Corri-Lynn Tetz was born in Calgary, Alberta and now lives and works in Montreal. She studied painting at Emily Carr University and graduated from the MFA program at Concordia University. Tetz has received support from the Conseil des Art et des Lettres du Quebec, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and in 2016, was awarded the Brucebo Residency Fellowship in Gotland, Sweden. Her work was featured in the Magenta Foundations Carte Blanche: A Survey of Canadian Painting and in 2012, she was as a finalist in the RBC Painting Competition. Tetz’s paintings have been exhibited widely, including Kasmin Gallery, (NYC) Nino Meir Gallery, (NYC), Arsenal Gallery (Montreal, NYC) Blouin Division (Montreal), Anat Ebgi (LA) and Gallery 12.26 (Dallas). Her first European solo exhibition opens June 28, 2024 at Sim Smith in London, England.
Education
2015
MFA, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
2003
BFA, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1999
Diploma of Art and Design, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Tender Buttons, Sim Smith, London, UK
Night Shift, (two-person exhibition) 12.26 Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA
2023
Quiet Time, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, USA
2022
Heaven goes on forever and ever and ever, Arsenal, NY, USA
Light Wishes, Division Gallery, Montreal, QC
2021
Art Lover, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
2020
Soft Touch, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017
The Golden Hour, Corri-Lynn Tetz/Rosalind Breen (two-person exhibition), LKAP, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Group Exhibitions
2024
Bodiless Body, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
Dallas Art Fair, Division Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
2023
Looking Like Fire, Sim Smith, London, UK
Beach, Nino Mier Gallery, NY, USA
VOLUPTÉ, Blouin Division, Montreal. QC
2022
Virgo, Wolfgang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2021
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, Texas, USA
North by Northeast, Contemporary Canadian Painting, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Jardin Interior, Arsenal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Group Exhibition, Norberg Hall, Calgary, AB, Canada
The heart is a muscle, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2020
En bonne compagnie, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC, Canada
Salon des Refusés, McBride Contemporary, Montreal, QC, Canada
10 Years Later, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2019
Soft Bodied Oddities, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Road Trip, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Art Toronto, with Jarvis Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Canadian Art Auction, Toronto, ON, Canada
Summer Exhibition, curated by Tatum Dooley, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Papier, Montreal, QC, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Montreal, QC, Canada
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
American Fine Art, edition 7, reprise: an allegory for Americas, Art Movement LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
Sweet Cheeks, Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Art Toronto, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
Playlist, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, QC, Canada
Anniversary Exhibition, Back Gallery Projects, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Seattle Art Fair, Back Gallery Projects, Seattle Washington, USA
Freshly cut and softly bound, Vacation, New York, NY, USA
Promenade, Jarvis Hall Contemporary, Calgary, AB, Canada
American Fine Art, edition 6, life on mars: Current Projects, Miami, FL, USA
American Fine Art, edition 5, living a dream reality: Marvin Gardens, NYC, USA
American Fine Art, edition 4, Lost & Found: Chicago, 2351 Milwaukee Ave., USA
American Fine Art, edition 3, the fool’s journey: BS Projects Houston; Territory OKC, Oklahoma City; Living Arts, Tulsa: HAW Contemporary, Kansas City; This Works Projects, St Paul; Maple Street Construct, Omaha; G-CADD, St Louis; Fort Houston, Nashville; Anytime Dept., Cincinnati; Sugar Space, Indianapolis, USA
American Fine Art, edition 2, on the tip of my tongue: Coacla Projects, San Francisco, CA, USA
American Fine Art, edition 1: life’s not fair, people don’t act right: BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017
Art Toronto, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Diviners, Jarvis Hall Contemporary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
Group Exhibition, Sussex Contemporary, Ottawa, On, Canada
Un air d’été, Galerie Lilian Rodriquez, Montreal, QC, Canada
2016
Cam en tournée, Maison Pierre-Chartrand, Montreal; Centre culturel de
Verdun, Montreal; Complexe culturel Guy-Descary, Montreal; Bibliothèque Publique Eleanor London, Côte Saint-Luc, QC, Canada
Sampler, Jarvis Hall Contemporary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Brucebo Exhibition, Gocart Gallery, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
2015
Group Exhibition, Lillian Rodriguez, Montreal, QC, Canada
Sought, Jarvis Hall, Calgary, AB, Canada
Face-Off, PDA Projects, Ottawa, ON, Canada
We Are the Mimics, MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Awards and Fellowships
2024
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship
2021
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
2019
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec, Travel Grant
2017
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Project Fellowship
Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalist
2016
Brucebo Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Gotland Sweden
Conseil des arts et des letters du Quebec, Research and Creation
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship
2013
Fine Arts Travel Fellowship, Concordia University
2012
RBC Painting Competition Finalist
Helen Couture Award in Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
Residencies
2024
Studio Residency, Arsenal Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
2023
NARS Foundation, New York, NY, USA
2022
Paulina Olowska Studio, Athens, Greece, Canada
2022
Studio Residency, Arsenal Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
2021-22
Artist-In-Residence, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2021
Artist House Kadenówka, Rabka, Poland
2019
Leighton Colony, Banff Center, Banff, AB, Canada
2016
Brucebo Residency, Gotland Sweden
2016
The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
2014
The Universe and Other Systems, with Shary Boyle, The Banff Center, Banff, AB, Canada
Publications
2023
Gopnik, Blake, 'What We Saw This Winter', New York Times, NY, Jan. 4, 2023
2022
Nersessian, Anahid, 'Love for Sale', New York Review of Books, NY, January 2022
2008
Carte Blanche, 'A Survey of Canadian Painting', Magenta Foundation
Collections
Majudia Collection, Montreal, QC
Equity Bank
Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles
Senvest Collection
Talks
Corri-Lynn Tetz 'Tender Buttons', Artist Talk with Nancy Dewe Mathews, Sim Smith, London, UK, July 2024