Simon S. Belleau


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Simon S. Belleau (1986) is an artist and filmmaker based in Montreal. Belleau’s work in sculpture, video, installation and painting borrows from the tropes of theatre and cinematography. The mechanisms that define theatre and politics are often catalysts in his work, with a particular interest in the negotiations that occur between the visible realm of spectacle and what is hidden behind the scenes. Historical events, texts and places often function as starting points from which the projects further explore the philosophical implications of narration, translation, montage and time.

He has realized projects for the Fonderie Darling, Montréal (2024); Liste Art Basel, Basel (2023); Galerie Eli Kerr, Montréal (2022); AXENÉO7, Gatineau (2021); Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (2021); Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy (2018); Galerie René Blouin, Montreal (2018); Sculpture Center, New York City (2018). Belleau completed an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Jacques and Natasha Gelman Fellowship. Between 2019 and 2021, he was an Artist-in-Residence and Lecturer in the Concordia University Sculpture department, and was one of the artists in residence at the Fonderie Darling for the 2019-2022 program. Belleau was selected for the CALQ’s six-month residency at the Québec Studio in Rome in 2023.

His work in is the collection of Musée des beaux arts Montréal, and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and By Art Matters Museum 天⽬⾥美术馆, Hangzhou, China

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Simon S. Belleau est un artiste et un cinéaste basé entre Montréal et Rome. Il a obtenu une maîtrise en 2015 de la School of the Art Institute of Chicago, où il a été récipiendaire du prestigieux Jacques and Natasha Gelman Fellowship. Belleau a participé à de multiples expositions au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe, notamment au Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, à la Fondation Antonio Ratti en Italie et au Sculpture Center à New York. De 2019 à 2021, il était artiste-en-résidence et enseignant invité dans le département sculpture de l’Université Concordia, et il a été l’un des artistes en résidence dans le programme des Ateliers montréalais de la Fonderie Darling entre 2019 et 2022. Belleau a été sélectionné en 2023 pour la résidence de six mois du CALQ au Studio du Québec à Rome.