MAGALIE GUÉRIN
born Montreal, QC
lives and works in Marfa, TX
EDUCATION
2011 MFA- Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOLO and DUO EXHIBITIONS (*indicates publication)
2024 Galerie Nicolas Robert, “Violet, Rift”, (October), Toronto, ON
2023 Sikkema & Jenkins, “some mondegreens“, (June), New York, NY
2022 Marfa Book & co, “The Eaters”, (Fall), Marfa, TX
2022 Corbett vs Dempsey, “hard green”, (June), Chicago, IL
2020 Galerie Nicolas Robert, “A Bow Down”, (November), Montreal, QC
2020 Corbett vs Dempsey, The Big Dig: Magalie Guérin: The Lekeitio Drawings (virtual exhibition)
2020 Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, “q p”, (July), London, England
2019 Galerie Nicolas Robert, (May), Montreal, QC (two-person show with Philippe Caron Lefebvre)
2019 Chapter NY, “Magalie Guérin: SOLUTE”, (February), New York, NY
2018 James Harris gallery, “The Marfa Paintings”, (October), Seattle, WA
2018 Schwarz Contemporary, “Morgenspaziergang”, (June), Berlin, Germany
2018 Corbett vs. Dempsey, “Magalie Guérin: bunker”, (January), Chicago, IL *
2017 Anat Ebgi, “No Boby Knows” (April), Los Angeles, CA
2016 soon.tw, (October), Montreal, QC
2016 Sector 2337, “Copy Drawings” (March), Chicago, IL
2015 Lyles & King, (September), New York, NY
2015 Roots & Culture, (April), Chicago, IL (two-person show with Ross Normandin)
2014 The Suburban, (December), Oak Park, IL
2014 Corbett vs. Dempsey, “re”, (September), Chicago, IL
2013 Knox College Gallery, “Magalie Guérin: Paintings 2009-2013”, (September), Galesburg, IL
2012 Autumn Space, “The Warmest Guest”, (February), Chicago, IL
2010 Autumn Space, “The Cracks of The Game”, (October), Chicago, IL
2006 MillerBlock, "Unrequited", (September), Boston, MA
2004 GV/AS gallery, "The Devil in Me", (June), Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (*indicates publication)
2024 JUBG, “Nothing Is: Sun Ra and Others' Covers”, organized by John Corbett and Albert Oehlen, Cologne, Germany
2024 Corbett vs Dempsey, “Hubcap Diamond Star Halo: Corbett vs. Dempsey at Twenty”, Chicago, IL
2024 Galerie Nicolas Robert, “Abstraction”, Toronto, ON
2023 Milwaukee Art Museum, “50 Paintings“, (Nov 17, 2023 - June 23, 2024), Milwaukee, WI *
2023 Andrew Rafacz gallery, “Friendship’s Death”, Chicago, IL
2022 Galerie Nicolas Robert, “A Rhythm, Not a Plot”, Toronto, ON
2021 Anton Kern WINDOW, “Peep Show”, New York, NY
2020 Corbett vs Dempsey, “Cosmic Meteorites & Other Burners”, Chicago, IL
2019 Corbett vs Dempsey, “Small Painting”, Chicago, IL
2019 George Adams Gallery, “Body/Object”, New York, NY
2019 Elmhurst Museum, With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters, (artist-curator), Elmhurst, IL
2018 LVL3, "Local Comfort", Chicago, IL
2018 The Suburban, "Got a light?", organized by Assaf Evron, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, "American Genre", curated by Michelle Grabner, Portland, ME
2017 DePaul Art Museum, "Stranger Things", Chicago, IL
2016 Cleve Carney Art Gallery, "Known Unknowns: Painting in Chicago", Glen Ellyn, IL*
2016 Elmhurst Art Museum, "New American Paintings: Midwest Edition", Elmhurst, IL
2016 Nicelle Beauchene, "Cabinet in the Mirror", New York, NY
2016 Brand New Gallery, "Imagine", Milan, Italy
2015 Mount Airy Contemporary, "The Suburban, 16 years", Philadelphia, PA
2015 Corbett vs. Dempsey, "Other Planes of There", Chicago, IL
2015 Rhona Hoffman gallery, "Abstraction: A Visual Language", Chicago, IL
2015 Riverside Arts Center, "All In", Riverside, IL
2014 Zolla/Lieberman gallery, "Making Space", curated by Susanne Doremus, Chicago, IL
2013 Glass Curtain Gallery, "Slow Read", Chicago, IL, curated by Justin Witte*
2013 Judith Racht Gallery, "Surface", Harbert, MI, curated by Scott Wolniak
2013 Julius Caesar, "Reading Room", organized by Sean Ward, Chicago, IL
2012 Zolla/Lieberman gallery, "The Question of Their Content", Chicago, IL
2011 Monya Rowe gallery, "Cloud Gate", New York, NY
2011 LVL3, "Reduction or Something Less", Chicago, IL
2011 Julius Caesar, Irritable Abstraction, curated by Susanne Doremus, Chicago, IL
2010 Poor Farm, "The Great Poor Farm Experiment II", Manawa, WI
2009 SCA Contemporary Art, Fuckheads", curated by Angela Dufresne, Albuquerque, NM
2007 31Grand, "Just a Ghostly Paper Sigh", New York, NY
2007 31Grand, "No New Tale to Tell", New York, NY
2007 MillerBlock, "Nature/Nurture", Boston, MA
2006 31Grand, "Other worlds", Brooklyn, NY
2006 The National Arts Club, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", New York, NY
2006 MillerBlock, "Unless", Boston, MA
2006 Bucheon Gallery, "Deluge", San Francisco, CA
2005 Monya Rowe gallery, "Something is Somewhere", New York, NY
2004 Monya Rowe gallery, "I've Met Someone Else", New York, NY
AWARDS/HONORS/FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
2022 Nick and Keven Wilder Award for Painting and Drawing Part-Time Faculty, SAIC
2021 Clay Break Residency, UARK Ceramics, Fayetteville, AR
2020 Anonymous was a Woman Emergency Relief Fund
2019 Stephen Pace Residency Award for a Mid-Career Painter, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2018 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
2018 Lighton International Artists Exchange Program grant
2018 SomoS residency, Berlin, Germany (May-June-July)
2018 Chinati Foundation Residency, Marfa, TX (March-April)
2015 New American Painting, Midwest Competition, Issue #119
2013 Ox-Bow Residency (September), Saugatuck, MI, Hartigan Memorial and Metternich Scholarships for Painters
2012 Grant/Purchase Award, Working Artist Org (July)
2008 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York (June)
2006 KHN Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska (May-June)
2005 Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming (January 15- February 15)
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“NOTES ON,” Magalie Guérin, (Chicago, IL: The Green Lantern Press, Spring 2016. Second printing August 2019).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 to present Lecturer of Drawing & Painting, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014 to present Adjunct Faculty, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2024 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), NYC Crit Club, NY
2021 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Illinois State University, IL
2020 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2020 Visiting Critic, University of Chicago, Evanston, IL
2011-2019 Instructor of Drawing & Painting, Early College Program, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019 Visiting Critic, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2018 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Rice University, Houston, TX
2017 Curator, “Three One-on-Ones”, Cleve Carney gallery (lobby), Glen Ellyn, IL
2017 “Making the Beyond”, panel discussion moderated by cheyanne turions, Art Toronto, Toronto, ON
2013-2016 Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
2016 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), RISD program in Rome, Rome, Italy
2016 Judge, Roots & Culture Spring 2017 exhibition schedule, Chicago, IL
2016 Visiting Artist (class lecture), School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2016 “What Matters?”, panel discussion, StARTup fair, Chicago, IL
2016 Artist Talk, Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2016 “Eye Owe You!”, panel discussion on Barbara Rossi, DePaul Museum, Chicago, IL
2016 Visiting Artist, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2016 Visiting Artist (class lecture), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015 Talk on Akademie X (stand-in for Michelle Grabner), MANA contemporary, Chicago, IL
2015 Visiting Artist (class lecture and critiques), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 Visiting Artist (critiques), Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2014 Judge, Ox-Bow MFA and Faculty Summer Residency
2014 Curator, February competition for Grant/Purchase Award, Working Artist Org
2014 Visiting Artist (class lecture), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2013 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2013 Artist Talk, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2010 Visiting Artist (class lecture), School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 Visiting Artist (class lecture), School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008 Visiting Artist (talk and critiques), Mass Art, Boston, MA
2002-2004 Director/curator of GV/AS gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Curator, "BeyondXXX", Visual Aids Web Gallery (March)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Collection Hydro-Québec, Québec, Canada
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Québec, Canada
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
The Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV