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​BIO

Maximilian Suillerot is a queer multi-media artist holding French and Mexican nationalities, currently living and working in Toronto. Born and raised in Mexico City, Maximilian began their artistic training in Paris (France) at Les ARCADES. They continued their studies at the University of Toronto where they obtained a B.A (Hons) specializing in Visual Art Studies.

     In their practice, Maximilian plays with concepts that encompass the duality of presence and absence in queer settings. They are concerned with psychological processes, as well as the limits of intimacy. The notion of memory is questioned and put to the test. Grief and fiction meld with aspects of personal narrative to reveal a comical discomfort and rituals are created as coping mechanisms to deal with life. Throughout their work, the reality of uncertainty is exposed, and all of its consequences are accepted.​

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​Education

Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Specialist in Visual Studies & Minor in Psychology from the University of Toronto (2016)


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • (Spacemaker II to be announced) Toronto, Ontario CANADA (2020) 
  • The Olympic Effort of the Sex Magick Warriors, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, CANADA (2019) 
  • The Sanctuary of the Sex Magick Warriors, Bunker 2 Contemporary Art Container, Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • La Vida Nunca es Dulce (Life is Never Kind), Museo Iconográfico del Quijote, Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, MEXICO (2017) ​

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

  • Dying at Artscape Youngplace for Design TO, Toronto, CANADA (2020)
  • Solstice Typo, Art Metropole, Toronto, CANADA (2019)
  • Feelings, by Art Police Collective, Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • ENTWINED  for Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, CANADA(2018)
  • NUIT ROSE, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • Lavender Menace, The White House Studio Project, Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • Video Rental Store, SAW Video Media Art Center, Ottawa, CANADA (2018)
  • Queer Landscapes, Queer Intersectionality, B.Aird Gallery, Toronto, CANADA (2017)
  • An Honest Farewell, Honest Ed’s, Toronto, CANADA (2017)
  • NUIT ROSE at The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Toronto, CANADA (2016)
  • PRECARITY  for Roundtable Residency, The Dragon Academy, Toronto, CANADA(2016)
  • Shelley Peterson Student Exhibition, Art Museum, Toronto, CANADA (2016)​
  • Thesis 2015, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (2015)
  • Dual Desire, University of Toronto EEL Gallery, Toronto, CANADA (2015)
  • I'll Be Your Mirror, University of Toronto EEL Gallery, Toronto, CANADA (2014)
  • Ciencia Sensible, Galería Niza 72, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, MEXICO (2013)
  • Eyeball, University of Toronto North Borden 563, Toronto, CANADA (2013)
  • Talking Walls, Hart House, Toronto, CANADA (2013)
  • Shelley Peterson Student Exhibition, Art Museum, Toronto, CANADA (2013)
  • Eyeball, University of Toronto Spadina Crescent 1, Toronto, CANADA (2012)
  • Art Side Out, University of Toronto Gallery 1265, Toronto, CANADA (2011)
  • Espace Icare, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Paris, FRANCE (2011)
  • Les ARCADES, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Paris, FRANCE (2011)

Screenings

  • The Sanctuary of the Sex Magick Warriors, Vtape, Toronto CANADA (2018)​
  • ​​Symphonies of Discomfort, Vtape, Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • New Toronto Works, Pleasure Dome, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CANADA (2016)
  • Video Fever, Trinity Square Video, Richmond 401, Toronto, CANADA (2016)
  • Blindspots, Xpace Cultural Center, Toronto, CANADA (2016)
  • Video Fever, Trinity Square Video, Richmond 401, Toronto, CANADA (2014)   
  • FKX Student Festival for Media Art & Performance, Freie Kunstakademie Baden- Württemberg, Fellbach, GERMANY (2013)

Awards

  • ​Recipient of the Shelley Peterson Art Exhibition Award, Toronto CANADA (2016) 
  • Finalist in the 2015-16 Aimia Scholarship Program, Toronto CANADA (2016) 
  • 1rst  Place Winner of Video Fever for Trinity Square Video, Toronto CANADA (2014)

RESIDENCIES

  • Spacemaker II (to be announced) (2020)
  • ​Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA (2019)
  • The Roundtable Residency at the Dragon Academy, Toronto, CANADA (2018) ​
  • The Roundtable Residency at the Dragon Academy, Toronto, CANADA (2016) 

TALKS

  • The Sanctuary of the Sex Magick Warriors, Vtape, Toronto CANADA (2018)​
  • Taking Roots, Sur Gallery, Toronto CANADA (2017)​
  • ​International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, Toronto CANADA (2017)

Curatorial, Programming and Writing projects 

  •  Member of the Board of Directors and Programming for The Roundtable Residency (2019- ongoing)
  • Member of the Programming team for the international small gauge film festival The 8 Fest, Toronto, CANADA ( 2016- ongoing)
  • Art Director of The Community Hub for An Honest Farewell at Honest Ed's, Toronto, CANADA (2017) 
  • Curator of The Remains: Salvaging The Unarchived at the University of Toronto, North Borden, Toronto CANADA (2016)
  • Member of the jury in the international call for submission and digital publication of S.E.Ñ.A.L.E.S (2016)
  • Curator of  CleanMyMac 3.4.0 FINAL featuring Colin Rosati for Trinity Square Video, Toronto, CANADA (2016)
  • Co-Curator of Dream House, University of Toronto, EEL Gallery, CANADA (2014)

WORKSHOPS

  • Artist statement writing for Taking Roots, Sur Gallery, Toronto, CANADA (2017)

 Printed Publications

  • The Stories We Don't Tell (2019) 
  • Roundtable Residency Catalogue (2013-2018), Toronto, CANADA (2018)
  • Hart House Review, Toronto, CANADA (2014)
  • Hart House Review, Toronto, CANADA (2013)

Online Publications