José Luis Torres was born in Argentina. He has been living and working in Quebec since 2003.
Solo Exhibitions
| 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
| 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 residency
| 2018 | 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 |
Symposiums and Biennials
| 2018 | BNSC Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec - Canada |
| 2016 | Symposium d'art/nature, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick - Canada |
| 2016 | Symposium de Sculpture de Sept-Iles, Sept-Iles, Québec - Canada |
| 2014 | CAFKA – Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, Cambridge, Ontario - Canada |
| 2014 | International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | X-Border Art Biennial, Rovaniemi - Finland (curator Dan Lestander et Leila Lipiäinen) |
| 2012 | VI Symposium International art-nature, Foundation Natuurkunst Drenthe - Netherlands (Curator Adri A.C. de Fluiter) |
| 2011 | International symposium, Fondation Derouin, Val David, Québec - Canada |
| 2010 | Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Québec - Canada |
| 2008 | Foundation of Nature Art Drenthe - Netherlands (Curator Adri A.C. de Fluiter) |
| 2008 | 8th Gare Art Festival, Luxembourg - Luxembourg |
| 2006 | II International sculpture symposium in Chiapas - Mexique |
| 2006 | Sculpture Symposium in Bréville, Cognac - France |
| 2005 | XI Symposium, L’International de la Sculpture, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec - Canada |
| 2004 | VI International sculpture symposium, Andres Institut of Art, Brookline - USA |
| 2003 | International sculpture symposium International in Reminiac -France |
| 2002 | IX Symposium, L’International de la Sculpture in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec - Canada |
| 2000 | Internationa sculptture symposium in Alem, Misiones - Argentina |
| 1999 | FNIK International Sculpture Symposium in Luleå - Sweden |
| 1998 | Internationales Bildhauersymposiums in Zwickau - Germany |
Events
| 2019 | 20th Edition of the International Garden Festival / Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis, Québec - Canada |
| 2019 | Strawberry Music Festival, Shanghai & Chengdu - China |
| 2019 | The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada |
| 2018 | Festival des Architectures Vives,FAV, Montpellier - France |
| 2017 | The Promenade Fleuve-Montagne: A legacy of Montréal’s 375th anniversary, Québec - Canada |
| 2017 | Art souterrain, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2016 | The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada |
| 2015 | Passages insolites II, EXMURO art public, Québec - Canada (Vincent Roy, Directeur artistique) |
| 2015 | No.9: Contemporary Art and the Environment, Toronto, Ontario - Canada |
| 2014 | Passages insolites, EXMURO arts publics, Québec - Canada (Vincent Roy, Directeur artistique) |
| 2013 | Les Flâneurs, Voir à l’Est Art contemporain, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec - Canada (curator Jocelyne Fortin) |
| 2013 | Paysage Habité, Tortue bleue Artist-run centre, La Pocatière, Québec - Canada |
| 2013 | Faire avec, AdMare Artist Run Centre, The Magdalen Islands, Québec - Canada (curator Veronique Leblanc) |
| 2012 | Art marathon festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, NL - Canada |
| 2012 | Clarière - Art et nature, Chesterville, Québec - Canada (curator Dominique Laquerre) |
| 2011 | Artcity Festival, Calgary, Alberta - Canada |
| 2011 | Écocité; sur le terrain, DARE-DARE, Montréal, Québec - Canada |
| 2011 | Art Ex 2011 - Visual Art in the Exploits Valley, Grand Falls - Windsor, NL - Canada |
| 2011 | Estiv'art au Musée, Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme - Canada |
| 2010 | Climate Change Impacts Public Art, Halifax, NS - Canada |
| 2010 | Celebration of the Bow River, Temporary Public Art Festival, Calgary, Alberta - Canada |
| 2010 | 3e édition de l’Écho d’un fleuve, Péristyle Nomade, Montréal - Canada |
| 2010 | Les jardins réinventes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Brompton - Canada |
| 2010 | Human Cities Festival, Brussels - Belgium |
| 2010 | Art souterrain, Montréal - Canada |
| 2009 | Sculpture Garden, Charlotte Street Art Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick - Canada |
| 2009 | Paysages Éphémères, Montréal - Canada |
| 2009 | Nuit Blanche, Montréal - Canada |
| 2008 | Paysages Éphémères, Montréal - Canada |
Selected 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 |
Magazine and newspaper articles
La valeur ajoutée des matières résiduelles, Marie-Ève Charron, revue ESSE no 80 - winter 2014 |
Portfolio, revue ESSE no 80 - winter 2014 |
Ancrage, Michèle Lorrain, revue Espace sculpture no 106 - winter 2013-2014 |
José Luis Torres, Laura Canto, Metalocus no 36, Madrid, Spain - october 2013 |
Ensauvagement du legs, INTER ART ACTUEL no. 110, Guy Siou Durand. 2011 |
Coups d'oeil rétrospectifs / Pour la suite du monde, VIE DES ARTS, Bernard Lévy, no.224, 2011 |
AR TEX 2011: river and source, january 2012, Craig Francis Power, C Magazine |
Lui faire honneur, may 2011, Katy Le Van, Voir |
Du nomadisme dans l'art, Geneviève Caron, revue Espace sculpture no 94 - winter 2010-2011 |
Water works, 2010, Mireille Eagan, Visual arts news - summer 2010 |
Les dérives de José Luis Torres, september 2009, Jérôme Delgado, Le Devoir. |
Dedans/dehors, July 2009, Nathalie Paquin, Voir. |
Wood you be a-mazed by artist's boundaries?, August 2009, Stacey Abramson, Winnipeg free press. |
Nomadic Life, February 2009, Robyn Fadden, Hour. |