INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES :
Visual arts, performance, process art, public art, interdisciplinary art, socially and environmentally engaged art
2017 - 2021 Fonderie Darling, " EmballeToi! Landscape 2012 - 3012 " for 1000 years, Montréal, QC, Canada
2019 Musée
des maîtres et artisans du Québec, "EmballeToi! à Saint-Laurent : Histoire d'un projet d'art relationnel et
environnemental 2013-2019", exhibition and installation outside "hors les
murs" on the steps, in front of the museum,
Saint-Laurent borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2014-2017 InTerreArt, (french and english) "Corde
à Linge EmballeToi!", backyard of Nicole McDonald-Fournier / InTerreArt, Saint-Laurent borough, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2010-in process* Frontyard of Nicole McDonald-Fournier / InTerreArt (french and english), frontyard land of biodiversity- (includes the street and the neighbourhood), Saint-Laurent borough, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. *Undetermined ending
2007 Articule (artist-run centre), “Live Dining”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2005-in process* Backyard of Nicole McDonald-Fournier / InTerreArt, backyard biodiversity, Saint-Laurent borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. *Undetermined ending
2002 Studio 303, "Nipple Hair and Weedeater Take 1", performance, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1999 La Centrale / Powerhouse, (artist-run centre) “Organic Container”, installation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1991 La Licorne, “Narration Disjointe / Disjoint Narration”, interdisciplinary
performance that included one performance artist and 4 women dancers,
live electro-ecoustic sound, narrations in french, english, italian and german (mixed up), live lighting changes, made from a lighting
design, plants,
moving installation of 4 large oil paintings of stonehenge, 5 installation of contructed and assembled objects - duration 1 hour, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1991 Espace Global, "Narration
Disjointe", installations and paintings that were in the
interdisciplianry performance at La Licorne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES :
Socially and environmentally engaged art,
Visual arts, performance art, process art
Relational, participatory performance,
public art, art-community-environment-urban agriculture collaboration, ecovention*
* An ecovention is an ecological art intervention which acts with beneficial consequences on degraded ecosystems
2024 (fall-winter) Fonderie Darling. Déliquescence - an exhibition featuring works by Quebec and international artists
exploring entropy through the degradation and transformation of forms
and states. Montreal, Quebec
2023 - 2024 InTerreArt, project «EmballeToi! dans la vie : Biodiversité et Forêts Nourricières» The creation of process-based artworks, site specific, individual and collective, intergenerational
residencies, between four women montreal artists - karen elaine spencer, Nicole
McDonald-Fournier, Michelle Lacombe, Marie-Claude Gendron, realized over a period of one year, in "Art actuel" contemporary art practice in visual arts, known also as "process art", Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec
2023 Rond-Point (artist-run centre) "Corde
à Linge EmballeToi! Terrebonne", nouvelle version / adaptation, au Parc
Saint-Sacrement,TRAÇABILITÉ, Recycl'ART, Terrebonne, QC
2022 MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Visual Natures : The Politics and Culture of Environmentalism in the 20th and 21st Centuries
, "Live Dining", Lisbon, Portugal.
2020-in process* InTerreArt in collaboration with partner community organisations and residents, "Faire des semis / Seeding",
(english and french), Saint-Laurent borough, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. *Undetermined ending
2017-19 InTerreArt in collaboration with RUI Hodge-Place Benoît and Le Centre
Communautaire Bon Courage "EmballeToi!
Dans la vie : trouver sa voix et prendre soin" a social and environmentally engaged artwork, "social sculpture", multidisciplinary art, in the food forest of Place Benoît and Poirier Parc , Saintt-Laurent borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2018 La Quiñonera, Dessins vivants, dessins, installation, performance, Mexico City, invitation de DARE-DARE (centre d’artistes), Mtl, QC, Satellite Mtl-Cdmx Échange et collaboration entre DARE-DARE et La Quiñonera, Mexico
2018 La Quiñonera, Dessins vivants, dessins, installation, performance, Mexico City, invitation de DARE-DARE (centre d’artistes), Mtl, QC, Satellite Mtl-Cdmx Échange et collaboration entre DARE-DARE et La Quiñonera, Mexico
2014 - 2017 InTerreArt, soutenu par le RUI Quartier 21 Hodge- Place Benoît du COSSL en collaboration avec Le Centre Communautaire Bon Courage, "EmballeToi!", à Place Benoît, (french), Arrondissement St-Laurent, Montréal, QC, Canada
2014 - 2016 Maison de la culture Côte des Neiges, "EmballeToi!" , exposition, performance participative, médiation culturelle, en collaboration avec InTerreArt, Montréal, QC, Canada
2015 Club
populaire des consommateurs de Pointe Saint-Charles, (french) "Live
Dining", performance participative réalisé dans le contexte d'activité
d'animation horticole dans un jardin collectif, en collaboration avec InTerreArt, Mtl, QC, Canada
2015 Club populaire des consommateurs de Pointe Saint-Charles, (french) "Médicine Vivant", performance participative réalisé dans le contexte d'activité d'animation horticole réalisé sur le troittoir à côté des jardins en bac et dans les cuisines du Club populaire des consommateurs de Pointe Saint-Charles, en collaboration avec InTerreArt, Mtl, QC, Canada
2015 Club populaire des consommateurs de Pointe Saint-Charles avec le Centre de Femmes Madame Prend Congé, (french) "EmballeToi!", performance participative réalisé dans le contexte d'activité d'animation horticole, en collaboration avec InTerreArt, Mtl, QC, Canada
2013 Galerie Verticale (centre d’artistes autogéré), "De Fond En Comble" – Nicole Fournier / Douglas Scholes, commissaire N. & M. (Nadège Grebmeir Forget et Manon Tourigny), Laval, QC, Canada
2012 Maison de la culture côte des neiges, dans le cadre du colloque du Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec (RAIQ) - Territoire de l'interdisciplinaire art et environnement, "Table de biodiversité : verdir – nourrir", Mtl, QC, Canada
2012
Wundergarden, Fluxmedia, "Companions and Transformations", Nicole Fournier artiste invitée, Mtl, QC, Canada
2012 Centre des Loisirs de St-Laurent. "Mural Collectif Nourricier, exposition des processus dans Les Ateliers-Performances ACE, collaboration InTerreArt, Le Centre Communautaire Bon Courage et RUI Quartier 21 Hodge – Place Benoît et l'arrondissement Saint-Laurent, St-Laurent, QC, Canada
2012 Galerie
rouge art contemporain, "Vert comestible : avec la peau des doigts" , Cowansville, QC, Canada
2011-12 InTerreArt en collaboration avec Le Centre Communautaire Bon Courage, "Les Ateliers-Performances ACE", et la RUI Hodge-Place Benoît, Arrondissement Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada
2010 RUI Quartier Hodge-Place Benoît, le jardin collectif de Place Benoît,
"Kiwi-Box Live Dining", (performance participative, écovention), , Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada
"Kiwi-Box Live Dining", (performance participative, écovention), , Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada
2010 Le
Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté, Engrenage Noir / LEVIER, InTerreArt, "Nourriture et médecine vivants" Université de Laval, St-Foy, Québec, Canada
2010 Exit Art Gallery, "Nipolativinasa - drawings (from diverse series)",
Ecoartspace, New York, USA
2010 articule (centre d’artistes autogéré), "Sand, rabbits, kids, parents/artists beach party", InTerreArt,
2010 Hommage à Françoise Sullivan, RAIQ, Sala Rossa, "Eau Terre Mer e", (performance),
2010 articule (centre d’artistes autogéré), "Sand, rabbits, kids, parents/artists beach party", InTerreArt,
2010 Hommage à Françoise Sullivan, RAIQ, Sala Rossa, "Eau Terre Mer e", (performance),
2008-09 Technopark de Saint-Laurent, siege
sociale de Aldo Groupe, en collabotion avec 40 employées
de la compagnie Aldo Groupe, InTerreArt et Federation Canadienne de la Faune (FCF), "Industrial Park Live Dining", performance participative et collective – écovention :
restoration et conservation de
plantes indigènes et petit forêt, 6 installation "Live Dining" réalisé
avec les employé(e)s, Arrondissement Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC, Canada
2009 Le Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté, Engrenage Noir /
LEVIER, InTerreArt, Fédération Canadienne de la Faune, "Couvert sur Place – Parc de
l’Esplanade", , Québec, QC, Canada
2008 Le Petit Versailles, "Between urban buildings Live Dining"
(installation-performance), Manhattan, New York, USA
2008 Grace Exhibition Space Brooklyn, "Rooftop Live Dining" (performance, and video, New York, USA
2008 Grace Exhibition Space, "Intimate/Transparent" - Dining, Vegetable Peels & Color, New York City, USA
2007 Next to sidewalk Live Dining,
(performance participative, écovention), articule (centre d’artistes autogéré),
Montréal, QC, Canada
2007 Artivistic2007-Un.OccupiedSpace, (International event), "Urban wild field Live Dining",
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2007 Santropol Roulant & McGill University, "Roof Top Garden Project Live Dining", (collaboration with Alternatives ), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2007 Latitude53, 8th Annual VISUALEYEZ, International Festival of Performance Art, "Parking Lot Live Dining", and "Land for sale Live Dining", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2007 The Blinding Light of Death & Cooking the Earth, (performance), InterAzioni XX Spazio ARKA, Assemini, Sardinia, Italy
2007 The Blinding Light of Death & Cooking the Earth, (performance), Contaminate II, Performance Festival, Boston, USA
2007 Urban Wild Field Live Dining (performance-écovention), Un.OccupiedSpace, Évènement international, Artivistic 2007, Mtl, QC
2007 ARKA Space, InterAzioni XX Anniversary Festival, "Cement Courtyard Live Dining" (in Space belonging to Social Democratic Party), Assemini, Sardinia, Italy
2005-06. Suburban backyard Live Dining, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
2005-06. Suburban backyard Live Dining, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
2004 Farm, Le Zephyr, Corn Dining / Corn field celebration, organic cornfield (CSA) Farm, Senneville, Quebec, Canada
2002 Corn Field Performances, performances-intervention in an industrial agriculture genetically modified organismes (GMO) cornfield, questioning monculture system and deforestation, 340, boul Yvon-Líheureux, Beloeil, Quebec, Canada 2003 InterAzioni, Play Group,
(collective performance),Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
2003 InterAzioni, Extensions / Nipple hair & weedeater Take 4, with Cornfield-skin-video projection, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
2002 Sound off, PSi Conference, Nipple Hair and Weedeater - Take 2, NYU, Manhattan, NYC, USA
2002 Play Group, Shout at eternity, Piscine St-Michel, articule, (centre d’artistes autogéré),
2002. La Centrale/Powerhouse (centre d’artistes autogéré), Va & viens, projet du labo centralien, ,
2003 InterAzioni, Extensions / Nipple hair & weedeater Take 4, with Cornfield-skin-video projection, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
2002 Sound off, PSi Conference, Nipple Hair and Weedeater - Take 2, NYU, Manhattan, NYC, USA
2002 Play Group, Shout at eternity, Piscine St-Michel, articule, (centre d’artistes autogéré),
2002. La Centrale/Powerhouse (centre d’artistes autogéré), Va & viens, projet du labo centralien, ,
2001 La
Centrale/Powerhouse, (centre d’artistes autogéré), Briefcase and grass, Du Passé au Present, , Mtl, QC
1992 Galerie Barbeau Molinari, "TV Series & Person in front of screen series" (figurative and abstract painting), , St-Donat, QC, Canada
1990 Gallery Pépin-Randez
, Portraits
& Montreal landscapes, oil & acrylic on paper and canvas, Mtl, QC
1990 Gallery St-Paul, Portraits & Montreal landscapes, oil & acrylic on paper and canvas, , Mtl, QC
1990 Transformative Theatre, Leaning Women - (performance), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1988 Perfo 1, Studio D'Essai Claude Gauvreau, UQAM, "Inert" (sound, light, bodies(human&plants), assembled objects installation performance) , Mtl, QC, Canada.
1990 Gallery St-Paul, Portraits & Montreal landscapes, oil & acrylic on paper and canvas, , Mtl, QC
1990 Transformative Theatre, Leaning Women - (performance), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1988 Perfo 1, Studio D'Essai Claude Gauvreau, UQAM, "Inert" (sound, light, bodies(human&plants), assembled objects installation performance) , Mtl, QC, Canada.
1988 Atelier 2102 "Seagassimo, Of Pain and Passion series", (paintings and installations), ,
Bleury Strett, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bleury Strett, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2018 La Quiñonera and DARE-DARE (artist-run centre), Satellite Mtl-Cdmx, Mexico city, MexicoGRANTS
2023 Conseil des Arts de Montréal (CAM), Programme pilote "Ancrage", via InTerreArt2017 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CALQ), Art Multidisciplinaire, via InTerreArt
2016-2017 Financement entente Ville de Montréal et Ministère Travail, Emploi et Solidarité sociale (MTESS), via InTerreArt
2016-2017 Financement entente Ville de Montréal et Ministère Travail, Emploi et Solidarité sociale (MTESS), via InTerreArt
2012 Partenariat et communauté, entente Ville de Montréal et le Ministère de la Culture
et Communications du Québec (MCCQ), via InTerreArt
2011 Action culturelle, entente Ville de Montréal et le Ministère de la Culture et Communications du Québec (MCCQ), via InTerreArt
2008 Canada Council for the Arts (CCA), Inter-Arts research & creation for "Industrial Park Live Dining"
2003 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CALQ), Arts visuels
EDUCATION
2005 Post Graduate Diploma in Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate degree. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Courses: “Society and Environment”: sustainability & economics (cost benefit analysis).“Global Environment”: interdisciplinary science background on Climate Change. “Evolving Earth”: (anthropology ,geography & plant science) interdisciplinary around biodiversity. “Soils & Environment”:soil identification&classification.
Courses: “Society and Environment”: sustainability & economics (cost benefit analysis).“Global Environment”: interdisciplinary science background on Climate Change. “Evolving Earth”: (anthropology ,geography & plant science) interdisciplinary around biodiversity. “Soils & Environment”:soil identification&classification.
Master level interdisciplinary graduate courses:
“Geography of development”: international development, environment international politics & globalization. “Environmental Thought”: (philosophy, history of economics, politics & science, environmental literature) “Global Environmental Politics”: the politics, history & economics of globalization, of climate change: CDM (clean development mechanisms), Carbon Emission Trading; WTO, UN (Kyoto), NGOs
Research: genetically modified trees, forest plantations and genetic biodiversity, polyculture systems.
“Geography of development”: international development, environment international politics & globalization. “Environmental Thought”: (philosophy, history of economics, politics & science, environmental literature) “Global Environmental Politics”: the politics, history & economics of globalization, of climate change: CDM (clean development mechanisms), Carbon Emission Trading; WTO, UN (Kyoto), NGOs
Research: genetically modified trees, forest plantations and genetic biodiversity, polyculture systems.
1993 Bachelor in Fine Arts, Studio Arts Major, Painting and Drawing.
Teachers Barbara Steinman, Guido Molinari, Yves Gaucher, Robert Murray
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1986 Philosophy,
Université Concordia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1985 DEC Social Science, Dawson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PUBLICATION - Mention sur Academia
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This
essay was commissioned in early 2011, by the League of Resonance – a
Melbourne artist group comprising Jason Maling, Jess Olivieri and Sarah
Rodigari. In this piece, I try to tease out an anatomy of sorts for
their particular brand of socially engaged art practice. Much of the
underlying information comes from an interview I did with the artists in
early 2011.
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The
first Adaptive Actions publication, part of an upcoming series, was
edited by Jean-François Prost and produced with several collaborators
and SPACE Art Centre. This 72-page publication includes two sections:
one on the general theme of Adaptive Actions with over 25
micro-documented actions, and a second section on the specific London
Adaptive Actions programming: the Olympic perimeter actions, walks and
organized suppers. Includes texts by Judith Laister, Pascal Nicolas-Le
Strat, Frank Nobert and Jean-François Prost. With and by: Julie Boivin,
Andrea Cavagnaro, Tagny Duff, Martin Dufrasne, Hillary Powell & Dan
Edelstyn, Jean-Maxime Dufresne, Nicole Fournier, Dominic Gagnon, Tyree
Guyton, Sophie Handler, Hannah Jickling and Valerie Salez, Virginie
Laganière, Marie & Jean, Frank Nobert, Optimistic Productions, Sarah
Smizz, Animal Trust, Ben Scott, Robert Prost, Martin Wilson, Gesche
Wuerfel.
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To
draw attention to a production method of image and sound, a number of
viewpoints are proposed in this paper to do with cinematic traditions.
This brings forth a privilege of contemplating images, within the sounds
of electroacoustic music, images of a film, and language-based images
in poetry. Engaging with the practice of recording the natural
environment, traces of sound, image, and language may point to
environments of distance.
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PUBLICATION
Dufrasne, Martin (Editor) “SATELLITE, a decade of Transcontinental Explorations (2011-2021), Graphiscan, Montreal, May 2022
Boisclair, Louise, Art écosphérique : de l'anthropocène... au symbiocène. L'expérientiel 3, Harmattan, 2021
Rubin-Kunda,
Lezli, At Home: Talks with Canadian Artists about Place and Practice,
Goodse Lane Editions, Frederiction, NB, Canada, august, 2018
Weintraub,
Linda, “To Life! Eco Art, In the Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet”, University of California Press, USA, september 2012
REVUE D'ART / REVUE DE PRESSE
Mazataub, Valérian “Les jardins urbains dans l’oeil de Valérian Mazataub, Le Devoir, 22. aout, 2023
Roy, Christian “Le millénaire à venir entre concept et matérialité” Vie des arts, Montréal, 6 octobre, 2021
Lacombe, Michelle “Nicole Fournier EmballeToi! Landscape” Esse, le numéro 99 - Plantes, 2020
Charon, Marie-Eve, Un terrain vague à l’abondance insoupçonnée, Le Devoir, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 31 août, 2013
Leblanc, Benoît, Seconde Marche avec Douglas Scholes, Courrier Laval, Laval, Québec, Canadale 23 août, 2013
Leblanc, Benoît, Exposition extérieure avec Verticale – centre d'artistes, Courrier Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada, le 22 avril, 2013
De Marinis, Lesley, Wundergarden : Research, rewilding and recycling, Concordia NOW newsletter, July 19th, 2012
Dhir,
Anurag. “Dining! Live! Tonight!” The Hour
(Visual Arts). Volume 15 no38. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sept 20-26, 2007, Pg 24
Bouchard, Gilbert. "Taking their art to the streets." The Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 23rd, 2007.
O’keefe, Christa. “Visualeyez 2007 brings artists in to respond to the city” VueWeekly. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 2007
Bouchard, Gilbert. "Taking their art to the streets." The Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 23rd, 2007.
O’keefe, Christa. “Visualeyez 2007 brings artists in to respond to the city” VueWeekly. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 2007
Read,
Ann. “Gardens Above Gridlock” Ascent magazine. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2006
Sanna, Roberta. “Interazioni, immersi nella performance - Le azioni e le installazioni di artisti prvenienti da Canada” La Nuova Sardegna. (Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) July 23rd, 2003
Porcedda, di Walter. “L’arte e una performance - Da domani alle Saline il via al festival Interazioni” La Nuova Sadegna (Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) July 18th, 2003
Stahl, Enne. “Ein Reise-und Festivalbericht vonden16 Interazioni in Cagliari, Sardinien" satt.org/kunst (Koln, Germany)July 2003
Tinguely, Vincent. “The unexpected Expected” Montreal Mirror. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Dec. 2002
OPUSCULE
Panaccio-Letendre, Charlotte, Grebmeir Forget, Nadège et Tourigny, Manon, De Fond En Comble, Nicole Fournier et Douglas Scholes, Galerie Verticale (centre d’artiste), Laval, QC, Canada, 2013
Laister, Judith; Nicolas-Le Strat, Pascal; Nobert, Frank and Prost, Jean-François. Adaptive Actions by Jean-François Prost, Nicole Fournier featured among several artists in website and publication, a collaboration with SPACE, London, Englans, March 22 2009
RADIO
Bouchard,
Jean-Luc. “Mission Durable Culture”, interview with artist Nicole Fournier on ‘Ateliers-Performances
ACE (art-communautés-environnement). CIBL 101,5 FM Radio-Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 12th,
2011
Sonntag,
Emmanuelle. “Art et communauté”, Interview with artist Nicole Fournier.CIBL
101,5 FM Radio-Montreal. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct.17th 2007
Lola. “Fly Now” CJSR News Radio - Edmonton arts, May 24th, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2007
INDEPENDANT INTERDISCIPLINARY
ART and ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
2012-ongoing EmballeToi! research , observation of the evolution (resistance and transformation) of textiles by decomposers, insects, fungi, birds animals and plants, from 2012 to 2023. Exhibition and relationnal participatory performances that include this research and seeing the evolution of the textiles as part of the process of sharing and presenting the ongoing research. Observation of the micro ecosystems evolution in micro environments that evolves and creating changes and movements by the species themselves. Observation of an increase in biodiversity on sites of stewardship and ecovotion and ecological intervention, and how the more micro environments are not disturbed, the more species can be autonomous in how they self-manage within the biodiversity of species. thereby species introduce themselves into this "safe" environment (the front and back yards are an exemple) and grow biodiversity.
1996-ongoing ecological polyagriculture and food forests, ongoing creative approach and observation of the integration of cultivated, heritage and indigenous plants. Independent Research in ecology, food production systems plant properties & symbiotic relationships. Research organic ecological agricultural systems, in Quebec Eastern township, Canada. Researched sustainable agricultural systems: Mayan polyculture, permaculture in QC, Australia, Japan & USA. Fukuoka’s “Do Nothing Farming”, Land Institute perennial crops, Kansas, USA.
DESIGN, MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE
Self-taught and "On the job training"
2007-ongoing Nicole McDonald-Fournier and InTerreArt, Montreal, QC, Canada
Producer, blogger, author, writer, digital photographer, digital graphic designer, digital video creator (lumix, canon, since 2022 canonEOS90D), youtuber
blogging,
using "blogger" (now part of the family of "google family" with youtube)
to create blogs and websites and internet site for digital interactive
artworks and as an extension of the social sculpture, performance art,
process art works and research projects. "Nicole McDonald-Fournier" and InTerreArt website presences and all the websites or blogs of the her artworks were designed and created by Nicole McDonald-Fournier. All the graphic design, and sizing and prepping photos and video for the web, the digital photography and video are
by McDonald-Fournier. When she is not the artist, the other authors or
artists are credited, for use of photos or collaborations in video
production.
2001-2007 Nicole McDonald-Fournier and InTerreArt, Montreal, QC, Canada
Producer, author, writer, digital photographer, digital graphic designer, digital video and video 8 creator
Created
digital photography, digital video 8, digital graphic design used for
making video, low tech use of apple computer and imovie, Premiere, open
source software gimp, photoshop, other for artworks1998-2001 Velan inc.,Advertising Dept., Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Project Manager, Senior Graphic Designer, Art Director Managed,
produced and designed annual reports and product literature – ads,
catalogues, manuals, flyers, bulletins & computer presentations,
including managing budgets up to 500 000$/project
Managed project contracts, quotations, pre-press quality control and contact with sales rep., V.P.’s, clients & suppliers
Liaised between departments of engineering, marketing, sales and design in the production and coordination of publication products with sales force and accredited distributors
Managed product information and Developed communication via email/intranet with distributors and sales force.
1993-1997 Freelance, Producer, Art Director, Senior Graphic Designer in Multimedia for corporate video productions, Montreal, QC, Canada
Clients : Video Trente ( Air Canada, L’Oreal) ; G&A Design Communications; Stonehaven Productions (Marconi, Avcorp Industries Inc., Government of Canada) Programmed Communications Ltd. (Standard Life, OACI)
Managed project contracts, quotations, pre-press quality control and contact with sales rep., V.P.’s, clients & suppliers
Liaised between departments of engineering, marketing, sales and design in the production and coordination of publication products with sales force and accredited distributors
Managed product information and Developed communication via email/intranet with distributors and sales force.
1993-1997 Freelance, Producer, Art Director, Senior Graphic Designer in Multimedia for corporate video productions, Montreal, QC, Canada
Clients : Video Trente ( Air Canada, L’Oreal) ; G&A Design Communications; Stonehaven Productions (Marconi, Avcorp Industries Inc., Government of Canada) Programmed Communications Ltd. (Standard Life, OACI) Marketed,
developed and produced projects/products from conception to final
production, such as Air Canada video, AvCorp annual assembly meeting
computer projection presentation, Cité Rock Détente (radio station) CD
ROM,
Directed, managed and motivated staff of graphic designer, writers and technicians
1990-1993 Stylus inc. Montreal, QC, Canada
Technical Coordinator, Graphic Designer Directed, managed and motivated staff of graphic designer, writers and technicians
1990-1993 Stylus inc. Montreal, QC, Canada
Audio-visual production services & products (video and slides)
Clients: Domtar, Corby, Montreal Trust, Dominion Textiles, etc.)
Designed presentations for multi slide 24 projectors show, for annual meeting presentations and for video. Coordinated output and technical production of 4 computer stations
CONFERENCE - INVITED ARTIST
2012 Colloque "Territoire de l’interdisciplinaire - Art et Environment", RAIQ- "Table de biodiversité : verdir – nourrir" Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2011 “Balance-Unbalanced” – conference intersections
between NATURE, ART, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2011 Performance Creation, Fine Arts University, “Art and Environment”, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2011 “Staging sustainability” - (Nature&Art), York university, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2002 8th annual Conference of Performance Studies International “Theaters of Life”, NYU, USA
2002 8th annual Conference of Performance Studies International “Theaters of Life”, NYU, USA
COLLECTIONS
2010 Untitled, edible medicinal plant drawing, Clarisse Thomasset, Montreal, QC
2008 Nipple Hair and
Weedeater, video, The Present Tense, Boston, MA, USA
2007 Corn
Field Performances, video, The Present Tense, Boston, MA, USA
2003 Nipple Hair and Weedeater, video, SPAZIO ARKA (H.C.Eî) Assemini, Sardinia, Italy
2003 Nipple Hair and Weedeater, video, SPAZIO ARKA (H.C.Eî) Assemini, Sardinia, Italy
2003 Corn
Field Performances, video, SPAZIO ARKA (H.C.Eî) Assemini, Sardinia, Italy
2002 Person in front of screen #2, (abstract painting) Private collection Harold Joffre, Mtl, QC, Canada.
1990 Portrait of Dominique Fournier, (oil on paper) Private Collection, Boston MA,USA
1990 Portrait of Alice Aycock (oil on paper) Private Collection, Mtl, QC, Canada.
2002 Person in front of screen #2, (abstract painting) Private collection Harold Joffre, Mtl, QC, Canada.
1990 Portrait of Dominique Fournier, (oil on paper) Private Collection, Boston MA,USA
1990 Portrait of Alice Aycock (oil on paper) Private Collection, Mtl, QC, Canada.
1988 Of Pain and Passion (#2), (acrylic painting) Private Collection Claude Théberge, Mtl, QC, Canada.
1988 The Non-conformist, (acrylic painting) Private collection, Peter Joffre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
* An ecovention is an ecological art intervention which acts with beneficial consequences on degraded ecosystems
AFFILIATIONS
2009-2021 Regroupement des artistes interdisciplinaires du Québec (RAIQ) Quebec interdisciplinary artists organization), member, Montreal QC, Canada2008-present InTerreArt, Founding member, Director, Montreal, QC, Canada
2008-2011 Articule, (artist-run center), Special Projets Committee member, Montreal, QC, Canada
2005-2010 D-Trois-Pierres, CSA (organic farm) network in Québec Mtl. QC, Canada
2005-present Ecoquartier Saint-Laurent, QC
2003-2009 Popstart, (Canadian interdisciplinary arts organization), member
2002-2003 PSi (Performance Studies International) New York University, NYC, NY
2001 & 2008 Studio XX (media arts artist-run center) Montreal, QC, Canada
1999-2004 Play Group (all women artist collective) Montreal, QC, Canada
1999-2003 Jardin des Anges, CSA (organic farm) network in Québec, Mirabel, QC
1999-2006 L'École Alternative Jonathan, St-Laurent, QC.
1996-2003 La Centrale / Powerhouse (artist-run center), Montreal, QC, Canada Member of Board of Directors, Member of Programming Committee - Organized & co-coordinated: 2001, "La semaine des Centrelles", annual member’s exhibition event, bringing together the founding members from 1973 and the current members; 2000 Le mois de la performance; 1999 - "Conceptions" 1998 "Amour Horreur" & collaboration with Studio XX for web art programming
