OLICORNO
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Olicorno is a self-taught performance artist and contemporary painter from Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. He works and lives in Montreal since 2009. He works mainly painting, installation art and performance art. Also a pianist and composer, his multidisciplinary work often uses his compositions in the making of art videos or video documentation.
He completed a Bachelor Degree of Business Administration from HEC Montreal in 2012. He then accumulated some professional experience in an art gallery and a music label. He launched as a full-time artist in 2013, following the success of his first performative painting series "Beauty Is What You See".
Olicorno has performed several performance series in Montreal, Winnipeg, New York and Barcelona. He has performed at various events including TEDx Montréal and La Relève Sympose, at Le Centre National D’Exposition de Jonquière. His visual work is in many private residences throughout Canada and is in public collections including Arthotèque (Montréal),Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant), La Maison Des Artistes Visuels (Winnipeg) and HEC Montreal.
Ambition, symbolism, science, body knowledge, sensory experimentation, and philosophical questioning are recurring themes in his work.
He completed a Bachelor Degree of Business Administration from HEC Montreal in 2012. He then accumulated some professional experience in an art gallery and a music label. He launched as a full-time artist in 2013, following the success of his first performative painting series "Beauty Is What You See".
Olicorno has performed several performance series in Montreal, Winnipeg, New York and Barcelona. He has performed at various events including TEDx Montréal and La Relève Sympose, at Le Centre National D’Exposition de Jonquière. His visual work is in many private residences throughout Canada and is in public collections including Arthotèque (Montréal),Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant), La Maison Des Artistes Visuels (Winnipeg) and HEC Montreal.
Ambition, symbolism, science, body knowledge, sensory experimentation, and philosophical questioning are recurring themes in his work.
Education
2018 Université des passages by Luc Bigé - Studies on symbolism
2017 Concordia University - Independant student in art history
2017 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA learning - NYC) - Modern art history
2012 HEC Montreal - Bachelor Degree in Business Administration – Marketing
2009 CÉGEP de Jonquière - Diplôme d’études collégiales in humanities
2008 Royal Military College - Humanities and military studies
Exhibition Work
Solo (Selected)
2018 Beauty Is What You See, Centre National d’Exposition de Saguenay
2017 Kids - Des tempêtes et des corps, Galerie Angers, Montréal
2017 Anatomic work, presented at Médecins Francophone du Canada’s annual congress, Montreal
2017 Bones #2, Artothèque, Montreal
2016 Bones, L’Espace Contemporain, Montreal
2016 Travaux Récents, Galerie Carte Blanche, Montreal
2016 Beauty Is What You See, La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Winnipeg
2015 New Work, Fattal Studio, Montreal
2015 Matter+Motion, Rack Gallery, Montréal
2014 «Step Inside The Process», Le Performance Art vu par Olicorno, Rack Gallery, Montreal (Quebec)
Group (Selected)
2017 Group Show, Galerie Angers, Montréal
2016 LOVE, Galerie 203, Montreal, Quebec
2016 Group show, Orange County Center Fort Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, Californie, USA
2015 Exposition des Lauréats du 9e Symposium du CNE, Galerie Dépliée, Ville de La Baie, (Québec)
2015 La Relève Sympose - Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière, (Quebec)
2015 Mtl en Arts, Montreal (Quebec)
2015 Ekinoxe, Rack Gallery, Montreal (Quebec)
2015 Galerie Éphémère, La Salle De Montre, Montreal (Quebec)
2014 TEDx Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec)
2014 The Vernissage, Green Point Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Art Carrousel, Nomad Nation, Montreal (Quebec)
2013 FAST, Festival d’Art Émergent de Sorel-Tracy (Quebec)
Performances
2013-2018 Beauty Is What You See, 110 performances (Montreal, Winnipeg and New York City)
2015 Dialogue sur les Grands Systèmes du Monde, Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière (Quebec)
2015 #BillboardExperimentation, Montreal (Quebec)
2014-2015 Temple, (On going)
2013-2014 Mindset, Various locations (Quebec)
2013 #GloryRoad, Various locations (Saguenay, Quebec City, Montreal)
2013 OPAP2013, Various locations (Quebec)
2011 Personal Symbolism, Montreal (Quebec)
Awards
2015 Audience Award, La Relève Sympose, Centre National d’Exposition (Selected from 27 artists)
2014 First place, Concours ExpoPlus Abribus (Selected from 1000+ artist) Montreal
Grants
2015 Bourse du SAJE (for young entrepreneurs)
Art Residencies
2015 Star-Crossed Lovers, (Painting) , 3 months, Rack Gallery, Montreal
Publications
2017 Contemporary Performance Almanac 2017, by Caden Manson & Jenna Nelson, NYC, USA
2016 Olicorno 2013-2016, by Heather Lynn and Olicorno, Montreal, Canada
2016 Contemporary Performance Almanac 2016, by Caden Manson & Jenna Nelson, NYC, USA
Collections
Canadian Senate, Ottawa
La Maison Des Artistes Visuels Francophones de Winnipeg
Galerie Angers, Montréal
Artothèque, Montreal
Alliance de la Fonction Publique, Montreal
Centre National d’Exposition, Saguenay
Touché! phd, Montreal
Substance Stratégies, Montreal
Mont-Tremblant
HEC Montréal, Montreal
Private Collections (90+, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Paris, Barcelona)
2018 Université des passages by Luc Bigé - Studies on symbolism
2017 Concordia University - Independant student in art history
2017 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA learning - NYC) - Modern art history
2012 HEC Montreal - Bachelor Degree in Business Administration – Marketing
2009 CÉGEP de Jonquière - Diplôme d’études collégiales in humanities
2008 Royal Military College - Humanities and military studies
Exhibition Work
Solo (Selected)
2018 Beauty Is What You See, Centre National d’Exposition de Saguenay
2017 Kids - Des tempêtes et des corps, Galerie Angers, Montréal
2017 Anatomic work, presented at Médecins Francophone du Canada’s annual congress, Montreal
2017 Bones #2, Artothèque, Montreal
2016 Bones, L’Espace Contemporain, Montreal
2016 Travaux Récents, Galerie Carte Blanche, Montreal
2016 Beauty Is What You See, La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Winnipeg
2015 New Work, Fattal Studio, Montreal
2015 Matter+Motion, Rack Gallery, Montréal
2014 «Step Inside The Process», Le Performance Art vu par Olicorno, Rack Gallery, Montreal (Quebec)
Group (Selected)
2017 Group Show, Galerie Angers, Montréal
2016 LOVE, Galerie 203, Montreal, Quebec
2016 Group show, Orange County Center Fort Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, Californie, USA
2015 Exposition des Lauréats du 9e Symposium du CNE, Galerie Dépliée, Ville de La Baie, (Québec)
2015 La Relève Sympose - Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière, (Quebec)
2015 Mtl en Arts, Montreal (Quebec)
2015 Ekinoxe, Rack Gallery, Montreal (Quebec)
2015 Galerie Éphémère, La Salle De Montre, Montreal (Quebec)
2014 TEDx Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal (Quebec)
2014 The Vernissage, Green Point Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Art Carrousel, Nomad Nation, Montreal (Quebec)
2013 FAST, Festival d’Art Émergent de Sorel-Tracy (Quebec)
Performances
2013-2018 Beauty Is What You See, 110 performances (Montreal, Winnipeg and New York City)
2015 Dialogue sur les Grands Systèmes du Monde, Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière (Quebec)
2015 #BillboardExperimentation, Montreal (Quebec)
2014-2015 Temple, (On going)
2013-2014 Mindset, Various locations (Quebec)
2013 #GloryRoad, Various locations (Saguenay, Quebec City, Montreal)
2013 OPAP2013, Various locations (Quebec)
2011 Personal Symbolism, Montreal (Quebec)
Awards
2015 Audience Award, La Relève Sympose, Centre National d’Exposition (Selected from 27 artists)
2014 First place, Concours ExpoPlus Abribus (Selected from 1000+ artist) Montreal
Grants
2015 Bourse du SAJE (for young entrepreneurs)
Art Residencies
2015 Star-Crossed Lovers, (Painting) , 3 months, Rack Gallery, Montreal
Publications
2017 Contemporary Performance Almanac 2017, by Caden Manson & Jenna Nelson, NYC, USA
2016 Olicorno 2013-2016, by Heather Lynn and Olicorno, Montreal, Canada
2016 Contemporary Performance Almanac 2016, by Caden Manson & Jenna Nelson, NYC, USA
Collections
Canadian Senate, Ottawa
La Maison Des Artistes Visuels Francophones de Winnipeg
Galerie Angers, Montréal
Artothèque, Montreal
Alliance de la Fonction Publique, Montreal
Centre National d’Exposition, Saguenay
Touché! phd, Montreal
Substance Stratégies, Montreal
Mont-Tremblant
HEC Montréal, Montreal
Private Collections (90+, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Paris, Barcelona)
