John Latour
Lives and works in Montréal / Vit et travaille à Montréal
www.johnlatourart.com
Solo exhibitions / Expositions individuelles
2025
Thursday’s Child. United Contemporary, CONTACT Photography Festival. Toronto, Ont.
2023
Ghost town. Five Years. London, UK
Pénombres / Half-Shadows. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2018
Therebefore and Hereafter. Centre Space. Toronto, Ont.
Le passé est un pays étranger + Le test de la chaise. Sporobole. Sherbrooke, Qc
2014
The Past Is a Foreign Country & The Chair Test. Harcourt House. Edmonton, Alb.
2013
Kindred Spirits. Centre-Space. Toronto, Ont.
The Library. Library Gallery. Winnipeg, Man.
Artist’s books, Pages, and Facsimiles. Webster Library, Concordia University. Montréal, Qc
2010
Spirit Communications / Communications spirites. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2009
Halcyon daysze. Karsh-Masson Gallery. Ottawa, Ont.
2007
Chimérique. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2003
Close Encounters / Rencontres intimes. Glendon Gallery. York University. Toronto, Ont.
Four Corners. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2002
Close Encounters / Rencontres intimes. MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ont.
2001
Interiors / Intérieurs. Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Montréal, Qc
1993
Stations solitaires. Galerie Axe Néo-7. Gatineau, Qc
Group exhibitions / Expositions collectives
2025
ANOTHER SHELF LIFE: CHAPTER 4: Some Poetry Do, Other’s Don’t. Victoria Arts Council. 670 Fort
Street. Victoria, BC
2024
Timbrées, timbrés, timbrez! La Vitrine, Atelier Daigneault/Schofield. Montréal, Qc
2021
The Nature of It: Recent Acquisitions. Tom Thomson Gallery. Owen Sound, Ont.
2019
Le livre photographique 2019. Les Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Bibliothèque
Gabrielle-Bernard-Dubé. Carleton-sur-Mer, Qc
2016
In Spirit. Tom Thomson Gallery. Owen Sound, Ont.
À la lisière du fantastique. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2015
In Spirit. Art Gallery of Burlington. Burlington, Ont.
2013
Boxed In! The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2012
Close to Home / Près de chez soi. City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
2011
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt. Cabinet, Brooklyn, USA
Mémoire pour le futur / Memory for the Future. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain.
Montréal, Qc
Place and Circumstance / Lieu et circonstance. City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ont.
Corporal / Corporel. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
Les objets secrets de l’atelier. Pavillon de l’Entrepôt, Lachine + la Maison de la culture de
Montréal-Nord. Montréal, Qc
2010
Spirit Communications / Communications spirites. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain.
Montréal, Qc
Obsolete Concepts. Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Ont.
Salon No. 6. Marine, C-Art. Santa Monica, USA
The Emotional City programme. Toronto Urban Film Festival. Toronto, Ont.
Face à face: Looking Back. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
Les Objets secrets de l’atelier. Maison de la culture Rivière-des-Prairies + la Maison de la culture
Ahuntsic. Montréal, Qc
2009
Obsolete Concepts. Gallery Lambton. Sarnia, Ont.
2008
Obsolete Concepts. A Space. Toronto, Ont.
From Book to Book. Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds, UK
2006
L’art en ville / Art in the City. Stewart Hall Art Gallery. Pointe-Claire, Qc
Mots perdus. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2004
Local Scene / Scène locale. City Hall Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ont.
2002
Traces. Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain. Montréal, Qc
2000
The Unknown Generation: X? Danforth Gallery, Portland, USA
Artist Books. Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Grand Rapids, USA
Exposition 1/2000. Collège Jacques Cartier. Chauny, France
PassArt: Passage 1999-2000. Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda. Rouyn-Noranda, Qc
Education / Études
Masters in Art History. Concordia University / Maîtrise en histoire de l’art. Université Concordia
MLIS. McGill University / Maîtrise en bibliothéconomie. Université McGill
BFA (Studio Arts). Ottawa University / Baccalauréat (Arts visuels). Université d’Ottawa
Select references / Bibliographie choisies
Taylor, Kate. “Toronto Gallery Offers a Slice of Normal – with a Slice of Strange.” Globe and Mail, 4 November 2020, p. A14
D’Arville, Craig. “FFOTO’s Five Quarantine Questions for Sanaz Mazinani, John Latour, and Liz Ikiriko.” FFOTO, 23 April 2020
Eichhorn, Virginia and Denis Longchamps. In Spirit: John Latour, Timothy Laurin, Heather Murray. Art Gallery of Burlington and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, 2015
Longchamps, Denis. “Ghost Stories … “ Espace 105 (2013), p. 40-42
Longchamps, Denis. Boxed In Small Sculptures. St. John’s, NFLD: The Rooms, 2013
Falvey, Emily. John Latour: Halcyon daysze. Ottawa: Karsh-Masson Gallery / Galerie Karsh-Masson, 2009
Lam, Olivia + Melissa Bennett. Obsolete Concepts. Sarnia; Oshawa: Gallery Lambton; Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2009
Tougas, Colette. John Latour: Chimérique. Montréal: Éditions pfoac, 2008.
Jacobi, Nancy et al. World Washi Summit 2008. Toronto: Japanese Paper Place, 2008
Lam, Olivia + Melissa Bennett. Obsolete Concepts. Toronto: A Space, 2008
From Book to Book. Leeds: Wild Pansy Press, 2008
Redfern, Christine. “Whiting Out History.” Mirror December 6, 2007: 76
“Locus Horribilis, Montreal.” Locus Suspectus 5 (2007): 7
Fisette, Serge. “La sculpture et les mots: une histoire de cache-cache / Sculpture and Words: A Tale of Hide and Seek.” Espace 78 (2006-2007): 10-23
Mots perdus. Montréal: Éditions pfoac, 2006
Longchamps, Denis. “Mots perdus.” Canadian Art 23 (2006): 139-139
Delgado, Jérôme. “Perdre son latin … et y gagner.” La Presse 21 avril 2006: Arts & Spectacles 5
Lehmann, Henry. “Read between Words at Must-See Show.” Montreal Gazette 15 April 2006: E4
Belu, Françoise. “La Mémoire retrouvée.” Vie des arts (2004): 82
Willard, Christopher. “John Latour.” Canadian Art 20 (2003): 98-99
Lehmann, Henry. “Furniture and Fiction.” Montreal Gazette 3 August 2003: B8
Longchamps, Denis. John W. Latour: Close Encounters / Rencontres intimes. Barrie: MacLaren Art Centre, 2002
Longchamps, Denis. “Intérieurs / Interiors: Sculptures de John Latour.” Espace 58 (2001-2002): 43
Publications
Jones, William. Chronicles of the Forest, edited by John Latour. Elastic Spaces Press, 2025
Latour, John. Qui était qui était qui dans l’art contemporain canadien = Who Was Who Was Who in Canadian Contemporary Art. John Latour + Artexte, 2023
Latour, John et al. Rétrofictions / Re Fictions / Fictions. 3 v. John Latour, 2012-2019
Dufour, Jenna, Sara Ellis, and John Latour. “Reimagining Canadian Art Practices and Art Collections: From Research to Publication, and Preservation to Promotion.” Art Documentation 40, no. 1 (2021), p. 83-103, DOI: 10.1086/713835
Latour, John. “Enter the Dragon: Open Access and Artists’ Books.” Actes du lancement de e-artexte : dépôt numérique en libre accès pour les documents en arts visuels du Canada = Proceedings from the Launch of e-Artexte: Open Access Digital Repository for Visual Arts in Canada. Artexte, 2014
Collections publiques
Collection patrimoniale des livres d’artistes et d’ouvrages de bibliophilie, BAnQ, Montréal, Qc.
Hallmark Fine Art Collection. Kansas City, États-Unis
Programme d’art public d’Ottawa. Ottawa, Ont.
Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Owen Sound, Ont.
Bourses
ARRE, Université Concordia
Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Conseil des arts du Canada
Conseil des arts d’Ontario
Representation / Représentation
Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
963, rue Rachel Est
Montréal, Québec, H2J 2J4
www.pfoac.com