Virginie Fillion is a Montreal based artist specialized in drawing and print media. Since 2013, she taught art in different institutions in Montreal (Canada), and London (UK). She works as a medical illustrator since 2020, and completed her MFA at Concordia University in 2021.
Curriculum vitae
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts -Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2013 Bachelor of Arts - Art Education, University of Quebec in Montreal, QC, Canada
2009 Bachelor of Arts - Creation, University of Quebec in Montreal, QC, Canada
2006 Certificate in Art History, University of Quebec in Montreal, QC, Canada
Professional Experience
2020 - Ongoing, Freelance Medical Illustrator
Creating digital images to illustrate didactic scenarios for medical students and support surgical procedures (freelance for McGill Health Centre, VPConnect and Distilledtech)
2020 Teacher, Drawing 200 (Winter Semester), Division of Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
2019 Teacher, Introduction to Contemporary Relief and Woodcut, Division of Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Teaching Assistant, Intaglio I, Division of Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Instructor: Stéphanie de Couto Costa
Teaching Assistant, Lithography I, Division of Print Media Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Instructor: Stephanie Russ
2018 Teaching Assistant, Processes in Digital Print Media Division of Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Instructor: Stephanie Russ
2012-2017 Supply Teacher and Art Specialist, Montreal School Board (CSDM), Montreal, QC, Canada
2016-2017 Art and Design Teacher, Ark Globe Academy, Southwark, London, UK
Cover for Philippa Sanders
2015-2017 Supply Teacher, Engage Education, London, UK
2016 Music and French Teacher (PPA teacher), Barrow Hedges Primary School, Carshalton Beeches, London, UK
2014 Mediation Committee and Animation, Graff, Montreal, QC, Canada
2010-2013 History, Archeology and Fine Art Educator, Museum of Lachine, Montreal, QC
2019 Curatorial Committee and translator
Maureen IV Exhibition of 1rst and 2nd years Concordia MFA Candidates, April
29th to May 4th 2019
Co-organizer, Inhospitable Portfolio Exchange
Collaborators: 21 Graduate students and Faculty members from U of A,
NSCAD, OCAD and Concordia
2018 Writer, Short Essays on the practices of Anna Jane McIntyre and
Étienne Tremblay Tardif, Expanded Print Symposium Publication,
Division of Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, Qc, Canada
2014 Mediation Committee, Atelier Graff, organisation and animation of the event
Parcelles de Papier for the Journée de la culture 2014
2010 Writer and Fundraising Committee, Essay on the practice of Karine Fréchette,
Projet Complot 7: Déjà-Vu, Group exhibition (with publication), Art Mûr
Gallery, 13-20, March 2010
Research Development
2019 Member’s Exchange and Open Portfolio, Southern Graphics Council International
Conference, Dallas, Tx, US
2018 Summer Exchange at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2017 Fund Writing Strategies for Masters (Thesis) and Doctoral Students,
GradProSkills workshop, Concordia, Montreal, QC, Canada
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in Thesis-based programs,
GradProSkills workshop, Concordia, Montreal, QC, Canada
2016 Live Model Drawing student, Art Academy of London, Southwark, London, UK
2014 Coaching for women artists in actual art (Professional Studies Diploma),
Instructors: Sylvie Cotton and Sylvie Tourangeau, Mon projet d’affaires,
Montreal, QC, Canada
Co-Founder of Coop Cent Disciplines’ screen printing studio, Coop Cent
Disciplines (2050 Dandurand), Montreal, QC, Canada
2013 Québec Teaching Certification, Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports of
Québec, QC, Montreal, Canada (No. BR373013)
2011 Written French Certification for Teaching (TECFÉE), Performance Evaluation
Centre in French, Montreal, QC, Canada
Honours, Awards and Grants
2018-19 Concordia Conference and Exposition Award
Graduate Students Association's Conference Funding
Concordia Merit Scholarship
Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society
2017 Richard Lacroix Paper Grant
Exhibitions
2021 Remember You’re Still Breathing
MFA graduating exhibition, Espace Produit Rien, January 20 to 31st 2021
2019 Inhospitable Portfolio Exchange Exhibition,
Travelling to: Concordia MFA Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
Dead On Collective, Ontario, Canada
Parlez-moi d’amour, Centre Wellington, Verdun, QC, Canada
Maureen IV, Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
SGCI Member’s Exchange Exhibition, Fairmount Hotel, Dallas, TX, US
Plinth or Platform, Concordia MFA Gallery, QC, Canada
2018 Saint-Lambert Contemporary Art Fair, Saint-Lambert, QC, Canada
Maureen III, Darling Foundry, Montreal, QC, Canada
Curators: Scott Osborne and Iso E. Setel
2017 Small-ish, Mouse Print Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
Curator: Mara Eagle
Preencher o Vazio, Rivanguarda Associaçao Cultural, Gois, Portugal
Curators: Marisol Maza, Lydia Stachenko, Virginie Fillion
2015 Point de contact 2.0, Admare Artist Centre, Colis suspect exhibition space,
Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC, Canada
2014 Anti-corps, Espace Projet Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Curators: Julia Roberge Van Der Donkt and Fania Elizabeth Pilon
Petit Salon de la poésie et du livre d’artiste, Arprim, QC, Canada
L’art est sur image, Gallery 1040, Montreal, Canada
Curator: François de Courville
Foire des savoirs, Maison Lepailleur, Châteauguay, QC, Canada
2013 Femmes sujets, Centre Communautaire de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, QC,
Canada
Miniatures, Espace Projet Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
Curator: Catherine Barnabé
2009 Passage à découvert, University of Quebec in Montreal Gallery, Montreal, QC,
Canada
2008 Paramètres, University of Quebec in Montreal Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
Residencies
2018- Summer exchange, University of Alberta (Print Media department, under the
supervision of Sean Caulfield)
2017- Artist in Residency Program, Raizvanguarda Associaçao Cultural, Gois,
Portugal
2014 - Artist in Residency Program, Zocalo, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Projet Insertion, Graff, Montreal, QC, Canada
Artist Presentations / technical demonstrations
2019 Chine-collé demonstration - Intaglio I course
2018 Screen printing demonstration - Processes in Digital Print Media course
2014 Presentation of research and Studio practice - artist in residency program, Zocalo,
Longueuil, QC, Canada
Print workshop for the Journée de la culture at Graff, Montreal, QC, Canada
Collections
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw Georgia
Bibliothèques et archives Nationales du Québec
Zocalo archives
Graff archives
Membership
Member: Southern Graphics Council International, United States, 2019 -
present
Member: L’imprimerie, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2017- present
Member: Zocalo, Longueuil, QC, Canada, 2014-2015
Member: Graff, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2014-2015
Member: Coop Cent Disciplines, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2014-2015
Volunteering
Participant - Department Appraisal external evaluators, Concordia,
Montreal, QC, Canada, March 2019
Assistant to the Class Administrator - Art Academy of London, London, UK,
2016-2017
Barista - Museality and Intermediality Symposium: New Museum
Paradigms, Société des Arts Technologiques, Montreal, QC, Canada, October
2009
Visual Display - Ten Thousand Villages, Montreal, QC, Canada
Virginie Fillion
Montreal, Canada
phone:
email: fillion.fecteau.virginie@gmail.com
website: http://www.virginiefillion.com