About
The paintings of Samuelle Grande aspire to the conditions of poetry. Driven by her mediums capacity to elicit emotion, she layers personal narratives with imagined landscapes and symbols in works created alla prima. She paints the inevitabilities of everyday experience: the ups and downs, love and solitude, the beautiful, the ugly, and the banal. Figures urge themselves toward abstraction but invariably leave a trace of their presence. Guided by haptic sensitivity, her paintings call to mind dream sequences and memories that overlap in painterly scenarios.
Samuelle Grande was born in 1994 in Montreal, where she continues to live and work. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph (2023) and a BFA (Honours) in Studio Arts from Concordia University (2019). Grande has exhibited across Canada and the United States, including at the NADA NYC (2025), Art Gallery of Guelph (2023), and Galerie Nicolas Robert in Toronto and Montreal. In 2024, she completed an artist residency at Fool’s Paradise, the Doris McCarthy residency in Scarborough, ON. She is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2024, 2023). She has received numerous other awards, including the Canadian Federation of University Women Award (2023), Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship (2022), and the Tony Sherman Graduate Scholarship (2021). Her practice has also received support from the Canada Council for the Arts. She is part of the Curated Artists Registry at White Columns, New York.
À propos
Les peintures de Samuelle Grande aspirent aux conditions de la poésie. Animée par la capacité de son médium à susciter des émotions, elle superpose des récits personnels à des paysages imaginés et des symboles dans des œuvres réalisées alla prima. Elle peint les inévitabilités de l'expérience quotidienne : les hauts et les bas, l'amour et la solitude, le beau, le laid et le banal. Les figures tendent vers l'abstraction, mais laissent invariablement une trace de leur présence. Sa pratique est guidée par une sensibilité haptique, ses peintures évoquent des séquences de rêves et des souvenirs qui se chevauchent.
Samuelle Grande est née en 1994 à Montréal, où elle vit et travaille toujours. Elle est titulaire d’une maîtrise en arts visuels de l’Université de Guelph (2023) et d’un baccalauréat en arts visuels avec distinction de l’Université Concordia (2019). Grande a exposé ses œuvres au Canada et aux États-Unis, notamment à NADA NYC (2025), à la Galerie d’art de Guelph (2023) et à la Galerie Nicolas Robert à Toronto et à Montréal. En 2024, elle était artiste en résidence à Fool’s Paradise, la résidence de Doris McCarthy, Scarborough, ON. Grande est lauréate de plusieurs prix, dont la bourse de la Fondation Elizabeth Greenshields (2024, 2023), la bourse de la Fédération Canadienne des femmes diplômées des université (2023), la bourse d’études supérieures Tony Scherman (2021). Son travail a également reçu le soutien du Conseil des arts du Canada. Elle fait partie du registre d’artistes de White Columns, à New York.
CV [PDF]
2023 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, (Canada)
2019 BFA (Great Distinction), Specialization in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, (Canada)
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Extra Ordinary, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (Canada)
2025 Free Play, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (Canada)
2024 Folie à deux, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (Canada)
2023 Out of the blue, Curator: Sally Frater, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph (Canada)
Group Exhibitions
2026 Spinnerei’s Werkschau Halle, Curator: Sophia Pietryga & Trevor Kiernander, Leipzig (Germany) (Forthcoming)
2024 Abstraction, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (Canada)
2024 Chapitre III, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal (Canada)
2024 Acts of Will, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (Canada)
2023 Volume or Weight, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto (Canada)
2022 Multi+-Facets, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph (Canada)
2021 A Seven or a Jack, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph (Canada)
Artist Registry
2025 White Columns Curated Artist Registry, New York (USA)
Residencies
2024 Fool’s Paradise, Doris McCarthy Residency, Scarborough (Canada)
Collections
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
Private Collections
Grants & Awards
2026 Les offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec, LOGIQ, Travel Grant
2025 Nominated for the Saunderson Prize, Hnatyshyn Foundation
2025 Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant 2024 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Second Grant
2024 Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Grant
2023 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, First Grant
2023 Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Award, University of Guelph
2022 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph
2022 University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
2022 Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
2022 University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2021 Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2021 Dean's Material Bursary, University of Guelph
2021 University of Guelph College of the Arts Research and Travel Award
2021 University Graduate Scholarship (SOFAM), University of Guelph
2019 Nominated for BMO 1st Art! Competition, Concordia University
2018 Nominated for the Hélène Couture Prize, Concordia University
2013 Best Short Film, Jury Prize, Festival en Cannes, Cégep de Saint-Laurent
Fairs
2026 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal (Canada)
2025 New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York (USA)
2025 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal (Canada)
2024 Untitled Art, Miami Beach, FL (USA)
2024 Art Toronto, Toronto, (Canada)
2024 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal, (Canada)
Presentations, Interviews, and Panels
2026 Department of Painting, John Abbott College
2025 Department of Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
2023 Art Gallery of Guelph Presentation
2023 Workshop, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph
Publications
2025 Book Cover, L’Herbe Clochette, Colette Zouvi, Ed. Poètes de Brousse, Montreal (Canada)
2024 Illustrations, Rolling Right Poems, Arnold Shives & John K. Grande, Sarsen Press, Winchester (UK)
2021 Album Cover, Berceuses et tombeaux, Valérie Gagné & Caroline Planté, Montreal (Canada)
2021 Book Cover, Chants d’obstacle, Colette Zouvi, Ed. Poètes de Brousse, Montreal (Canada)
2018 Book Cover, La Ville Inquiète, Colette Zouvi, Éd. Poètes de Brousse (Finalist) Poetry prize Felix-Leclerc), Montreal (Canada)
Press
2025 Contemporary Art Library, Grande, Samuelle, Extra Ordinary
2025 Contemporary Art Library, Grande, Samuelle. Free Play
2024 Border Crossings, Plural - Editor’s Pick Day 1, Border Crossings Magazine [Online], published April 12, 2024.
2023 University of Guelph, "In the studio with Samuelle Grande / MFA Studio Art at U of Guelph." University of Guelph, 2023