Maggy Hamel-Metsos
b.1997 Montréal, Canada
EDUCATION
2021, BFA Diploma in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2019-20, BFA continuation at Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, DE
2017, Visual Art Diploma, Cégep de Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITION
2026, (Upcoming), Axenéo7, solo exhibition, Gatineau, Canada
2025, (Upcoming), Fonderie Darling, solo exhibition, Montreal, Canada
2024, Solo presentation, Galerie Eli Kerr, Liste Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2024, Vues de la plaine, solo exhibition curated by Philippe Bourdeau, Galerie du
Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, Canada
2023, O.W.M.B/Shell1, duo show at Joe Project, Montreal, Canada
2022, Life’s Marching Band, Pumice Raft, Toronto, Canada
2022,
Whole Wide World, Parc Offsite, Montreal, Canada
2021, Caretakers, Parc Offsite, solo exhibition curated by Eli Kerr & Philippe Bourdeau, Montreal, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, Hors-champs, Le Livart, curated by Erika Del Vecchio, Montreal, Canada
2024, The Living Picture, Organized by Katie Lyle, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada
2024, Saint-Laurent, Galerie Eli Kerr, Montreal, Canada
2023, Good Foot Forward, curated by Kitty Scott, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2023, Group presentation, Galerie Eli Kerr, NADA, New York City, US
2023, Group presentation, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2023, Group presentation, Plural, Montreal, Canada
2022, Group presentation, Foire Papier, Montreal, Canada
2021, Art Museum University of Toronto, BMO 1st Art Winners Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2021, Untitled, La Station, curated by AUS Sculpture Association, Montreal, Canada
2020, Le Corps Référentiel, Le Livart, curated by Sabrina Jolicoeur and Frances Kathryn Warner, Montreal, Canada
2020, Winterwerkschau, VDV, curated by Fiese Früchte, Weimar, Germany
2019, We made silence speak, he did not show himself, Rad Hourani Gallery, curated by Philippe Bourdeau, Montreal, Canada
2019, The suffocating, impractical desire to name, presented by Art Matters at the Loyola Chapel, Montreal, Canada
2019, Sous nos souffles/ Vulnerability Lingers, presented by Art Matters at Popop Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2018, Rats, Atlas Éclairage, presented by Collection Libérée, Montreal, Canada
2018, It’s Going to be a Fine Night Tonight, Studios Parthenais, presented by Collection Libérée, Montreal, Canada
2018, BLUEPRINTS, VAV Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, presented by Art Souterrain and Art Matters
2018, Two hands, touching, VAV Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2016, Screening of the performance Hell y Homme at REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Chicoutimi, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2023-2026 Laureate of the Fonderie Darling’s residency program, Sponsored by Le Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2021, Céline Bureau, Montreal, Canada
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023, William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for emerging artists by the Hnatyshyn Foundation
2021, Recipient of a Canada Arts Council Grant
2021, BMO 1st Art Prize (Quebec Winner)
2021, FOFA Grant, Concordia University
2020, Cecil Buller – John JA Murphy Scholarship in Drawing
2019, FOFA and CSU Grants, Concordia University
2017, 3D Excellence Scholarship, Cégep de Saint-Laurent
SELECTED PRESS
2024, Exhibition review of O.W.M.B/Shell 1 by Joyce Joumaa, Vie des arts
2023, Exhibition review of Life’s Marching Band by Paula McLean, Peripheral Review
2023, Exhibition review of Whole Wide World by Hanss Lujan Torres, Esse
2023, Essay titled Anéantir ou Essai n’ayant ni queue ni tête, un corps sans limites, sans direction, Maggy-Hamel Metsos, Ex-Situ
2021, Exhibition review of Caretakers by Sarah Nesbitt, Akimbo
2021, Article Maggy Hamel-Metsos awarded BMO 1st art! prize as Quebec national winner for her artistic work par Rémy Ros, The Link Newspaper
2021, Article Une récente diplômée de Concordia est lauréate du concours 1res Œuvres! de
BMO pour le Québec par Andy Murdoch, Site web de Concordia
2019, Interview radio sur une composition pour orgue dans le cadre de l’exposition The suffocating, impractical desire to namepar Benjamin B. Allard, Radio Atelier
2019, Article ‘Vulnerability Lingers’ at Art Matters par Marissa Ramnanan, The Link Newspaper