CV
Born: 1970 in Quebec
Currently lives and works in: Montreal, Quebec
EDUCATION
1991 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1978-88 La Palette School of Art, Beaconsfield Quebec (Private Art Lessons)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
"An Uncanny Lineup of Serendipitous Connections" at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (May-June)
2008
“Muses and Heroes” at Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC (April)
2007
“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” at Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto Canada (May)
2006
“Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places” at M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, CA (November)
“Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” at Leonardo DaVinci Cultural Center, St-Leonard, Quebec. (December)
2005
“Vicissitudes” at Cirque du Soleil International Headquarters, Montreal, Quebec. (November)
2004
“Pyrophoric” at Gallery Yves Laroche, Montreal, Quebec. (June)
2003
“Solopsism” at O Patro Vys, Montreal, Quebec. (September)
1997
“Inner Workings” at McAllen International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, Texas. (October)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
“Aspect: Ratio 1” at Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC (December)
“Locked and Loaded” at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (April)
2007
“Vanguard” at Palm Court, Miami, FL (December)
“Literartistry” at Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (August)
“Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Illustration West, 45” at Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (March-April)
“Everything but the Kitchen Sync” at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (March-April)
2005
“Fantasia Film Festival” at Société des Arts et Technologie, Montreal, Quebec (July)
“Everything but the Kitchen Sync” at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (March)
2004
“Selected work from the collection of the Cirque du Soleil” at l'Anse au Ciel, Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec (June)
“Mother Home of the Dolly Bird” at The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA (September)
2003
“Brave Destiny” at Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York (October)
2001
“Les Retrouvailles” at Galerie Yves Laroche, Montreal, Quebec
1997
“National Watercolor Society One Year Travelling Exhibition” (The National Watercolor Society is part of the Archives of American Art, a division of the Smithsonian Institution)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Metamorphosis Volume 2.” Brunswick, Australia: BeinArt Publishing, November, 2008
“Heidi Taillefer. ” GRAB Magazine 4, June, 2008: 22-25
Design 360˚ Hong Kong: Sandu Publication Co., Ltd Volume 014, March, 2008: 166
“Exhibition Review, Heidi Taillefer: Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places.” Juxtapoz Magazine Volume 13, no. 12. December. 2006: 64
“Au pays de Heidi.” Voir Magazine, December, 2005
Le Progrès Villeray, November, 2005
Vie des Arts No. 197, Winter, 2004-2005: 46
Cirque du Soleil exhibition catalogue "Oeuvres Choisis", Collection Cirque du Soleil, p.13, 2004.
“Clockwork Apples and Oranges.” Montreal Mirror Volume 19, No 13, September, 2003: Cover, 38.
Gazette des Femmes Volume 22, No. 5, January-February, 2001
Parcours Volume 6, No. 4, Fall, 2000
“Nature Méchanique.” Parcours Volume 5, No. 3, Fall, 1999: 40
Applied Arts Magazine November/December, 1998: 54
Applied Arts Magazine November/December, 1998: 54
Valley Magazine March, 1997: 4, section 1.
El Manana March, 1997
Schlemm, Betty Lou & Webster, Larry. The Best of Watercolor II, Beverly, MA: Rockport Publishing, 1997
Fenner, Arnie & Fenner, Cathy. Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Nevada City, CA: Underwood Books, 1996.
“Illustrator’s funky style and love of gadgetry shows in her work.” Montreal Gazette December, 1996
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, “Hacking the Future”. New York, NY: St. Martins Press, Palgrave Macmillan,1996: Cover, 16
La Presse, September, 1995
American Artist: Watercolor ’95, Spring, 1995
The Daily Breeze, January, 1995
Artspeak. New York, NY: Artliaison Publication, 1994
INCLUDED IN COLLECTIONS
McAllen International Museum of Art and Science; McAllen, TX
Cirque du Soleil; Montreal, Quebec
Guy Laliberté; St-Bruno, Quebec
Martin Sanders; NY, NY
Christian Kracht Sr; Switzerland
Morgan Spurlock; NY, NY