Michelle Letarte, PhD
Scientists and Artist
Art Education and Professional Activities:
1975-1996 | Yearly classes in ceramics, textiles and sculpture at Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto |
1996-now | Several workshops with various artists in Ontario and France; classes at The Haliburton School of Arts and Design and at The Toronto School of Art |
2009-now | Member of Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto |
2014-2019 | Chair of Membership & Selection Committee, Propeller Art Gallery |
2020-2022 | Chair of the Board, Propeller Art Gallery |
2022-now | Chair of Partnership Committee, Propeller Art Gallery |
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 | Morocco Fragments, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto |
2023 | Alvars, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto |
2021 | Riverdale Blooms, Propeller Art Gallery |
2020 | Namibia Moments, Propeller Art Gallery |
2019 | Parallel Perceptions, Propeller Art Gallery |
2017 | Colours of Ancient Mexico, Propeller Art Gallery |
2016 | Secrets de la Baie, Papeterie St-Gilles, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Charlevoix, QC; Epaves & H2O Artefacts, Propeller Art Gallery |
2015 | Japan Revisited, Yogathletix, Toronto |
2014 | Malta & Gozo, Propeller Art Gallery |
2012 /13 | Anatolia, Propeller Art Gallery, and Yogathletix, Toronto |
2010 | O Africa, Propeller Art Gallery, and Yogathletix, Toronto |
Selected Group exhibitions:
2024 | New Directions, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto |
2023 | Unframed, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto 14th Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, ON |
2022 | Old Growth Resurrection, Regeneration, Intervention Juried Show, Salon 16, Propeller Art Gallery |
2021 | Salon 15, Mail Art: unlimited Dada, Unfurled Artist Stories, Altered Images at Hand, Collective Experience, Propeller Art Gallery |
2020 | Salon 14, PAG25, Propeller Art Gallery |
2019 | Le langage de la matière, Galerie mp tresart, Durham Sud, QC; Salon 13, Figure it Out, Blue | Bleu Impulse, Summer small works, The Promise of Sekishu, Propeller Art Gallery |
2018 | Connections, a Selection of Propeller Artists, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville; Salon 12, Propeller Member’s Exhibition, Red Impulse, Colour: what do you mean by that?, Out of this World, Summertime, Northern Tendencies, Propeller Art Gallery; Strand Fine Art Services Christmas show and sale, London, ON |
2017 | Quand je n’ai pas de bleu, je mets du rouge – Picasso, Galerie mp tresart, Durham Sud, QC; Gampi Konshi: Dyed, Dark and Dramatic, The Japanese Paper Place, Etobicoke; Salon 11, Evolution of Abstraction, and 150 Years of Light in Canada, Propeller Art Gallery |
2016 | Hommage à la Couleur, Galerie mp tresart, Durham Sud, QC; Salon 10, Black & White Ball, Re-Vision@Propeller, Propeller 20|20, Propeller Art Gallery |
2015 | Les Mots du Coeur, Galerie mp tresart, Durham Sud, QC; Gala, Black & White Ball, Netscapes, Salon 9, Propeller Art Gallery |
2014 | Journées de la Culture, Maison Félix Leclerc, Vaudreuil, QC, with Galerie mp tresart; Art expo, New York with Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance (SCCA); Salon 8, Black & White Ball, Shared Places/Shared Spaces, Migration, Propeller Art Gallery |
2013 | Terre et Mer, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto; Art expo, New York with SCCA; Zones du Silence, Espace Frère Jérôme, Claridge, Quebec City; Salon 7, Black & White Ball, Propeller Art Gallery |
2012 | La Couleur des Mots, Equinoxe de passion, Galerie mp tresart, Durham Sud, QC; Salon 6, Propeller Art Gallery |
2011 | Collage of Cultures, Salon V, Black & White Ball, Scapes, 15th Anniversary Show, Nuit Blanche, Propeller Art Gallery |
2010 | Toronto Artist Project, Propeller booth, Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto |
Curatorial Activities:
2023 | Co-organizer of Unframed group exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery |
2021 | Co-organizer of Unfurled Artist Stories, Propeller Art Gallery |
2019 | Co-curator/Co-organizer of Blue | Blue Impulse group show, Propeller Art Gallery Co-organizer of The Promise of Sekishu group exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery |
2018 | Co-curator/Co-organizer of Red Impulse group show, Propeller Art Gallery |
2017 | Co-curator/co-organizer with Sharron Forrest for Propeller Gallery of In the Spirit of INDIGO Festival, with several community partners and including seven workshops, two lectures and two parallel exhibitions at Propeller Art Gallery and The Japanese Paper Place; project awarded an Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Project Grant. |
2014 | Co-curator of OCCAMS’ RAZOR: Art, Science and Aesthetics, April-May, Propeller Art Gallery, and Idea Gallery, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto |