MICHAEL DUMONTIER
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b. 1974

Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (first class honours)

Solo exhibitions:
2006 – Matches, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
2006 – New Work, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

2004 – Michael Dumontier, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY

Royal Art Lodge Solo Exhibitions:
2007
In The Mourning, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
Where Is Here?, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

2006 – Preoccupation, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium

2005
Pensieri Dei Serpenti, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
The Royal Art Lodge: The Venetian Works, Caffe Florian, Venice, Italy
Serpentine Musings, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2004
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, LA
Hypothermia, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pride In Workmanship, Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

2003
Mele Kalikimaka, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, Power Plant, Toronto, ON
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2002
Drue’s Birthday, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Art 33 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The Royal Art Lodge, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
The Royal Art Lodge, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

2001
Artpile, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Amounts of Blood, ArtCore, Toronto, ON

2000
The Royal Art Lodge Presents, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Lodge Drawings, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1997 – The Royal Art Lodge, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston, TX

Group Exhibitions:
2007
Mexico Arte Comtemporaneo 2007, Mexico City, Mexico
Scope Art Fair 2007, New York, NY

2006
Getting on Mother's Nerves: Psychological Drama in Contemporary Drawing, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
Collage Party, Milwaukee International Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI
Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Collage Party: Rolling Thunder Tour 2006, MOCCA, Toronto, ON
Collage Party, Ziehersmith, New York, NY
Mexico Arte Comtemporaneo 2006, Mexico City, Mexico
ArtBrussels 2006, Brussels, Belgium
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
Drawing Restraint, Gallerie Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Peer Pleasure: Royal Art Lodge/Space 1026/Instant Coffee, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA

2005
Looking at Words: The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Frisbee Art Fair, Miami, FL
Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Art Brussels 2005, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
Two D, Green On Red, Dublin Ireland

2004
Huts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Arte Termita Contra Elefante Blanco, Foundacion ICO, Madrid
Strips and Characters, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
So Sweet, Leisure Club Mogidishni, Copenhagen, DK
Chaime Soutine, Happy Sailor, London, UK
Northern Lights, Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC
Collage Party, Bergdorf Goodman, NY
Rendez-Vous 2004, Musee Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Future Quake, FIAC 2004, Paris, France
Paperwork, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
New Entries, Artissima, Turin, Italy
Flash Art Art Fair, Milan, Italy
Happy Go Lucky, Foundation VHDG, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Bande Annonce, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Beaver College, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Occur(Blur), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Happy, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

2003
Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
The Gothic Unconscious, Gallery One One One, Winnipeg, MB
Notebook, Pinkard Gallery MICA, Baltimore, MA
Drawing on Architecture, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
For The Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Odd Fellows: Dzama/Dumontier/Wright, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA

2002
The Party Favour Project, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy
Colonial Brookwood ART 2002 Invitational, Birmingham, AL
Art 33 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Michael Dumontier & Drue Langlois – Dolls, Bus Gallery, Toronto, ON
MIArt: Milan Art Fair, Milan, Italy

2001
Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Bates/Dumontier/Langlois, 1080 Bus Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Santa Fe 2001, Santa Fe, NM
Bubble World, Bubble World Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Paperview, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
How Are Things? (Tom Elliott/Michael Dumontier), Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB
Jon Pylypchuk/Adrian Williams/Michael Dumontier, The Living Room , Santa Monica, CA
Billboard: Love Neil and Michael (Neil Farber/Michael Dumontier), Plug In, Winnipeg, MB

2000
Idiots, Art System, Toronto, ON
Search for Art, Milan, Italy
Christmas in July, Art System, Toronto, ON
Art Chicago 2000, Chicago, IL
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Art Lodge Studio, Winnipeg, MB

1999
Greetings from Winnipeg, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
A Relatively Small Collection (audio art), Ace Art, Winnipeg, MB
Floating Gallery Celebrity Camera Auction, Winnipeg, MB
Laughing, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

1998
New (Found) Artists – New (Found) Works, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Royal Art Lodge (Doll) and Puppet Show, R.A.L.,Winnipeg, MB

1997 – Fresh Popped, Plug In Gallery, Anti-Chamber, Winnipeg, Canada

1996
Fite Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Copaesthetic, Main Access Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

1995 – Sound Machine (Tom Elliott/Michael Dumontier), Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB

Selected Bibliography:
2006
Enright, Robert, Return Of The Crazy Gang, ArtReview (March/April 2006) pp. 64-69
Enright, Robert, City Report: Winnipeg, Frieze Issue 96 (March 2006) pp. 149-151
The Royal We, Juxtapoz Issue 62 (March 2006) pp. 114-115
Miller, Ken, King Of Art: Neil Farber, Tokion No. 51 (February/March 2006) pp. 34, 36

2005
Neelon, Caleb, The Royal Art Lodge, Swindle No. 3 (2005), pp. 54-59
Clancy, Luke, The Royal Art Lodge: Serpentine Musings, Modern Painters (May 2005) p. 113
Zebellin, Gaia, Royal Art Lodge, Scrioppo 1 (2005), p. 23
Siviero, Viviana, The Royal Art Lodge, Espoarte 33, p.74

2004
Emerling, Susan “From Winter Springs An Art Collaboration” LA Times (December 25, 2004)
Nelson, Arty “Canadian Club” LA Weekly (December 3-9, 2004)
“Life in a Box, Part 2: Contributor’s Interview” Cream (December 2004) insert
Rapkin, Mickey “The Royal Art Lodge” Details Volume 23, Issue 2 (November 2004) p. 44
Geddes, Stuart “Exquisite Corpus” Monument Number 62 (August/September 2004) pp. 94-95
Robinson, Phaedra “Artful Play” Detroit Metro Times (March 3, 2004)

2003
Cascella, Daniela “Royal Art Lodge” Blow Up Number 70 (March 2004) pp. 94-95
Pollock, Barbara “The New Visionaries” ARTnews Volume 102, Number 11 (December 2003) pp. 92-97
Pollock, Barbara “The Royal Art Lodge at the Drawing Center” Art In America Number 10 (October 2003) pp. 128-129
Trainor, James “Winnipeg on the Hudson” Border Crossings Volume 22, Number 3, (August 2003) pp. 36-47
Kuntz, Melissa and Randy Gladman “The Royal Art Lodge: The Drawing Center, NY” Canadian Art Volume 20 Number 2 (Summer 2003) pp. 88-90
Balaban, Liane “Art Throbs: The Royal Art Lodge” Strut Issue 1 (Summer 2003) pp. 156-157
Knelman, Joshua “Wild Crop” Toro (June-July 2003) pp. 68-72
Trainor, James “The Royal Art Lodge: The Drawing Center, NY” Tema Celeste 97 (May/June 2003) p. 77
Wilson, Michael “The Royal Art Lodge: The Drawing Center, NY” Frieze Issue 75 (May 2003) p. 104
Dunn, Melissa and Charles Gute “The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust, The Drawing Center, NY” Flash Art Volume 36, Number 229 (March-April 2003) p. 55
Milroy, Sarah “The Power of the Playful” The Globe and Mail (Thursday, March 27, 2003) p. R8
Cameron, Amy “Art: A Happy Talented Collective” Maclean’s Volume 116, Number 12 (March 24, 2003) p. 62
Seymour, Lori “A Night at the Lodge” Elm Street Volume 7, Number 5 (April 2003) p. 24
Stern, Steven “The Imaginative Faculty” Time Out (February 13-20, 2003)
“The Royal Art Lodge” The New Yorker (February 10, 2003) p. 20
Mar, Alex “Misaki Kawai and The Royal Art Lodge” The New York Sun (February 6, 2003)
Saltz, Jerry, “Paper Trail: A Survey of Drawing on the Rise” The Village Voice (January 29-February 4, 2003) p. 56
Lazarovic, Sarah “Art Group Leaves New York in the Dust” National Post (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)
White, Murray “Making Art Around the Hearth…” The New York Times (January 19, 2003) p. 36
Cotter, Holland “Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together” The New York Times (January 19, 2003) p. 36
Whyte, Murray “Wanted: ‘Anonymous’ Canadian Art” The Toronto Star (January 19, 2003)
“The Royal Art Lodge: Ask The Dust” The Arts Newspaper Number 132 (January 2003)

2002
Wilson, Jill “Winnipeg, Manitoba: Prairie Renaissance” Utne (November 15, 2002) pp. 40-41
Harrison, Flick “Collective Simplicity and Global Mass Artput” Broken Pencil Issue 19 (2002) pp. 13-17, cover
Laurence, Robin “The Royal Art Lodge: Atelier Gallery, Vancouver” Canadian Art Volume 19 Number 1 (Spring 2002) pp. 92, 96
Sigolo, Alfredo “The Royal Art Lodge: Perugi” Flash Art (Italy) Anno 31, Numero 232 (February-March 2002) pp. 123-124
Lotta, Daniela “The Royal Art Lodge” Arte Critica Anno 8, Numero 29 (January-March 2002)
Borins, Daniel “New Canadian Folk” C Issue 72 (Winter 2001-2002) pp. 12-16

2001
Laurence, Robin “The Royal Art Lodge: Sagging Sock Puppets Mingle with Death Masks” The Georgia Straight (December 6-13, 2001) p. 70
Dzama, Marcel “Top Ten” ARTFORUM (October 2001) p. 59

2000
Laurence, Robin “Royal Visions of Childhood” The Georgia Straight (December 7-14, 2000) p. 80
Scott, Michael “Art Club” The Vancouver Sun (Saturday, December 2, 2000) p. E15
Moore, Jake “The Royal Art Lodge” Stylus Volume 11, Number 8 (September-October 2000) p. 16
Gilmour, Allison “Brain Trust” Western Living Volume 30, Number 8 (October 2000) pp. 18-26
“July 22, Winnipeg, MB, 7:30PM-12:00AM by The Royal Art Lodge” Saturday Night (August 19, 2000) p. 50
Latourelle, Rodney “Program To Destroy” Border Crossings Volume 19, Number 3, Issue 75 (August 2000) pp. 91-94
“The Royal Art Lodge” Search Number 3 (2000)

1998
Enright, Robert “The Art Lodge” The Globe and Mail (November 7, 1998)

1997
Enright, Robert “Royal Lodging” Border Crossings Volume 16, Number 3 (August 1997) pp. 5-6
Baerwaldt, Wayne “Fresh Popped” Plug In Harold (May, 1997) pp 7-8
Buchholz, Garth “Childhood Art Raises Punk Images” The Winnipeg Free Press (April 12, 1997) p. B10