j.p.mot (b.1982; Montréal, Qc, Canada) lives and work between Montréal and Brooklyn
•Educations:
2013 - 15 | MFA in Visual Art | Columbia University, New York - USA
2010 - 12 | MA in Communication| Université du Québec, Montréal - Canada
2006 - 09 | BA in Visual Art and New Media | Université du Québec, Montréal - Canada
•Exhibitions (selected):
- Performances:
2017 | VIVA! 2017, VIVA! Art Action festival | Atelier Jean-Brillant | Montreal, QC
2011 | Bakkaskali - Raflost 2011 | Electronic art festival | Reykjavík, Iceland
- Solo & Three persons exhibitions:
2026 | Lelabo | Residency/Exhibition | Toronto, Canada (forthcoming)
2019 | Red Gate Gallery, September Artist in Residence - 798 Art District, Beijing, CN
2013 | PRAXIS Art Actuel - Bloc 7 | Performance and Installation | St. Thérèse, Canada
2012 | Espace F - Emerging artists | “Kinetic” Installation | Matane, Canada
- Group exhibitions:
2022 | 4Ground | Midwest Land Art Biennale | curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella | Franconia, Minnesota
2022 | Tasmeem Doha - Radical Future | VCUart | Doha, Qatar
2021 | Tropical Lab retrospective | Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICAS) | curated by Anca Rujoiu | Singapore, SG
2021 | Shifting Sands | ChaShaMa | curated by G. Sabati, H. Brouckaert & Y. Molina | New York, NY
2021 | Je suis d'ici/I am from here | Foundation Rad Hourani | curated by R. Hourani | Montreal, QC
2021 | Art in the pandemic | Royal Society of Canada | curated by T. Harkness and S. Piché, with A. Ming Wai Jim | Alberta, CA
2021 | The Invincible Beings | FPC Gallery Space | curated by Zahra Banyamerian | New York, NY
2021 | Maake Magazine | Afterimage - Online exhibition | curated by Alex Paik | New York, USA
2020 | Holding Breath | NARS Foundation - Governors Island; curated by Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen, Brooklyn, NY
2020 | In Spite Of | Tropical Lab - College Lasalle; curated by Milenko Prvacki, Singapore
2020 | (pre)existing conditions | ISEA2020:WHY SENTIENCE? | curated by T. Harkness and S. Piché, with A. Ming Wai Jim, Montréal, QC
2020 | Ford Foundation - New York Live Art - in/between, curated by: Y. Castro, M. Abril, P. Deltadawn, New York, NY, USA
2019 | Red Gate Gallery, October Artist in Residence - 798 Art District, Beijing, CN
2018 | NARS Foundation - Sixteen Memo curated by Vanessa Kowalski, Brooklyn, NY
2016 | Outside Text, CMU Art Center, curated by Ubatsat Sutta, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2016 | Coban’s Challenge III - 2nd fight - October 29, 2016, Coban MUAY THAI CAMP, New York, NY
2016 | Fantastic Art China, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
2015 | Tropical lab 9, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICAS), Singapore, SG
2015 | Floating Point curated by Paddy Johnson, Judith Charles Gallery, New York, NY
2015 | Columbia MFA Thesis show curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York, NY
2015 | Columbia University MFA Open Studio, Prentis Hall, New York, NY
2014 | Columbia Visual Arts 1st Year show curated by Deborah Cullen, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY
2014 | Networking Tips for Shy People, 200 Livingston St., Brooklyn, NY
2013 | Art Souterrain – Guy Favreau | Installation (coll.: N. Demers) | Montréal, Canada
2012 | HEXAGRAM Montreal - Arc-PHONO | Sound performance | Montreal, Canada
2012 | SOMA – Open Studio | Kinetic Sculpture Prototype | Mexico city, Mexico
2011 | Petaluma Arts Center - Fire & Ice | Curators: B.Micmaker, M.Schwager | Petaluma, USA
2010 | Galerie Les Territoires - Lecture de Portefolio | Collective exhibition | Montréal, Canada
2010 | Galerie Art Mûr - Complot 7: Déjà Vu | Collective exhibition (catalogue) | Montréal, Canada
2009 | Chat des Artistes - Du pain et des jeux | Collective exhibition (catalogue) | Montréal, Canada
2009 | Galerie de l’UQÀM - Passage à découvert | Collective exhibition (catalogue) | Montréal, Canada
2008 | Galerie de l’UQÀM - Paramètre 2008 | Collective exhibition | Montréal, Canada
•Residencies:
2023 | Vermont Studio Center | Printmaking Residency | Johnson, Vermont | 31 days (forthcoming)
2022 | Banff Art Center | Visual Arts Thematic | Banff, Alberta | 33 days
2022 | Centre Sagamie | Research & Creation | Alma, Quebec | 6 days
2022 | Franconia Sculpture Park | Artist Residency | Franconia, Minnesota | 67 days
2022 | Est-Nord-Est | Residency program | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec | 56 days
2021 | Ox-Bow | Longform Residency | Saugatuck, Michigan | 21 days
2020 | Ox-Bow | Conversation in Practice | Saugatuck, Michigan | 22 days
2020 | NARS Foundation | Satellite residency | Governors Island, New York | 87 days
2020 | Wassaic Project | Studio Program | Wassaic, New York | 28 days
2019 | Red Gates Residency | Studio Program | Beijing, China | 62 days
2019 | Asia Art Archive in America | Leadership Camps | Brooklyn, New York | 360 days
2019 | MASS MoCA | The Studio | North Adams, Massachusetts | 14 days
2018 | Fall season | NARS Foundation | Brooklyn, New York | 82 days
2015 | The LAND | Artist Residency | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 11 days
2015 | Tropical 9 - Lasalle College | Artist Residency | Singapore, SG | 15 days
2013 | Bloc 7 - Praxis – Objet transitoire | Artist Residency (coll.: J. Champagne) | St.Thérèse, Canada | 63 days
2012 | LABOR: SOMA Summer program 2012 | Artist Residency | Mexico City, Mexico | 41 days
2012 | R.A.T. Intercambio | Artist Residency | Mexico City, Mexico | 41 days
2011 | UNESCO Chair of bioethics and human rights | Workshop | Roma, Italia | 15 days
2011 | Gamli Skóli - Old School Arthouse | Artist Residency | Hrísey, Iceland | 32 days
2010 | Universidad Católica del Uruguay | Seminars | Montevideo, Uruguay & Buenos Aires, Argentina | 59 days
2010 | From Tokyo to Saigon | Field Work | Tokyo, Bangkok, Siem Riep, Phnom Penh, Saigon | 52 days
•Grants, Fellowships & Awards:
- Canada & Quebec:
2022 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council – Residency Grant (Canada)
2022 | Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowship for Visual Artists - Banff Art Center (Canada)
2022 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council – Research Grant (Canada)
2022 | Canada Council for the Art | Research and Create Program (Canada/USA)
2021 | Canada Council for the Art | Research and Create Program (Canada/USA)
2021 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council – Research Grant (Canada)
2018 | Canada Council for the Art | Art Abroad Residency Program (Canada/USA)
2013 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council – Research Grant (Canada)
2013 | SODEC | Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Production grant (Canada)
2012 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council | Travel Grant (Canada/Mexico)
2011 | CALQ | Quebec Arts and Letters Council – Research Grant (Canada)
- U.S. & International:
2021 | Ox-Bow | Longform residency Award (USA)
2021 | Microgrant, Cultural Solidarity Fund (USA)
2020 | Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA) | Experimental work support (USA)
2020 | New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) | Tri-States Funds (USA)
2020 | The trust for Governors Island | NARS Foundation (USA)
2020 | New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA-IAP) | Mentorship Program (USA)
2019 | The Three Shadow Photography Art Center | Datong Cultural & Artists Exchange (China)
2018 | New York Art Residency Studio (NARS) Foundation | Fellowship - NARS International Residency (USA)
2015 | Tropical 9/Lasalle College | Research & travelling | USA - Singapore
2012 | SOMA | Residency grant (Mexico)
- Formal Education:
2015 | Morty Frank Fellowship | Research & travelling - Artist grant (USA - Italy)
2014 | TOMS fellowship - Columbia University | Visual Arts Scholarships (USA)
2011 | UQAM | Mention of excellence for my master thesis project (Canada)
2011 | FARE - UQAM | Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement (Canada)
2011 | MELJQ | Travel grant for research residency in Europe (Canada/Iceland)
2010 | OQAJ | Travel grant for research residency in Latin America (Canada/Uruguay)
2010 | MELJQ | Stipend and accommodation for research residency in Latin America (Uruguay)
•Artist talk:
2021 | Shifting Sand | Chashama | New York, USA
2021 | Printmaking: Technical drafting | Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar | Qatar
2020 | Hey Neighbor! | Harvestworks + Beamcenter + 4HEAD NYC + NARS Foundation | Governors Island, USA
2019 | Strangeness + Home *Panel | School of Visual Art + Asia Art Archive in America | New York, USA
2017 | Train Easy Fight Sleazy – Workshop | Galerie Verticale | Laval, Canada
2012 | Sound archive and visual phonography – lecture | Hexagram UQAM | Montreal, Canada
2012 | R.A.T. Intercambio – workshop | Puerta Mitla 15 | Mexico City, Mexico
2011 | Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts – lecture | Iceland academy of the arts | Reykjavik, Iceland
•Press:
2022 | Sheila Regan |
Artmidwest.org: 4Ground Festival Connects People, Land, and Histories | Minnesota, USA
2022 | Josianne Poirier |
Jean-Pierre Mot: Est-Nord-Est residency | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada
2021 | Visual art featured |
Mayday Magazine | New York, USA
2020 | Nguyen, Brittany |
Columbia Alumnus News | New York, USA
2020 | O’Shea, Eve | NARS Foundation |
In conversation with j.p.mot | New York, US
2020 | EAHR Concordia |
HEAR US NOW! | Montreal, Canada
2020 | Tropical Lab Present |
In Spite Of | Singapore, SG
2017 | Boivin, Jade | Viva Art Action 2017 - ESSE |
Viva art action 2017 | Montreal, Canada
2015 | Neo, Richard | Hour at the Museum - Strait Time |
Hour at the Museum | SG
2014 | Champagne, Julien | Praxis - Bloc 7: Objets transitoires | Bloc 7 - Blog | St-Thérèse, Canada
2014 | Lessard, Denis | Praxis - Bloc 7: Objets transitoires | Bloc 7 | St-Thérèse, Canada
2011 | Andersen, Anna | Wish upon a man wearing Christmas lights | Reykjavik Grapevine | Reykjavik, Islande
2010 | Delgado, Jérôme | Pièges et complots | Le Devoir | Montréal, Canada
2010 | Lhoste, Vincente | “Pique-Nique” | Complot 7: Déjà Vu | Montréal, Canada
2009 | Côté, Mario & Gilbert, Jean-Pierre | Maître Jean-Pierre Mott’s | Passage à découvert 2009 | Montréal, Canada
2008 | Golder, Gabriela (Argentine) | “Jadis...” | DVD_Future_02: 2008 | Montréal, Canada
•Writings:
2021 | Actualité | Vie des arts - numéro 264, Spring
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L’équité dans les arts visuels : un modèle à repenser
2021 | Poem | Best! Letters from Asian Americans - various authors | Paper Monument & Editors R. White and D. Petrovich
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To my dearest beloved (2 pages)
2021 | As we nod and smile: while we be nice and humble (abridge)
- Shame radiant - various collaborators | East Window & Todd Edward Herman (1 page)
2013 | Master Thesis | M.A. in Communication - International development | Université of Québec in Montréal
- Gingham & Swastika: Essay on the symbolic imaginary of the Khmer Rouge through the case of Brother Duch. (112 pages)
2011 | Field Report | M.A. in Communication - International development | Université of Québec in Montréal & Universidad Católica del Uruguay
- Imaginary & Maté: A qualitative report on the symbolic representation of the Maté consumption and its impact on object design. (23 pages)
•Jury and panel:
2020 | Peer assessment - Grant Jury | Manitoba Art Council | Winnipeg, Canada
•Collections:
Private collections: CANADA, U.S., MEXICO, CHINA