Born Québec, Canada.
psimard19@gmail.com
Lives and works in St Petersburg, FL
EDUCATION
2019 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture/Dimensional Studies), Alfred University, NY
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Art History and Studio Arts), Concordia University, Montreal, QC
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2-months residency)
2014-15 Accredited exchange program, College of Art and Design, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
2013 Accredited exchange program, École Supérieure d’art de Toulon, Toulon, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Connected Brain, Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland
2022 Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea (catalog)
2021 Threads That Bind, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Cut From the Same Cloth, Panama City Center For the Arts, Panama City, FL
2020 Come As You Are, Métèque Atelier d’Art, Montreal
2020 Wood, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (catalog)
2020 Consciousness of Abstraction: Beyond Literal Appearances, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 NextGenCities, 4th Space, Concordia University, Montreal
2019 Le phénomène de l’instant présent, Le Livart, Montreal
2019 Top 40, International Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Water, SBCAST Studio D (In collaboration with Open i art space), Santa Barbara, CA
2019 Folds, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY (solo)
2019 The Assigned Self, Federation Auditorium, Hornell, NY
2019 Objectified, Curated international exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea (catalog)
2019 Feminine / Masculine, Juried international photography exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 Outsiders, Graduate student curated show, Old Post Office, Hornell, NY
2018 Open Screening, Holmes Auditorium, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2017 Perceptions of Neuroscience (11th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting), BAnQ, Montreal, QC
2017 Convergence: Matériel, Visual Voice Gallery (Belgo), Montreal, QC (catalog)
COLLECTIONS
2019 Concordia University (commissioned by Faculty of Fine Arts Dean Rebecca Duclos)
2019 Women’s Leadership Center, Alfred University, NY
2018 Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (commissioned by Dr Keith Murai, director)
AWARDS
2020 Honorable Mention, 10th Annual Art of Neuroscience Contest, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
2019 Cité Internationale des Arts à Paris Fellowship
2019 Pamela and Gene Bernstein Leadership Conference Award, Alfred University
2019 Bernstein Family Student Faculty Development Fund, Alfred University
2019 Professional Development Funds, Alfred University
2018 KiKi Smith Partner Fellowship (Haystack Mountain School of Crafts)
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Karen Kwon and Liz Tormes, “The Beautiful Things inside Your Head: Winners of the 10th Annual Art of . Neuroscience Contest,” Scientific American (online)
2019 The Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 39, Issue 35 (cover page)
2018 Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, “ The Power of Multidisciplinary Collaboration: A Sculptor’s Exploration of . the Brain,” Convergence: Perceptions of Neuroscience (online)
2017 "Lumen," Jerusalem Art History Journal, Vol. 4, pp. 344-362 (online)
2017 Alex Tran, “Montreal Artists: Paméla Simard” Alex Tran Photography (online)
2017 Andrea Bennett, “When Neuroscience Meets the World of Art”, McGill News (online)
2016 “Artist from Concordia featuring Paméla Simard.” The Concordian, Concordia University Journal, Vol. . 34, Issue 14, p.18
PUBLIC LECTURES
2019 Sustainable Design, with CERC in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities, Concordia . University
2019 Panelist at On Jase #002: Table ronde sur l’instant présent, Le Livart, Montreal, QC
2019 Folds, Gallery talk, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
2018 Exploring the BRaIN: An Artist’s Protocol, The Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Series, . Montreal General Hospital, Montreal
2017 Panelist at Clash/Confusion/Convergence: Thoughts on Collaboration Between the Arts and . . Sciences, Brainwaves Art Event, Montreal, QC
2013 Urban Mapping (In Collaboration with British artist Jeremy Wood), City Town Hall, Toulon, France
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021- Museum Associate, Imagine Museum of Contemporary Glass, St Petersburg, FL
2019 Teaching assistant, Sculpture In the Public Domain with Coral Lambert, Alfred University, NY
2018 Instructor, Liberal Arts Sculpture, Alfred University, NY
2018 Teaching assistant, Foundations: seeLAB with Kathy Vajda, Alfred University, NY
2016 Cultural Mediator, Festival Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC
2016 Artist Assistant, François Mathieu, Quebec City, QC
2015-16 Artist Assistant (installation support), Lorraine Oades, Montreal, QC
2015 Volunteer, Re-Create Media Art History (International Conference Week), Montreal, QC