Democracy Village
Exhibitions to come in 2012 & 2013 /

/ QUEBEC    
Feb 25 to April 1, 2012 - Maison de la culture Mercier  /
April 14 to May 26, 2012 - Circa : centre d'exposition d'art contemporain  /

/ USA    
June 16 to August 4, 2012 - Buffalo Art Studio  /

/ ONTARIO    
Oct 20, 2012 to Jan 6, 2013 - Museum London  /

Winner of 2011 Winifred Shantz Award/

The winner of the 2011 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics is Montreal sculptor Karine Giboulo. Ms. Giboulo’s work has been exhibited throughout Canada and the United States and one of her works Village démocratie is currently on tour in Quebec and Ontario. In 2009, she came in second for IMPULSE, a prize awarded to an emerging artist of distinction featured at the PULSE NY Contemporary Art Fair and her work is in the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.
The Award will allow her to do an artist-in-residence in Mumbai
and to produce a major new work.
(excerpt from press release)
/ see the announcement

Democracy Village & Savage Beauty part of Please Lie to Me
Now on show at Galerie ArtMûr/

November 5 – December 17, 2011
Please Lie to Me /Art Mûr's 15th Anniversary Group Show
Including works by artists:
Lois Andison, Simon Bilodeau, Dominique Blain, Susan Bozic, Evergon, Clinton Fein, The Gao Brothers, Renato Garza Cervera, Sarah Garzoni, Karine Giboulo, Dina Goldstein, Nicolas Grenier, Jonathan Hobin, Guillaume Lachapelle, Cal Lane, Nadia Myre, Cooke-Sasseville, Jennifer Small, Barbara Todd, Colleen Wolstenholme
/ go to ArtMûr's website

Democracy Village (Phases I and II) first show in Quebec
at Plein Sud, Centre d'exposition en art actuel
Fall 2011 /

Democracy Village (phases I and II), Giboulo's new project
will be presented for the first time in Quebec province at Plein Sud
/ go to Plein Sud's website

Democracy Village (Phases I and II) at the Mendel Art Gallery
For the exhibition Habit-aptation
Spring 2011 /

Habit-aptation - April 15 to June 12, 2011 - Mendel Art Gallery
(Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, AGS)
Democracy Village, Giboulo's new project, will be presented in a duo show
with the artist Olia Mishchenko
Curator : Sandra Fraser
/ go to Saskatoon Museum's website

The winner of the 2011 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics is Montreal sculptor Karine Giboulo. Ms. Giboulo’s work has been
exhibited throughout Canada and the United States and one of her works Village démocratie is currently on tour in Quebec and Ontario. In 2009, she came in second for IMPULSE, a prize awarded to an emerging artist of distinction featured at the PULSE NY Contemporary Art Fair and her work is in the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. The Award will allow her to do an
artist-in-residence in Mumbai and to produce a major new work.

All you can eat at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
La terre est bleue comme une orange
Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 /

Acquired last year by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,
Giboulo's installation All you can eat will be part of the
exhibition La terre est bleue comme une orange,
taking place from September 14, 2010 until September 4, 2011
Curator: Stéphane Aquin
/ go to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' websitel

Democracy Village (Phase I) at the GNO
Spring 2010 /

Village Démocratie - from June 4th to 30th 2010 - Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario
/ go to GNO's website

Electronic Village at the 21C Museum
Currently on show : Permanent Collection /

21C Museum (Louisville, Kentucky, USA), the first Museum in North America exclusively dedicated to 21st century artwork, is presenting their recent piece of collection Electronic Village for the show Creating identity : Portraits Today. As a piece from the museum's permanent collection, Giboulo's installation is still presented at the Street Level Gallery
/go to 21C Museum's website
/ see exhibition video
/ see Electronic Village's installation video

esse arts+opinions puts on a stamp showing All you can eat /

Each year since 2007, esse selects pieces of work from three quebec artists to make artistic stamps, meant to circulate via the mail
Indeed, those are accepted by Canada Post
Karine Giboulo, Marc Séguin and Chih-Chien Wang are the
selected ones for the 2009 edition
/ see esse art + opinions' website

A new piece for esse benefit auction at
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts /

esse arts+opinions invites Karine Giboulo to present a piece of her work for their benefit auction at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (November 11th, 2009). For the occasion, the public and collectors will be the first to have a look at Savage beauty (Self Portrait), the artist's latest and brand new sculpture
/ go to esse arts+opions website

Solo at TIAF /

From October 22nd to october 26th 2009, Karine Giboulo presents some of her work to the 10th edition of TIAF, Toronto international art fair
/ go to TIAF's website

Electronic Village joins 21C Museum's permanent collection /

In March 2009, 21C Museum, the first in North America exclusively dedicated to 21st century artworks, acquires Giboulo's most recent installation:
Electronic Village
/ go to 21C Museum's website

2nd prize at the international PULSE NEW YORK contest for emergent artists /

Selected for IMPULSE - PULSE NEW YORK's international contest for emergent artists - Karine Giboulo wins the second prize for what was then her most recent installation: Electronic Village
/ go to pulse ny's website

All you can eat now part of the permanent collection
of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts /

In 2007, in an interview with Thomas Leblanc, Nathalie Bondil (Montreal Museum for Fine Arts' director) claims her crush for Montrealer Karine Giboulo. One year later, the Museum adds All you can eat to its permanent collection
/ go to MBAM's website

Cast your art produces a documentary on Karine Giboulo's work /

In March 2009, Cast your art publishes a documentary on Karine Giboulo's work The artist therefore joins the Sanchez Brothers and Michel de Broin, canadian international artists about whom Cast your art has also produced films
/ go to cast your art website