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Valerian Mazataud 36 Rue Queen - #404 - Montréal, QC - H3C 2N5 Canada - 438 883-2595- - Val@Focuszero.Com Valerian Mazataud 36 rue Queen - #404 - Montréal, QC - H3C 2N5 Canada - 438 883-2595- www.focuszero.com - [email protected] SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected) • 2020 the ends of the earth. 15 inkjet prints and video installation. Galerie R3, Trois-Rivieres, Can. • 2019 Great North. 20 inkjet prints and audio installation. Skol artist-run centre, Montreal, Canada. • 2019 the ends of the earth. 15 inkjet prints and video installation. Dieppe art centre, NB, Canada. • 2019 the ends of the earth. 15 inkjet prints and video installation. J&M Auger art centre, Victoriaville. • 2018 the ends of the earth. 15 inkjet prints and video installation. The Alberta visual arts centre, Can. • 2017 the ends of the earth. 15 inkjet prints and video installation. Art Image, Gatineau, Canada. • 2016 Liwa Mairin. 12 inkjet prints. Centre for sustainable development, Montreal, Canada. • 2014 We are no more. 25 inkjet prints. Plateau Mont-Royal cultural centre, Montreal, Canada. GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) • 2018 Critical views : a new photography (cur Jean De Julio-Paquin). 10 inkjet prints. Claude-Leveillee cult centre, Montreal, Canada. • 2017 la colonia. 3 inkjet prints, wood boxes. Fonderie Darling, Montreal, Canada. • 2017 La Balade pour la paix (cur Diane Charbonneau). 9 inkjet prints. Montreal museum of fine arts, Can. • 2016 the ends of the earth. Photo and video installation. Skol artist centre, Montreal, Canada. • 2015 Liwa Mairin. 1 inkjet print. What's up Photodoc international art fair, Paris, France. • 2015 Great North. 14 inkjet prints. Montreal city hall, Canada. • 2015 Liwa Mairin. 4 inkjet prints. Montreal World Press Photo, Bonsecours Market, Canada. • 2013 Eigion. Photographic artist book installation. Montreal Artotheque, Canada. ARTIST RESIDENCIES • 2019 Artist book residency at Centre VU, Quebec, Canada. • 2018 Artist residency at El Taller Cultural Centre, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. • 2016 Artist residency at DAÏMÔN artist-run centre, Gatineau, Canada. • 2015-17 Creation labs at Cercle Carre space, Montreal, Canada. • 2013 Quebec council for the arts residency at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, United-Kingdom. GRANTS • 2018 Canadian council for the arts. Grant «Concept to realization». Canada. • 2018 Canadian council for the arts. Travel grant. Canada. • 2015 SODEC. Equipment grants for visual artists. Canada. • 2014 Quebec council for the arts. Travel grant. Canada. • 2013 Forum Freelance Fund/Rory Peck Trust. Training grant. USA. • 2012 Quebec professional journalist federation. Antoine Desilet Grant. Canada. • 2012 Quebec professional journalist federation. Arthur Prevost Grant. Canada. • 2010 Quebec association of freelance journalists. AJIQ-Le Devoir Grant. Canada. FESTIVALS (selected) • 2016 the ends of the earth. 20 inkjet prints and video. Gaspesie int photography meeting, Canada. • 2015 Great North. 10 inkjet prints. Voies Off Festival, Arles, France. • 2014 We are no more. 12 inkjet prints. Contact photography festival, Toronto, Canada. • 2014 Commuters. 6 inkjet prints (with M. Huneault). Contact photography festival, Toronto, Canada. • 2014 We are no more. 24 inkjet prints. Art souterrain festival, Montreal, Canada. • 2013 We are no more. 24 inkjet prints. Zoom photography festival, Saguenay, Canada. • 2011 The Olive War. 14 inkjet prints. Zoom photography festival, Saguenay, Canada. AWARDS (selected) • 2018 Mecenes investis pour les arts grants. Montreal arts council. Finalist. • 2015 Aga Khan foundation Canada. Journalism award in development. Nominee. • 2014 The Manuel Riviera-Ortiz foundation for documentary photography, Switzerland. Shortlist. • 2013 French development agency. Photo essay of the year. Nominee. • 2013 Nikon world photo contest, Japan. Single category 2nd place. • 2013 Canadian national magazine awards. Photo essay of the year. Nominee. • 2012 Quebec professional journalist federation. Portrait of the year. Nominee. • 2011 Zoom photography festival, Saguenay, Canada. Nature and man award. Winner. MULTIMEDIA PROJECTIONS (selected) • 2017 the ends of the earth. Single-channel video. Les Instants Video, France, Argentina, Italy. • 2017 the ends of the earth. Single-channel video. Guyana photography meeting, France. • 2016 the ends of the earth. Single-channel video. Saguenay short film festival, Canada. • 2015 the ends of the earth. Single-channel video. Transizioni Festival, Bologna, Italia. • 2014 the ends of the earth. Single-channel video. Zoom photography festival, Saguenay, Canada. ARTIST BOOKS • 2013 Eigion. 8 pages. 60X80 cm. Inkjet prints on photo-paper, fabric and wood. • 2013 jours #. 32 pages. 10X30 cm. Inkjet prints on archive paper and fabric. PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS (selected) • 2017 the ends of the earth. 2 pages portfolio. Le Courrier International, France. • 2016 the ends of the earth. 15 images portfolio. Wideview, Canada. Text by Laurence Butet-Roch. • 2016 Liwa Mairin. 2 pages portfolio. Camera Austria. • 2015 Cotapata. 2 pages portfolio. The Other Hundred, ed Global Institute for Tomorow, Hong-Kong. • 2013 Grand Nord. 8 pages portfolio. Nouveau Projet, Canada. • 2011 Unit 27. One image. One Life Photo, USA. MEDIA COVERAGE (selected) • 2017 Photosolution-Photolife : Great North. January issue, Canada. • 2017 Ricochet : A mari usque ad mare - One ocean to the other. June 21st, Canada. • 2016 The eye of photography : the ends of the earth at Rencontre de Gaspesie. Sept 30th, Canada. • 2016 TV5 World : Risking one's life for diving. Septembre 14th, France. • 2015 Radio Canada International : A window on Montreal North. July 10th, Canada. • 2014 Le Devoir : Leave everything behind. February 24th, Canada. • 2014 The Montreal Gazette : Photographer trains lens on Syrian refugees. March 7th, Canada. • 2014 TV5 World, Maghreb Orient Express : We are no more. March 9th, France. • 2014 Radio Canada, Medium Large : We are no more. February 21st, Canada. • 2014 Nightlife magazine : Syrian refugees portraits. March 12th, Canada. • 2011 Radio Canada, Medium Large : The olive war. November 7th, Canada. • 2010 Radio-Canada, La semaine verte : The olive war.October 23rd,, Canada. ARTIST JURIES • 2018 Mentor Freelens Price, France, Canada. Pre-selection jury. • 2015-16 International multimedia award «New Writings». Canada, France, Italia. Pre-selection jury. • 2015 cedezlepassage.com, online curated gallery, Canada. Jury. PANELS AND CONFERENCES HOSTING • 2018 When documentary photography meets contemporary art. Panel at fest photo Saguenay, Can. • 2018 Artist talk. The Alberta visual arts centre (CAVA), Canada. • 2018 New writings in photojournalism. ACSHA symposium at UQAM, Montreal, Canada. • 2017 Artist talk. DAÏMÔN artist-run centre, Gatineau, Canada. • 2016 Panel on photojournalism and author's perspective. Zoom photography festival, Canada. • 2015 Photography and international news. Aga Khan Canada foundation, Montreal, Moncton, Can. • 2013-19 Foreign reporting 101. Quebec association of freelance journalists, Canada. • 2014 International photojournalism rules and ethics. UQAM university, Canada. • 2012 A photographer's view on Kenya's draught. Oxfam Quebec, Canada. PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING • 2011-2013 Mentoring/masterclass : Benoit Aquin (Pictet price 2008), David Alan Harvey (Magnum), Christopher Morris (VII), Stanley Green (Noor), Jerome Delay (AP). • 2010 Professional photography training. Marsan College, Montreal (60 hours). OTHER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCES • 2014 RISC training (Reporter Instructed in Saving Colleagues). New York, USA. • 2013 Reporting Safely in Crisis Zones. Univ Columbia (with Rory-Peck Trust grant). New York, USA. • 2003-04 World Tour on a bicycle : 16 months, 35 countries, 21000 km, presenting free circus shows. • 2002 Master of science in Aquatic Production management. Montpelier University II, France. • 1996-2002 Master of science in Agriculture. Beauvais higher institute of Agriculture (ISAB), France. MEDIA CLIENTS (selected) • Le Courrier International, The Walrus, der Spiegel, Le Monde, Le Point, Les Inrockuptibles, Liberation, TV5, Radio Canada, Nouveau Projet, The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, La Presse. FOREIGN WORK AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCES (selected) • China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Westbank, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Tunisia, Tibet, Nepal, Haiti, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, USA, Canada, France, Colombia. Nicaragua..
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