Mélanie Rocan

Education
2008 Masters in Fine Arts Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
2005 MFA program, exchange Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2003 BFA Honours Degree, Painting Thesis, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1999 First year Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, Ontario

Awards / Scholarships/ Grants
2010 Winnipeg Arts Council, Mayor's Luncheon "On the Rise Award"
2010 Manitoba Arts Council, Professional development grant, for solo-exhibition, Toronto
2008 Manitoba Arts Council Grant, Creation/Production in the Visual Arts 'B'
2008 Winnipeg Arts Council Production Grant in the Visual Arts
2008 Canada Council for the arts travel grant
2006-07 Winnipeg Arts Council, Professional development grant, for solo-exhibition
2006 Winnipeg Arts Council Production Grant in the Visual Arts- emerging artist
2005-06 Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary
2005 Francofonds Saint-Boniface, Bourse d'étude hors province
2004 Manitoba Arts Council Grant, Creation/Production in the Visual Arts 'C'
2004 Francofonds Saint-Boniface, Bourse d'étude hors province
2003 Millennium Scholarship Award, Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
2003 Lynne Sissons Memorial Scholarship (watercolour), University of Manitoba
2002 Heinz Jordan Prize in Painting, University of Manitoba
2002 Millennium Scholarship Award, Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
2001 Millennium Scholarship Award, Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Spectators, Northern Galleries, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South-Dakota,USA
2010 In Limbo, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2010 New Works, LES, Lower East Side Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Transient State, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2008 Naturally Tied, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2007 Testing the limits, Paul Petro multiples and small works, Toronto
2007 Les Murs sont Tombés, Solo-Exhibition at La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg
2006 Dark and Lonely, Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Familiar Places, Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 New Works, Solo-Exhibition, Adelaide McDermot Gallery, Winnipeg
2002 Little Dream, Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre Gallery, Winnipeg

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 RBC semi-finalist exhibition Power Plant, Toronto
2010 Drowning Ophelia, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Jan - April
2009 The Phoenix Art: Young Canadian Painters, Simon Blais, Montreal
2009 Slip Stream, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2008 Magenta Foundation Carte Blanche painting exhibition, MOCCA, Toronto
2008 A good summer to stay inside, LES Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Summer group show, Paul, Toronto
2008 Alluvial Plain, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
2008 If you go out in the woods today… Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Ignition 4, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2007 East meets West, Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2007 RBC 9th annual painting competition, travelling exhibition in Toronto, Moncton, Winnipeg, and Vancouver
2007 Two person show with Erica Eyres, Project Room, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2007 Two-person show with Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
2007 Compression, Concordia MFA exhibition, Art M r, Quebec, Montreal
2007 Little Dude, Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2007 Royal Bank (RBC) painting competition finalists touring exhibition (8th annual competition)
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario,
Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Supernovas, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2006 Too-Sicks exhibition, Gallery 1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Another Other, the OtherGallery at the Cooper Gallery, Dundee, Scotland UK
2004 Décalage, Concordia Group Exhibition, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Québec
2003 A La Planche, two-six collective show, The Annex Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2003 YWA, Young Winnipeg Artists, Plug-In Institute of Contemporary art, Winnipeg
　
Upcoming Exhibitions
2011 Survey Exhibition, touring, Doris McCarthy, U of Toronto - The Kenderdine, Saskatchewan (2012)
2011 Solo-exhibition Artist Run Center La Maison des Artistes Visuels Francophones, Saint-Boniface,
2011 Group exhibition, Winter Kept Us Warm, traveling Maison Rouge (France), Plug-In ICA, Winnipeg

Collections
Galerie Keza, Paris, France
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto offices
Femmarte , Collection of works of art from predominantly Canadian Female Artists
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario
Royal Bank of Canada, Winnipeg offices
Various private collections, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg
Various private collections in the United States, North Dakota, New York

Publications
2010 Francophonies D'Amerique, University of Ottawa Press, Cover Art, 261 pages
2010 RBC painting competition catalogue, 40 pages, color
2008 Magenta Foundation, Carte Blanche Vol. 2, painting, Emerging artist, 328 pages, color
2008 The Winnipeg Alpha bestiary, letter Y, 104 pages, color
2008 RBC painting book, featuring works in the competition over 10 years, 91 pages, color
2007 RBC painting competition catalogue, 40 pages, color
2006 Supernovas catalogue, group exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 88 pages, color
2006 RBC painting competition catalogue, 40 pages, color

Employment In the Arts
2010-11 Artist Lecturer, advanced painting, University of Manitoba
2010 Instructor, Painting 1, School of Art, University of Manitoba
2009-10 Artist Lecturer, advanced painting, University of Manitoba
2008-09 College Saint-Boniface, inventory of permanent collection and currated permanent exhibition
2009 Currated exhibition and auction - Maison Gabrielle Roy
2009 - Jan 2010 Bilingual Facilitator, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Youth Programs

Selected Bibliography

Culture Art: Fashion Magazine
Jordan, Betty-Ann Fashion Magazine Winter 2010, Where the Art is. Culture Art, p. 30, 122
Featuring Nine Contemporary Canadian Artist

The Phoenix Art: Young Canadian Painters, Simon Blais, Montreal
Callaghan, Lori Rising from the ashes, Rover, Montreal Arts Uncovered
Canadian Art On-line, The Phoenix Art: Viewing Painting's Renewed Power

Transient State, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, July 3 - August 1, 2009
Dault, Gary Michael Globe and Mail, Saturday, July 11, 2009
Schechter,Fran Now Toronto, Art reviews, July 16 - 22, 2009

Review Carte Blanche Vol. 2, painting exhibition at the MOCCA Eye Weekly, November 19, 2008

Review Naturally Tied, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, 2008
Dault, Gary Michael A Cacophony of Meaning, Globe and Mail, January 19, 2008
David Balzer, Toronto's Eye Weekly Magazine, review
Interview with Radio-Canada Ontario's daily art show

Review BorderCrossings Magazine, painting issue #103
Enright, Robert Border Views, Pleasurable Unease, p.28-29

Paul Butler and TheOthergallery
Living Winnipeg, CBC special, September 2007 (Chosen as one of the top 5 emerging artists in Winnipeg)

Les Murs Sont Tombés, La Maison des Artistes Visuels Francophones Inc., Artist Run Centre
Chamberland, Denis interview for Zig-Zag, December 2007
Leveille, Roger Liaison, magazine for the arts of western Canada, fall 2007
Roberts, Lorne Unique Francophone artists creating new visual languages, Winnipeg Free Press
Gignac, Anne-Marie Interview Radio Canada (television), Cultural Programming, Manitoba
Ousset, Jean-Marc CKSB, Radio-Canada Manitoba, interview for Western Canada
Dureault, Vincent CKSB, Radio-Canada Manitoba, interview in Winnipeg
Abramson, Stacey review in Uptown magazine, June 21, 2007

Too-Sicks collective
CBC Artspots Too-sicks collective, 2006 www.cbc.ca/artspots
Dark and Lonely exhibition, Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
Regan, Kate Mike Bayne and Melanie Rocan, Toronto Life, September 2006
Balzer, David An artful year, Eye Weekly Toronto - Arts Week -December 21, 2006

RBC 8th Painting competition 2006
Jager, David - Bank on this NOW Magazine - The Arts in Toronto, September 14 - 20
Csanady, Ashley - Banking on the future of Canadian art, Imprint, The University of Waterloo newspaper
Roberts, Lorne - Local Artists make splash on Toronto Scene, Winnipeg Free Press, September 30, 2006
Gignac, Anne-Marie - Interview Radio Canada (television), Cultural Programming, Manitoba

Dualité Exhibition, CCFM, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba 2006
Wiebe, Christabel Crossovers, BorderCrossings, review on Dualite exhibition, p.82-83, issue 100, winter
Roberts, Lorne Show offers fresh take on urban art, Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, July 13, 2006
Leveille Roger Review on Dualite exhibition, Liaison Western Art Magazine, summer 2006

BorderCrossings Magazine YOUNG, issue 92, winter 2004
Enright, Robert Dear Diarist, page 11 / Eyland, Cliff Too-Sicks Collective, page 16 – 27

A La Planche Exhibition 2003
Enright, Robert "Winnipeg singular collective raises a ruckus", Globe and Mail, November 12

Young Winnipeg Artist Exhibition 2003
Enright, Robert Globe and Mail, Visual Arts, p. V2-V3 May 10, 2003
Cameron, Amy Hey we're from Winnipeg too... MacLean's magazine, March 24, 2003
Enright, Robert Nouveau Winnipeg, Border Crossings Magazine, p.15-16, issue No. 86