Lauren Chipeur

about

Lauren Chipeur (b. 1989) is an artist based in Calgary, Canada on Treaty 7 Territory. She makes material + site responsive installations that engage ceramic processes as a way to untangle or distill new ways to know things.

My current research uses ceramic materials and processes as a lens to reflect on how we understand the material realities we inhabit. Recently I have undertaken a variety of activities: digging up 25 clays in Alberta and Saskatchewan, producing a ream of 8.5” x 11” documents fired in porcelain; using clay from a Condo construction site in downtown Montréal; formulating a glaze recipe based on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of minerals we eat everyday; and developing a reduction firing schedule that follows the path of oxygen from present day to 4.5 billion years ago. The kiln acts like a time machine and the objects inside passengers.

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contact: lchipeur@gmail.com

I am grateful for and acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Solo, Two Person* + Collaborative** Exhibitions

2023 – (forthcoming), Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2022 – paperwork / paperasse, Centre Clark, Montréal, QC
2021 – the weight of being held, Neutral Ground, Regina, SK*
2020 – s e e p a g e / s u i n t e m e n t, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2019 – ream-ing, VA Building, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2018 – perhaps, a shift with Destiny Grimm, Pushmi Pullyu, Toronto, ON*
2017 – The Apparent Position of an Hour, Emergency Art Space - Vevey, Switzerland**
2017 – Chipeur and Auger with Black in mind, MMUDA MMAAL, Montréal, QC*
2016 – Staring at the sun with your eyes closed, Untitled Art Society - Calgary, AB**
2016 – Pleasure at a close distance, 2351 N Milwaukee Avenue - Chicago, IL**
2015 – Next to Each Other, Wanusay – Montréal, QC*
2015 – For product freshness do not throw away, Stride +15 Gallery – Calgary, AB
2013 – No Working on Saturdays, Zwitschermaschine Gallery – Berlin, Germany

Selected Group Shows:

2022 – The Chisel and the Oak Beam, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2021 – Kitsch, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
2021 – This Moment of Rupture, Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2020 – fofa at casa, Projet Casa, Montréal, QC
2019 – unscheduled arrivals, Bunker 2, Toronto, ON
2019 – Peripheral Hours, 8947 St Urbain, Montréal, QC
2018 – Seed Bomb, Canadian Pavilion in Parc Jean Drapeau –Montréal, QC (w/ Elliott Elliott)
2018 – I was uncategorical, and so, defiant, AKA Artist-Run Centre – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2018 – In attendance, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
2018 – Maureen III, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, QC
2017 – The way that light travels through water, Chromatic Festival - Montreal, QC (w/ April Martin & Zoë Wonfor)
2016 – 5 Sculptors and a Painter, Galerie Laroche/Joncas – Montréal, QC
2016 – Maureen, Ancienne École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal – Montréal, QC
2016 –The furniture we are forever rearranging, ArtHelix – Brooklyn, NY
2016 – “ABJECT / AB-JETTE”, Vitriol: Art and its Discontents, AHGSA Conference, Concordia, Montreal, QC
2014 – Klapaucius:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;, Embassy Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
2013 – Plastik, Bauchhund Salonlabor – Berlin, Germany

Public Projects:

2017 – Jensen Formal Garden Public Art Installation, Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL

Residencies:

2022 – Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2022 – Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany
2022 – Spring Artist in Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2019/2020/2021 – Flux Residency, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2017 – Emergency Art Space, Vevey Switzerland (w/ April Martin & Zoë Wonfor)\
2014 – VSVSVS summer artist in residence – Toronto, ON
2014 – Sculpture Space – Utica, NY
2013 – GlogauAIR – Berlin, Germany

Education:

2015-19 – Masters of Fine Art (candidate) – Sculpture, Concordia University
2008-12 – Bachelor of Arts, First Class (Hons) – Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art

Grants and Awards:

2022 – Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 – Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 – Visual Arts & New Media Project Grant - Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2021 – Project Grant - Individuals and Collectives, Calgary Arts Development
2021 – Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 – Explore and Create: Professional Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 – Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020 – Project Grant - Individuals and Collectives, Calgary Arts Development
2020 – Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2020 – Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 – Research, Creation and Exploration Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec
2019 – Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship (short-list), Concordia University
2018 – Fine Art Travel Award, Concordia University
2017 – Concordia Graduate Student Mobility Award
2016 – SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier: Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's (CGS M)
2016 – Concordia Council on Student Life Special Projects Grant
2015 – Clara Strozyk FOFA Graduate Scholarship
2013 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts: Artist Project Grant

Talks etc.

2022 – on holding, local clay workshop, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB
2022 – Artist Talk, Centre Clark, Montréal, QC
2022 – Artist Talk, Art Now, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
2022 – on holding, NCECA Project Space, March 15-18, 2022, Sacramento, CA
2021 – on holding, local clay workshop, Land to Travel Through, Artist Run Centres and Collectives Gathering, Calgary, AB
2021 – on holding, clay workshop at Neutral Ground, Regina, SK
2020 – Quartz Inversion, artist, https://www.quartzinversion.com/
2020 – Artist Talk, Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2019 – Artist Talk, Visiting Artist in Ceramics, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2018 – Artist Talk, CERA 398A: MATTEReality, Professor Linda Swanson, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2018 – Panelist, In Conversation: Lauren Chipeur, Ivana Dizdar, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2018 – Presentations on Colour, presenter, Symposium conducted at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2016/2017 – Co-founder of curatorial project, The Valley, with Zoë Wonfor http://valleyvalleyvalley.tumblr.com/ - Montreal, QC
2014 – Artist Talk, Mohawk Valley Community College – Utica, NY

Teaching

2018/19 – Part-time Instructor, Sculpture, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2018/19 – Tutorial Leader for FFAR 250: Reading the Arts Across the Disciplines at Concordia University
2018 – Professional Development Certificate in University Teaching, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2015-2017 – Teaching Assistant: Sculpture Department, Concordia University - Montréal, QC
2010-2012 – Art Teacher, Afterschool Art Program, Bruntsfield Primary School – Edinburgh UK
2011 – Art Teacher for Summer Program, Canada's National Ballet School – Toronto, ON

Publications

2023 – SUM #2, contributor, produced by Brennan Kelly for If velocity is the soul of wit, then gravity is the voice of reason,
Hunt Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 – in a fathom, published by Successful Press for the exhibition unscheduled arrivals at Bunker 2, Toronto, ON
2019 – paperweight, text in fulfillment of thesis project, ream-ing. Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2017 – The Apparent Position of an Hour - accompaniment to exhibition at Emergency Art Space, Vevey, Switzerland
2017 – It's not just to say there is a ____ there, book of poetry made with Annie Descôteaux and Elliott Elliott
2016 – The End of May, a book of poetry funded by Untitled Art Society, with Zoë Wonfor, April Martin and Lara Schoorl, printed by BookArt 2016 – Art-Rendezvous Architecture Journal vol.3, Contributor, edited by Alexander Pilis
2014 – A Catalogue of Labour vol. 1: a collaborative artist book project with Rosa Nussbaum