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Purchased directly from the artist

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SYLVIA SAFDIE (1942 - )

Sylvia Safdie was born in Aley, Lebanon in 1942, grew up in Israel, and moved to Canada in 1953. She graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975 and has been producing art ever since, along with teaching at Dawson College in Montreal from 1972 to 1987. Safdie has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia, and her work is included in prominent corporate and public collections worldwide. Safdie lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.


Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston Air Canada, Montréal
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of North York
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Banco Cidade, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Banque de commerce, Montréal
Banque Julious Bar, Genève, Suisse
Cadillac Fairview, Toronto
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Claridge Collection, Montréal
Conseil des arts, Communauté urbaine de Montréal Esso Ltd., Toronto
Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen, Montréal
Guanlan Museum, Shenzhen, China
Lavalin, Montréal
City of Copenhagen, Denmark
Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Concordia University
Loto Québec
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
McDonald's, Canada
McGill University, Montréal
Ministère des communautés culturelles et immigration, Montréal
Montréal Expos
Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
Musée d'art de Joliette, Québec
Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal
Musée de Québec, collection de prêt d’œuvres d’art Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary
Petro-Canada, Calgary
Pratt and Whitney, MontréalLa Ville de Genève, Suisse
Royal Bank of Montréal
La Ville de Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun Life of Canada
Senvest Collection, Montréal
Teleglobe, Canada
Thomas More Institute, Montréal
Université de Montréal Westbourne, Montreal
University of Lethbridge, Alberta


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014 The Absent Present, Prefix, Toronto, ON
2013 Amzrou/Morocco, Galerie J. Yahouda, Montréal
2011 Time, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Improvisations, les flâneries musicales de Reims, Reims, France 2010 Movement, Galerie de la Porte d’Italie Toulon, Toulon, France
Capsule 3, Galerie d’art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Montréal
2008 Act/Shadow, LENTOS (Museum of contemporary art), Linz, Austria 2007 Shaping, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
2006 Sylvia Safdie/Recent Works, Peak Gallery, Toronto
2005 Heads, Gallery McClure, Montréal
2004 Sylvia Safdie/Works, Peak Gallery, Toronto
Testimony of Trees, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont 2003 New Works 2002 – 2003, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
The Inventories of Invention, Galerie d’art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Montréal 2002 Extensions, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
Extensions, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2001 Reflections, Peak Gallery, Toronto
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida 2000 Threshold, Paul Petro, Toronto
Earth Bound, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver
Autres territoires, Centre culturel canadien, Paris 1999 La Galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, Québec
1998 Earth Marks, Paul Petro, Toronto
1997 Spruce Street Forum Gallery, San Diego, California 1996 Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Recent Drawings and Sculpture, Diane Farris, Vancouver
Recent Drawings and Sculpture, Paul Petro, Toronto
1995 Memory and Making, Gallery 312, Chicago
1994 Sculptures et dessins récents, Galerie J. Yahouda, Montréal
Recent Drawings and Sculpture, The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto
Recent Drawings and Sculpture, Paul Kuhn Fine Art Gallery, Calgary Sculptures, Andata Ritorno, Genève, Suisse
Dessins, Galerie Kara, Genève, Suisse
1992 Zakhor, Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Recent Works, Evelyn Aimis Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1991 J. Yahouda Gallery, Montreal at 262 Brompton Rd., London, England
Tzel (II), Nathalie Karg, Ltd., New York 1990 Tzel, Extension Gallery, Toronto
Glimot, Gallery 101, Ottawa
1990/88/86/84 Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, Toronto
1989 Paul Kuhn Fine Art, Calgary
1988 Oeuvres choisies 1982-1988, Galerie Montcalm, Hull, Québec
1987 Série Goreme, Ouzia, Eidola, Galerie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal
Série Goreme, Ouzia, Eidola Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Masks
1985 Galerie J. Yahouda Meir, Montréal 1983/81/82 Galerie Don Stewart, Montréal, Toronto
1980 Série Source
1979 Véhicule, Montréal

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions with John Heward

2014 Consonance and Dissonance, (free jazz and video) Musée des beaux arts, Montréal
2002 Collaboration, John Heward, Sylvia Safdie, Peak Gallery, Toronto
1995 Memory and Making, Gallery 312, Chicago
1993 Die Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Zakhor, Centre d'exposition St. Hyacinthe, St. Hyacinthe, Québec
Zakhor, 115 Wooster Street, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Sur papier ou presque, Orangerie du Domaine de Madame Èlizabeth, Versailles, Frances
2009 2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial, Shenzhen, China
2009 Guanlan Museum, Shenzhen, China
2006 Dessins de la Collection, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC
Blanc silence, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
Capital & Pedestal, Akau Inc., Toronto
Du Quêteux au Migrant, Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal, QC
2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National gallery in Prague
2004 Du nouveau du coté de la collection d’oeuvres d’art, Centre d’exposition de
l’Université de Montréal, Montréal
Branching Out, Sylvia Safdie and Andrew Wright, Peak Gallery and Roam Contemporary, New York
2003 L’école des femmes, Musée d’art de Joliette, Jolliette, Québec
2002 Cluster II, Peak Gallery, Toronto
2001 25 Artists, 25 years: Celebrating the Faculty of Fine Arts, Galerie d'art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Université Concordia, Montréal
2000 Afterimage, Jewish Community Campus, Montréal
Passart: Passage 1990-2000, Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Québec 1999 New Acquisitions: Selections from the Permanent Collection,
Galerie d'art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Université Concordia, Montréal
1998 Between Body and Soul, Galerie d'art Leonard & Bina Ellen, Université Concordia,
Galérie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal 1997 Collectart, Musée de la Ville de Lachine, Québec
Oeuvres vives, Galerie l’UQAM, Montréal
New Works, Art Gallery of North York, Toronto
1996 L'Oeil du collectionneur, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Still Life, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary Sculptures, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver From Memory to Transformation, Toronto
1995 Écrits pour voir, Centre d’exposition CIRCA, Montréal
1994 Hidden Values, McMicheal Canadian Art Collection, Kleensburg, Ontario
Le Partage d’une vision, La Collection Lavalin du Musée d’art de Montréal De Causis et Fractatibus, Axe Néo-7, Hull, Québec
Le Nu Contemporain, Galerie Lacerte Palardy, Montréal
1993 Flash art, Die Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark Visual Language, SAW Gallery, Ottawa Absolute Realities, art initiatives, New York
1992 Québécois Contemporain, Galerie L'UQÀM, Montréal
Reflections on Environments, The Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont Dialogue, Centre international d'arts contemporain, Montréal
Themes of Imminence, Burlington Cultural Center, Burlington, Ontario
1991 Hors Murs, Gallery J. Yahouda, Montréal at 167 Spring Street, New York 1989 Montréal sur papier, Galerie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal
Identité, Galerie J. Yahouda Meir, Montréal
1988 Les temps chauds, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, (exposition itinérante: Toulouse, Liège, etc.)
Figurative Force, Stratford Art Gallery, Stratford, Ontario
1985 Works by Selected Graduates: 10th Anniversary Celebration, Concordia University, Montréal
Canada Council Art Bank, Galerie Montcalm, Hull, Québec
Focus On Faculty, Dawson College, Montréal
1984 Québec Artists, Moosart Gallery, Miami, Florida
Tout l’art du monde, Gare maritime, Montréal
Canada Council Art Bank, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
La collection de prêt d’œuvres d’art du Musée de Québec, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
1984 Face à face, Powerhouse Gallery, Montréal
1983 Exposition 9” x 9”, Galerie J. Yahouda Meir, Montréal
1979 Arts Femmes, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal
1978 Dessins d’une vingtaine d’artistes de Montréal, Galerie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal
First Canadian Biennale of Prints and Drawings, Alberta College Art Gallery, Calgary First Biennale for Québec Artists, Galerie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal

Selected Awards and Prizes

1993 Canada Council, "B" Grant
1991/93 Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des affaires culturelles, bourse “A” Thomas More Institute, Montréal - first prize
1987/80 Canada Council, Project Grant
Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère des affaires culturelles, aide “Accessibilité”
1977 First Biennale for Québec Artists, Galerie du Centre des arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal


Selected Commissions

2004 Conseil superior de la langue française
2000 Federation CJA, Reach, Sylvia Safdie and John Heward
1986 Beth El Synagogue, Montréal, Veyehe Ore, Triptych
1980 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Tellurian, costumes et scénographie

Selected Links

sylviasafdie.com
Canadian Art Database