Bringing a sensibility to my visual art from my experiences with dance and in the theatre, I create drawings focused on my models as actors caught in a moment in time, and from these, interpretative sculptures that explore the emotional and perceptual ‘realities’ the poses suggest.
My mediums of choice are graphite and coloured pencil and clay, and sometimes these are combined or related to other mediums. My drawing style relates to Realism and Phenomenology, while my sculptures to Surrealism and Magic Realism, though I admit to a certain degree of irony in my sculptural work.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS Juried or Curated
2017 – HISTOIRES INTÉRIEURS, Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, St-Laurent, Que.
Director: Pierre Wilson
2007 – DRAWINGS, Restaurant Aikawa Gallery, D.D.O., Que.
2004 – ART PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, Java U Gallery, 4914 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Que.
Curator: Cynthia Van Frank
2001 – RELATIONSHIPS, Espace 3, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Que.
Curator: Doreen Lindsay
2001 – BESTIARY, invited artist, Cornwall Regional Gallery, Cornwall, Ont.
Curator: Sylvie Lizotte
2000 – OF FLIGHT, invited artist, Kirkland Library, Kirkland, Que, Director: Beverley Gilbertson
1996 – UNDERTOWS, Gallery 89, John Abbot College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
Co-Directors: Nasco Kasadarow, David Lubell
1994 – DANS TOUT SES ETATS, Centre de Céramique Poterie Bonsecours, Montreal, Que.
Curator : Monique Giard
1990 – DRAMATIS PERSONAE, invited artist, La Maison André Benjamin Papineau, Laval, Que.
Director: Michel Maillet
1988 – I DREAMT A DREAM, invited artist, installation, The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Congress, Palais des Congrès, Montreal, Que.
1987 – THE WALLFLOWER SERIES, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, Que.
1985 – NEW MUSE: VIDEA, Sally Borden Lounge, The Banff Center, Banff, Alta.
1984 – BETWEEN THIS SPACE AND THAT, installation, The Exit Gallery, The Banff Center, Banff, Alta.
Curator: Ralph Temple
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
As Artist and Director/Curator, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que.
2010 – PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN with performances
2004 – REVERIE with performances
1999 – THE INNER LIMITS
1989 – RESIDENTS OF THE FOURTH
SELECTED ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES
2014 – WHO, WHAT, WHERE?, dance and mime performance during trio exhibition Inner Narratives,
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Que.
2010 – THE MOBILE GALLERY, movement and visual art performance during
People I Have Known solo exhibition, Galerie de la Ville., D.D.O., Que.
2004 – THE WAKING DREAM, performance during solo exhibition Reverie, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que.
1984 – CAST SHADOWS, created by Claudine Ascher and performed with Marie-Claude Leclerc,
Henri Sylvestre, Cameron Watt and Joan Irwin, The Walter Phillips Gallery of The Banff Centre;
Fine Arts, Banff, Alta.
DUO OR TRIO EXHIBITIONS
2014 – INNER NARRATIVES w/Bev Wight & Susan Fowler, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Que.
Curator: Joyce Millar
2013 – JE DORS, w/Claire Venne & Diane Collet, L’Entrepôt de Lachine, Lachine, Que.
Director : Francine Hoffman
2010 – IMAGES 3, w/Yvonne Callaway Smith & Diane Collet, Galerie Laoun Opticien, Montreal, Que.
Director: Sheriff Laoun – catalogue
2006 – CONFINED SPACES, w/Lisa Waite, Espace Trois, The Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Que.
Curator: Doreen Lindsay
1996 – UNPLUGGED, w/Diane Collet, The Cornwall Regional Gallery, Cornwall, Ont.
Curator: Sylvie Lizotte
1992 – THE STORYTELLERS, w/Diane Collet, Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que. – as curator
1985 – DRAWINGS, w/Marie-Claude Leclerc, The Little Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alta.
CREATION IN-GALLERY PROJECTS AND/OR EXHIBITIONS INVITING PARTICIPATION BY OTHER ARTISTS
As Independent Artist and Curator
2017 – ART AT HOME / L’ART CHEZ SOI, (in former American Apparel store) Fairview Pointe-Claire, Pointe-Claire, Que.
As Artist and Director/Curator of Galerie de la Ville, D.D.O., Que. Select online catalogues available.
2019 – THE DOLL HOUSE – 13-artist
2017 – LATTICES AND INTERSTICES – 73-artist
2015 – SO SAYS – 16 artist thematic
2013 – THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – in gallery, 9-artist
2012 – THE PLAYROOM – in-gallery, 12-artist
2010 – 10X10 CHALLENGE 2010: 17 artist creation project; Collaboration with the Lakeshore
Camera Club; DVD by Stéphane Brazeau, Drew Patterson, Richard Bonomo
2008 – FLIGHT OF FANCY: THE IMAGINARY CANADIAN STAMP COLLECTION; 16 artist
2008 – ART AT HOME, GALERIE DE LA VILLE AT MOBILIA, Mobilia, Pointe-Claire, Que.
2001 – IMPROVISATIONS 2001 – in-gallery, 5-artist
1998 – IMPROVISATIONS 1998 – in-gallery, 13-artist
INTERNATIONAL GROUP EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
2012 – REFLECTIONS ON REBIRTH: IMAGES FOR JAPAN POST 3/11, Prince Takamodo Gallery, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. Curators: Nina Handjeva, Robin Campbell
1996 – INTERCHANGE 96, seven-person, Galerie Stara radnice, Brno, Czech Republic
1996 – ARTISTS’ EXCHANGE: August 1 to August 29, In-Studio Production and exhibition:
With Milan and Eva Lapka, Susan LowBeer, Shinco Jager and Krysia Stronski,
Guests of the Brno Artists’ Association, Kunstat and Brno, Czech Republic
1995 – THE WORLD’S WOMEN ON LINE, permanently at: www.asu.edu/wwol with CD-ROM –
Curator: Muriel Magenta
1995 – THE WORLD’S WOMEN ON LINE, United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China and Computing Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, USA.
Curator: Muriel Magenta
NATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 – 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Sask.
2006 – ART WOW 2, Galerie Harwood, Hudson, Que.
1994 – THE FEMININE VIEW POINT, Jacob 1220 Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Que. – catalogue
1989 – NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ont.
1984 – “84 CLAY EH?”, The Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alta – catalogue
THEMATIC GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Invited, Juried or Curated
2017 – IMPULSES Selections from the Permanent Collection,
The Walter Phillips Gallery Main Space, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alta.
2012 – CADAVRE EXQUIS, Galerie Ouest, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
2010 – ORANGE, Galerie 127 Raphael Décor, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.
2010 – LE CORPS MIS A NU, Galerie 127 Raphael Décor, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.
2008 – IASD: DREMS WITHOUT BORDERS, Galerie Art Neuf, Montreal, Que.
2007 – EYE CANDY, Galerie Design Ex Machina, Pointe-Claire, Que.
2003 – EN ROUTE, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Que.
2003 – LE CORPS MASCULIN, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Que.
2001 – CORPUS: DOROTA’S IMAGINARY COLLECTION, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Que.
2001 – FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2001 – EXHIBITION, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Que.
1999 – DIALOGUES, invited artist, Jewish Artists’ Association, Decarie Square, Montreal, Que.
1997 – ART ACTUEL ET CONTEMPORAIN: GRAND FORMAT, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Mtl, Que.
1996 – TRIBUTE TO ROLAND SMITH, Galerie VAV, Concordia University, Montreal, Que.
1994 – CORPUS, Five-person thematic, McClure Gallery of the Visual Arts Center, Montreal, Que.
1993 – QUÉBEC MULTI-CULTUREL ART CONTEMPORAIN, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Montreal, Que. – catalogue
1991 – ENSEMBLE, Le Quartier des Arts, Pointe-Claire, Que.
COMMERCIAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 – SIDIM, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Que.
2007 – RENCONTRE DES ARTS, Centre des Ainés, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. – catalogue
2006 – RENCONTRE DES ARTS, Centre des Ainés, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que. – catalogue
1998 – VISUAL EUPHORIA, Galerie Raphael Essebag, Montreal, Que.
1995 – 1001 POTS, La guilde des céramistes de Montreal, Val-David, Que.
DEALER EXHIBITIONS
2005 – gallery closed 2007 – GALERIE 2050: SCOTT ADDIS, 2050 Crescent Street, Montreal, Que.
2001 – gallery closed 2011 – GALLERY ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1999 – gallery closed 2006 – DAVID ASTROF FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS, Thompson House of McGill U., Les Ailes de la Mode, Marché Bonsecours, The Belgo Building, Montreal, Que.
1996 – NOVA AUCTIONS, catalogue
FACULTY OR FUNDRAISER EXHIBITIONS
2018 – SILENT AUCTION, Law Faculty McGill University for Lawyers Without Borders, Montreal, Que.
2012 – THE COLLECTORS’ FAIR – Galerie de la Ville, The Dollard Center for the Arts , D.D.O., Que.
2011 – ART AU CARRE, Centre des arts visuels, Westmount, Que
1988 to 2018 – FACULTY EXHIBITIONS, Galerie de la Ville, The Dollard Center for the Arts, D.D.O., Que.
1987 – FACULTY OR FUNDRAISER EXHIBITIONS, The McClure Gallery, The Visual Arts Centre
2000 to 2011 – MOUNTAIN LAKE PBS Public Auctions, Vermont, U.S. A. – to 2006 – catalogues 00, 01, 06
2004 – OMPAC Public Auctions – catalogues 04, 05
CORPORATE OR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Allsteel, Toronto, Ont.
Colart, Dollarama, Montreal, Que.
Avmor, Montreal, Que.
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alta
Mountain Lake PBS, Vermont, U.S.A.
Ceramic Artists Association, Brno/Prague, Czech Republic
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montreal, Que.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Ongoing sculptural commissions for individuals including specialty portraits, urns
2001 – THE AVMOR COLLECTION, Old Montreal, Que.: drawings of Old Montreal Avmor buildings
1996 – PROJET FOR THE BIRDS, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Polyvalente Marcel Landry, Iberville, Que.
1996 – PROJET FOR THE ENVIIRONMENT, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Polyvalente Marcel Landry, Iberville, Que.
1994 – AUTOPORTRAIT OF A CLASS, for Quebec government’s Les Artists à l’école, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School, Pierrefonds, Que.
1989 – CHILD’S PLAY, Les Conceptions d’aménagement A.M. Ltée., Que.
19-foot seated child for Allsteel display at Toronto’s IDEX exhibition – silver medal winner
SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS AND MEMBER EXHIBITIONS
Ongoing since 2021: ASSOCIATION DES ARTISTES DE LASALLE – Galerie du Centre Henri-Lemieux, Ville LaSalle
2021 – SALON D’AUTOMNE
2022 – SALON DU PREINTEMPS – juried
Ongoing since 2021 : LE GUEULART, ARTIST-RUN CENTRE, Saint-Isidore, Que. – participant in exhibitions
2021 – UN GEANT SANS PAREIL – GSP (George St. Pierre)
2021 – PARIS
2022 – LE SEIN MIS A NU
2022 – CIRCUIT DE SCULPTURE A SAINT-ISIDORE
Ongoing since 2020: The Artists Association of Dollard (AAD), Honorary Life Member
Ongoing since 1992 : R.A.A.V.: Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels (CARFAC) Que. professional member
SELECTED ARTICLES OR PROGRAMS
2017 – “Portrait d’artiste : Claudine Ascher” par Mireille Belanger, © Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec
2017 – “Impulses: Selections from the Permanent Collection” February 11 to May 29, 2017
Curator’s statement, The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre. Banff, Alta.
2010 – “10×10: 1 Camera, 1 Lens, 1 Model: 4th Edition The Parish House”; DVD.
Director: Stephane Brazeau, with Drew Patterson, Richard Bonomo
2009 – “Claudine: Selling for Dad” Whalley-Abbey Media Buy Me:, Episode #7121,
Director: Gideon Dante, DVD runtime: DVD 21:46 mins. First Broadcast: HGTV (Videotron 103) Feb. 1, 8:30 pm
2006 – “Ascher invites public to say ‘hello’ to sculptures”, article and photo by Heather Solomon, The Canadian Jewish News, Lifestyle section, February 9, M page 37
2004 – “Dans la peau de Claudine Ascher”, article by Valerie Schultz, photo by Jacques Pharand, Arts et Spectacles, Cite Nouvelles/City News, May 7, 2004, page 23
2002 – “Ascher aligns animals and humans at SBC”, article by Heather Solomon, photo de Doreen Lindsay, Canadian Jewish News, Arts Section, January 24, M page 29
2000 – “Envol: Une Exposition de Claudine Ascher”, Arts et Spectacles, Cites Nouvelles / City News, October 15, page 17
1993 – “La sculpture – le modelage en argile”, segment dirige par Stéphane Pilon Radio Québec 17UHF/Cable 8, March 10
1992 – Interview 2, Info Service WI Câble 9, Caroline Beribeau, Kirkland Socio-Cultural Animator – repeat broadcast
1992 – Interview 1, Info Service WI Câble 9, Caroline Beribeau, Kirkland Socio-Cultural Animator – repeat broadcast
