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Biography
Born in Québec City in 1976, Jean-François Côté earned an MFA and a Ph.D. in visual arts and art history at Université Laval with grants from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture and Fondation Desjardins. Solo exhbitions include La symétrie des différences, shown at the Studio d’essai of Méduse (2002 Prix René-Richard); L'Ombre survivante at VU in Québec City; Personnes at Galerie Le 36 in Québec City; Cities at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in the context of the 8th Bienal de Video Y Nuevos Medios de Santiago, Chile; The Image in the Mois Multi festival in Québec City; and Constructing the Image at Yuanfen Gallery in Beijing, China. He lectures in photography and media arts at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He is also artistic director of La Bande Vidéo, centre de création en arts médiatiques and of the festival Vidéaste Recherché•e. He received support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Artistic Approach
My work examines ways of inhabiting the world, of moving through it and in it while remaining critical of the myriad images modern society presents. I seek to restore to images the time I feel has been taken from them. My work with photography and video emphasizes the movements and structure of the image, its presence and the presence of its absence, with a particular interest in tranfers among media.
To materialize and construct the image, I explore the mobile relationship that can exist between the image, its presence in space and the viewer. Added to this are possible interactions between the photographic instant and extended video time. I juxtapose image and object to create a new place within already an existing location, enabling the image’s usual presence to be transformed into a place that may be inhabited.
Curriculum
Education
2002-2007: Ph.D. in visual arts and art history, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
2000-2002: MFA, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
1997-2000: BFA (custom program), Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2009: Constructing the Image: The City - The Hardware - The Library - The Landscape, Yuanfen New Media Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2009: L’Image (The Image), video installation in collaboration with composer Patrick Saint-Denis, Mois Multi, Studio d'essai of Complexe Méduse, Québec City, Canada
2007: Cités III, 8th Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
2007: Cités II, Galerie des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
2006: Cités I, Galerie R3, Trois-Rivières, Canada
2005: Personnes, Galerie Le 36, centre de diffusion en art actuel, Québec City, Canada
2003: L’Ombre survivante, VU, centre de diffusion et production de la photographie, Québec City, Canada
2002: La symétrie des différences, Studio In Vitro of Complexe Méduse in collaboration with Œil de poisson and Productions Recto-Verso, Québec City, Canada
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2010: Art Beijing 2010, Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing, China
2009: Donkey Institute of Contemporary Art (DICA), 798 Biennial, Beijing, China. Piece presented: A Constellation Anchored by a Portrait in a Landscape
2007: 30X30X30, underscoring the 30th anniversary of La Bande Vidéo, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: Paysage VII
2004: Les cathodiques pratiquants, video projections and performance, Le Lieu, centre en art actuel, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: Paysage III
2004: Bois, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: Paysage II
2002: Exhibition of the recipients of prizes and grants awarded by the visual arts faculty of Université Laval, Galerie des arts visuels, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: L'espace entre les choses prend la forme de mes paroles
2002: Mouvement, Galerie Rouje, in the context of International Dance Day, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: L’homme à la fenêtre
2002: Le mars de la maîtrise, Galerie des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: L’espace entre les choses prend la forme de mes paroles
2001: Ateliers ouverts, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: Plaques tectoniques
2001: La grande marée, Galerie Rouje, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: Le Prince Cancer
2001: J’ai l’oeil plus gros que le lynx, Galerie Alphonse-Desjardins, Québec City, Canada. Piece presented: L’envers du miroir
Distinctions and Grants
2010: Research and creation grant, video installation, Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec, Québec
2009: Travel Grant, Canada Council for the arts
2008: Research and creation grant, video installation, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Québec
2007: Travel Grant, Office Québec-Amériques, Québec
2006-2007: Post-graduate studies, Fondation Desjardins, Québec
2003-2006: Post-graduate studies, Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture, Québec
2005: Nomination, Prix Événement, Prix d’excellence des arts et de la culture, Québec
2004: Nomination, Prix Événement, Prix d’excellence des arts et de la culture, Québec
2003: Research-creation grant, Université Laval, Québec
2002: Named to the Honour Role of the Faculté des études supérieures de l’Université Laval, Québec
2002: Prix René Richard, Québec
Teaching
2006-2010: Lecturer, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
2003: Assistant in the course “Atelier de creation” given by Jocelyne Alloucherie, École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2002: Assistant in the course “Lectures et conferences” given by David Naylor, École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2001: Assistant in the course “Lectures et conferences” given by David Naylor, École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2001: Video research aid, École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Conferences and Presentations
2008: Conference, Colloque Faire oeuvre: transparence et opacité, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2007: Conference speaker, 75th convention of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2006: Conference speaker in the course “Lecture et analyse de l’oeuvre d’art,” Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2006: Conference speaker in the master’s seminar “Praxis II,” École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2004: Guest artist in the course “Photographie, langage de base,” École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2004: Guest artist in the course “Procédés photographiques,” Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2003: Guest artist in the course “Repère du réel,” École des arts visuals, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2001: Guest artist in the “Lectures et conférences,” École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2001: Conference speaker, Colloque inter universitaire des maîtrises en arts visuels, Québec, Canada
Arts Administration
2006-2010: Artistic director of La Bande Vidéo [centre de création en arts médiatiques], Complexe Méduse, Québec, Canada
2006-2010: Artistic director of Festival Vidéaste Recherché•e, Québec, Canada
2006-2007: Board member of VU, centre de production et diffusion de la photographie, Québec, Canada
Training Workshops and Residencies
2010: Creation residency, Red Gate International Residency, Beijing, China
2009: Creation residency, Red Gate International Residency, Beijing, China
2009: Creation residency, Studio d'essai of Complexe Méduse, Productions Recto-Verso, Québec, Canada
2007: Creation residency, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Chile
2004: Research-creation internship under the direction of Jocelyne Alloucherie, New York, USA
