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À lire dans Cette Ville Étrange (Chroniques sur la création musicale) : un article par Michel Gonneville sur l'exposition de David Blatherwick et Mario Côté à la galerie B-312.

David Blatherwick and Mario Côté, two painters—one of whom received most of his training in English-speaking Canada and the other in French-speaking Quebec—have been engaging in a dialogue for several years now on topics that fascinate them. At first glance, their different cultural and linguistic backgrounds might seem to set them apart. However, the interactions sparked by visits to exhibitions, readings, and observations on the current state of the world—as well as reflections on studio work—above all highlight their close affinities.

In stretches of unclaimed land, tufted vetch spreads its tendrils, attaching itself to neighbouring plants. This is how it grows. Although it may sometimes smother its neighbours and block their light, it also nourishes the soil and pollinators. It’s a matter of each finding its balance with the others, of ensuring reciprocity. What relationships do we bring to others? And which ones do they bring to us?

À lire : le compte-rendu de Camille Richard sur l'exposition Les multiples récits à contenir de Annie Charland Thibodeau présentée à la Galerie B-312 du 9 janvier au 15 février 2025.

Montréal est entouré d’eau. Pourtant, dans certains quartiers, on oublie complètement ce rapport au fleuve, aux lacs et aux rivières. Quel lien entretenons-nous avec la nature, qu’on a progressivement domestiquée. Six artistes ont été invités à s’approprier les rives de Montréal à travers des projets en lien avec la nature et les cours d’eau. 

À lire : l'article Ponts artistiques entre Tunis et Montréal de Samir Ben Jaafar sur la Résidences croisées Montréal + Tunis, une initiative de la Galerie B-312 en partenariat avec La Boîte et Jiser.
Lire l'article (en Arabe) : Radio Canada International 

The artist is interested in monumentality as a constantly evolving phenomenon that shapes and is shaped by its environment. In the large exhibition hall, a work unfolds as a set of constructed planes, tiered like a monumental pedestal. In response, in the small room, a presentation device of petrographic archives made from calcite waste is set up.

Mention dans le Magazine radio In situ de la dernière journée de l'exposition et rencontre avec l'artiste Daniel Corbeil.

Joignez-vous à nous lors de la dernière journée de l'exposition pour une rencontre-discussion avec Daniel Corbeil et Anne-Marie Belley. 

Through dioramas and photographs, Daniel Corbeil develops a narrative showing how, in 2035, an island community adapts to the accelerated changes in their territory caused by climate disruptions. The rapid and permanent rise in sea levels poses an urgent threat that requires a radical and ingenious reconfiguration of housing.

Danielle Cormier, Éphémérides, un compte-rendu d'exposition écrit par Lisanne Nadeau, à lire dans le numéro 138 de la revue Espace art actuel.

La Galerie B-312 est très heureuse d’annoncer son nouveau projet de Résidences croisées Montréal + Tunis. S’échelonnant sur trois ans, ces résidences de ressourcement et de recherche favoriseront des échanges entre les communautés artistiques. Chaque année, deux artistes, l’un de Montréal, l’autre de Tunis, auront l’occasion de découvrir, à même une résidence d’un mois, la communauté artistique de chacune des deux villes. Une occasion unique de saisir, depuis une expérience in situ, une sensibilité, une culture, une manière de penser et de pratiquer l’art.

Manon De Pauw, Lueurs oniriques, une critique d'exposition rédigée par Maxence Croteau, à lire dans le numéro 126 du magazine Ciel variable.

With Ephemerides, Danielle Cormier offers a series of sculptures which are displayed in the large room of Galerie B-312. Interested in the fluidity of plaster, the artist examines the process of transformation of the material. Through imprinting and molding processes, she creates objects which, placed on the ground, become space determinants. The producing process, from its liquid substance at the beginning to the solid and frozen substance at the end, informs and induces the final object.

This workshop project invites three forms of practice: meditation on the breath, drawing and reflective writing.

On May 4, 2022, come participate in a discussion with artists Moridja Kitenge Banza, Marion Lessard and Vincent Routhier, also the author Daniel Canti.

To mark the 30th anniversary of B-312, which she co-founded, Marthe Carrier, assisted by collaborators, had reproduced the former space of the gallery when it was in third floor of Belgo building, local 312. Then they placed this reproduction in the main room of the actual space, 403. The white 1/2 scale reproduction, takes up virtually all the space...

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It is with great pride that we unveil the Winter-Spring program of 2022: three special exhibitions, presented in quick succession, to highlight the 30th anniversary of our center. With unique creations conceived by artists invited to commit themselves to the questions related to space and time.

To read in Le Devoir of September 26, 2021, a review by Marie-Ève ​​Charron on the current biennial in several venues in Montreal. Momenta : la nature là où vous ne l'attendez pas.

“If, at this point, this biennale has not succeeded in making you feel and feel again, analyze far from preconceptions, you will have to go to the B-312 gallery. The work of Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau, from Montreal, revisits the world of Clarice Lispector in a musical comedy as enjoyable as it is hard-hitting. »

A meeting with participants in the Deux par Deux | Exposition Buissonnière project in collaboration with the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

Join us for this video-discussion on this innovative curatorial project involving the Arprim, B-312, Circa and Skol centers and Drummondville's Galerie d'art Desjardins. With the participation of guests Marthe Carrier, Stéphanie Chabot, Emmanuelle Choquette and Émilie Granjon, and hosts Maude Hénaire and Marie-Pierre Simoneau.

As directors of artist-run centers in Montreal and Rouyn-Noranda, and guest curators at Galerie d'art Desjardins in Drummondville, Marthe Carrier and Matthieu Dumont have chosen to explore this triangulation: how is contemporary art lived and deployed in our regions? 

Much has been said since last Spring about the challenges that the pandemic poses for the performing arts. About the necessary proximity between artists and the public. Little has been heard about practices in the visual arts. However, to feel the full weight of a visual art  proposal, generated by the choices made on space, material, the connection to the body or to emotions, also requires a presence.

The migration of peoples is a recurring phenomenon in the history of humanity, whether by choice, by obligation, by necessity. What defines our territory? How does cultural heritage and identity affect who we are?

The migration of peoples is a recurring phenomenon in the history of humanity, whether by choice, by obligation, by necessity. What defines our territory? How does cultural heritage and identity affect who we are?

Hosted by Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, this panel is an opportunity to think the symbolism of wandering and discovering in a creation context. Starting from their respective residences, the artists of La Track | The Track will comment on their experiences.

Learn more about the artists from Montreal and Baltimore from La Track | The Track exhibition presented at Galerie B-312 until March 28, 2020. 

When the strange knock on the well-known door, it created perceptual and psychological discomfort. Involving itself cunningly, not to say sneaky, it causes awkwardness or fear. The artists reclaim a collective and symbolic basin to better invest it with a personal aesthetic.

Originally from China and based in Toronto for six years now, the curator Yan Zhou proposes Breathing, a search and creation project bringing together Chinese and Canadian artists. The project addresses environmental, political, economic and social concerns resulting from the smog phenomenon.

Learn more about works and artists of the Breathing exhibition. 

In partnership with Tour de Bras, Galerie B-312 is pleased to host the Baie Vitrée event, a sporadic series of improvised music and sound art programmed by musicians Philippe Lauzier and Éric Normand.

Gabrielle Lajoie-Bergeron is the curator of La Track | The Track a project with exhibitions, residences and conferences in which artists from Montreal and Baltimore reflect on uprooting, disorientation and encounter concepts.