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 and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Solo, Two Person* + Collaborative** Exhibitions

2021 – (forthcoming) Centre Clark, Montréal, QC
2021 – (forthcoming) 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:

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
2013 – GlogauAIR: Open Studios, GlogauAIR – Berlin, Germany
2012 – Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art – Edinburgh, UK
2012 – Gone Courting, collaboration w/ Royal College of Art sculpture students, Edinburgh, UK
2012 – Salon Neu: Embassy Members Show, Embassy Gallery – Edinburgh, UK
2010 – Ad Hoc, Glasgow School of Art – Glasgow, UK

Public Projects:

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

Residencies:

2021 – (forthcoming) Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany
2020 – Flux Residency, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2019 – Flux Residency, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2019 – Visiting Artist in Ceramics, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
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:

2020 – Project Grant, 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

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 Professor, 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

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

Collections
Art Volt Collection, Concordia University
Private Collections