Progression, 77''x55'', acrylic and acrylic gel transfers on linen, 2020
Education
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
College Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2024 "Mind Pictures", Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2023 ''Marcher des Yeux", Galerie Cache, Montréal, Canada
''At The End of Numbers'', L.L. Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2021 "Reflections on a Quiet City’’, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2019 ''Partition'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2016 ''Etienne Zack: Those Lacking Imagination Take Refuge In Reality'', Esker Foundation (catalogue), curator Naomi Potter, Calgary,
Canada
2016 ''Autofill Handbook’’, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 ''Etienne Zack'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 ''Etienne Zack'', Wilding and Cran Gallery, Unit B, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013 ''Aforementioned'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2012 ''In Itself'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''Vision Machine'', Surrey Art Gallery, curator: Jordan Strom, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
2011 ''BCC'', Torrance Art Museum (sculpture patio), Torrance, USA
2010 ''Etienne Zack'' (catalogue), Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
''Non-Narrative Notes'', Equinox Gallery 2, Vancouver, Canada
''Autopia'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''NameMediumSizeYear (Untitled Circuit)'', Vancouver Cultural Olympiad, Vancouver, Canada
2008 ''Lingering Shadows'', Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
''Occulture'', Art 45, Montreal, Canada
2007 ''Authorshop'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Art 45, Montreal, Canada
2006 ''According to This'', Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England, (two person exhibition)
Etienne Zack, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Wrong Gallery Edition #125, curator: Babak Golkar Lobby Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Galería Marina Miranda (catalog), Madrid, Spain
2002 ''Superpositions'', Annexe III, Galerie Trois Points, Montreal, Canada
''Awry'', Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
''Nothing Really Happens'', Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2001 ''tropes'', Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 "Résonance", La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France
After Party, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2023 ''Retell and Re-Imagine'', Megafield Gallery, Beijing, China
''Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection'', Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver, Canada
''The Art of Conversation'', Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
''Sunshine or Rain'', L.L. Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2021 ''Narrative Minds'', Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
''50 Years/ 50 Storie'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
''New Acquisitions 2021”, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada
''Everywhere We Are'', Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2020 Beijing Zhaoyu Space, VIP room, Beijing, China
''Definitely Superior Art Gallery, National/International art from the Private Collection of Dr. Bob Chaudhuri, sponsor of 2020 Future Vision Exhibition, Thunder Bay, ON,
Canada
2019 "The Keeper", curated by Emer McGarry, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Rarity Summer Contemporary Exhibition 2019, Mykonos, Greece
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''Transformations: Selected works from the AFK Collection'', Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
''Contemporary Practices since 2000'', National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2017 ''Leaning Out of Windows'', curator: Ingrid Koenig and Randy Lee Cutler, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
''Contemporary Practices Since 2000'', National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
''VOYONS VOIR : la Collection de la Ville de Montréal'', La maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Canada
''O Canada'', Beers London Gallery, London, England
''Contemporary Visions VII'', Beers London Gallery, London, England
''Etienne Zack'', Trepanier/Baer Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2016 ''The Meandering Line'', Schneiderei, curator: Steven Tong and Bernadette Phan, Vienna, Austria
''Away: The Artist as Traveler'', works from the permanent collection, Surrey Art Gallery, curator: Brian Foreman, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 ''Oh Canada'' (touring exhibition), curator: Denise Markonish, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
''HERE NOW- Six Works by 6 LA Artists'', Wilding and Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 ''Zach Harris-Etienne Zack'', Secret Recipe, Los Angeles, USA
''Oh Canada'' (touring exhibition), curator: Denise Markonish, Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Canada
''Painted Past: A History of Canadian Painting from the Collection'', curator: Ian Thom, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''Out of Site: New Acquisitions'', curator: Stephanie Rebick, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''Territoires Imaginés'', Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
''Territoires Imaginés'', Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, St-Jerome, Canada
''Support Papier'', Ateliers Marie-Victor, Kingsey Falls, Canada
2013 ''Building on Ruins'', Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
''Corner Thru'', Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, Germany
''Storage Wars'', 5490Projects - Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles, USA
''Soundtrack: Volume 1'', Division Gallery, Montreal, Canada
''Soundtrack: Volume 2'', Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
''Territoires Imaginés'', Loto-Québec Collection, Montréal, Canada
2012 ''Corner Thru'', Union Gallery (catalogue), London, England
''Oh Canada'' (catalogue), curator: Denise Markonish, MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA
''Up the Walls'', The Model, curator: Séamus Kealy, Sligo, Ireland
''Cut and Paste'', Equinox Project Space, Vancouver, Canada
''Dissolutions'', René Blouin Gallery, Montréal, Canada
"La Collection selon... Les Impatients'', Collection Loto-Québec, Montreal, Canada
2011 ''Art from the Audain Collection: Shore, Forest and Beyond'' (catalogue), Vancouver Art Gallery, curator: Ian Thom, Grant Arnold, Vancouver, Canada
''Unreal'', Vancouver Art Gallery, curator: Daina Augaitis, Vancouver, Canada
''Some Paintings'', Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010 ''It Is What It Is'' (catalogue), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2009 National Gallery of Canada, Permanent Collection Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada
2008 “Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme’’ (catalogue), The Quebec Triennal,
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007 Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2006 ''Paint'' (catalogue), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005 ''In a Certain Place'', Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, USA
''RBC Canadian Painting Competition'', Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
''RBC Canadian Painting Competition'', Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
''RBC Canadian Painting Competition'', Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''RBC Canadian Painting Competition'', Galerie Sussex Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
AP4-ART, Geneva, Switzerland
''No Place As Home: New Art From Vancouver'', curator: Séamus Kealy, AP4-ART, Geneva, Switzerland
''No Place As Home: New Art From Vancouver'', curator: Séamus Kealy, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna, Austria
''Living-it'', Center A, curator: Sally Lee, Vancouver, Canada
Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004 ''East International 2004'' (catalogue), Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England, selectors: Neo Rauch, Gerd Harry Lybke
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
KBK Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
''Futuribles: Las Américas'', ARCO, Madrid, Spain, curator: Bruce Grenville
''Disasteroids'', INFEST, Video In, Vancouver, Canada
2003 Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 ''Génération Montréal Generation'', Montreal, Canada
''Failure'', Belkin Satellite, Vancouve, Canada, curator: Séamus Kealy
2001 Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
''X-Pollination'', Palace Session, Vancouver, Canada, curator: Kelly Deck
''Passage 1999-2000'' (catalogue), Centre d’Exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada, curator: Jean Dumont
''Location of Space'', curator: Abigail Scholar, Antechamber Gallery, Regina, Canada
1999 Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Collections
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
The Model Museum, Sligo, Ireland
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
National Fine Arts Museum of Québec, Québec, Canada
Fine Arts Museum of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Global Affairs Canada
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Montréal, Canada
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Zabludowicz Collection, London, England
Canada Council Art Bank, Canada
Musée de Joliette, Joliette, Canada
City of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
National Bank of Canada, Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Canada
Bank of Montréal Collection, Montréal, Canada
Royal Bank Collection, Montréal-Toronto-Vancouver, Canada
Loto-Québec, Montréal, Canada
Polygon, Vancouver, Canada
Granite Club, Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Heenan Blaikie, Montréal, Canada
Canaccord Capital, Canada
Fasken Martineau Du Moulin, Vancouver, Canada
Senvest Collection, Montréal, Canada
Giverny Capital Art Collection
AFK Collection, North Vancouver, Canada
Artfairs
2022 Art Taipei Art Fair, (Asia Art Center) Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
2018 Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
2017 Papier 17, (Equinox Gallery) (Trepanier Baer), Montreal, Canada
2014 Feature Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
2011 Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, (Art 45), Toronto, Canada
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
Toronto International Art Fair, (Art 45), Toronto, Canada
2006 Frieze Art fair, (Thomas Dane Gallery), London, England
2005 Frieze Art Fair, (Thomas Dane Gallery), London, England
Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
Turin Art Fair, (AP4-ART), Turin, Italy
MiArt 2005, (AP4-ART), Milan, Italy
Scope New York, (Artcore Gallery), New York, USA
Art Bologna, (Artcore Gallery), Bologna, Italy
2004 Art Basel, (Artcore Gallery), Miami Beach, USA
Toronto International Art Fair, (Equinox Gallery), Toronto, Canada
Art Cologne, (Artcore Gallery), Cologne, Germany
FIAC, (Artcore Gallery), Paris, France
Scope London, (Artcore Gallery), London, England
MACO, (Artcore Gallery), Mexico City, Mexico
MACO, (KBK Arte Contemporaneo), Mexico City, Mexico
2003 Art Basel, (Artcore Gallery), Miami Beach, USA
FIAC, (Artcore Gallery), Paris, France
Brussels Art Fair, (Artcore Gallery), Brussels, Belgium
2002 Art Basel, (Artcore Gallery), Miami Beach, USA
Turin Art Fair, (Artcore Gallery), Turin, Italy
Art Cologne, (Artcore Gallery), Cologne, Germany
Toronto International Art Fair, (Third Avenue Gallery), Canada
Chicago Art Fair, (Artcore Gallery), Chicago, USA
Awards/Grants/residencies
Château de La Napoule, La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France, 2022
Sustainable Arts Foundation, recipient 2021
Caochangdi residency, Beijing, China, 2020
Caochangdi residency, Beijing, China, 2019
TaoHuaTan residency, TaoHuaTan, China, 2019
Salzburger Kunstverein residency, Salzburg, Austria, 2018
Canada Council for the Arts – Long-Term Grants to Visual Artists, 2015
Emily Award, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada, 2014
Residency at The Model Museum, Ireland, 2011
Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant 2011
Canada Council for the Arts –Project Grant 2010
City of Montréal Pierre-Ayot Prize – 1st Prize 2008
RBC Painting Competition (National Competition)– 1st Prize 2005
Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant 2005
Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant 2004
Canada Council for the Arts –Project Grant 2002
Brissenden Scholarship - 1999
Mary Catherine Gordon Memorial Scholarship - 1999
Artist Talks/Lectures
Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Schneiderei, Vienna, Austria
California State University, Long Beach, USA
School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, Canada
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, Canada
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
University of Alberta, Canada
Université du Québec, Québec City, Canada
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto in Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
Canadian Art - Gallery Hop (Equinox Gallery), Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, Canada
TACO A.C. – Talleres de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City CDMX, Mexico
Selected Bibliography (print only)
2018 Canadian Architect (front cover), March 2018
2016 The Sun Torn From The Sky, Esker Foundation (Solo Exhibition Catalogue), curator Naomi Potter, Calgary, Canada
2012 Mass MoCA (Exhibition catalogue), “Oh Canada”, curator: Denise Markonish, May 2012
2012 Artforum International, “Oh Canada”, Previews, by Kayla Guthrie, May 2012, p.154
2012 The Georgia Straight (Feature story), "Art Star: Etienne Zack hits home turf again", vol 46, #2312, April 12-19, 2012 by Robin Laurence
2010 National Gallery of Canada, "It Is What It Is: Recent Aquisitions of New Canadian Art" (Exhibition Catalogue, by Rhiannon Vogl,
National Gallery of Canada, 2010, ABC Art Books Canada, p.152-153
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal (Exhibition Catalogue), "Etienne Zack", by François Letourneux and Séamus Kealy,
Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Canada, ABC Art Books Canada, 86 pages
2010 Border Crossings, "Crossovers : Visual Arts- Etienne Zack", by James D. Campbell, volume 29, number 3, issue no.115, p.135-136
2010 The Georgia Straight, "Etienne Zack turns on the art machines with Autopia", March 25, 2010 by Robin Laurence
2010 Le Devoir, "Les musées, entre ombre et lumière", by Marie-Ève Charron, January 16, 2010, Arts Visuels
2010 Le Collectif, "Exposition : Etienne Zack", by Émilie Lagacé
March 22, 2010
2010 The Globe and Mail, "L’atelier du peintre et ses visions fantasmatiques", by Sarah Milroy, Saturday April 3, 2010
2010 Galleries West, "Etienne Zack, Autopia, Equinox Gallery, March3-31, 2010", Canada Exhibition Reviews
2010 Le Devoir, "L’atelier du peintre et ses visions fantasmatiques", by Marie-Ève Charron, Saturday and Sunday, February 14, 2010, De Visu, E6
2010 National Post, "Abstract Exposition", by Leah Sandals, Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Avenue : Questions and Artists, B7
2010 Métro, "Etienne Zack au MACM", by Marc-André Lemieux, February 12-14, 2010,
Culture, p.21
2010 Le Journal de Montréal, "Trois nouvelles expositions au musée d’art contemporain", by Dany Bouchard, Monday February 8, 2010,
Arts et Spectacles, p.58
2010 La Presse, "Etienne Zack : Le peintre et son double", by Mario Cloutier, Saturday March 6, 2010, Arts et Spectacles, p.17
2010 Vie des Arts, "Etienne Zack : Vertigineux Abîmes", by Émilie Granjon, #218-Spring 2010, p.40-41
2009 OVNI Magazine 03, "La peinture est une technologie", Fall 2009, p. 2, p. 21-25,p .72
2008 Carte Blanche, "Vol. 2: Painting", Magenta Foundation, 2008, p. 206-207
2008 Le Devoir, "Bravo les artistes: Remise de prix", by Jacque Grenier, Friday November 28, 2008, Week-End: Culture, B2
2008 Le Journal de Montréal, "La force créative de nos artistes", by Murielle Chatelier,
Saturday November 29, 2008, Art Visuels, p. 54
2008 Vie des Arts, "Prix Pierre-Ayot", no. 213, Winter 2008-2009, p.15
2008 Vie des Arts, "Nothing Is Lost, Nothing Is Created, Everything Is Transformed", by John K.Grande, no. 212, p. 8-9
2008 Montreal Mirror, "Epic, outstanding and creepy: Triennial and push", by Stacey DeWolfe, December 25-January 7, 2008, p. 56
2008 Canadian Art, "Object World", by Robin Laurence, Fall 2008, Vol. 25, no.3, p.114-117
2008 La Presse, "Suspense et mystère", by Jocelyne Lepage, Saturday May 31, 2008, Arts et spectacles: Arts visuels, p. 17
2008 The Globe and Mail, "Is Montreal the real capital of Canada?", by Sarah Milroy, Saturday May 31, 2008, Visual arts: Review, p. R5
2008 Vie des Arts, "L’art contemporain au service du public", by Bernard Lévy, no. 211, Summer 2008, p. 76
2008 Vie des Arts, "Un air de légèreté", by Bernard Lévy, no. 211, Summer 2008, p. 79, 83
2008 Concordia Journal, "Concordia artists take the MAC", by Barbara Black, June 12, p. 12
2008 The Blackwood Gallery ( Exhibition Text), by Séamus Kealy, The Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada
2008 Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (Exhibition Catalogue), ‘’Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme’’, The Quebec Triennial,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
2008 Página 12, Lilian Rodríguez, 06/10/08
2007 Radio-Canada TV, Capsule Culturelle, Le Téléjournal, 08/12/07
2007 Radio-Canada Radio, "Le pont des arts", interview by Yolène Mottet, 28/11/07
2007 Western Living, "Westerly: Western Artist Etienne Zack", by Jaqueline Moore, December 2007, p.13
2007 Art Le Sabord, Fall 2007, p.12-16
2007 Fashion Magazine, "Art and commerce", by Kevin Chong, October 2007, p. 128-133
2006 Vancouver Art Gallery (Exhibition Catalogue), “Paint”, Monika Szewczyk and Neil Campbell, Vancouver Art Gallery publication, Canada
2006 Prague Art future 2006 (Exhibition Catalogue), “Tina B”, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Canadian Art, "In Review - Etienne Zack, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver", by Sean Alward, Fall 2006, p. 139
2006 Modern Painters, "View from Vancouver - Art and Lifestyle in Hollywood North Peripheral Visions", by Christopher Mooney, July-August 2006, p. 100-101
2006 Galleries West, "Etienne Zack - Junk and the Realm of Ideas", by Dylan Cree, Fall/Winter 2006, p. 56-59
2006 The Vancouver Sun, "A cheerfully subversive artist", by Clint Burnham, Saturday, May 20, 2006, p.12
2006 The Georgia Straight, "Etienne Zack" by Robin Laurence, Vol. 40, No. 2003, May 11-18, p. 55
2005 The Georgia Straight, "Artists Exhibit Fresh Talent", Fall Arts Season Preview, Visual Arts, by Robin Laurence, Vol. 39, No. 1969, September 15-22
2005 Canadian Art, "Etienne Zack, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver", Rewind, Fall 2005, p. 154-155
2005 Border Crossings, "Etienne Zack Image Crusher", by Lee Henderson, p. 71-79, Issue No. 95
2005 Flash Art, "Etienne Zack", by Dion Kliner, p. 124, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 243, July-September
2004 Flash Art, "Mixed Paint: Survey of Contemporary Painters", p. 98, Vol. XXXVII, No. 239, November/December
2004 East International 2004 (Exhibition Catalogue), by Keith Wallace, Norwich School of Art
2004 Galería Marina Miranda (Exhibition Catalogue), "Overwhelming the Image", by Eugenio Castro