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Olicorno is a self-taught contemporary artist from Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. He has been living in Montreal since 2009, where he now works full-time on his main art forms : painting, installation art and performance art.
In 2012 he graduates from HEC Montreal with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. The next year, following the success of his first performative painting series "Beauty Is What You See”, he takes the leap in becoming a professional artist. Olicorno has exhibited in various museums and art galleries across Canada and performed at events such as TEDx Montréal. Today, you can see his visual creations in many private residences throughout America, Europe, and Asia. As well as in various public collections including The Senate of Canada (Ottawa), The National Exhibition Center (Saguenay), La Maison Des Artistes Visuels (Winnipeg), The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the University of Montreal. Olicorno is greatly inspired by science, history and philosophy. The study of symbolism and archetypes, shamanism, mythology, philosophy of sciences, body knowledge and anatomy, sensory experimentation, and philosophical questioning are recurring themes in his work. |
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Education
2018 Université des passages by Luc Bigé - Studies in symbolism analysis
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)
2019 Memento Mori, Galerie AVE, Montreal
2019 Témoins de grandeur (iris work), Galerie Angers, Montreal
2018 Anatomic work, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2018 Beauty Is What You See, National Exhibition Center, Saguenay, Quebec
2017 Kids - Des tempêtes et des corps, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2017 Anatomic work, presented at Médecins Francophone du Canada’s annual congress
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 Matter+Motion, Rack Gallery, Montreal
2015 New Work, Fattal Studio, Montreal
2014 «Step Inside The Process», Le Performance Art vu par Olicorno, Rack Gallery, Montreal
Group (Selected)
2020 Modern Art Masters, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2019 New York Art Expo, Manhattan, USA
2018 Recent work, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2017 Group Show, Galerie Angers, Montreal
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, Quebec
2015 La Relève Sympose - Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière, Quebec
2015 Mtl en Arts, Montreal, Quebec
2015 Ekinoxe, Espace Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec
2014 TEDx Montréal, Université de Montreal, 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, 120 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
2013-2014 Mindset, Various locations, Quebec
2013 #GloryRoad, Various locations, Saguenay, Quebec City and Montreal
2013 OPAP2013, Various locations, Quebec
2011 Personal Symbolism, Montreal, Quebec
Grants and Awards
2015 Audience Award, La Relève Sympose, National Exhibition Center, Saguenay
2015 Bourse du SAJE (for young entrepreneurs), Montreal
Art Residencie
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
Press
Simard, Roxanne: ''L'artiste Saguenéen Olivier Corneau exposera à New York'', Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, September 23, 2018
Brisson, Annie-Claude: “Olicorno au CNE, à l'aveugle, à la loupe”, Journal Le Quotidien, Saguenay, Mai 2018
Geneviève Lapalme: “Calendrier Culturel, les incontournables,” Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, Manitoba, September, 2016
Journal Métro, ''Olicorno Bones,'' Journal Métro, Montréal, Québec, September 9, 2016
Journal 24h, ''Olicorno Travaux Récents,'' Journal 24h, Montréal, Québec, September 1, 2016
Olivier Gagnon, ''Performer sa vie,'' Magazine Fugues, Montréal, Québec June 21, 2016
Audrey-Anne Maltais, ''Privation sensorielle, Olicorno peint à l'aveugle,'' Journal Le Courrier du Saguenay, June 6, 2016
Éric Clément et Mario Cloutier, ''La virée des galeries,'' Journal La Presse, Montréal, May 10, 2015
La Presse, ''Step Inside The Process» Le performance art vu par Olicorno,'' Journal La Presse, October 15, 2015
Kelli Sturkenboom, ''Rack Galerie brings Emerging Artists and Exclusive Events to St-Henri,'' The Main Mtl, Montréal, November 11, 2014
Vanessa Guimond ''Socio-financement, la voie de l'avenir,'' Le Journal de Montréal, Montréal, November 10, 2014
Justine Lalande Church, ''Quand l'ambition de l'artiste multidisciplinaire Olicorno ne veut pas se taire,'' Bible Urbaine, October 17, 2014
Éric Santerre, ''Entrevue avec l'artiste Olicorno,'' Magazine Men of Interest, Montréal, July 7, 2014
Pierre-Luc Desbiens, ''De Saguenay à Montréal à pieds,'' Le Journal de Québec, Québec, September 29, 2013
Laura Lévesque, ''Une quête interactive et artistique,'' Journal Le Quotidien, Saguenay, September 21, 2013
TV and Radio
NVL, Noovo.tv, Septembre 2018
Julie Larouche, ''Olicorno at the National Exhibition Center,'' Le téléjournal, ICI Radio-Canada, Saguenay, Qc, April 15, 2018
Denis Fortier, “Olicorno at the National Exhibition Center,” Médium Large, Ici Radio-Canada Première, Montréal, Qc, May 22, 2018
Rachel Lagacé, “Nuit Blanche Winnipeg (interview),” CTV Morning Live, CTV Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 1, 2016
Geneviève Lapalme: “Beauty is what you see (interview)” Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, Manitoba, September 23, 2016
Renaud Doucet, “Olicorno à la Maison des artistes visuels francophones (interview),” Envol 91.1 FM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 22, 2016
Yves Parents, ''Olicorno,'' Émission 2 pour 1 de passion, Bell télé Fibe, Montréal, Qc, November 20, 2014
Linda Bergeron, ''Jonquière-Montréal à pieds'' ICI Radio-Canada, Saguenay, Québec, September 21, 2013
Collections
Senate of Canada, 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 (150+, Canada, USA, Spain, France, China)
2018 Université des passages by Luc Bigé - Studies in symbolism analysis
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)
2019 Memento Mori, Galerie AVE, Montreal
2019 Témoins de grandeur (iris work), Galerie Angers, Montreal
2018 Anatomic work, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2018 Beauty Is What You See, National Exhibition Center, Saguenay, Quebec
2017 Kids - Des tempêtes et des corps, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2017 Anatomic work, presented at Médecins Francophone du Canada’s annual congress
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 Matter+Motion, Rack Gallery, Montreal
2015 New Work, Fattal Studio, Montreal
2014 «Step Inside The Process», Le Performance Art vu par Olicorno, Rack Gallery, Montreal
Group (Selected)
2020 Modern Art Masters, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2019 New York Art Expo, Manhattan, USA
2018 Recent work, Galerie Angers, Montreal
2017 Group Show, Galerie Angers, Montreal
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, Quebec
2015 La Relève Sympose - Centre National d’Exposition, Jonquière, Quebec
2015 Mtl en Arts, Montreal, Quebec
2015 Ekinoxe, Espace Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec
2014 TEDx Montréal, Université de Montreal, 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, 120 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
2013-2014 Mindset, Various locations, Quebec
2013 #GloryRoad, Various locations, Saguenay, Quebec City and Montreal
2013 OPAP2013, Various locations, Quebec
2011 Personal Symbolism, Montreal, Quebec
Grants and Awards
2015 Audience Award, La Relève Sympose, National Exhibition Center, Saguenay
2015 Bourse du SAJE (for young entrepreneurs), Montreal
Art Residencie
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
Press
Simard, Roxanne: ''L'artiste Saguenéen Olivier Corneau exposera à New York'', Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, September 23, 2018
Brisson, Annie-Claude: “Olicorno au CNE, à l'aveugle, à la loupe”, Journal Le Quotidien, Saguenay, Mai 2018
Geneviève Lapalme: “Calendrier Culturel, les incontournables,” Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, Manitoba, September, 2016
Journal Métro, ''Olicorno Bones,'' Journal Métro, Montréal, Québec, September 9, 2016
Journal 24h, ''Olicorno Travaux Récents,'' Journal 24h, Montréal, Québec, September 1, 2016
Olivier Gagnon, ''Performer sa vie,'' Magazine Fugues, Montréal, Québec June 21, 2016
Audrey-Anne Maltais, ''Privation sensorielle, Olicorno peint à l'aveugle,'' Journal Le Courrier du Saguenay, June 6, 2016
Éric Clément et Mario Cloutier, ''La virée des galeries,'' Journal La Presse, Montréal, May 10, 2015
La Presse, ''Step Inside The Process» Le performance art vu par Olicorno,'' Journal La Presse, October 15, 2015
Kelli Sturkenboom, ''Rack Galerie brings Emerging Artists and Exclusive Events to St-Henri,'' The Main Mtl, Montréal, November 11, 2014
Vanessa Guimond ''Socio-financement, la voie de l'avenir,'' Le Journal de Montréal, Montréal, November 10, 2014
Justine Lalande Church, ''Quand l'ambition de l'artiste multidisciplinaire Olicorno ne veut pas se taire,'' Bible Urbaine, October 17, 2014
Éric Santerre, ''Entrevue avec l'artiste Olicorno,'' Magazine Men of Interest, Montréal, July 7, 2014
Pierre-Luc Desbiens, ''De Saguenay à Montréal à pieds,'' Le Journal de Québec, Québec, September 29, 2013
Laura Lévesque, ''Une quête interactive et artistique,'' Journal Le Quotidien, Saguenay, September 21, 2013
TV and Radio
NVL, Noovo.tv, Septembre 2018
Julie Larouche, ''Olicorno at the National Exhibition Center,'' Le téléjournal, ICI Radio-Canada, Saguenay, Qc, April 15, 2018
Denis Fortier, “Olicorno at the National Exhibition Center,” Médium Large, Ici Radio-Canada Première, Montréal, Qc, May 22, 2018
Rachel Lagacé, “Nuit Blanche Winnipeg (interview),” CTV Morning Live, CTV Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 1, 2016
Geneviève Lapalme: “Beauty is what you see (interview)” Ici.Radio-Canada.ca, Manitoba, September 23, 2016
Renaud Doucet, “Olicorno à la Maison des artistes visuels francophones (interview),” Envol 91.1 FM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 22, 2016
Yves Parents, ''Olicorno,'' Émission 2 pour 1 de passion, Bell télé Fibe, Montréal, Qc, November 20, 2014
Linda Bergeron, ''Jonquière-Montréal à pieds'' ICI Radio-Canada, Saguenay, Québec, September 21, 2013
Collections
Senate of Canada, 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 (150+, Canada, USA, Spain, France, China)