Bio

Yves Tessier (b. 1955) is a Canadian-born artist who maintains studios in both Montreal and New York City. He uses casein paint on aluminum and wood to create flattened narrative scenes of situations and characters that have been sourced from real-world observation, television and the internet, and his imagination. The paintings range in tone from being humorously erotic and sensual to meditative and quiet.

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EDUCATION

1975

School of Art and Design/ Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, QC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Pedestrians, SHRINE, New York, NY

2022

Invisible à l’oeil nu, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC

2021

Shark in Shallow Waters, SHRINE, New York, NY

2018

Cherry Picnic, SHRINE, New York, NY

2017

Yves Tessier, SHRINE, New York, NY

2016

Yves Tessier: Bedroom Walls in Harlem, The Bedroom, New York, NY

2014

ART 45, Montréal, QC

2013

Yves Tessier, GAO/La galerie d’art d’Outremont, Montreal, QC

2010

Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, QC

2009

Situations récentes II, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Montreal, QC

2008

Situations récentes, OPTICA, Montreal, QC

1989

Galerie SKOL, Montréal, QC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

When You Google My Name, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, QC

Inside the Outside World, My Pet Ram, curated by Matthew M. Fisher, New York, NY

2022

Platform, Online Exhibition by David Zwirner, New York, NY

2021

Ce qui fût et ce qui est, McBride contemporain, Montreal, QC

Platform art, Online Exhibition by David Zwirner, New York, NY

2020

Salon des refusés, McBride contemporain, Montreal, QC

2019

They Gaze, James Fuentes, New York, NY

Watercolour/Aquarelle, McClure gallery, Montreal, QC

2018

NADA: Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL

2016

'Go Figure!', Louis B. James gallery, New York, NY

2013

Peinture/Painting: It is not your paintings I like, it's your painting, ART 45, Montreal, QC

2011

esse Benefit Auction: Les éditions esse art + opinions, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC

2010

Extreme Painting, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Montreal, QC

NEXT: Chicago, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Chicago, IL

Portrait of a Patron: The Duksta Collection, UTAC, University of Toronto Art Center, Toronto, ON

Toronto International Art Fair, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, ON

2009

Été, été, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Montreal, QC

Toronto International Art Fair, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, ON

2008

Carl Ostendarp / Peter Schuyff / Yves Tessier, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Montreal, QC

Toronto International Art Fair, Projex-Mtl Galerie, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, ON

2006

Draw_drawing_2, The Foundry, in the London Biennale context, Curated by Giacomo Picca, London, UK

1998

Exposition de groupe, Galerie Luz, Montréal, QC

1997

Merrill / Romani / Tessier, Galerie Luz, Montréal, QC

1995

Lush, Galerie Articule, curator Michael Merrill et Andrea Szilasi, Montreal, QC

Merrill / Ruschiensky / Szilasi / Tessier, Galerie Local 906, Montreal, QC

1994

Misrule at the Apollo, Temperance Space, Curated by Jennifer Mc Mackon et Oliver Girling, Toronto, ON

System of Exchange, Project Exchange between Montreal and Toronto, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON

1991

Peinture, Galerie Clark, curated by David Blatherwick, Montréal, QC

1990

Imposter / Impasto: Curatorial Laboratory Project number 2, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, curated by Oliver Girling and Ihor Holubizky, Hamilton, ON

1987

Profils: Onze artistes québecois à New York, Maison de la Culture de Cote-des-Neiges, curated by Jean Paquin, Montreal, QC

1986

Small Works, Garnett Press Gallery, Toronto, ON

The Isis Show, Virgil Gallery, New York, NY

1984

Four Painters, Gillespies Space, New York, NY

1982

Aspects de la peinture montréalaise contemporaine, Pavillon du Québec, Montreal, QC

1976

FORUM 76, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Leo Rosshandler, Montreal, QC

COLLECTIONS

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC

The Bunker, West Palm Beach, FL

Collection Majudia, ARSENAL contemporary art contemporain, Montreal, QC

ART 45 Gallery, Montreal, QC

PADORAC, City of Montreal, Montreal, QC