Lecturer Sherbrooke University : Photography : Artistic Approach.
2016
Lecturer Sherbrooke University : Photography : Language and technic.
2014
Lecturer Technology of Architecture program, Séminaire de Sherbrooke (Québec).
2009-2014
Artistic director and programming coordinator, Sporobole art centre (Sherbrooke).
2008
Lecturer in Photography course, certificat d’art visuel de l’Université de Sherbrooke (Québec).
2008
Coordinator for Professional Development—Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques (CQAM)
2006
Programming coordinator—StudioXX, a bilingual feminist digital art centre
2005-2006
Production manager—La revue esse arts+opinions, periodical. www.esse.ca
2005
Production coordinator—Festival HTMlles, bi-annual international media-arts festival, StudioXX.
2003
Programming assistant—New Media, Montréal Festival du nouveau cinéma.
2001
Assistant, department of photography, Canadian Centre for Architecture.
PRESENTATIONS
2013
Collège Champlain, Lennoxville, Québec, nov. 2013
2013
Canadian Centre for Architecture, ABC-MTL, (Montreal, Canada).
2012
Images Festival, Artist Talk People and Place (Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario)
2011
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, The Québec Triennal 2011, artist talk (Oct. 29).
2009
Bishop’s University, (Lennoxville, Canada) Fine Arts program, artist presentation.
2009
La Manufacture de films @ Main Film (Montréal)—presentation of work in progress.
2007
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Théâtre Babylone (Berlin)— Occupants video.
2006
Les lundis d’Hexagram lectures, SAT (Montréal).
2005
XX Files, CKUT 90,3 FM (Montréal)—radio interview.
2005
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Open Source lectures, (Montréal). http://www.nouveaucinema.ca/home
2005
Banff New Media Institute, Interactive Screen 05 lectures—artist présentation, Alberta, Canada. http://www.banffcentre.ca/
2004
Centre des arts actuels Skol (Montréal)—artist presentation for the exhibition Échappées, connivences.
2004
Banff Centre, Intra-Nation thématic residency, Alberta, Canada.
WORKSHOPS
2014
Galerie Les Territoires, Photoforum, portefolio reviews of emerging artists.
2012
Middlebury College (Vermont, USA), invited with Patric Lacasse to give workshops in visual arts at the French School of the Summer Program
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2021
Optica, centre en art contemporain, Nov. 6 to Dec. 18 2021
2018
Dazibao centre de photographies actuelles
2017
The Room Provincial Gallery, Newfoundland. Curator : Vicky Chainey-Gagnon
2016
Maison de la culture Plateau Mt-Royal, rencontres Montréal-Estrie. Curator : Line Dezainde
2015
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (Toronto, On). Curator : Scott McLoed (Feb.- March) .
2014
Sightings – program of satellite exhibitions, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University. Curator : Mélanie Rainville. Nov-Jan. 2015.
2013
Foreman Art Gallery, of Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, (Québec, Canada). Curator: Vicky Chainey Gagnon http://www.foreman.ubishops.ca/home.html
2012
Cirque du Soleil, permanent artwork for the headquarters in Montréal (Québec). Produced by Cirque du Soleil, action culturelle.
2009
Syntoniser-Night Park—Optica centre for contemporary art (Montréal).
2007
Isolations—Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, “Replaying Narrative”. Curator: Marie Fraser.
2004
Échappées, connivences—Centre des arts actuels SKOL (Montréal).
2003
Prendre entre les deux—Galerie La Centrale-Powerhouse (Montréal).
Group
2013
Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montréal, Canada) / ABC : MTL
2012
CCS Bard (Centre for Curatorial Studies) Bard Hessel Museum, curator : Janine Armin, Annandale-on-Hudson, New-York, http://www.bard.edu/ccs/
2011
The Québec Triennial 2011: The Work Ahead of Us, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Curators : Marie Fraser, Lesley Johnston, Mark Lanctôt and François Letourneux. http://www.macm.org/en/expositions/quebec-triennial-2011/
2011
Salon du printemps des artistes des Cantons-de-l’Est, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke—in collaboration with the acquistions program of the Loto-Quebec collection.
2010
Amphithéâtre. Manifestation internationale d’art de Québec (Québec). Curator: Sylvie Fortin. http://manifdart.org/manif5/manif-dart5/myriam-yates
2010
A Space Between Mirrors. Expansion, Galerie de l’UQÀM (Montréal). Curators: Louise Déry and Audrey Genois. http://www.galerie.uqam.ca/Expositions/Communique/2010/expansion.htm
2006
Occupants. Oakville Galleries (Toronto) (MACM touring exhibition “Urban Territories”, see below.) http://www.oakvillegalleries.com/
2005
Occupants. “Urban Territories”, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Curator: Réal Lussier.
2005
Incorporer (s’). “Glissements art et écriture”, Galerie de l’UQÀM (Montréal). Curator: Louise Déry.
2002
“Le métissage comme expérience”, Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montréal). Curator: Manon Tourigny.
2001
“Des nouvelles de Tchékhov”, centre d’exposition Plein-sud (Longueuil, Québec). Curator: Bernard Lamarche.
2001
“Proof 8”, Gallery 44 (Toronto, Canada). http://www.gallery44.org/
MEDIA ARTS AND FILM FESTIVALS
2016
Nuit Blanche Toronto, commissaire : Louise Déry.
2014
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
2014
The International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), invitation by Les Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid. Feb. 7 to April 7, 2014.
2014
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid, La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris).
2013
FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
2013
International FrauenFilmFestival, Fokus Exzess, (Dortmund /Köln, Germany).
2013
Double Négatif, Made in Montreal, (Excentris, Montréal, Canada).
2012
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin\Madrid (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, dec. 2012)
2012
Kasseler Dokfest Film and Video Festival (Kassel, Germany)
2012
Images Festival, Toronto, Drawing Conclusions program, Jackman Hall (Art Gallery of Ontario).
2007
Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin- Madrid, Babylone Theater, Berlin
2006
Exground Filmfest, (Wiesbaden, Germany)—Canadian short experimental film program.
2005
Regina Festival of Cinematic Art (organized by SOIL and Neutral Ground), Saskatchewan, Canada.
2005
Interactive Screen 05, Banff New Media Institute—week-long event. Banff Centre, Alberta.
2005
TéléTaxi, Year Zero One Collective in collaboration with Dare-Dare (Montréal, Canada).
2004
Périphérique 4, Montréal. Audio-video performance with artist Patric Lacasse.
JURIES AND COMMITTEES
2016-2017
Visual Arts Commission, Ville de Sherbrooke.
2016
Jury member Conseil des arts et des lettres, bourse régionale Estrie.
2015-2016
Jury member Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2015
Jury member (francophone) for Media Arts (cinema and video), Canada Art Council.
2015
Jury for l’Intercollégial d’arts visuels 2014-15, graduating students Québec Cégeps.
2009-2014
Programming committee centre en art actuel Sporobole, Sherbrooke, Canada.
2010- 2013
Regional expert for the program: Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement des bâtiments et des sites gouvernementaux et publics, Government of Quebec.
2012
Special Committee for the program : Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, Government of Quebec – Publication of Cahiers de bonnes pratiques pour la pérennité des œuvres.
2012
Jury member for Media Arts (video installation), Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2012
Jury member for Media Arts (cinema and video), Canada Art Council.
2010
Selection committee for the Film Factory production programme at Main Film.
2008
Jury member for media arts (cinema et video), bourse A. Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2008
Guest Editor-in-chief for the on-line magazine .dpi no 12. dpi.studioxx.org
2007
Guest Editor-in-chief for the on-line magazine .dpi no 8. dpi.studioxx.org
2005-2006
Member for the publication and programming committee SKOL (Montréal). www.skol.ca
2005-2006
Member for the programming committee at La Centrale (Montréal). www.lacentrale.org
RESIDENCIES
2008-2009
16mm Film Production residency—”La Manufacture de films”, Main Film (Montréal, Canada)
2004
IntraNation, thematic residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.
1999
Travel study in Belgium, Agence Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles.
PUBLICATIONS
2014
Myriam Yates, monography edited by the Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University. Essay by Vicky Chainey-Gagnon, curator, Lesley Johnstone and Scott McLeod. Spring 2014.
2014
Prefix Photo magazine, portefolio and essay by Scott McLoed. Issue # 29 Improbable Architecture
GRANTS AND PRIZES
2018
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, production grant, media arts, Dakar, Sénégal.
2018
Canada Art Council, exploration grant, playgrounds, New-York City.
2015
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, Canada Art Council, media arts.
2015
SODEC, Support program for visual artists.
2014
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, production grant, media arts.
2014
Canada Art Council, production grant, film and vidéo.
2014
SODEC, Support program for visual artists.
2014
Travel grant, Québec art Council for Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin, Madrid, Paris.
2013
Travel grant, Québec art Council for Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin, Madrid, Berlin.
2013
Production grant, Québec Art Council and Conférence régionale des élus de l’Estrie.
2012
Travel grant, (Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel). Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2012
Travel grant, (Images Festival, Toronto). Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2011
Creative support program, PRIM media arts center.
2011
Production grant, film and video, Canada Council for the Arts.
2010
Production grant, video installation, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2009
Artiste ambassadeur grant, City of Sherbrooke.
2008
Films Manufacture production grant, Main Film (Montréal).
2007
Travel grant, Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec to Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin
2004
Grand prize CYBERPITCH04, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, (Montréal)—comprised of grants from Vidéographe (Montréal), the Bell New Media Fund and the Banff Centre for the arts.
2004
Financial award, Banff Centre for the Arts—for a residency program.
2003
Grant, Centre Interuniversitaire en Arts Médiatiques (CIAM).
2003
Excellence grant, UQÀM (Montréal).
2002
Pierre Péladeau grant for excellence, UQÀM (Montréal).
2002
Travel grant, Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse, (OQAJ)—for study at l’ENSAD, Paris).
1999
Travel grant, l’Agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse (AQWJ).
COLLECTIONS
2017
Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de Médecine
2016
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2013
Cirque du Soleil Head quarter in Montreal
2001
Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec
1997
Fasken Martineau law firm.