Joseph Siddiqi

 

JOSEPH SIDDIQI

Living and working in Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

EDUCATION

2004    M.F.A. Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA

1999    B.F.A. Studio Art with Distinction, Concordia University, Montréal, QC

            École National des Beaux-Arts de Bourges, France (1997-98)

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ART RESIDENCIES

2023    Pouch Cove Foundation, curated by Monica Tap, Pouch Cove, NL

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015    New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2013    New Work, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON

2011    Stories from the Inner-city, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON

2009    Night Paintings, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB 

2002    Visage paysage, Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montréal, QC

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023    flat works on the wall, sculptures down the centre, curated by Ioana Dragomir, Concordia University MFA Gallery, Montréal, QC

2022    Contemplations of Our Pandemic Journey, curated by Jennifer M.L. Stephens, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB

2015    Landscape/Cityscape, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2015    Preview 2015: Joe Fafard, Andrew Hemmingway, Peter Harris, Stu Oxley, Christopher Pratt, Joseph Siddiqi, Michael Thompson, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

2014    Hope, curated by Holly Fay, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK

2014    Convocation Exhibit: Recent acquisitions from the collection of Lorraine Woollard, Athabasca University Main Building, Athabasca, AB

2011    Tom Hopkins Memorial Exhibition, Battat Contemporary, Montréal, QC

2008    Grand Opening, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON

2007    Sunscreen, Newzones Gallery, Calgary AB

2005    Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY

2004    MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

2002    Introductions: Michèle Drouin, John Kissick, Sarah Nind, Joseph Siddiqi, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB

2001    RBC New Canadian Painting: Eastern Finalists, juried by Alex Colville, Gerald Ferguson and Jan Peacock, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

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ART FAIRS​

2012-18    Art Toronto, with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON

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TEACHING 

2007-Present    Part-time Faculty, Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2018-2019        Instructor, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC

SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS

2021    Professional Development Grant, Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association

2019    Professional Development Grant, Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association

2009    Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts

2004    Artist Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

2003    Dean's Scholar Award, Boston University

2003    Travel Grant to Spain, Boston University

2002    Constantin Alajalov Graduate Scholarship, Boston University

2002    Visual Arts Project Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2001    Artist Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

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MEDIA COVERAGE

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• Alexander Hackett, “Concordia fine arts professors collectively exhibit their work at the MFA Gallery this summer,” Concordia News, July 5, 2023. https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2023/07/05/concordia-fine-arts-professors-collectively-exhibit-their-work-at-the-mfa-gallery-this-summer.html​

• Andy Murdoch, “Video: Joseph Siddiqi takes his painting and drawing courses online,” Concordia News, August 19, 2020.   https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2020/08/19/video-joseph-siddiqi-takes-his-painting-and-drawing-courses-online.html​

• K.I., “Siddiqi + Wendt: From Art Toronto last week …” Monochromatic Axonometric (blog), November 4, 2018.   http://monochromatic-axonometric.blogspot.com/2018/11/siddiqi-wendt.html​​​​​

• “2014 Convocation Exhibit,” Thomas A. Edge Archives and Special Collections, Athabasca University, 2014. Exhibition text.  https://www.athabascau.ca/archives/online-exhibits/2014-convocation-exhibit.html

• Peter Simpson, “Siddiqi Shines at Galerie St-Laurent + Hill,” Ottawa Citizen - The Big Beat (blog), July 19, 2011.​

• Richard Rhodes, ed., “Preview: A Canada-wide guide to the season's best exhibitions,” Canadian Art, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009. 35.​

• Susan Blackman, ed., “Collectors' Guide to Gallery Events.” Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, Vol. 11, January/February, 2009. 27.​​​

• Danielle Poisson, “Joseph Siddiqi,” MV Biographies: Petits mots sur la vie et le travail de personnes de grand intérêt (blog), December 7, 2008.  http://noudanou2.blogspot.com/2008/12/siddiqi-joseph.html

• Pam Klicki, “In the Galleries: The Moderns,” Where Calgary, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2002. 37.

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TEXTS & CATALOGUES

• Terence Corcoran, “Joseph Siddiqi: New Paintings,” Mira Godard Gallery, 2015. Exhibition text.

• Jason Franz, ed., International Painting Annual 4, Manifest Press, 2015. 166, 168-9.

• Hope, Art Gallery of Regina, 2014. Exhibition catalogue with text by curator, Holly Fay. ​

• Laurel MacMillan, ed., RBC Canadian Painting Competition: Ten Years, Friesens, 2008. 75.​

• Suzanne Dubuc, “Visage Paysage: Une exposition de Joseph Siddiqi,” Les Maisons de la Culture de la Ville de Montréal, janvier-février, 2002. Exhibition text.​

• The New Canadian Painting Competition 2001 / Le Concours de nouvelles peintures canadiennes de 2001, Canadian Art Foundation, 2001. Exhibition catalogue.​​

• Exposition Partcours, L'Association Arensort, 1998. Exhibition catalogue.

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BOOK COVERS

• In the Vicinity of Riches, Chris Hutchinson, Goose Lane Editions / icehouse poetry, 2020. Cover of poetry book.​​

• A Brief History of the Short-Lived, Chris Hutchinson, Nightwood Editions, 2012. Cover of poetry book.​

• Le m@rketing: 2e édition, Gaëtan Morin, ed., Chenelière Éducation Inc., 2010. Cover of textbook, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal.​

• Other People's Lives. Chris Hutchinson, Brick Books, 2009. Cover of poetry book.​

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COLLECTIONS

Athabasca University Art Collection, Athabasca, AB 

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON 

Colart Collection, Montréal, QC 

Hotel Arts, Calgary, AB

Private collections

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