Solo Exhibitions
2019 The only thing I can see is the sky, Monroe Theater, Rochester, NY, USA
2018 Les attentes, VU, Quebec City, Canada
2017 Les attentes, CAMAC, Marnay-sur-seine, France
2016 Entrances, Gleason Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
2015 Tactiques de Camouflage, Le Magasin General, Sainte-Madeleine, Canada
2014 Wall+Paper: Work-in-progress, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA
2012 Les murmures des murs coulent dans les craques du plancher et les plafonds
tombent, Espace F, Matane, Canada
2011 Green Room, Quai des Arts, Carleton-sur-mer, Canada
In the Aquariums, Behind the Doors, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY, USA
2009 Wet Markets, Catalyst, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2008 Voisinages, Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-mer, Canada
2007 Projet appartement no.9, Public site-specific installation in apartment,
Montreal, Canada
2005 La chambre et autres fantasmes, Yves Gonthier’s Gallery, Maria, Canada
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2019 In the Works, Hartnett Gallery, Rochester, NY, USA
2018 Free Translation, MAA-tila, Helsinki, Finland
Delayed, Big Orbit, a CEPA Gallery Project Space, Buffalo, NY, USA
Dislocations, Collar Works, Troy, NY, USA
2017 How Did We Get Here, Loud Cow Art Space, Spencerport, NY, USA
Les attentes (Recording Session), CAMAC, Marnay-sur-seine, France
2016 LAND FORM, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA
Les attentes—The Waiting 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Compartmented, Lyric Theater, Rochester, NY, USA
Amid/In WNY Part 3, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
New Perspectives | New Technologies, Ernestine M. Raclin Art Gallery, South Bend,
IN, USA
2014 Waiting for the world to change, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY, USA
2013 Global Fold -43 Latitude, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Letter to the World III, World Stage Design, Cardiff, UK
2012 The City is Asleep and Dreaming, Site-specific happenings, various locations,
Rochester, NY, USA
Traveling East, Werkstadt Graz Gallery, Graz, Austria
Present Tense:, LAFA Gallery at Luxun Academy of Art, Dalian, China
Route 132, Galerie d’art de Matane, Matane, Canada
Route 132, Regart, Levis, Canada
Letter to the World II, Hornell Art Walk, Elk Lodge, Hornell, NY, USA
2011 Hallway, Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Route 132, Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-mer, Canada
End to End, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York, NY, USA
2010 Dongxi-things, Kunstverein Baden Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Bed, The Media Lab, CAFA, Beijing, China |
Bed, The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Shenyang, China
Bed, Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Converge, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
2007 Le cabinet, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
Soap/savon, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
2006 Exposant4, EspaceF, Matane, Canada
2003 Transfert, Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
Curatorial Work & Collaborations
2019 The only thing I can see is the sky, texts in collaboration with a group of writers affected by incarceration, Monroe Theater, Rochester, NY, USA
Transforming Our Culture of Incarceration: How is Rochester a Prison Town?, a multimedia
Symposium organized with the group Rochester Decarceration Research Initiative, Visual Studies
Workshop with the financial support of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
2018 Delayed, Co-curated with Megan Mette and Megan Sheffer, Big Orbit, a CEPA Gallery Project
Space, Buffalo, NY, USA
Dislocations, Co-curated with Melissa Sarris, Collar Works, Troy, NY, USA
2015 Compartmented, Co-curated with Missy Pfohl Smith, Site-specific installations and
performances in The Sunday School, a former Christian Scientist Church, Rochester, NY, USA
2013–17 Letter to the World II–V, a series of installations, performances and objects in collaboration with
Chase Angier (Choreographer) and Marketa Fantova (Scenographer)
2014–17 Wall+Paper, Book and series of exhibitions in collaboration with a group of incarcerated writers,
various locations, USA
2012 The City is Asleep and Dreaming, Co-curated with Jason Bernagozzi, Site-specific happenings and
installations, various locations, Rochester, NY
RESIDENCIES
2017 CAMAC, Marnay-sur-seine, France
2016 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
Lastation, Gagliano del Capo, Italy
2015 Magasin General: Studio international en creation multidisciplinaire, Sainte-Madeleine, Canada
2014-15 Project Space, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA
2014 Signal Culture, Owego, NY, USA
2012 Espace F, Matane, Canada
2008 Queen Street, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
AWARDS & GRANTS
2018-19 Provost’s University Research Awards, (Group project) How Is Rochester a Prison Town?,
University of Rochester, NY, USA
Humanities Project Grant, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2017 Dean Award for First Book, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Humanities Center Fellowship, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Project Grant to Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2016 Research and Mobility Travel Grant, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Santa Fe CENTER Juried Review (Invited as an artist/photographer), Santa Fe, NM, USA
Humanities Project Grant, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2015 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
Project Grant to Visual Artists, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
Humanities Project Grant, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2009-11 Fellowship, NYSCC School of Art & Design, Alfred University, NY, USA
2008 Winner of the BlackFlash Magazine’s Optic Nerve Image Contest, Saskatoon, Canada
Study abroad grant, Ministère des sports et Loisirs (MELS) du Québec, Canada
2007 Special project grant, Concordia Fine Arts Student Alliance, Montreal, Canada
2004 Merit grant, Cégep du Vieux-Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Teachers’ selection award of unlimited free access to the digital laboratory of the Cégep du Vieux-Montreal for one semester, Montreal, Canada
Visual research prize, Quartier Latin photography, Cégep du Vieux-Montreal, Montreal, Canada
PUBLICATIONS & ARTIST BOOKS
2018 VU, Errances imaginaires Essay by Michelle Drapeau, Quebec City, Canada →
The Public, Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Megan Metté, Megan Scheffer at Big orbit by Nathen Heidelberger, Buffalo, NY, USA →
2017 Publication Studio Hudson, Wall+Paper, Artist book, Troy, NY, USA →
ASAP Journal, Fragments for Letter(s) to the World Essay by Amanda Jane Graham →
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Amid/In WNY Exhibition Catalog, Buffalo, NY, USA
2016 60/wrd/min Art Critique by Lori Waxman, Buffalo, NY, USA →
2015 Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism double issue (43.1-2), Evelyne
Leblanc-Roberge’s Wall+Paper, essays by Peter Christensen, Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge and
Joshua Dubler, Rochester, NY, USA
Esse Arts + Opinions, Tactiques de Camouflage, Magasin Général, Rivière-Madeleine online article by Sylvette Babin, Montreal, Canada →
2013 Body, Space & Technology Journal Volume 13, Re-conceptualizing Street Arts in a Digital Age:
Knowing the world through embodied cognition and social media by Olu Taiwo, Brunel University, London, UK →
Institute for Electronic Arts, Global Fold -43 Latitude Catalogue Exhibition, Alfred, NY, USA & Jilin University, Changchun, China
Bailliwik, Issue 10, The Color of Love →
2011 Self-publication, In the Aquariums, Behind the Doors, Artist book, Alfred, NY, USA
2010 Self-publication, Frameworks: (un)(de)(re)framing, Artist book, Alfred, NY, USA
BlackFlash Magazine Summer 2010, A Challenge to Perception by Gerar Edizel, printed and web (BlackFlash 2.0), Saskatoon, SK →
Le Mouton Noir, Volume XV, No 3, Les Mises en Scène d’Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge by Adrienne Luce, Rimouski, Canada
2009 Self-publication, Bed, Artist book, Alfred, NY, USA
Magazine ETC, no.86, p. 55, Carleton-sur-Mer: Vague de femmes by Adrienne Luce, Montreal, Canada
2008 Self-publication, China Travelogue Hand-made series of artist books, 4 volumes, limited edition of
25, Beijing, China
Current Position Associate Professor of Art & Lens Based Media, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA Associate Chair, Art & Art History Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA Director Art New York Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
EVELYNE LEBLANC-ROBERGE b.1981, Maria, Québec, Canada
contact@evelynelr.space
MFA–Electronic Integrated Art, School of Art & Design, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 2011
BFA–Photography, Concordia University, Montreal, 2007
Study Abroad, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, China, 2008
Diplôme d’Études Collégiales–Photography Program, Cégep du Vieux-Montreal, Montreal, 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Les attentes VU, Quebec City, QC
2017 Les attentes CAMAC, Marnay-sur-seine, France
2016 Entrances Gleason Library Gallery, one-year site-specific installation, Rochester, NY
2015 Tactiques de Camouflage Le Magasin General, Semi-permanent public installation, Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-riviere-Madeleine, Haute-Gaspésie, QC
2014-15 Wall+Paper: Work-in-progress Project Space, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2012 Les murmures des murs coulent dans les craques du plancher et les plafonds tombent Espace F Artist-run Center, Matane, QC
2011–2012 Green Room Semi-permanent public installation, Quai des Arts, Carleton-sur-mer, QC (sponsored by the Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred, NY)
2011 In the Aquariums, Behind the Doors Fosdick-Nelson Gallery and site-specific installations in Harder Hall building, Alfred, NY
2009 Wet Markets Catalyst Artist-run Center, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2008 Voisinages Vaste et Vague Artist-run Center, Carleton-sur-mer, QC
2007 Projet appartement no.9 Photographic installation in situ, Montreal, QC
2005 La chambre et autres fantasmes Yves Gonthier’s Gallery, Maria, QC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS
2018 Delayed (Co-organizer) Big Orbit, a CEPA Gallery Project Space, Buffalo, NY
Dislocations (Co-organizer) Collar Works, Troy, NY
2017 How did we get here? Loud Cow Art Space, Spencerport, NY
Les attentes (Recording Session) CAMAC, Marnay-sur-seine, France
2016 LAND FORM Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Les attentes—The Waiting 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Compartmented (Co-curated with Missy Pfohl Smith) Site-specific installations and performances, Rochester, NY —>
Amid/In WNY Part 3 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
New Perpectives | New Technologies Ernestine M. Raclin Art Gallery, South Bend, IN
2014 Waiting for the world to change Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY 2013 Global Fold -43 Latitude Jilin University, Changchun, China
Letter to the World 3 Site-specific video installation and performance, World Stage Design, Cardiff, UK
2012 The City is Asleep and Dreaming (Co-curated with Jason Bernagozzi) Site-specific happenings and installations,
various locations, Rochester, NY
Traveling East Werkstadt Graz Gallery, Graz, Austria
Present Tense: LAFA Gallery, Luxun Academy of Art, Dalian China
Route 132 Matane Artist-run Center, Matane, QC
Route 132 Regart Art Center, Levis, QC
Letter to the World 2 Site-specific video installation and performance in collaboration with Chase Angier (Choreographer) and Marketa Fantova (Scenographer), Hornell Art Walk, Elk Lodge, Hornell, NY
2011 Hallway Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Route 132 Vaste et Vague Artist-run Center, Carleton-sur-mer, QC
End to End Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York, NY 2010 Dongxi-things Kunstverein Baden Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Bed (Screening and presentation of the book and animation) The Media Lab, CAFA, Beijing, China | The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Shenyang, China | Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Converge Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2007 Le cabinet Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, Canada Soap/savon Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, QC 2006 Exposant4 EspaceF Artist-run Center, Matane, QC
2003 Transfert Art Mûr Gallery, Montreal, QC
RESIDENCIES
2017 CAMAC Marnay-sur-seine, France 2016 3331 Arts Chiyoda Tokyo, Japan
La cité internationale des arts Paris, France
Lastation Gagliano del Capo, Italy
2015 Magasin General: Studio international en creation multidisciplinaire, Sainte- Madeleine-de-la-riviere-Madelaine,
Haute-Gaspésie, QC
2014-2015 Project Space Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2014 Signal Culture Owego, NY
2012 Espace F Matane, QC
2008 Digital Arts Studios Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
Current Position Associate Professor of Art & Lens Based Media, Art & Art History Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY