JOE LIMA

Born in Azores, Portugal, 1963. Immigrated to Canada in 1967. Lives and works in Montreal.

Education

1991 - B.F.A. - Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1983 to 1986 - Diploma of Fine Arts - Fanshawe College, London, Ontario

Exhibitions

2012 - ‘Mechanism of Sound’, Galerie Roger Bellemare Galerie Christian Lambert - Montreal, Quebec

2011-2012 -L’exposition de groupe: Avant-Goût, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, Quebec

2011 - ‘8th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints in Liège’, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art -Liège, Belgium, catalogue available

- ‘Barrier of Fear’- solo exhibition, Carmina - Galeria de Arte Contemporanea - Terceira, Açores Portugal

2010 - ‘Artnivores 2010’, La Biennale De Sculpture- Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec

- ‘Revisitar Arte, Carmina - Galeria de Arte Contemporanea’ - Terceira, Açores Portugal

2008 - ‘Recent Acquisitions’, Museu de Angra do Heroismo, Portugal

2007 - ‘ilhéus e ilusoes - Joe Lima / Miguel Rebelo’, Carmina - Galeria de Arte Contemporanea - Terceira, Açores Portugal, catalogue available

- ‘Pintores luso descendentes galeria’, Museu Nogueira da Silva - Braga, Portugal, catalogue available

2006 - ‘Joe Lima: Œvres Récentes’ – solo exhibition, Quartier Libre Galerie d'art - Montreal, Quebec

- ‘Rooms and Outer Places’ – solo exhibition, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill - Ottawa, Ontario

2005 - ‘As Cores Miticas da Ilha’, Carmina Galeria de Arte Contemporâmea - Outeiro do Galhardo, Feteira, Terceira, Azores

- ‘Joe Lima - The Uneasiness of Silence’ – solo exhibition, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, Brock University - St. Catharine's, Ontario

- ‘the uneasiness of silence paintings by Joe Lima’ – solo exhibition, Cambridge Galleries – Cambridge, Ontario, catalogue available

2004 - ‘Ils sont 19 du Québec’, James Baird Gallery – St. John’s, Newfoundland

- ‘That Obscure Object of Desire: A Group Exhibition of Visions of Delight, Fascination and Desire’,

Cambridge Galleries – Cambridge, Ontario

2003 - ‘Sem Saudade – without regret’

Fifty Years of Portuguese in Canada, Contemporary Art by Canadians of Portuguese Heritage

NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario

2002 - ‘Gallery Artists at the Luz’, Galerie LUZ - Montreal, Quebec

- ‘Sem Saudade – Contemporary Art by Canadians of Portuguese Heritage’, Cambridge Galleries - Cambridge, Ontario

- ‘Exposition Enchantée’, Écomusée de fier monde - Montreal, Quebec, catalogue available

2001 - ‘Peinture/Painting: Joe Lima’ – solo exhibition, Galerie LUZ - Montreal, Quebec

2000 - ‘The Fresco Paintings: Joe Lima’ - solo exhibition, Galeria de Arte da Câmara Municipal - Ponta Delgada, Portugal

1999 - ‘Espace 414 – Recent Paintings: Joe Lima & Marie deSousa’, Centre D'Art Belgo – Montreal, Quebec

1996 - ‘4710 St-Ambroise :Jean-Marie Delavalle, John Fox, Joe Lima, Louis Masson, Jean McEwen’,

Didactart - Complexe du Canal Lachine, Montreal, Quebec

1995 - ‘Lush’, Galerie Articule - Montreal, Quebec

1994 - ‘Ouverture "Welcome Show", Galerie Articule - Montreal, Quebec

- ‘Systems of Exchange: The Toronto/Montreal Exchange Arts Project’

May 1994, 205 Richmond 4th, Toronto, Ontario

June 1994, #110 - 10 Ontario, Montreal, Quebec

1994 - ‘Catalyst’, London Regional Art Gallery and Historical Museums - London, Ontario, catalogue available

1993 - ‘Les ateliers s'exposent’, Galerie Cobalt , Art Actuel - Montreal, Quebec, catalogue available

1992 - ‘Small Works, Big Artists’, Galerie Articule - Montreal, Quebec

1991 - ‘Small Formats’, Grant Gallery - Hamilton, Ontario

1990 to 1991 - ‘Anarchitecture: The Inaccessible Dwelling’, Marsil Museum, St. Lambert (Quebec)

Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke (Quebec), catalogue available

1990 - ‘Wall Pieces - Joe Lima’ - solo exhibition, Grant Gallery - Hamilton, Ontario

1989 - ‘Recent Work - Sculptures and Wall Pieces’ – solo exhibition, Complexe du Canal Lachine, Yellow Gallery - Montreal, Quebec

- ‘Series Kompakt’, La Galerie d'Art Lavalin - Montreal, Quebec, catalogue available

- ‘First Annual Val David Arts Festival’, in association with Les Createurs Associés - Val David, Quebec

1988 - ‘Concordia University Art Gallery’, Montreal, Quebec

1987 - ‘Works of Contemporary Artists in London’, Centricity Gallery - London, Ontario

- ‘Recent Work - Joe Lima’ – solo exhibition, Centricity Gallery - London, Ontario

1986 - ‘Recent Drawing - Joe Lima’ – solo exhibition, Centricity Gallery - London, Ontario

- ‘Arts 86’, Macleans Building - Toronto, Ontario

- ‘Arts 86’, Ottawa City Hall - Ottawa, Ontario

1985 - ‘45th Jury Exhibition’, Art Gallery of Windsor – Windsor, Ontario, catalogue available

Commissions & Collections

2011 -Derecçâo Regional de Cultura, Governo dos Açores, Portugal (collection)

2009 -Battat Contemporary, 7245 Alexandra St, Suite 100 , Montreal (QC) H2R 2Y9

2008 -Azulejos, Public Art Piece for St-Laurent Blvd, Montreal (QC)

*Private Collections, Canada and Portugal

2007 -Museu de Angra do Heroismo, Portugal

2006 -Colart Collection, Montreal Quebec

2000 -R.T.P. Ponta Delgada, Açores Portugal, B.C.A. Ponta Delgada, Açores Portugal

-Softvoyage Inc., Montreal, Quebec

2001 -Installation Piece - Ray Davies Retrospective, Toronto, Ontario

1999 to 2000 -Drawings (book) Tuina, techniques manuelles, Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique

1987 - Installation Piece - Ray Davies Performance, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario

Grants

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Practicing Artist's Project Grant - July, 1996

Ontario Material Assistance Grant - Ontario Arts Council, 1987, 1988

Bibliography

Oliveira, Alamo, "Joe Lima-Azorean, Québécois and World Painter," andarILHAgem - Açores, Portugal,

n.o 8 December 2010 P74-75.

Oliveira, Alamo, "Joe Lima," di - Terceira, Açores, Portugal, November 2010.

Vieira, Hélio, "Exposição de Joe Lima Regresso às origens," di - Diario Insular, Terceira, Açores, Portugal 398#28.11.2010, P22-23

França, Carlos, "A Decendência das Imagens," Exhibition catalogue - Museu nogueira da silva, Braga, Portugal, 15December2006-17February 2007 P2.

Afonso, Sofia, "Campos de visÃo," Exhibition catalogue - Museu nogueira da silva, Braga, Portugal, 15December2006-17February 2007 P1.

"Ilhéus e Ilusões" na Carmina Galeria," dia'rioinsular, Terceira, Açores, Portugal, June 28, 2007 P04

Jurakic, Ivan, “the uneasiness of silence,” Exhibition catalogue –Cambridge Galleries, Ontario, April 2, 2005.

Monteiro, Liz, “Portuguese heritage permeates Lima’s art,” The Record – Kitchener.Cambridge.Waterloo, Ontario, April 2, 2005 PC2.

Ascençao, Teresa, “Parades and “Saudades” An Interview with Joe Lima, A Montreal Visual Artist,” Sol Português – Toronto, Ontario, September 12, 2003 P10-11.

Ramos, Hélder, “Sem Saudade: Uma conversa com Joe Lima,” Sol Português -Toronto, Ontario, May 10, 2002 P14.

DeGroot, Martin, “Exhibit should help Portuguese gain community identity,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record - Kitchener, Ontario, May 28, 2002 B5.

Camara, Anna, "The Concrete Ceiling - Class, culture & Toronto Portuguese," Fuse Magazine - Toronto, Ontario, April 2000 Volume 23 Number 1 P22.

Freitas, Vamberto, "Joe Lima Expõe em Ponta Delgada," Correiro Dos Açores - Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 13 Sep 2000, P20.

Vallacorba, Antonio, "Coisas do espirito e do coracao," A Voz de Portugal -Toronto, Ontario,15 Oct 1997 P8.

Paikowsky, Sandra, "Montreal, Five Painters at the Complexe du Canal," ETC Montreal, Revue De L'Art Actuel - Montreal, Quebec, Sept., Oct., Nov. 1996 P 32-34.

Pringle, Allan, "Anarchitecture: the Inaccessible Dwelling," Exhibition catalogue, Marsil Museum - St. Lambert, Quebec, June 7, 1990.

Trowell, Ian, "Centricity has boxing, gorillas and river settings," London Free Press, - London, Ontario, June 7, 1987, P-E6.

Trowell, Ian, "Spectators create what they observe in Vanishing Arts," London Free Press, London, Ontario, October, 1986, P-D11.

Taylor, Kate, "Representational Style at Fanshawe," London Free Press, London, Ontario, April 1986, P-E1.

Lectures and Teaching

2005, November 14-16 Lecture and Fresco Painting Workshop

Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

2005, November 17 Visiting Artist Lecture

Fanshawe College, London Ontario

2001, November Fresco Painting Workshop

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

1997 Fresco Painting Workshop

Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Quebec

1997, Oct.13 - Nov.15 Fresco Painting Workshop

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec