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S\u00e9bastien Cliche est titulaire d\u2019une ma\u00eetrise en arts visuels de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al et r\u00e9cipiendaire de la bourse Claudine et Stephen Bronfman en art contemporain. Depuis le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 2000, il a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 un corpus d\u2019\u0153uvres comprenant des installations in situ, de la photographie, des performances audiovisuelles et des projets collaboratifs.<\/p>\n

Dans son travail, il s\u2019int\u00e9resse aux questions de contr\u00f4le et de l\u00e2cher-prise. Les processus g\u00e9n\u00e9ratifs sont au c\u0153ur de sa pratique, et il a explor\u00e9, au fil de ses projets, des syst\u00e8mes g\u00e9n\u00e9ratifs chimiques, m\u00e9caniques, performatifs et informatiques. Dans son atelier, des outils banals deviennent des dispositifs sp\u00e9culatifs qui contribuent \u00e0 une science-fiction low-tech et ouverte.<\/p>\n

Bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, le travail de S\u00e9bastien Cliche a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans de nombreuses expositions individuelles et collectives au Canada et \u00e0 l\u2019international, notamment au Centre d\u2019art contemporain de Meymac (France), chez Momenta Art (New York), \u00e0 VU (Qu\u00e9bec), \u00e0 CIRCA et \u00e0 la Fonderie Darling (Montr\u00e9al), ainsi que dans des festivals tels que MUTEK.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]EN<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\u00e9bastien Cliche holds a master\u2019s degree in visual arts from the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al and is a recipient of the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. Since the early 2000s, he has developed a distinctive body of work including site-specific installations, photography, audiovisual performances, and collaborative projects.<\/p>\n

In his work, he is interested in questions of control and letting go. Generative processes are at the core of his practice, and over the course of his projects he has explored generative systems that are chemical, mechanical, performative, and computational. In his studio, banal tools become speculative devices that contribute to a low-tech, open-ended science fiction.<\/p>\n

Based in Montreal, S\u00e9bastien Cliche\u2019s work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada and internationally, including the Centre d\u2019art contemporain de Meymac (France), Momenta Art (New York), VU (Quebec City), CIRCA, and the Darling Foundry (Montreal), as well as at festivals such as MUTEK.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Solo
\n<\/strong>2025, Fluctuation du semblable \/ Occurrence, Montr\u00e9al
\n2024, La temp\u00e9rature de l’information \/ R3, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res
\n2024, La temp\u00e9rature de l’information \/ Circa, Montr\u00e9al
\n2023, La temp\u00e9rature de l’information \/ VU, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2021, Les entretiens \/ Espaces F, Matane
\n2019, Superviser l’oubli \/ Sporobole, Sherbrooke
\n2019, Les entretiens \/ Axen\u00e9o7, Gatineau
\n2017, Nouveaux d\u00e9veloppements \/ Le Lieu, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2017, Nouveaux d\u00e9veloppements \/ Maison de la cult. Maisonneuve, Montr\u00e9al
\n<\/strong>2015, Le sommeil trouble de l’op\u00e9rateur \/ Sporobole, Sherbrooke
\n2015, Le sommeil trouble de l’op\u00e9rateur \/ Circa, Montr\u00e9al
\n2014, Self Control Room \/ Articule, Montr\u00e9al
\n2013, Particules en mouvement \/ Langage Plus, Alma
\n2012, La doublure \/ Galerie de l’UQAM, Montr\u00e9al
\n2011, Paisajes \/ CDEx, Montr\u00e9al
\n2011, Surveillance \/ Meredith Keith Gallery, Toronto
\n2010, Microdrama \/ L\u2019\u0152il de poisson, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2009, L’inertie agit\u00e9e \/ S\u00e9quence, Saguenay
\n2006, Refuges \/ LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto
\n2006, Pr\u00e9cipices\/On Edge \/ Galerie 101, Ottawa
\n2004, A Place Where You Feel Safe \/ Forest City Gallery, London, On
\n2003, Accidents de la vie courante \/ Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montr\u00e9al
\n2002, La r\u00e9serve \/ L\u2019\u0152il de poisson, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2002, Vivre bless\u00e9 \/ Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, Montr\u00e9al
\n2000, La vie en for\u00eat \/ L’\u00c9cart, Lieu d’art actuel, Rouyn-Noranda
\n1999, Point de chute \/ No safe seats \/ Espace Vid\u00e9ographe, Montr\u00e9al
\n1998, Hygi\u00e8ne des voyages \/ Galerie Verticale, Laval<\/p>\n

Expositions de groupe et projets collectifs<\/strong>\u00a0(s\u00e9lection)\u00a0\/ Group Shows<\/strong>\u00a0(selection)
\n2025, A Scientific Approach: Visual Documents and Creative investigation Methods \/
\nLoosenart-Millepiani, Rome, Italy
\n2024, D\u00e9liquescence\/ Fonderie Darling, Montr\u00e9al
\n2024, Atlas, N\u00e9buleuse du Sphinx \/ Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain des Laurentides
\nSaint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me
\n2019, Vacance des lieux \/ Fondation Grantham, Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham
\n2018, \u00c9clats de m\u00e9moire \/ Grande Biblioth\u00e8que BAnQ \/ Art Souterrain, Montr\u00e9al
\n2016, Mutations \/ Magasin G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Rivi\u00e8re Madeleine
\n2013, Brooklyn – Montr\u00e9al \/ Momenta Art, Brooklyn, Ny
\n2013, Ailleurs \/ Galerie SAS, Montr\u00e9al
\n2012, Montr\u00e9al – Brooklyn \/ Optica, Montr\u00e9al
\n2011, Outline \/ Meredith Keith Gallery, Toronto
\n2010, Life Form \/ Meredith Keith Gallery, Toronto
\n2008, Outrans\u2019Atlantiques \/ Abbaye Saint-Andre, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
\n2007, Trafic’Art – 4e \u00e9dition \/ Centre S\u00e9quence, Saguenay
\n2007, Basculer \/ Galerie de l’UQAM, Montr\u00e9al
\n2006, R\u00e9ing\u00e9nierie du Monde \/ Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montr\u00e9al
\n2005, Narration … damnation? \/ Maison de la culture C\u00f4te-des-Neiges, Montr\u00e9al
\n1999, Le salon de l’agglom\u00e9rat \/ Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, Montr\u00e9al
\n1998, Ouverture officielle d’un espace \u00e0 venir \/ Espace Vid\u00e9ographe, Montr\u00e9al
\n1996, Biennale d’art visuel de la C\u00f4te-Nord \/ Mus\u00e9e r\u00e9gional de la C\u00f4te-Nord, Sept-\u00celes<\/p>\n

R\u00e9sidences \/ Residencies<\/strong>
\n2010, Centre europ\u00e9en d’actions artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
\n2008, Sagamie – Centre national de recherche en arts contemporains num\u00e9riques, Alma
\n2006, Sagamie – Centre national de recherche en arts contemporains num\u00e9riques, Alma
\n2005, La Chambre blanche \/ r\u00e9sidence de cr\u00e9ation Web, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2002, Avatar – “Excavation sonore”, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Performances sonores et audiovisuelles \/ Audio and Visual Live Performances
\n<\/strong>2018, Il y aurait une table mais vous faites parfois semblant. performance sonore de S\u00e9bastien Cliche et Julie Faubert pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par AVATAR dans le cadre de SON\/CONTEXTE 2018
\n2010, L’Inertie agit\u00e9e\/Restles Inertia (performance A\/V)
\nMUTEK, Festival international de cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 num\u00e9rique, Montr\u00e9al
\n2010, Relev\u00e9 de terrain, Espace Tangente, Montr\u00e9al, Qc
\n( avec Christian Miron, partition audio d’une chor\u00e9graphie \u2013 chor. Julie Lebel )
\n2009, Dactylotactile (projet de Dianne Labrosse avec les s\u0153urs Schmutt)
\nFestival Voix d’Am\u00e9riques, Sala Rossa
\n2007, A Disaster A Day Keeps The Doctor Away (s\u00e9rie de performances A\/V)
\nTrafic’Art – 4e \u00e9dition, Centre S\u00e9quence, Saguenay
\n2006, Relev\u00e9 de terrain, Ensemble ind\u00e9pendant, Sept-\u00celes
\n2005, Trio+one, Julie Lebel (danse) et Gringoplaza (musique), Studio 303, Montr\u00e9al
\n2005, \/invisible field, Une journ\u00e9e au paradis, La Chambre Blanche, Qu\u00e9bec
\n2005, \/invisible field, Le Placard @ Mutek, Montr\u00e9al
\n2003, Gringoplaza, Machine 09, Salle Multi, Complexe M\u00e9duse, Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Art Web \/ Web Art
\n<\/a><\/strong>2011, PAISAJES (texte de Johanne Jarry)
\n2008, RUPTURES (invitation de la revue BleuOrange \u2013 Laboratoire NT2 \u2013 mars 2008)
\n2005, PRINCIPES DE GRAVIT\u00c9 (R\u00e9sidence Web, Chambre Blanche, Qu\u00e9bec, 2005)<\/p>\n

Commissariat \/ Curatorial Work<\/strong>
\n2014 – 2016
\nPoste audio : (poste d’\u00e9coute : autour de l’art audio)
\nCentre Clark, Montr\u00e9al, QC<\/p>\n

2012
\nPatrice Duhamel, Le catalogue des vents qui ont souffl\u00e9.
\nCentre Clark, Montr\u00e9al, Qc [ (Co)commissaire ] (catalogue)<\/p>\n

2007-2008
\nL’Oreille dans l’oeil\/The Hearing Eye (catalogue)
\nCentre Clark, Mtl, Qc — Galerie 101,Ottawa, On. — L’\u0152il de poisson,Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n

Bourses \/ Grants
\n<\/strong>Conseil des Arts du Canada
\nConseil des Arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec
\nBourse Claudine et Stephen Bronfman en art contemporain\u00a0 (2012)
\nFonds Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de Recherche sur la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et la Culture (2010)<\/p>\n

Publications (s\u00e9lection)<\/strong>
\n(voir section \u00abPublications<\/a>\u00bb)<\/p>\n

Collections publiques \/ Public Collections<\/strong>
\nCollection Pr\u00eat d\u2019\u0152uvres d\u2019Art du Mus\u00e9e National des Beaux-Arts du Qu\u00e9bec
\nCollection de la Banque d’\u0152uvres d’Art du Canada
\nVille de Laval
\nVille de Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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