Mel Arsenault est une artiste en arts visuels établie à Montréal. Son travail qui est soutenu par un mode de recherche empirique mène à différentes investigations sur la matérialité, la transformation et la couleur et propose des interprétations sensibles d'idées concernant diverse formes de savoir. En 2016, Mel Arsenault a remporté le prix Outstanding Work and Meaningful Contribution to Ceramics délivré par le Département d’arts plastiques de l’Université Concordia. Son travail a été montré au Canada, en Italie, Roumanie, et au Danemark.
Mel Arsenault is an artist who lives and work in Montreal. She has a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University where she is now an MFA candidate in Sculpture. Her current practice focuses on ceramics, in which her background as a painter has remained significant. She has been the recipient of the ‘Outstanding Work and Meaningful Contribution to Ceramics Award’ given by the Studio Arts department of Concordia University. Her work has been shown in Canada, Italy, Romania, and Denmark.
EDUCATION
MFA Candidate, Concordia University
Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Painting and Drawing
AEC Art numérique
2020
Arc-en-Ciel Rubané, Jano Lapin, 11décembre/29 Janvier 2021
Food Nature, Rad Hourani, 21 octobre au 21 novembre, Mtl
Maureen V: https://maureen.group/
Solo, Mélanger les Histoires, La Guilde, Mtl
2019
Fast Combustion, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
Maureen IV, Yves Laroche, MTL
Plinth or Platform, Galerie MFA, MTL
2018
Peinture fraîche et nouvelle construction – Art Mûr, Mtl
Nuit Chromatic, Usine C, Mtl.
Faculty of Fine Arts Graduating Students Exhibition, Fofa, Mtl
Exposition éphémère Art Art, Mtl.
À vos Bisques et Périls, Galerie le 1040, Mtl.
Obsessive Ritual Practices, Galerie Mile End, Mtl
Art Souterrain / BlUEPRINTS, VAV, Mtl
2017
Pop Matters, VAV, Mtl2017 Manipulated Variables, VAV, Mtl
Ephemeral Fortitude, Skol, Mtl
Interim, Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 3450 St Urbain, Mtl
Art Matters: xxxxxxxx*8, Popop, Mtl
2016
What is Shame, GlassDoor, Mtl
3 Femmes, Galerie de la Gare, Piedmont
TransFORmations, VAV, Mtl
Créations de Femmes, Galerie Mile End, Mtl
2015
#05.vav//2015, VAV, Montreal
La diversité dans l'art, Musée Ferdinand 1er, Roumanie
Sketch, Galerie Mouse Print, Mtl
Exposition du CAPSQ, Vincent d'Indy, Mtl
2014
Heather Midori Group Show, Galerie Espace, Mtl
VASR 2014, VAV, Mtl
Art Matters, Carte Blanche, Mtl
2013
La diversité dans lʼart, La Pigna, Rome, Italy.
Still Standing, #427 Gallery, Mtl
2012
Heather Midori Group Show, Galerie Espace, Mtl
RELATED ACTIVITIES
-Ceramic consultant and assistant for Volume 1 by Nadia Myre, 2019
-Residency at Guldagergaard's International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark, 2019
-Materialist (Research Assistant) for the Hot Alchemy Project www.hotalchemy.ca, 2017-2019
-Performer and technical assistant for the piece Migration by Mat Chivers, 2018
-Ceramic assistant for Pheobe Cummings, McClure Gallery, 2017
-performance for "My Body" by Zac Langdon-Pole presented at MBAM, 2016
-Initiation to Abstraction workshop, École St-Jean-de-Brebeuf, Mtl, 2013
GRANTS AND RECOGNITIONS
-Carolyn and Richard Renaud Award, 2019
-Thomson Family Field School Award, 2019
-Second Grand Prize in Contemporary Art, CAPSQ, Mt, 2017
-Special Project Grant, Concordia University, 2017
-Outstanding Work and Meaningful Contribution to Ceramics Award,
Studio Art Department, Concordia University, 2016
-Gold Medal, CAPSQ International Exhibition at Musée Ferdinand 1er, Romania, 2015
-Bronze Medal, Figurative Reality, CAPSQ , Mtl, 2015
PUBLICATIONS
-https://www.facebook.com/notes/artart/artart-09-par-zo%C3%A9-dion-van-royen/438428326619763/
-ART SOUTERRAIN avec Art Matters: BlUEPRINTS, catalogue d’exposition, 2018
-Obsessive Ritual Practices, catalogue d’exposition par Hea Kim et Nathalie Draz, 2018
-https://issuu.com/kimhearyung/docs/obsession_and_ornamentation
-Festival Pop Montreal avc Art Matters, Pop Matters, catalogue d’exposition, 2017
-Festival Art Matters, catalogue d’exposition, 2017
-http://theconcordian.com/2017/09/student-artists-bring-playful-humour-to-life/ ,2017
-https://popmontreal.com/fr/artistes/detail/mel-arsenault/, 2017
-https://issuu.com/theconcordian/docs/conc_2803_25-34/11 , 2017
-SketchBook, Galerie Mouse Print, catalogue d’exposition, 2015
-Festival Art Matters, catalogue d’exposition, 2014