, Éditions d'art Le Sabord, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada |
| SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS | |
| 2017 | Narea, Isabel. Guy Laramée Deconstructs Spiritual Literature into Whimsical desert Landscapes, Design Boom, New York. |
| Sachs, Zachary. Sites of Knowledge, Jane Lombard Gallery - Picks, ARTFORUM, New York, NY | |
| Jobson, Christopher. Magnificent New Carved Book Landscapes and Architecture by Guy Laramée, COLOSSAL, May 1 | |
| Interview with Guy Laramée, Chinese Television https://v.qq.com/x/page/r0358xa07nn.html |
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| 2016 | Narea, Isabel. Guy Laramée carefully carves brazil's lush landscape into found books, January 28 |
| Aleph, Faena. Portraits of Birds and Their Habitats Carved into The Pages of Old Books, July 28 | |
| Onion, Rebecca. How Two Artists Turn Old Encyclopedias Into Beautiful, Melancholy Art, June | |
| Air Berlin Magazin, Ein Buch als Landschaft, July | |
| Blakemore, Kate. These Mountains are Made of Books, Smithsonian.com, March 16 | |
| Jobson, Christopher. New Snowcapped Mountains and Swirling Vortexes Excavated from Vintage Books by Guy Laramée, March 8, COLOSSAL, March 8 | |
| Mudart, Tributes to tombs of knowledge with artist Guy Laramée, February 27 | |
| Starr, Benjamin. Guy Laramée Carves Mountains of Books into Snowy Mountain Sculptures, Visual News, March 9 |
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