Dan Brault studied painting and drawing at Concordia University and graduated with a BFA in 2002. He recently finished his MFA at Laval University in 2006 and was short-listed for the Joseph Plaskett foundation Award. He has shown his work throughout notable public galleries and artist-run centers around Canada and is now represented by Peak Gallery in Toronto. In the near future, he will be participating to the 26th edition of the Symposium international d’art Contemporain of Baie Saint-Paul in Québec. His work will be presented in Toronto at Peak Gallery (June 2008), in Ottawa-Gatineau at Art-Image Center (October 2008) and in Montreal at Galerie Lilian Rodriguez (October 2008), at SKOL arts center (2009) and at Galerie d’art d’Outremont (2009). In 2007, he was awarded a CALQ (Quebec Art Council) research and travel award. Dan Brault lives and works in Québec City.

04-06 | Laval University, Québec | Master’s in Visual Arts (With Distinction)

99-02 | Concordia University, Montréal | Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, Major in Painting and Drawing (With Distinction)

96-99 | Champlain College, Saint-Lambert | College degree in Fine Arts

08 | | « The Crossbreeds » Neutral Ground, Artist-run center, Regina, Canada
Art-Image Exhibition Center, Gatineau, Canada
Centre d’Art et de Diffusion Clark, Montréal, Canada
« Mongrel Painting » Definitely Superior gallery , Artist-run center ,Thunder  Bay, Canada
« Le Small bang » Centre d’Art et de Diffusion Clark, Montréal, Canada

07 | Solixland 2 - Artist Run Center Hoarce, Sherbrooke, Canada

06 | « Five Paintings » Artist run center l’OEil de Poisson in collaboration with Théâtre Périscope Théâtre le Périscope, Québec, Canada
« Welcome to Morphèmia » Artist run center Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi, Canada
« Welcome to Solixland » Visual Arts Gallery, Laval University, Québec, Canada

07 | « The Gorilla Mongrelisation » With Rachel Beach. Artist run center Eastern Edge, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
« Transition » With Émélie Dufour. Artist run center Caravansérail, Rimouski, Canada

05 | « Duel » With Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell. Verdun’s Cultural Centre Gallery, Montréal, Canada

03 | « fou allié » With Nicolas Fleming. Space 306, Belgo Building, Montréal, Canada

05 | « L’œuvre de l’autre » Visual arts Gallery, UQAC, Chicoutimi, Canada

03 | « 99 invited Artists » Observatoire Quatre, Montréal, Canada

02 | « Object 01: The last Days of a public Bath » Bain St-Michel, curators: Hugues Charbonneau & Matt Killen, Montréal, Canada
« Installation-Painting » with Hoang Nguyen & Oscar Varese, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada

professional experience

06 | Organizer-Curator for « PAN ! PEINTURE, un symposium de peinture à Québec », Artist run center  Le Lieu, &  Le 36 gallery, Québec, Canada.

grants

07 | Research Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ)
Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ)

06 | Short-listed for the Joseph Plaskett foundation Award

04 | Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant

press | publications

06 | VOIR- Saguenay, Arts Visuels, October 12th
VOIR- Québec, Arts Visuels, August 17th
Le Soleil, Arts Visuels, Québec, August 5th
La Presse, Arts Visuels, Montréal, August 4th
Le Soleil, Arts et Spectacles, Québec, July 26th

03 | Petite enveloppe urbaine Number 7: The last days of a public bath, coordinator: Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal, Canada

artist talks | conferences

08 | Artist talk, Regina University, Regina, Canada
Artist talk, Artist Run Center Neutral Ground, Regina, Canada
Artist talk, Centre d’Art et de Diffusion Clark, Montréal, Canada
Artist talk, Artist Run Center Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada

07 | Artist talk, Artist Run Center Hoarce, Sherbrooke, Canada
Artist talk, Artist run center Eastern Edge, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

06 | Conference on Painting& performance,«PAN! PEINTURE, un symposium de peinture à Québec», Artist-run center  Le Lieu, &  Le 36 gallery, Québec, Canada.
Conference, 24th International Symposium of Baie-St-Paul, Canada
Artist Talk, Les journées de la Culture, Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi, Canada

05 | Artist talk, 10th Inter-university meeting of masters in fine arts , UQAC, Chicoutimi, Canada