Photo by Renée Condo
Renée Condo (b. 1979, Gesgapegiag, QC; lives and works in Tiohtià:ke, Montréal, QC) holds a BFA in Studio Arts and an MFA in Sculpture from Concordia University. Condo’s solo exhibitions include One who shatters particles, one who smells flowers, Blouin Division, Montreal, QC (2025); Shifting Perspectives, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, QC (2023); Sisip-Sipu, Knowing Differently, Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Que (2022); Heart Knowledge – Pemitgl, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, QC (2021). Her work has been included in group exhibitions including a duo exhibition, A Quiet Truth, at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); Abtrus, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, QC (2021); Honoring Kinship, BACA (Contemporary Native Art Biennial), Art Mûr, Montreal, QC (2020) among others.
As well as various art fairs including Dallas Art Fair, Galerie Blouin Division, Dallas, TX (2025); Art Basel Miami Beach, GAVLAK, Miami, FL (2024); The Armory Show, Galerie Blouin Division, New York, NY (2023); Art Toronto, Toronto, ONT (2021); Miami Untitled, Miami, FL (2024); Plural, Galerie Blouin Division, Montreal, QC (2025, 2024); Artgenéve, Geneva, Switzerland. Condo’s work can also be found in numerous public and private collections including Canada Goose, Montreal, QC and Las Vegas, NV; Citizens Bank, Palm Beach, FL; Google, Toronto, ON; LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Paris, France; McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto, ON; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC; RBC Bank, Toronto, ON; Scotia Bank, Toronto, ON; Telus, Toronto, ON; and TD Bank, Toronto, ON. Including public artworks in Laval and Gesgapegiag, QC.
She is currently a laureate of Fonderie Darling’s long-term residency program. Renée Condo is represented by Blouin Division in Montreal and GAVLAK in Palm Beach, FL.
EDUCATION
2018-2021 MFA Studio Arts (Sculpture and Ceramics), Concordia University, Montreal, Que
2013-2017 BFA (Studio Arts), Concordia University, Montreal, Que. (With Distinction) 1997-2001 DEC in Creative Arts, John Abbott College, St-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
GRANTS/AWARDS
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Program, Montreal, Que.
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Program, Montreal, Que.
2021 Conseil des arts de Montréal, Support for Indigenous Artists Program, Montreal, Que.
2020 Conseil des arts de Montréal, Support for Indigenous Artists Program, Montreal, Que.
2020 Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries and Scholarships, Fine Arts, Toronto, Ont.
2019-2020 Concordia University Indigenous Graduate Scholarship, Montreal, Que. 2019 Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries and Scholarships, Fine Arts, Toronto, Ont.
2018-2019 Concordia University: Concordia Merit Scholarship, Montreal, Que.
2013 Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries and Scholarships, Fine Arts, Toronto, Ont.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming - One who shatters particles, one who smells flowers, SOLO exhibition, Blouin Division, Montreal, Que
2023 SOLO exhibition, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Que
2022 SOLO exhibition, BACA (Contemporary Native Art Biennial) Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Sisip-Sipu, Montreal, Que.
2021 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Pemitg – Heart Knowledge, Montreal, Que.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 DALLAS ART FAIR, Galerie Blouin Division, Dallas, US
2025 DALLAS INVITATIONAL, Night Gallery, Dallas, US
2025 PLURAL, Galerie Blouin Division, Montreal, Que.
2024 DUO, A Quiet Truth, NIGHT GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
2024 ART BASEL, Gavlak Gallery, Miami, US
2024 MIAMI UNTITLED, Galerie Blouin Division, Miami, US
2024 ARTGENÈVE, Geneva, Switzerland
2024 PLURAL, Galerie Blouin Division, Montreal, Que.
2024 DALLAS ART FAIR, Galerie Blouin Division, Dallas, US
2024 Art/TO, Galerie Blouin Division, Toronto, Que.
2023 MIAMI UNTITLED, Galerie Blouin Division, Miami, US
2023 THE ARMORY SHOW, Galerie Blouin Division, New York, US
2023 Révélations International Biennial of Crafts and Creation, Paris, France 2022 PAPIER, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Que.
2022 ART TORONTO, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, Ont.
2021 PAPIER Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Que.
2021 ART TORONTO, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Toronto, Ont.
2021 Group Exhibition, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Abtrus, Montreal, Que.
2020 Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), 5th edition, Honoring Kinship, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Que.
2019 Group Exhibition, Peripheral Hours III, Site of the Not Yet, Montreal, Que.
2019 Group Exhibition, Maureen IV, Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, Que.
2017 Group Exhibition, 399, Mainline Gallery, Montreal, Que.
2017 Group Exhibition, Fifth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas, United Nations Event at The Palais de Congrès, Montreal, Que.
2017 Group Exhibition, 5th Edition of the Mixed Arts Festival, Ashukan Cultural Space, Montreal, Que.
2016 Group Exhibition, 4th Edition of the Mixed Arts Festival, Ashukan Cultural Space, Montreal, Que.
2015 Group Exhibition, Official Inauguration of the Ashukan Cultural Space, Ashukan Cultural Space, Montreal, Que.
2014 Group Exhibition, 2nd Edition of the Mixed Arts Festival, Sacred Fire Productions, Le Grand Chapiteau de L’Auberge Handfield, St-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Que.
2013 Group Exhibition, Mixed Arts Festival, 11 Nations Cultural Centre, Montreal, Que.
RESIDENCIES
Vaste et Vague artist residency (summer 2024), Carleton-sur-mer, Que.
2023-2026 Fondrie Darling Studios laureate, Montreal, Que.
PUBLIC ART
2023 Life-size bronze sculpture, Indigenous Veteran, Gesgapegiag, Que.
2021 12ft x 7ft Aluminum sculpture, “Double Courbe”, Laval, Que.
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Canada Goose, Montreal, Que. Las Vegas, Nevada
Citizens Bank, Palm Beach Florida
Google, Toronto, Ont.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Paris, France.
McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto, Ont.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Que.
RBC Bank, Toronto, Ont.
Scotia Bank, Toronto, Ont.
Telus, Toronto, Ont.
TD Bank, Toronto, Ont
