Ryth Kesselring
Artiste multidisciplinaire
Education
2020-24 Master of Fine Arts, Fibres & material practices, Concordia University, Montreal
2014-19 BFA (with Great Distinction), major in Fibres & Material Practices, Concordia University, Montreal
2012-14 Diploma in Visual Arts, Sherbrooke University
Suplementary Training
2022 Certificate in University Teaching, Centre for Teaching and Learning,
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2017 Jacquard weaving 1, CTCM, Montreal
Awards
2023 Grant from Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, Circulation of Works outside Québec, Exhibition at Arte Docomento, Ensenada, Mexico
2022 Grant from Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, territorial partnership Montérégie-Est, Reserach creation projet Linum; Symbiotic Fibre
2021 Graduate Scholarship, Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Société et Culture (FRQSC)
Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Award, Prix Numérique 2021, Culture Montérégie
2020 Nomination, Prix Numérique 2020, Culture Montérégie
Armand C Archambault Fellowship-FOFA, Concordia University, Montreal
2019 Irene F. Whittome Prize in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 2018-19 Grant from Quebec Ministry for Culture and Communication and the Acton MRC, for «Fibre intergénérationnelle» project
2018 Research creation Grant; project Woven scores, Textile & Materiality Research Cluster, Concordia University, Montreal,
2017 Undergraduate Fellowship 2017-2018, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montreal
2016 Research creation Grant; Textile & Materiality Research Cluster, Concordia University, Montréal, American silk project, in collaboration whit Geneviève Moisan
Publication Grant; Fine Arts Reading Room Small publication Grant, Concordia University, American silk project, in collaboration withv Geneviève Moisan
2015 Visual Art Award, La Bastringue Culturelle, Acton Vale
2014 1st prize of the Jury, Vocation en Art, Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi, Acton Vale
Grant from Pacte rural, Acton MRC, for the Vitrine sur l’Art project, in collaboration with Acton CLD, Acton Vale
2013 Public Choice Award, Art Contest, 9th Student Symposium, EDS Institute, Laval University, Quebec
Public Choice Award, Acton MRC Tourist Office, Acton Vale
Grant from Pacte rural and from Fond d’initiatives culturelles Acton MRC, for the Vitrine sur L’Art, in collaboration with Acton CLD, Acton Vale
2012 Grant, Conseil de la culture de St-Hyacinthe, for the Orange Off
Residencies
2023 Jorisch Family Artist Residency, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2022 tExtilEs, artist in residency, Eastern Bloc in collaboration with Milieux institute, VestechPro and HEC Montréal
2021 Sculpture Biennale of St-Jean-Port-Joli, artist in residency
2019 Archives textiles; Mouvement et partitions, artist in residency, Maison des Métiers d'Art de Québec, Quebec city
Fibre intergénérationnelle, artist in residency, cultural mediation, MRC d’Acton
2018 Mémoires tissées, artist in residency, artists center Vrille, La Pocatière
Needle Glacier, student artist in residency, Icelandic textile center, Blönduós, Iceland
Public interventions
2022 Rues en fOliE, urban intervention, 8 elementary schools, MRC d’Acton
2019 Rues en fOliE, urban intervention, Lafontaine elementary school, St-Hyacinthe
2017 Mémoires tissées, In Situ installation, Les Jardins Réinventés, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke
2016 Écoutez la mémoire fibreuse, participative public installation, Festival KAPUT! Beloeil
Rues en fOliE, urban intervention, Polyvalente Robert Ouimet, MRC d’Acton
2015 Chemins tissés, participative public installation, Festival KAPUT! Beloeil
Rues en fOliE, urban intervention, 8 elementary schools, MRC d’Acton
2014 Vitrine sur l’Art, urban intervention, MRC d’Acton
2013 Jour de Lavage, participative public installation, journées Culture, Acton Vale
Vitrine sur l’Art - Le mois de la culture, urban intervention, Acton Vale
2012 Orange Off : Vitrine sur l’Art, urban intervention, Orange OFF in collaboration with Expression, St-Hyacinthe
Exhibitions
2023 Textiles y Technología, Arte Documento, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
IGNITION 18, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, Qc.
Ces Liens qui nous tissent, Musée du Bas-St-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup,Qc.
Dialogues croisés, centre SAGAMIE, Alma, Qc.
2022 Compositions impromptues: Le textile en 4 mouvements, CNE, Jonquière
2021 Imagined Topographies, FOFA Gallery, Montréal
The Capacity of cloth, Winsooki Mill Museum, Winsooki, Vermont (Canneld)
2020 ISEA 2020, Concordia University student presentations, Montréal, Virtual
Visiones Sonoras, Concordia University student playlist, CMMA, Mexico
Les Encans de la quarantaine, Virtual
L'été de la relève, MATERIA center, Québec city
2019 The Enchantment of Textile, Barbara Layne, Central de Diseño, El Matadero Center, World Textile Association Biennial, Madrid, Spain
Sonic art series II, HAVN, Hamilton, Ontario
Interface, Art Matters, Nomad Nation, Montreal
Encann, Regart artist run center, Lévis
2018 Sights of feeling, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montreal
Imagining Iceland, Icelandic textile centre, Blönduós, Islande
Écologies, Musée du Bronze d’Inverness, Inverness, Québec
The Material Turn, FOFA Gallery, Montréal
Darn it!, Popop Gallery, Belgo building, Montreal
2017 Land Marks / Repères, Concordia University, Montreal and Mingan Archipelago
Mémoires Vivantes, Collection Saint-Amour, Upton
Temp incongrus, PDSA & DASA, Gallery XMtl, Montréal
Nuit Blanche, Art Matters, Musée d’Art Interculturel (MAI), Montreal
Show Frette, projections on St-Matthieu Church, Beloeil
2016 Material conductor, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
Engaging the senses, IVLA symposium, Montreal Fine Arts Museum and Concordia University, Montreal
Research Showcase, Concordia University, Montreal
Object Lesson, Skol artist center, Montreal
Mémoires et empreintes, Centre d’exposition Boréart, Granby (Solo)
Cachet de la Poste faisant foi, Villa Mallet-Stevens, Paris, France
2015 Montreal en Arts, Montreal
FRINGE, Musée d’Art Interculturel (MAI), Montreal
Cabaret de décompression, Maison des arts et de la Culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke
Vocation en Art, Maison de la Culture Villebon, Beloeil
Pas question!, MCM Gallery, Montreal
2014 Vocation en Art, Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi, Acton Vale
Art Battle 165, Frelisghsburg, Quebec
Eau source d’inspiration, DOSHA Gallery, Beloeil
Techniques mixtes : Une approche actuelle de la création, Salle du Parvis, Sherbrooke
Graduation Show, Sherbrooke University Art Gallery, Sherbrooke
Mémoires et empreintes, public library, Acton Vale
2013 9th Student Symposium, Art Contest, EDS Institute, Laval University, Quebec
Artist Talks and presentations
2023 Round Table, Construire le son: concepts et pratiques en art sonores, Mois Multi, Espace 400, Québec
2022 Round Table, Textiles & Fibres, Eastern Bloc, Vestechpro, HEC Montreal and Milieux institute, MUTEK, Montreal, Qc.
Round Table, Textiles & Fibres, Eastern Bloc, Vestechpro, HEC Montreal and Milieux institute, In the Middle a Chimera Symposium, Montréal, Qc.
2021 Project presentation, Arduino Day 2021, Concordia University, Montreal
Lunchbox talk, Listening threads: weaving sonic networks, MFA Fibres & Material Practices, Concordia University, Montréal
Lunchbox talk, Textiles and sound, MFA Fibres & Material Practices, Concordia University, Montréal
2020 ISEA 2020, Concordia University student presentations, Montreal
Artist talk, maillage numérique, Culture Montérégie, Vaudreuil-Dorion
2019 Artist talk, Trame sonore, Maison des Métiers d'Art de Québec, Qu
2018 Artist talk, Material Turn symposium, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montréal
2018 Mini Talk at Function Keys conferences, Centre 3, Hamilton, Ontario
Teaching experience
2022 Soft Sound Workshop, in collaboration with Lee Wilkins, Milieux, Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montréal, Qc.
Electronic textiles, workshop, Canadian Embroiderers Guild, London, Ontario
2021-22 Teaching assistant, Prof. SuiYee Wong, FBRS 480, Concordia University
2021 Electronic textiles, workshop, Web of connections symposium, Centre [3], Hamilton, Ontario
Electronic arts workshop series, elementary schools, MRC d'Acton
2020 Teaching assistant, Prof. Mindy Yan Miller, FBRS 240, Concordia University
2019 Tactile Sound, Workshop, Milieux Institute for Art,Culture and Technology, Concordia University, Montreal
Electronic Textiles, Master Class, Maison des Métiers d'art de Québec, Quebec
Electronic textiles workshop, Journées de a Culture, Acton Vale
Electronic workshop for kids, elementary and high schools, MRC d’Acton
Introduction to sculpture workshops/ kids, elementary schools, Ste-Madelaine and MRC d'Acton
Street Art workshops, Lafontaine elementary school, St-Hyacinthe
2018 Electronic textiles workshop in collaboration with Barbara Layne, Function keys, Centre [3], Hamilton, Ontario
2017 - Art teacher / painting, adults, Cultural services, Acton Vale
2017 Electronic textiles workshop, Lyst’art symposium, Lyster
Visual arts workshop, Musée Bombardier, Valcourt
Printmaking workshop, elementary schools, MRC d'acton
Mural with Glow in the dark paint, PRO High school, Acton Vale
2016 Street Art workshops, elementary schools, MRC d'Acton
2014 - Visual arts workshops, through the Accès Culture Project, elementary schools, MRC d’Acton
2012 - Art teacher / kids (5 -17 years old), Cultural services, Acton Vale
2012-13 Supervised interns creation of two murals, MRC d'acton
Work experience
2020 Mitacs, research fellow, Concordia University, institut de Recherche Robert Sauvé, Montreal
2019 Interactif wearable for Future Man saison 3, Future Productions MUSE Inc., Montréal
Technician, summer support, Textile & Materiality Research Cluster, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montreal
Production of scenary, Théâtre de la Dame de Coeur, Upton
Recycling murals, elementary schools, St-Hugues and St-Marcel
2018 Research Assistant, Dr. Kathleen Vaughan, department of Art education, Concordia University, Montreal
2016 - 19 Research Assistant, subTela studio, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montréal
2016- Research Assistant, Dr. Tiberiu Popa, department of Computer science, Concordia University, Montreal
2016 Research Assistant, Prof. David Howes, Centre for Sensory Studies, Concordia
University, Montreal
2014 - 16 Illustrator, Accès Culture Project, Acton CLD, Acton Vale
2013 - 14 External Consultant, creative development, Acton CLD, Acton Vale.
2012 - 14 Project Creator and Coordinator, Vitrine sur l’Art Project, shown during the Orange Off Event, St-Hyacinthe (2012), and Acton Vale (2013, 2014)
2012 - 13 Artistic Consultant, painting of two murals, Acton Vale MRC, one mural in Upton, one in Ste-Christine.
Member of Cultural organisations
2022 Member of Artist run center, Courants, St-Hyacinthe
2021 Student member of Hexagram, Concordia University
2020 Member of Culture Montérégie
2016- Member of the Textile & Materiality Research Cluster, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Montreal
2016 Member of Jury, Vocation en Art, Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi, Acton Vale
2012- Board Member, Conseil de la Culture permanent de la région d’Acton, MRC d’Acton
Publications
2021 Imagined Topographies, exhibition catalogue, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
2018 The Material Turn, exhibition catalogue, Curated by Kelly Thompson and WhiteFeather Hunter, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
2016 American silk, Research publication in collaboration with Geneviève Moisan, Textile & Materiality Research Cluster and the Fine Arts Reading Room, Concordia University, Montreal
Public Collections& Murals
Fying Memories, Acton MRC, Tourist office, Acton Vale
Chemins tissées, KAPUT! Festival, City of Beloeil
Interactive Mural with Glow paint, Robert Ouimet High School, Acton Vale
Mosaïc Murals, Elementary Schools in Roxton Falls, Acton Vale, St-Theodore and St-Nazaire
2 Historical Murals, Municipalities of Upton and Ste-Christine
Permanente Street art painting, PRO High School, Acton Vale
Quartier des toiles, 7 paintings, Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi Maskoutain, youth resource, St-Hyacinthe
Canneton, Médiathèque Maskoutaine, public libray, St-Hyacinthe
Mural, C.É.G.E.P. du Vieux Montréal, Montreal
2 Murals at Rosemont College, Montreal