CAROLE FRÈVE
GLASS BLOWER
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
By way of her sculptures, the artist tells us stories interwoven with glass and copper: “My pieces are often imagined as scenes; they tell a story, or they evoke a memory.” Through sculptural narration, the artist invites us into her intimate poetic universe, which is tinged with real or imagined reflections, reveries, and memories.
Throughout her career, Carole Frève’s work has combined two interrelated research topics: one symbolic, the other technical. The artist’s creative process is distinguished by a combination of several techniques, including glassblowing, kiln casting, lost wax casting, and copper electroforming on glass. Added to this are metal wire knitting and low-tech electronics.
Bruno Andrus
Curator of the « Entrelaced Stories » exhibition, 2021
BIO
Carole Frève is a Montreal-based glass artist whose practice is a model of excellence in contemporary fine crafts. During her 25-year career, her original works have been exhibited at art fairs in the United States as well as in several Canadian and American galleries. In 2000 she did an artist residency at the Creative Glass Center of America and in 2009 at the North Lands Glass Creative in Scotland. In the summer of 2017, she resided at Porphyry Island in Lake Superior to continue her research into the use of solar energy to power her new works. She has obtained grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des Lettres du Québec. In addition, his works have been presented in the publications Glass Quaterly, 500 Glass objects, Fiberart and Neus Glass/New Glass.
C.V.
Carole Frève
Glass artist
Born in Gatineau, Canada, 1967
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Education
1993-96 Technique des métiers d’arts- Glass option
Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
1988-92 Industrial design
Graduated from University of Montreal, Canada
1991 Student exchange ( 3 months )
Birmingham Polytechnique, Glass and Ceramic Department
Birmingham, UK
Residencies
2017 The Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior
Porphyry Island, Ontario, Canada
2009 North Lands Creative Glass
2 months, Lybster, Scotland
2000 Creative Glass Center of America fellowship(CGCA)
3 months, Wheaton Arts, Millville, New-Jersey, U.S.A
Selected honors and grants
2017 Canada Council for the Arts, research grant
2016 Quebec Council for the Arts, research & creation grant
2009 Quebec Council for the Arts, research & creation grant
2005 Selected entry, Jutta Cuny-Franz memorial award
Canada Council for the Arts, research grant
2004 Selected for New Glas Review 26, published in Neues Glas
2002 Selected for New Glas Review 24, published in Neues Glas
Quebec Council for the Arts, creation/production grant
2001 Canada Council for the Arts, creation/production grant
2000 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel grant
1999 Canada Council for the Arts, creation/production
1998 Quebec Council for the Arts, research in electroplated copper
1997 Bourse Houdé-Mendel, grant for research in kiln casting
Solo show
2021 Histoires entrelacées / Entrelaced Stories, retrospective, Musée des Métiers d’art du Québec, Montréal, Canada
2018 Connectivité / Connectivity, Espace Verre gallery, Montreal, Canada
2015 Veiled memories, Bender gallery, Asheville, NC, USA
2007 Nostalgia, Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
SOFA Chicago, 2000 to 2012 and 2015
SOFA New York, 2000 to 2005 and 2008
SOFA Palm Beach 3, 2005 to 2009
SOFA Santa Fe 2009 and 2010
2018 Glass Catalyst, WCU Fine Art Museum, NC, USA
Blue/Green: color/code/context, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2017 Still Crazy… 30 years in art, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
Professeurs et gradués d’Espace verre, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal
2016 L’imaginaire de l’objet, Quebec Museum of fine Arts, Canada
2015 Mutations, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montréal, Canada
2015 Influence and Evolution, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2013 Kaléïdoscope: Variations sur le verre, Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec, Canada
2012 The Last Glass Show, Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
The Last Glass Show, Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Beyond Tradition, Caithness Horizon Museum, Scotland, GB
Caserne no.28, Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
2011 Linen Diaspora, R-Space, Lisburn, Ireland, GB
Linen Diaspora, Biennale internationale du Lin de Portheuf, Canada
2010 Kaléidoscope, Espace Création Loto-Québec, Montreal, Canada
Montreal, the city, Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
Verre aujourd’hui, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal
Vitreous North, Timespan Arts Center, Scotland
2009 Humain, Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
The residents, North Lands Creative Glass Gallery, Lybster, Scotland, UK
Vente de garage, Museum of Civilization, Quebec, Canada
2008 Talk to me : The voice of kiln-formed Glass, Craft Alliance, Mo, USA
Fusion, Espace création Loto-Québec, Montreal, Canada
2007 Sur invitation, Glass Inspiration, Burgdorf, Switzerland
The fellows, Gallery of Fine Craft, Wheaton Arts, NJ, USA
Visual Seduction, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A
2006 30th anniversary, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Canada
Le verre « Hot », Materia, Québec, Canada
2005 The fellows: Cast glass, Gallery of Fine Craft, Wheaton Village, NJ, USA
Northern Neighbors, Andora Gallery, Arizona, U.S.A.
Dialogues entre formes et matières, Galerie des métiers d’art, Montreal
2004 Three young Sculptors, Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Parcours/Then and now, Galerie Espace Verre, Montreal , Canada
2003 20/20 Vision, Museum of American Glass, New Jersey, U.S.A
Nouvelles perspectives, Galerie des métiers d’art du Québec, Montreal
Canadian Glass Art, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, U.S.A
Artform,with Galerie des métiers d’art du Québec, Florida, U.S.A
Tout feu Tout flamme, Galerie Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
2002 Finalists François-Houdé Prize, Galerie des métiers d’art, Montreal
The month of the glass, Ariana Gallery, Michigan, U.S.A
Verre contemporain du Québec, Stewart Hall, Montreal, Canada
Expressions contemporaines du verre, Galerie des métiers d’art du Qc
2001 Contemporary Quebec Glass, The Corning Gallery, New York, U.S.A
25th anniversary, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Canada
Glass Weekend ‘01, CGCA: Fellows 1999-2000,
The Gallery of American Craft, Wheaton Village, New Jersey, U.S.A
Traversier des arts, Citadelle de Brouage, France
2000 Four Emerging Artists, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Canada
Finalists François-Houdé Prize, Galerie des métiers d’art, Montreal
Material World, Martha Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
Fonctions vitales, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada
Oeuvre à deux, Galerie des métiers d’art du Québec, Montreal, Canada
1999 Glass Artists from Montreal, Galerie Elena Lee
1998 Parfum Bottles, Galerie Elena Lee
Circle / Tondi, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, Canada
Collectors’ choice, Galerie Éric Devlin, Montreal, Canada
1997 L’art du verre, Galerie McClur, Westmount, Canada
North of the Border, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Arizona,
Convergence, Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulange, Canada
1996 Biennale canadienne du verre, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal, Canada
Feu sacré, Galerie, Harrison, Montreal, Canada
Related Experiences
2018 Développement d’un l’atelier de 2 jours Innover et créer dans sa production métiers d’art, pour le Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec
2017 Lecturer, Re:Do, GAAC Conference, Oakville, Ontario
2014 CA, Espace Verre, Montreal
Guest lecturer, Le succès de l’un est le succès de tous, CMAQ
2013 Coach e-learning, Artistic Business Management, Espaces Autonomes
2009 Teaching: Career development as a glass artist, Espace Verre
2004 Teaching: Electroformed copper technics
2004 Presence on assessement committes, Quebec Craft Council
2010-2013 Art and Craft Specialist, Integration of the arts à with architecture and the environment, Ministère de la Culture, Gouvernement du Québec
2006 - 2013 Juror for the Quebec Council for the Art, CALQ
2011 Guest lecturer, Round table on Glass art, Fine Art Museum of Montreal Guest lecturer, Materia gallery, Quebec
2003 Guest lecturer, Glass and mixte media, GAAC Conference, Toronto
1998 Conception and production of “La Débacle”, sand casting,
200 cm x 50 x 20 cm, Permanent exhibition of McCord museum, Montreal
1996 - 1998 Membre of the Hot shop Fusion a studio for CMVQ graduated
1996 - 1997 Teaching assistant, glassblowing I with Paul Schwieder and cold work with Michèle Lapointe, collegial program, CMVQ
1995 - 1996 Assistant, glassblowing 1 and 2 with Laura Donefer, Espace Verre
Media
25 ans de fusion, exhibition catalog, 2018, p.18, Espace Verre
Glass quaterly no 151, summer 2018, Connexité/Connectivity Review, P. Beaudet, p.57
American Craft, octobre 2015, vol.75-no.5, p.36
Influence and Evolution: Fiber Sculpture…then and now,
Exhibition catalogue, section Evolution, p.80-83, Browngrotta Arts, 2015
Beyond Tradition : Contemporary Glass in a Museum Environment
Exhibition catalogue, Curator Micheal Bullen, august 2012, photo p.7
Sofa Déco, summer 2010, Carole Frève, artiste du verre contemporain, Jean Frenette, p.298-299
American Craft, June/July 2010, p.71
New Glass, summer 2010, photo p.42
500 Glass Objects, 2006, Lark Books, NY, photos p.185, 244, 245
Glass quaterly, no. 94, spring 2004, Carole Frève: Interstices,
Heater Ritchie, p.36-41 with photos
Fiberart, summer 2003, Glass and Textile, p.36
Glass Gazette, july 2002, Carole Frève, Robin Rice, p.15
Verre, october 2001, Montréal:l’école de verre, Colette Save, photo p.64
Boulevard, july/august 2001, The Arts and where to find them, photo p.32
Creative Glass Center of America web site, decembre 2000, www.wheatonvillage.org, Carole Frève, essay by Robin Rice, texte and photo
Parcours, printemps 2000, Entre ciel et verre, Anne Morasse, photo p.14
Neues Glass/New glass, 02/99, Some Reflection on the Competition,
Melissa G. Post, p.106
The Gazette, 09/10/1997, Glass artists sparkle in new exhibition, p. G8/WE
Glass quarterly, no. 64, fall 96, La biennale canadienne du verre, Gloria Hickey, p.52
Glass Gazette, fall 96, La biennale canadienne du verre, Gloria Hickey, p.15
Collections
Museum of American glass, Wheaton Arts, New Jersey
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Quebec Museum of fine Arts)
Canadian Foreign Affairs Collection, Berlin Embassy
Adele and Leonard Leight collection, Speed museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Lowe Art Museum, Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion, Miami
Loto Quebec
Montreal City
Kerry Strokes collection, Australia
And other several privates collections
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