“Abstract art was the equivalent of poetic expression; I didn’t need to use words, but colors and lines. I didn’t need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression.”
— Etel Adnan
Sophie Asselin
Abstract artist and photographer
B. 1980 Joliette (Quebec)
Graduated from Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Graphic Design, 2004
Studio located in Sainte-Julienne (Quebec)
IG: @sophieasselin_art
Gallery
White Galleon
Thorold (Niagara region), Ontario
Represented Artist
Fanny Rice Gallery
2023-2024
Liza Pruitt
October to December 2023
Guest and Exhibited Artist
Ideelart
Online gallerist
2023-2024
Wishbone Art Gallery
Old Montreal
Summer 2023
A&M Gallery
Seoul
May to June 2022
Art Fairs
Artist Project in Toronto
Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
April 11-14 2024
The International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair of the Americas
Palm Beach County Convention Center
January 24-28, 2024
Solo Exhibitions
“Champs de couleurs”
First solo show in a gallery
Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal
June 2022
“Intuitive”
Hachem, Mascouche
December 2019
“Ma toute première exposition solo”
Le Crystal Hotel, Montreal
September to November 2019
Group exhibitions
“Us again/Encore nous…”
7th Pont de Claix International Biennial
of Non-Objective Art
Moulins de Villancourt, Pont de Claix
September 14 to November 18 2023
“Sundaze”
Wishbone Gallery, Old Montreal
June to August 2023
Gallea exhibition
L’Esplanade, Montreal
February to May 2020
Gallea exhibition
NOMADlife, Montreal
February to May 2020
Gallea exhibition
La Piazzetta, Outremont
February to May 2020
Art Cible, Popup Exhibition
Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal
February 2020
Gallea exhibition
NOMADlife, Montreal
November 2019 to February 2020
Art Cible, Popup Exhibition
Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal
October 2019
“Mondes abstraits”
Galerie L’Artiste, Montreal
September 2019
“Les formes”
Galerie Lenoir, Old Montreal
July 2019
Group exhibition
Le HangArt Saint-Denis, Montreal
March 2019
Publications
Create! Magazine blog
Abstract Painting by Sophie Asselin
April 18th 2023
Magazine Style at home
Homes / Retro romance
April/May 2023
Create! Magazine
Issue #35
Spring 2023
Clin d’oeil magazine
Radar déco / Une fille et son appart
September 2022
Friend of the Artist
Volume 15
August 2022
Popeye Magazine
Issue 902
July 2022
Silo 57
Dans l’appart de… Amélie B. Simard
March 2022
The Globe and Mail
Home and Design / Favourite Room: Historical outlook
August 2019