José Luis Torres was born in Argentina. He has been living and working in Quebec since 2003.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
| 2026 | Public Presentation Grant – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) |
| 2023 | Charles-Biddle Award, regional volet – MIFI and Culture pour tous. |
| 2021 | Arts and Culture Excellence Award – Culture Capitale-Nationale et Chaudière-Appalaches |
| 2019 | Work of the Year Award – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) |
| 2010-2025 | Research and Creation Grants (10) – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) |
| 2011-2024 | Research and Creation Grants (6) – Canada Council for the Arts |
| 2014–2024 | Travel Grants (12) – Canada Council for the Arts & CALQ |
| 2022 | Vivacité Program Grant – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) |
JURIES AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (SELECTION)
| 2026 | Selection Committee Member, Prix Les Arts et la Ville – Canada |
| 2021-2022 | Selection Committee Member, Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas (Prix du Québec / Quebec Cultural Awards) – Canada |
| 2021 | Official Guest Artist, L'ABC des bourses video series – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) – Canada |
| 2013-2015 | Board Member, Advisory Committee on Cultural Diversity, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) – Canada |
| 2013-2025 | Selection Committee Member, Visual Arts Grants Program, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) (Multiple mandates) – Canada |
| 2018-2015 | Selection Committee Member, Visual Arts Grants Program, Canada Council for the Arts (CAC) (Multiple mandates) – Canada |
| 2016-2019 | Miembro del comité de Mediación cultural en arte público, Ville de Québec – Canadá |
| 2021-2026 | Artist, La culture à l'école program (Culture in Schools), Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec – Canada |
| 2017 | Selection Committee Member, Première Ovation grant program, Ville de Québec – Canada |
| 2015-2016 | Guest Speaker, Cultural Diversity in the Arts, Conseil de la culture de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Canada |
BIENNIALS, SYMPOSIUMS AND MAJOR EVENTS (SELECTED)
| 2026 | OpenArt Public Art Biennial, Örebro – Sweden (Sole Canadian representative) |
| 2026 | Steelcase Art Projects, Markham, Ontario – Canada |
| 2024 | The Works Art & Design Festival, Churchill Square, Edmonton (Alberta) – Canada |
| 2024 | Événement PHOS, Matane, Quebec – Canada |
| 2019 | Strawberry Art Festival, Shanghai – China |
| 2019 | Festival international de jardins, Jardins de Métis, Grand-Métis (Québec) – Canada |
| 2018 | Festival des Architectures Vives (FAV), Montpellier – France |
| 2018 | BNSC Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | Official legacy project for the 375th anniversary of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec – Canada |
| 2017 | Art souterrain, Montréal (Québec) – Canada |
| 2017 | Art souterrain, Montréal (Québec) – Canada |
| 2016 | Symposium d'art/nature, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick - Canada |
| 2016 | Art in the Open, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown (Île-du-Prince-Édouard) – Canada |
| 2016 | Supercrawl, Hamilton, Ontario – Canada |
| 2014 | CAFKA – Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, Cambridge, Ontario - Canada |
| 2014 | International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec - Canada |
| 2014 | Passages insolites, EXMURO art public, Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | X-Border Art Biennial, Rovaniemi - Finland |
| 2012 | VI Symposium International art-nature, Foundation Natuurkunst Drenthe - Netherlands |
| 2011 | International symposium, Fondation Derouin, Val David, Québec - Canada |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
| 2025-2026 | Handmade, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia - Canada |
| 2024 | The place as an object and the object as a place, Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario - Canada |
| 2024 | Ces objets qui nous habitent, Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Winnipeg, MB - Canada |
| 2023 | Material Culture, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario - Canada |
| 2023 | Temporary Territories, Art Gallery of Guelph, Ontario - Canada |
| 2023 | Dérives, Cambridge Art Galleries, Preston, Ontario - Canada
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| 2023 | Transition, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, British Columbia - Canada |
| 2023 | Ce qui nous entoure, Atoll art actuel, Victoriaville, Québec - Canada |
| 2022 | Recover, Refocus, Rebuild, McMullen Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada |
| 2022 | The Everyday Future, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario - Canada |
| 2022 | Format paysage, Centre d’art de Kamouraska, Québec - Canada |
| 2021 | Des choses simples, Quai 5160 - Maison de la culture de Verdun, Québec - Canada |
| 2021 | Coming and Going, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Canada |
| 2020 | Dé-constructions, Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke (MBAS), Québec - Canada |
| 2020 | Constructions, Galerie d'art Foreman de l'Unversité Bishop's, Québec - Canada |
| 2020 | De l'horizontal au vertical, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montréal - Canada |
| 2019 | Distorsions, Centre d’exposition Raymond-Lasnier, Trois-Rivières, Québec - Canada |
| 2019 | Tout est possible, BAnQ Grande Bibliothèque, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2018 | Question d’adaptation, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Canada |
| 2018 | The Everyday Future, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta - Canada |
| 2018 | Tangible, Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord, Québec - Canada |
| 2018 | Errances, Centre d’art Jacques-et-Michel-Auger, Victoriaville, Québec - Canada |
| 2018 | Plan B, Maison de la culture Rosemont-Petite-Patrie, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | D’entrée de jeu (Let the Games Begin), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec MNBAQ, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | Fantasmes, Ottawa School of Art, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada |
| 2017 | The eloquence of the objetcs, Arnica Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, British-Columbia - Canada |
| 2017 | Point de basculement, Galerie R3, UQTR de Trois-Rivières, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | Fantasmes, Ottawa School of Art, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada |
| 2017 | De l'horizontal au vertical (From Horizontal to Vertical), Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada |
| 2016 | Une question de foi, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montréal - Canada |
| 2016 | Apparences trompeuses, Espace Parenthèses, Québec, QC - Canada |
| 2016 | Apparences trompeuses, Centre d'exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Québec - Canada |
| 2016 | L'éloquence des objets, Centre culturel Henri-Lemieux, Montréal - Canada |
| 2016 | L’éloquence des objets, Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal - Canada |
| 2016 | La poudre aux yeux, Maison de la culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal - Canada |
| 2015 | Landscape, ODD Gallery & KIAC Artist in Residence Program, Dawson City, Yukon - Canada |
| 2015 | Mutations, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, C.B. - Canada |
| 2015 | La Colección, Centre d’exposition de Val-d’Or, Québec - Canada |
| 2015 | Mutations, Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada |
| 2015 | Échafaudages/Temporary Frameworks, UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs - USA |
| 2015 | Apparences trompeuses, Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Qc. - Canada |
| 2014 | La colección, Eduardo Minnicelli Museum of Fine Art, Rio Gallegos - Argentina |
| 2014 | Mutations, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta - Canada |
| 2014 | Mutations, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Alberta - Canada |
| 2014 | Ces objets du désir, Centre d'exposition, Val-David, Québec - Canada |
| 2014 | La colección, Langage Plus, Alma, Québec - Canada |
| 2014 | Mutations, Action Art Actuel, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | (RE)existir, Julio Colombato Centre for Contemporary art, Santa Rosa - Argentina |
| 2013 | Around Us, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta - Canada |
| 2013 | La colección, Centre socioculturel Gérard-Ouellet, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | Cartón-grafías, The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC - Canada |
| 2012 | Que nos rodea, Ernesto Farina Art Gallery - Cordoba - Argentina |
| 2012 | Autoconstrucciones, Centre d’exposition de Mont-Laurier, Québec - Canada |
| 2012 | Que nos rodea, Centre des arts et de la culture, Dieppe, N.B., Canada |
| 2012 | Modelo para armar - Modèle à construire, GRAVE, Victoriaville, Québec - Canada |
| 2012 | Mise en scène, Centre national d'exposition, Jonquière, Québec - Canada |
| 2012 | Que nos rodea, ARTsPLACE Artist-Run Centre, Annapolis Royal, N.S. - Canada |
| 2012 | Situations encombrantes, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada |
| 2012 | Autoconstrucciones, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON - Canada |
| 2011 | Staging, EPCOR CENTRE’S Ledge Gallery, Calgary, Alberta - Canada |
| 2011 | Borders, Artcite centre for contemporary art, Windsor, Ontario – Canada |
| 2011 | Fronteras, WKP Kennedy Art Gallery, North Bay, Ontario - Canada |
| 2011 | Le Chantier, Artist-run centre Vaste et Vague, Carleton, Québec – Canada |
| 2011 | Le chantier, Galerie Colline, Université of Moncton, Edmundston, N.B. – Canada |
| 2011 | Dérives, Centre d'exposition Art-image, Gatineau, QC. Canada |
| 2011 | Espace d'échanges, Museum of Art, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec - Canada |
| 2010 | Lieux de passages, Voix Visuelle, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada |
| 2010 | Nomadic landscape, Gallery Connexion in Fredericton, New Brunswick - Canada |
| 2009 | Les dérives connectives, MONOPOLI Galerie d’architecture, Montréal - Canada |
| 2009 | L’intempérie, Espacepointca gallery, Alma, Québec - Canada |
| 2009 | Géographies informelles, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario - Canada |
| 2009 | Fronteras, Maison des artistes visuels de St-Boniface, Manitoba - Canada |
| 2009 | Continente, MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montréal - Canada |
| 2008 | De passage, UQO Gallery, Université du Québec en Outaouais - Canada |
| 2008 | Huellas, Port-Maurice Gallery, Montréal - Canada |
| 2008 | Nomade, Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal - Canada |
| 2008 | En transito, CIRCA Gallery in Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2008 | Paysages portatifs, L’Usine C in Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2007 | Mémoire, Matane Gallery, Matane, Québec - Canada |
| 2007 | Paysages portatifs, Artist-run centre in Drummondville, Québec - Canada |
| 2007 | Déplacements, Artist-run centre Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi, Québec - Canada |
| 2007 | Le fleuve imaginaire, Museum of art, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec - Canada |
| 2007 | En amont, Museum of art, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec - Canada |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
| 2024 | Landing, No.9. Gardens & Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario - Canada |
| 2021 | Terra Nova | Regard sur le présent et le futur, Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | Urban Green: artscarp, Sam Lawrence Park, Hamilton, Ontario - Canada (curated by Sally Frater) |
| 2017 | Yonder, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario - Canada (curated by Matthew Browe and Mona Filip) |
| 2016 | Module operandi, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Québec (curated by Céline Le Merlus) |
| 2016 | Yonder, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Canada (curator Mona Filip/Matthew Brower) |
| 2016 | Trans-Americas: A sign, a situation, a concept, Museum London, London, ON - Canada (curator Dianne Pearce/Cassandra Getty) |
| 2016 | Interstices, Sur Gallery, Toronto, ON - Canada (curator Sally Frater/ Tamara Toledo) |
| 2012 | Northern Passion Nordique, Confederation Park, Ottawa, Ontario - Canada |
| 2010 | Human Cities Brussels-Istanbul: Designing Public Space, Istanbul – Turquie |
| 2010 | Atmosphère, Centre d'exposition L'Imagier, Gatineau – Canada |
| 2010 | Human Cities/Places to be, Creative Space Kreon, Brussels - Belgium |
| 2009 | Lieux composés, Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme – Canada |
| 2009 | Pilgrimage to wanderers, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - Canada |
| 2008 | Les archi-Fictions II, MONOPOLI Galerie d’architecture, Montréal - Canada |
| 2008 | Faire œuvre de persistance, Artist-run centre Caravansérail, Rimouski - Canada |
| 2008 | Nord-sud, Manifestation international d’art de Québec, WAGON et Collectif Regart - Canada |
ARTIST RESIDENCIES (SELECTED)
| 2021 | University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta - Canada |
| 2016 | Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB - Canada |
| 2015 | Centre d’exposition de Val-d’Or, Québec - Canada |
| 2014 | Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta - Canada |
| 2013 | AdMare Artist Run Centre, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | Tortue bleue Artist Run Centre, La Pocatière, Québec - Canada |
| 2012 | ARTsPLACE Artist-run centre, Annapolis Royal, NS - Canada |
| 2012 | GRAVE, Victoriaville, Québec - Canada |
| 2011 | Fondation Derouin, Val David, Québec - Canada |
| 2011 | Artist-run centre Vaste et Vague, Carleton, Québec - Canada |
| 2011 | Colline Gallery, University of Moncton in Edmundston, N.B. - Canada |
| 2010 | TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, Alberta - Canada |
| 2009 | Espacepointca Gallery, Alma, Québec - Canada |
| 2009 | Artist-run centre Praxis, Sainte-Thérèse, Québec - Canada |
| 2009 | Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick - Canada |
| 2007 | Artist-run centre Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi, Québec - Canada |
| 2006 | Usine C, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2005 | Artist-run centre GRAVE, Victoriaville, Québec - Canada |
| 2004 | Artist-run centre Est-Nord-Est de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec - Canada |
| 2004 | Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, USA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
La colección, 2015, Tiffany Shaw-Collinge, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
Rethinking environment and identity, 2015, Sandra Hartline, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC, Canada. |
Les flâneurs, 2013, Jocelyne Fortin, Voir à l’Est art contemporain, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada |
Autoconstrucciones, 2012, Lorenzo Buj, McIntosh Gallery - Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, Canada. |
Celebration of the Bow River, 2010, Linda Hawke, The City Public Art Program, Calgary, AB, Canada. |
Human Cities/Places to be – Celebrating public space, 2010, Creative, Space Kreon, Brussels - Belgium |
Nomadic landscape, 2009, Carol Collicutt, Gallery Connexion in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Géographies informelles, 2009, Danielle Tremblay, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
Mémento IV est-nord-est 2003-2006, 2008, éd. Est-nord-est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada, p. 64-65 |
Kunstinge Archeologie – Internationale Kunst-en natuurwandeling, 2008, éd. Global Art Fund, The Netherlands, p. 50-53 |
Projet Nord-sud, 2008, Wagon art itinérant and collectif Regart, Québec, Canada, p. 14-15 |
Pilgrimage of Wanderers, 2008, Tamara Toledo, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
EDUCATION
1993: Architecture and Art Integration into Architecture – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) |
1991: Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Sculpture – École supérieure des beaux-arts, Córdoba (Argentina) |
1987: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Visual Arts – École supérieure des beaux-arts, Córdoba (Argentina) |