MATT SHANE
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
MFA 2013 Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Major: Painting and Drawing
BFA with honors and distinction 2004 University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Major: Visual Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
(* indicates collaborative work by Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak -- ** indicates 2 person show)
2025 In Fitzca’s Pond, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2023 Groundworks, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Monkland, Montreal, QC**
2022 Solastalgia, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2021 Walloways, Teckningsmuseet (Drawing Museum) Laholm, Sweden*
2021 Shambling Mound, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC *
2019 The Hills Are Shadows, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK *
2019 Overworld, Galerie Deux Poissons, Montreal, QC (2-person solo)
2017 Forestrial Brain, Open Space Artist Run Centre, Victoria, BC*
2017 Field Recordings, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire (Montreal), QC *
2016 Hibernacula, Sentier Art3, Parc Bois de Belle-Rivière in partnership with le Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, QC *
2016 Wodwo, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal permanent collection *
2014 Six Ghosts Spell Unknown Alphabet (Part 2), Galerie Donald Browne, Montréal, QC *
2013 Impassable Chasm, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC
2013 Buldings, too, are Children of Earth and Sun, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2011 When the Summer is Winter and the Winter is Winter, Other Gallery, Banff Centre, AB *
2010 Locus Amoenus, Redbird Gallery. Montréal, QC
2010 Big Fleas Have Little Fleas, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA*
2010 These Entire Cities: Vancouver Drawn Festival, Jacan Contemporary, Vancouver, BC
2009 Greyscale Rainbow, Articule Artist-run centre, Montréal, QC*
2009 When I Get Back Home, Emporium Gallery, Montréal, QC*
GROUP SHOWS AND ART FAIRS
2026 Plurl Art Fair : McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2025 Foire en art actuel du Quebec, Espace 400, Quebec, QC
2025 Regarde! 2025 – 2026, Rue Ontario E, Montreal, QC
2024 L’Art actuel au cœur de votre quotidien, Laval, QC
2024 Freakydeak Montreal Chique, Underdonk Gallery, New York, NY*
2022 Zoom Art, Ville de Laval, Laval, QC*
2022 Nature: Œuvres choisies de la Collection Desjardins, l’Espace culturel du Quartier Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, QC
2021 Papier Art Fair: McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2021 Art/World: Canada, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2021 Foire en art actuel du Quebec : McBride Contemporain, Quebec, QC*
2020 Salon des Refusés, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2020 Papier Art Fair : McBride Contemporain, Montreal, QC
2019 Backstage, Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault – commissioned by the MACLAU, Saint-Jérôme, QC*
2019 <<Aquarelle>>, Galerie McClure, Montreal, QC
2019 Manif d’art 9: La biennale de Québec, MNBAQ, Québec, QC *
2018 NKD 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Norway*
2017 Des Lignes, Du Temps / Time, Lines, Molinari Foundation, Montreal, QC *
2017 Summaryk -- Summer Dust, Verksmiòjan Arts Organization, Hjalteyri, Iceland *
2015 Untitled Drawing Installation, Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA. Baltimore, MD
2015 A Burgeoning Collection, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
2015 Spectrum - Gestalt 2, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA*
2015 Art-in-Buildings Mural: A Hole in the World, American Can Building, Montréal, QC*
2014 Foire en art actuel de Québec, L’Oeil de Poisson Gallery, Québec City, QC (Art Fair)
2014 Six Ghosts Spell Unknown Alphabet, Tegnerforbundet Centre for Drawing, Oslo, Norway*
2014 Paysage Actuel / Wilderness Exploration, 222 Rue Saint-Joseph, Quebec City, QC
2014 Gargoyles and Drifters: Aires Libres Festival, Beaudry Metro Exterior, Ste-Catherine St., Montréal, QC*
2014 Art of the Spectacular, BG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
2014 . . . Landscape, DC3 Art Projects, Edmonton, AB
2013 Green, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, Netherlands *
2013 Into the Light, Art-in-Buildings, Dufferin Liberty Centre, Toronto, ON
2013 Yes Naturally: How Art Saves The World, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, Den Haag, Netherlands
2011 The Québec Triennial 2011: Le Travail Qui Nous Attend, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal *
2011 The Creation of Evolution, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YK
2011 Scapes, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
RESIDENCIES
2025 Costa Rica Amphibian Research Center, Siquirres, Costa Rica (upcoming)
2025 La Maison de Barbara, Ayvalık, Turkey (upcoming)
2021 Konstihalland, Laholm, Sweden
2018 Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale (Nordic Artists’ Centre), Dale, Norway 2015 The Peanut Factory, Edenton, NC
2014 Forbundet Frie Fotografer, Oslo, Norway
2013 Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale (Nordic Artists’ Centre), Dale, Norway
2013 31st Symposium International d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, QC
2013 Wander, The Hague, Netherlands
2013 Cuadro Residency, Sharjah and Dubai, UAE
2012 Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2011 Klondike Institute for Arts and Culture, Dawson City, YK
2009 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS / LECTURES
2024 Concordia MFA program, Montreal, QC
2024 Yves-Thériault Library, Laval, QC
2024 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
2021 Teckningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
2019 Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK
2019 Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
2019 Concordia University, Advanced Drawing class, Montreal, QC
2019 L’Œil de Poisson: Manif d’art 9, Québec city, QC
2018 Concordia University, Art History department, Montreal, QC
2017 Open Space ARC, Victoria, BC
2015 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2013 Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2013 American University of Dubai, UAE
2013 McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC
2011 Banff Centre, Banff, AB
GRANTS, BURSARIES, PRIZES, COMMISSIONS
2025 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 L’Encan du MAC LAU, Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, QC
2020 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2019 Permanent Drawing Installation, installed in ‘Le Mobile,’ commissioned for the MAC des Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme, QC.
2016 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2016 Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2016 Permanent drawing installation, Parc Bois de Belle-Rivière. Commisioned by the Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, QC.
2015 Drawing Installation, Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA. Baltimore, MD.
2014 Public Mural, Art-In-Buildings Installation. 2030 Boulevard Pie-IX, 3rd Floor corridor. Montréal, QC.
2014 Exhibition Funding, Kulturradet Norwegian Arts Council.
2014 Public Art Commission, Aires Libres street festival. Métro Beaudry exterior, Montréal, QC.
2014 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2013 Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2013 Development Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2013 Travel Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
2013 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2013 Bronfman Fellowship finalist, Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. Montréal, QC.
2012 Antrev award fellowship, Antrev Management and Consulting Inc. Montréal, QC.
2011 Winsor Gallery award, Concordia University and the Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2011 Travel grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2011 Youth Arts Bursary, Canadian Art Foundation. Banff, AB.
2011 Dale and Nick Tedeschi Studio Arts Fellowship, Dale and Nick Tedeschi. Concordia University. Montréal, QC.
2009 Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT.
2008 Emerging Artist Award, Federation of Canadian Artists. Vancouver, BC.
2004 Emerging Artist Grant, Imperial Tobacco Artistic Development Board. Montréal, QC.
2004 National Winner: 1st Art Painting Competition, Bank Of Montréal Artistic Development Board. Toronto, ON.
2004 Final Exhibtion Award Winner, University of Victoria Fine Arts Administration. Victoria, BC.
COLLECTIONS
EVOQ Architecture Firm Permanent Collection, Montreal, QC
Ville de Laval Permanent Collection, Laval, QC
Telus Corporate Collection, Montreal, QC
Hydro-Quebec Permanent Collection, Montreal, QC
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Permanent Collection, Montreal, QC
Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides Permanent Collection, St-Jerome, QC
Caisse Populaire Desjardins Corporate Collection, Québec, QC
Marc Bellemare Private Collection, Québec, QC
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi Private Collection, Sharjah, UAE
Francis J. Greenburger Private Collection, New York, NY
Bank Of Montréal Corporate Collection, Toronto, ON
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2023 Malbert, Roger et al. ‘Drawing in the Present Tense’ London: Thames & Hudson
Video
2019 Camarotti, Jorge, ‘Exhibitionists: Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane’s Collaborative Art,’ Montreal: CBC Arts
Exhibition Catalogues
2019 Watkins, Jonathan et al. ‘Si petits entre les étoiles, si grands contre le ciel : Manif d’art 9 : la biennale de Québec,’ MNBAQ, QC
2017 Marzolf, Helen, et al. ‘Forestrial Brain: Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane,’ Victoria: Open Space, BC (online publication – forestrialbrain.ca)
2013 Gevers, Ine, et al. ‘Yes Naturally: How Art Saves the World,’ Den Haag: nai010 Publishers
2011 Fraser, Marie, et al. ‘La Triennale Québecoise 2011: Le travail qui nous attend’ Montréal: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
2007 Cain, Dawn, ‘1st Art,’ Toronto: Ove Grafikom
Magazines, Online material
2022 Valcourt, Tracy ‘Matt Shane : Solastalgia’ Esse Magazine, QC
2019 Parkes, Diane, ‘Duo work in tandem to create magical worlds,’ Birmingham Post Newspaper, UK
2017 Amos, Robert, ‘Creating an Organic Masterpiece,’ Times Colonist, Newspaper, BC
2017 Gray, Christina, ‘Total Immersion,’ SAD MAG, Magazine, BC
2017 Priegert, Portia, ‘Forestrial Brain Explores Nature’s Mysteries,’ Galleries West Magazine, BC
2017 Clark, Christine, ‘Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane: Forestrial Brain,’ Preview, Magazine, BC
2017 Blanc, Adrien, ‘Rendez-Vous,’ CILS FM radio communautaire en Colombie-Britannique, Radio, BC
2017 Quiroz, Efren, ‘Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane at Open Space,’ Exhibit-V, Web-interview, BC
2017 Clément, Eric, ‘Field Recordings, Captations,’ Le Presse, Newspaper, QC
2016 Ketilsdóttir, Laufey Rún, ‘Teikningar og tónlist í síldarverksmiðju,’ Morgunbladid Newspaper, Iceland
2015 Lee, Yaniya, ‘Episode 12: Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak,’ Art Talks MTL, Podcast, QC
2014 Olsson, Tommy, “Spøkelser i sommersol,” Klassekampen newspaper, Norway
2014 Pohl, John, “Folk art found in the wild,” Montreal Gazette newspaper, QC
2014 Mensch, Jessica, ‘Matt Shane’s Mental Landscapes,’ Body Literature Magazine, NY
2013 Tremble, Julie et al., ‘Matt Shane’ HB Magazine Volume 1:1, QC
2012 Wesseler, Sarah, ‘Matt Shane’ Satellite Magazine Volume 1:2, QC
2011 Baird, Daniel, “The Quebec Triennial: Eyes Font,” Canadian Art, magazine, QC
2011 Desjardins, Eloi, “Triennale québécoise 2011,” 89,3FM CISM radio, Un Show de Mot'Arts, QC
2011 Hébert, Bernard, “La Triennale québécoise 2011,” documentary film broadcast on ARTV, QC
2011 Douce, Craig, “Collaborative Art,” Rocky Mountain Outlook, Newspaper, AB
2009 Kurd, Nadia, “Rooms Are Never Finished,” articule.org, QC
2009 Kotsonis, Helen, “Greyscale Rainbow Showcased at Pop Montréal,” DOCspace.ca, QC
2009 Young, Natasha, “Inside the Rainbow,” The Link, Newspaper, QC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Part-time faculty, Concordia University
September 2020 – Present
Instructor for painting and drawing courses.
Part-time faculty, Dawson College
October 2018 – 2021
Instructor for painting and drawing courses.
LTA full time Pro Rated Faculty, NSCAD
September 2017 – May 2018
Instructor for Foundation Drawing, Intermediate Painting and Final year Studio.
Duties included: Advising MFA students, MFA and BFA Admissions committees, SSHRC committee, Pope Residency committee, faculty meetings, artist talks, in-class lectures, technical demos, group critiques, and discussions. Individual feedback was given in the form of one-on-one meetings and detailed reports at the end of each semester.