Gianni Giuliano is of Italian descent, and born in Montreal, Canada where he continues to live and work. In 1998 he completed a Bachelor studies with distinction in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Painting & Drawing and in 2014 a Master degree in Art from Université du Québec à Montréal in Painting. He is the winner of the 6th Edition of The Brush Off Competition and twice a finalist (2016 and 2018) for the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition. In addition, he is also two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields grant amongst many other prizes. His works can be found in numerous public, private and corporate collections.
Influenced by the rich history of figurative painting, including their contemporaries Mark Tansey, Neo Rauch, Michael Borremans and Alex Colville, Gianni Giuliano is part of the contemporary realist painters.
His work is not strictly academic, however the realistic treatment of the image is one of the main modalities of creation. He sets himself a rule to oppose to the iconographic incongruities in a trompe oeil treatment, where the gaze of the viewer is constantly propelled by uncertainity to be solved, by a tension to bear, by the desire not to be removed from it.
Unsettling plots that include an arrangement of characters placed in a visually coherent environment with eclectic elements, whereby it is neither an apparent reflection of a plausible reality nor an evocation of an imaginary reality, but instead lies somewhere in between that defies straightforward interpretation. His charged pictures scrutinize the human condition that resonates with contemporary relevance.
Education
2014
Master in Arts, Painting, l’Université du Québec à Montréal,
Montreal (QC).
1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, Painting and Drawing, Concordia
University, Montreal (QC).
Selected solo exhibitions
2021
2018
2016
2013
2013
Les no(m)-dits, Lethbridge Exhibition Centre, St-Laurent (QC)
Vuja De, Galerie Erga, Montreal (QC)
New Works, Ludovik Art Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Hold the Horses! Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal (QC)
« Dé-kon-stru-ksion », Galerie La Seigneurie, Châteauguay (QC)
Selected group exhibitions
2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2013
2013
2012
Clay Roots, McClure Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Salon des Refusés, McBride Contemporain, Montreal (QC)
Figureworks 10th Edition, Saint Brigid Centre for the Arts, Ottawa (ON)
Act From Your Art Project, Galerie 5364 St. Laurent, Montreal (QC)
Perspicacious Paintings, Galerie Erga, Montreal (QC)
Resilience, MUHC Cedar Cancer Centre, Montreal (QC)
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, PHI Centre, Montreal (QC)
Italian Synergy, Galerie Erga Montreal (QC)
6th Edition of the Brush Off Competition, Westmount Square, Westmount (QC)
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Youn Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Italian Synergy, Ludovik Art Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Parle-moi d'amour, Les Impatients, Montreal (QC)
Human Body Exhibition, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Obsolète, CDEX Gallery, Montreal (QC)
Woman, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove (NL)
Selected artist residency / art fairs
2015
2012
ACPT, Art Contemporain Pour Tous
TOAF, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
Selected artist talks
2020
2019
2016
2013
Causerie d’artiste, Académie des beaux arts de Montréal, Montréal (QC)
Art and Ideas, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal (QC)
ArtNow Westmount, Westmount Library, Montréal (QC)
"Hold the Horses!", Dawson College, Westmount (QC)
Collections - amongst other private and corporate collections
Avmor Art Collection, Montreal (QC)
The Stanley Mill's Collection, Montreal (QC)
Dawson College Alumni Collection, Montreal (QC)
Les Entreprises Michel Choinière Inc., Montreal (QC)
Selected publications/catalogues
2017
Heather Black, “Brush Off” painting winners announced at Westmount Square, Westmount Independent, September 19, 2017, Vol.11 No.9c, p.23
Jean-Émile Verdier, Le silence parlant des peintures de Gianni Giuliano, Vie des Arts, Montreal (QC), fall 2015, p.74 and 75.
Valérie Gagnon, Images construites en dualité, Le Soleil de Châteauguay,
Châteauguay (QC), March 9, 2013, p. 24.
Valérie Gagnon, «Dé-kon-stru-ksion», Hebdos régionaux – Montérégie: march 8 http://video.monteregie.hebdosregionaux.ca/video/dossiers-chauds/reportages-locaux/1524771773001/gianni-giuliano-et-sa-de-kon-stru-ksion/2210048842001
The Human Body Exhibition, exhibition catalogue Dawson College, April 2013,
Montreal (QC).
Michael Corbin, The Triumph of Man, ArtBookGuy : Oct-Nov. 2012,
http://artbookguy.com/gianni-giuliano-triumph-of-man_463.html
2015
2013
2013
2013
2012
Selected media/appearance/interview
2021
2019
2017
2017
OMNI News Italian Edition, June 2021
PBS, Mountain Lake, The BrushOff Project, March 2019
CFMB 1280AM, Giovanni Angeloro, Sulla la bocca di tutti, May 2017
MIKE FM 105.1, Giovanni Angeloro, Aperitivo, March 2017
Distinctions
2019
2018
2017
2016
2001
1999
1998
1997
Figureworks 10th Edition Finalists, Ottawa (ON)
The Bombay Sapphire Montreal Finalists, Montreal (QC)
6th Edition Brush Off Competition, 1st prize winner, Montreal (QC)
The Bombay Sapphire Montreal Finalists, Montreal (QC)
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal (QC)
The Jordan Heinz Painting Prize, Montreal (QC)
The Stanley Mills Purchase Prize, Montreal (QC)
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal (QC)