Bronson Smillie
b. 1992
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Almost Begin, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, BC
2023 A Place for Everything, april april, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Tempo 85, Espace Maurice, Montreal, QC
2019 Forever is Closing in, MoMAPS311, Ottawa, ON
Group Exhibitions
2024 ahr-kahyv, curated by Pieter-Jan De Paepe, Ghent, Belgium
2024 Also a good place to sulk, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, ON (curated by Anaïs Castro)
2024 Maison Modèle VI, Centre Clark, Montréal, QC
2023 Cruel to be Kind, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pictura Biennale, Montréal, QC
2023 a broad private wink, Nicelle Beauchene, New York City, NY (organized by april april)
2023 Modular Storage, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2022 appairage, peering, pairing, AXENÉO7, Gatineau, QC
2021 Where the Sun Sets and Where it Rises: Chapter 12, Petrohradská Kolektiv, Prague, Czechia
2021 Where the Sun Sets and Where it Rises: Chapter 11, Petrohradská Kolektiv, Prague, Czechia
2019 Nothing Happens, Five AM, Calgary, AB
2018 Quartier Générale ArtPop, Studio Rialto, Montréal, QC
2018 A Fine Tool, Untitled Arts Society, Calgary, AB
2017 Things Repeated, Eastern Bloc, Montréal , QC
Fairs
2023 Plural with Espace Maurice, Montréal, QC
2022 NADA New York with april april, New York City, NY
Residencies
2021 Petrohradská Kolektiv AiR, Prague, Czechia
2018 Comics Workbook Rowhouse Residency, Pittsburgh, PA
Curatorial Projects
2021 Cover Story, Art POP, Studio Rialto, Montréal, QC
2020 Opening Night, Art POP, Studio Rialto, Montréal, QC
Awards/Grants
2024 Canada Council for the Arts: Explore and Create
2023 CALQ Travel Grant
2022 ARTCH Emerging Artists Grant
2021 CALQ Travel Grant
2019 Concordia University Travel Grant
2019 Fine Arts Reading Room Publication Grant
2018 Concordia University Travel Grant
2015 FFAR Print Media Paper Grant
Press/Reviews
2023 Tzvetnik, “Almost Begin” at Afternoon Projects
2023 Art Viewer, “Almost Begin” at Afternoon Projects
2023 C Magazine, "Tempo 85" Review by Rosemary Flutur
2022 LVL 3 Chicago, "Artist of the Week Interview"
2018 Calgary Journal, “Flip into zine culture: Mini magazines are making a comeback”
2018 Broken Pencil, “When the Party’s Over brings out the whimsical… and the dark”
2017 CBC Arts, “Calgary’s Zine scene gives a home to those ‘fed up with the city’s corporate
Ethics’”
Education
2016 — 2019 BFA Concordia University, Studio Arts and Art History