Laurie Kader, BFA, MA
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Biography
Laurie Kader lives and works in Montreal and obtained her Masters of Arts Education from Concordia University in 2006. Since the very young age of three, she has been expressing herself through art. With a multidisciplinary background encompassing fine arts, art education and art therapy. She has recently opened her own company called Inner Works and is actively pursuing her career as a professional artist.
Academic Profile
My expertise resides in the fine arts/education/art education and continuously being a professional working artist.
2006 Concordia University, Master's Program in Art Education
2002 Concordia University, Studio Arts/Painting and Drawing, Bachelor of Fine Arts
2000-2001 York University, Major in Studio Arts
1998-2000 Dawson College, Fine Arts, Diploma of Collegial Studies
Work Experience
2010 Inner Works – President and Founder of company
2008 Art Specialist, ongoing – Summit School, Montreal, Quebec
2007 Educator – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney
2006 ArtsSmarts – Artist in Residence for Cedar Street Primary School in Beloeil
2004-2005 Artist in Residence for the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Responsible for the project management of the pilot summer studio project for the Children’s Museum. My leadership role included the following:
2003-2005 Teachers Assistant, Art Education Department, Concordia University, Montreal
Responsible for guiding and training undergraduate students in Art Education during their teacher training hours. My objectives were as follows:
· Working on lesson and unit plans in collaboration with the students.
· Evaluating students during their first and second teaching sessions.
2002-2007 Painting and Drawing instructor, Dollard Center for the Arts, Montreal
Participating as an active team member representing the children and teens programs for the Dollard Center for the Arts. My role as a teacher entails:
· Working with children ages 5 to 14.
· Creating and implementing lessons plans that focus specifically on creative learning through the arts in
painting and drawing.
· Communicating with parents to provide positive feedback on a regular basis.
1996-1998 Janet Harris Expressions, taught oil painting and other techniques to children
Solo Exhibition Record
2011 Toronto Art Expo
2010 Galerie Gora, Montreal, Quebec
2009 Galerie 1040, Montreal, Quebec
2008 Pieces of Me, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Expressions of Self, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
Group Exhibition Record
2008 Square Foot Exhibition, AWOL Gallery, Toronto
A Dream within a Dream, ARTA Gallery, Toronto
Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, Ontario
2007 The Lexis of Abstraction, Agora Gallery, New York City
Gallery 7A, Ottawa, Abstractions 2, Ottawa, Ontario
Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, Ontario
The Emergence Project, Luxemburg, WI
2006 Tel Que Nous Faisons / As We Do, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
2005 Silent Auction, Observatoire 4, édifice Belgo, Montréal
2004 Tremling Ground, a site-specific installation organized by Giuseppe Di Leo
Kalenarte, Museo Civico d"Arte Contemporanea, Casacalenda, Italy
Views / Perspectives, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
Alumni Show, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Dawson College, Montreal
Sandra Goldie Gallery, Westmount, Montreal
2003 Sasa tel quel-Rad’a, Painting, 841 Gilford
Bodily Confessions - The Warren G. Flowers Gallery of Dawson College
Paintings and Drawings 4001, ouest De Maisoneuve, Montreal (Quebec)
2002 Open House - October 20th 2002, paintings, prints and photography, Dollard des Ormeaux, Montreal
Ca X, painting, 1395 Rene-Levesque W., Montreal
Immanent Crossings, Java U, photography, De Maisoneuve Street, Montreal
Black Studies Center Exhibit, Art4Peace, painting, De Maisoneuve Street, Montrel
2000 Department of Fine Arts Graduating Exhibition, Painting and Etching, Dawson College, Montreal
Artist in Bloom, Auction, Painting, Dawson College, Montreal
Visiting Artist Lecture Series
2006 Pain Days Montreal, Oral presentation at McGill University: chronic pain and art for healing.
2003 Delivered a lecture on my exhibition which was presented atThe Warren G. Flowers Gallery of Dawson
College, Montreal (Quebec)
Live Interviews
Trudy Thomas (aka thematrix777)
Living With RSD radio show
Fridays' 12 noon east and Monday's 8 pm east
Call in number 347-884-9691
Publications
Modern Art Community Mediaplan publishing, Featured Artists Volume II, 2011
Parcours Art & Art De Vivre Magazine, 2010
Sonja-Jade Lilly, A Published Gallery (Inner Circle Publishing, 2009) 346-349.
Concordia University Magazine, Spring 2010
Interview with CTV, The Power of One, 2010
Concordia University Magazine, June 2009
Laurie Kader lives and works in Montreal and obtained her Masters of Arts Education from Concordia University in 2006. Since the very young age of three, she has been expressing herself through art. With a multidisciplinary background encompassing fine arts, art education and art therapy. She has recently opened her own company called Inner Works and is actively pursuing her career as a professional artist.
Academic Profile
My expertise resides in the fine arts/education/art education and continuously being a professional working artist.
2006 Concordia University, Master's Program in Art Education
2002 Concordia University, Studio Arts/Painting and Drawing, Bachelor of Fine Arts
2000-2001 York University, Major in Studio Arts
1998-2000 Dawson College, Fine Arts, Diploma of Collegial Studies
Work Experience
2010 Inner Works – President and Founder of company
2008 Art Specialist, ongoing – Summit School, Montreal, Quebec
- Summit School caters to special needs children through a curriculum that offers traditional academic subjects, art education, creative arts therapies, daily life activities, vocational training and physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapies.
2007 Educator – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney
2006 ArtsSmarts – Artist in Residence for Cedar Street Primary School in Beloeil
- Organized, produced and directed a project which led to the development of a traveling art exhibition.
- The primary objective of the project was the integration of art education throughout the whole school curriculum.
2004-2005 Artist in Residence for the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Responsible for the project management of the pilot summer studio project for the Children’s Museum. My leadership role included the following:
- Focusing and designing for drop-in sessions in the studio to encourage creativity and self-expression through art production. The pilot project was based on 9 themes; clay, sculpture, contour drawing, collage light/dark/texture, construction, painting, oil resist, patterning and disguises.
- Preparing lesson plans for activities
- Facilitating the active participation of museum visitors in art activities. Guiding and training animators, as well as working with the senior leadership team to test the newly proposed programs for drop-in sessions in the studio.
- Collecting and interpreting research data to meet the needs of the museums valued clients.
- Working directly with staff and volunteers.
- Ensuring museum visitors standards for our selected targeted audiences (children, parents and school groups).
- Led project to successful outcome – Participation rate doubled
2003-2005 Teachers Assistant, Art Education Department, Concordia University, Montreal
Responsible for guiding and training undergraduate students in Art Education during their teacher training hours. My objectives were as follows:
· Working on lesson and unit plans in collaboration with the students.
· Evaluating students during their first and second teaching sessions.
2002-2007 Painting and Drawing instructor, Dollard Center for the Arts, Montreal
Participating as an active team member representing the children and teens programs for the Dollard Center for the Arts. My role as a teacher entails:
· Working with children ages 5 to 14.
· Creating and implementing lessons plans that focus specifically on creative learning through the arts in
painting and drawing.
· Communicating with parents to provide positive feedback on a regular basis.
1996-1998 Janet Harris Expressions, taught oil painting and other techniques to children
Solo Exhibition Record
2011 Toronto Art Expo
2010 Galerie Gora, Montreal, Quebec
2009 Galerie 1040, Montreal, Quebec
2008 Pieces of Me, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Expressions of Self, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
Group Exhibition Record
2008 Square Foot Exhibition, AWOL Gallery, Toronto
A Dream within a Dream, ARTA Gallery, Toronto
Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, Ontario
2007 The Lexis of Abstraction, Agora Gallery, New York City
Gallery 7A, Ottawa, Abstractions 2, Ottawa, Ontario
Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, Ontario
The Emergence Project, Luxemburg, WI
2006 Tel Que Nous Faisons / As We Do, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
2005 Silent Auction, Observatoire 4, édifice Belgo, Montréal
2004 Tremling Ground, a site-specific installation organized by Giuseppe Di Leo
Kalenarte, Museo Civico d"Arte Contemporanea, Casacalenda, Italy
Views / Perspectives, Galerie de la Ville, Montreal
Alumni Show, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Dawson College, Montreal
Sandra Goldie Gallery, Westmount, Montreal
2003 Sasa tel quel-Rad’a, Painting, 841 Gilford
Bodily Confessions - The Warren G. Flowers Gallery of Dawson College
Paintings and Drawings 4001, ouest De Maisoneuve, Montreal (Quebec)
2002 Open House - October 20th 2002, paintings, prints and photography, Dollard des Ormeaux, Montreal
Ca X, painting, 1395 Rene-Levesque W., Montreal
Immanent Crossings, Java U, photography, De Maisoneuve Street, Montreal
Black Studies Center Exhibit, Art4Peace, painting, De Maisoneuve Street, Montrel
2000 Department of Fine Arts Graduating Exhibition, Painting and Etching, Dawson College, Montreal
Artist in Bloom, Auction, Painting, Dawson College, Montreal
Visiting Artist Lecture Series
2006 Pain Days Montreal, Oral presentation at McGill University: chronic pain and art for healing.
2003 Delivered a lecture on my exhibition which was presented atThe Warren G. Flowers Gallery of Dawson
College, Montreal (Quebec)
Live Interviews
Trudy Thomas (aka thematrix777)
Living With RSD radio show
Fridays' 12 noon east and Monday's 8 pm east
Call in number 347-884-9691
Publications
Modern Art Community Mediaplan publishing, Featured Artists Volume II, 2011
Parcours Art & Art De Vivre Magazine, 2010
Sonja-Jade Lilly, A Published Gallery (Inner Circle Publishing, 2009) 346-349.
Concordia University Magazine, Spring 2010
Interview with CTV, The Power of One, 2010
Concordia University Magazine, June 2009
