About
Working in 3D printed clay, porcelain and borosilicate glass respectively; Nicolas Touron and
Amy Lemaire’s collaborative sculptural works reconsider Nature from a post-anthropocene perspective.
Their work is in the permanent collection of the Ringling Museum and in numerous private collection.
Exhibition of collaborative works include Harvard Ceramic Center, SARAHCROWN Gallery NY, Untitled Miami art fair, Verona Art Fair, Rockaway Art fair and KIAF art fair amongst others
Amy Lemaire
is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. An explorer at heart, her work reveals an interest in currency systems, material language poetics and the production of histories. As an artist, Lemaire works with glass, photography and digital fabrication to create an array of tools, artifacts and objects that consider the role of technology as an accelerant in a multiplicity of narratives that weave together virtual and physical worlds. Amy Lemaire’s work has been included in exhibitions nationally, and is in many private and museum collections.
Nicolas Touron
is a storyteller, and like a gifted one of the oral tradition, he enhances and embellishes his tales each time they’re told. As an artist based in NY he creates engaging and complex work in both Ceramic and Painting that, through concepts of movement, evolution, characters, and motifs, suggest larger narratives. Departing from traditional approaches, Touron’s stories never have specific beginnings or ending, and in this way become visual embodiments of the living process of storytelling. Nicolas Touron work has been featured prominently in the USA as well as internationally in art galleries, museums and public spaces. His work is in numerous private collections around the world.
CONTACT
https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_touron/
https://www.instagram.com/amylemairestudio/
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NICOLAS TOURON
Born in France / American citizen
Live and work in NY
EDUCATION
2003 MFA School of Visual Arts, New York NY, USA
2001 BA Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
GRANT/FELLOWSHIP/AWARDS
2023 HARVARD ceramic program residency OFA Harvard USA
2001 Fullbright Fellowship Comission, Paris, France
2002 School of Visual Arts MFA grant, New York, NY, USA
2009 Lower East Side Printshop Residency, New York, NY, USA
2011 Socrate Sculpture Park, New York, NY, USA
2013 LMCC Swing Space Residency, New York, NY, USA
PUBLIC COLLECTION
2022 Ringling Museum Florida USA
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 “Nature 2.0” Harvard ceramic program Gallery, USA
2022 “Second Nature,”SARAHCROWN Gallery NYC, NY, USA
2019 "Objects & Surfaces," Sculpture Space NYC, NY, USA
2015 "Parallel Universe," Detais Gallery, Paris, France
2015 "Artificial Moment," ID center, New York, NY, USA
2013 "Play Ground," Stux Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012 "Whats Happening," Virgil De Voldere Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010 "The Kingdom," Virgil De Voldere Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009 "Soupe Paralele," Alain le Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France
2009 "Bits and pieces of stories,” Espacio Liquido Gallery, Gijon, Spain
2008 "Arte Fiera," Art Fair solo show, Bologna, Italy
2007 "Circus," Virgil De Voldere Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2005 "Fable, Tails & Adventure," Virgil De Voldere Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2005 "Everyday Adventures," Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
PUBLIC WORK
2011 "Socrate Sculpture Park," New York, NY, USA
2002 "Underground Sensation," Rotterdam subway, Netherlands
2000 "Video," Philips Corporation, Hilversum, Netherlands
MUSEUM EXHIBITION
2009 "Octet," Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 "Meesterlijk Verzameld," Kunsthall, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2001 "Het ritme van de menslyke maakt," Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 "Untitled Art Fair," SARAHCROWN, Miami, FL
2023 "Untitled Art Fair," SARAHCROWN, Miami, FL
2023 “KIAF art fair” SARAHCROWN Gallery, Korea
2022 “Verona Art Fair” Studio la Città, SARAHCROWN Verona, Italy
2022 “The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery” NY, USA
2021 "Twilight Procession,” RSOAA, NY, USA
2021 “Digital Universe,” NCECA , USA
2020 “Between Technology and craft,” SculptureSpaceNYC, NY, USA
2017 "20 Eyes in My Head," SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY, NY
2017 "Neither Here Nor There," Radiator Arts, Brk, NY, USA
2117 "The Heist," Exchange Rate Bushwick, NY, USA
2016 "Not so still life," Wave Hill, Bronx NY, USA
2015 "In Our Cave we See Shadows," Projekt722, Brooklyn NY, USA
2015 "On Paper," Galerie Bugdahn, Dusseldorf, Germany
2015 "Art Busan," Gallery Detais, Seoul, Korea
2014 "Wonderland," Invisible Dog Art Center, New York NY, USA
2014 "Naturally Hypernatural," School of Visual Art, New York NY, USA
2014 "No Longer Empty," Queens, New York NY, USA
2012 "Spring Break Art Show," curator: Natalie Kovacs, New York NY, USA
2012 "Personal effect," Padiglione dell’Esprit Nouveau, Bologna, Italy
2012 "I See the Moon, " Milavec Hakimi Gallery, New York NY, USA
2011 "Socrate Sculpture Park," New York, NY, USA
2011 "Encounters," Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
2010 "Pseudonym," The Invisible Dog, New York, USA
2010 "Paper scope," Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY, USA
2010 "New Print," Internationnal Print Center, New York, NY, USA
2008 "Benefit Auction," Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2006 "Nicolas Touron/Stefano Calligro," Agenzia04, Bologna, Italy
2006 "War and Nature," Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2006 "Los Caprichos," Gallery Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Italy
2006 "Table top," Josee Bienvenu gallery, New York, NY, USA
2005 "Sommergaste," Gallery Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004 "Softness and Sweetness," FIAC Slingshot Project Gallery, Paris, France
2004 "Slice and Dice," Visual Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003 "NADA Art Fair" Priska C. Juschka Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2003 "Quixotic," Slingshot Project Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003 "Groupshow," Sixtyseven Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2003 "Drawing," Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003 "Videos," East Side Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003 "Interland(site/nonsite)" Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2002 "Artnew York," Kunstraume auf Zeit, Linz, Austria
2002 "Artoy," Tokyo, Japan
2002 "Not Sculpture," Visual Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002 "Winterfilm," Art space W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002 "Lost and found," De Waag, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002 "Underground Sensation," Rotterdam subway, Netherlands
2002 "Tart TV," Salto TV channel, Netherlands
1999 "Bedroom 407," Winston Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 "Rietveld naar de Beurs," Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 "Park of the Future," Westegasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC
Past and current:
Sculpture Space NYC Art Director 2020/2022
Overseeing digital ceramic development, curatorial work, programing with outside organization
School of Visual Art SVA / Pratt / Harvard ceramic
Classes and Workshop in Drawing, 3D printing, Ceramic, Sculpture and studio critique for:
Fine Art , Master in art Practice, Continuing education, Master in Art Therapy, Master in Art education.
Lectures:
-“Psychotherapy as the Art of Uncertainty”
2014, SVA theater. A conference featuring keynote speaker Philip M. Bromberg, PhD, with panelists Heather Genovese, ATR-BC, LCAT, LP, and sculptor Nicolas Touron, moderated by Eileen McGann, ATR-BC, LCAT.
-JDZ 2020 ceramic 3D printing, China
-Artist Talk On Art, 2021
-Harvard Ceramic center 2023
Jury member for:
Master in Fine Art SVA, NY, USA
Art Olympia, Tokyo Japan
NARS art residency, NY, USA
Scholastic, NY, USA, 2016 / / 2017 / 2018 / 2019
Curatorial work-
2020 “Between Technology and craft,” SculptureSpaceNYC, NY, USA
2017 "20 Eyes in My Head," SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY, NY
2017 "Neither Here Nor There," Radiator Arts, BrK, NY, USA
2002 "Meesterijk Verzameld," Kunstall, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Board Member-
NARS residency NY
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AMY LEMAIRE
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EXHIBITIONS
Untitled Art Fair, represented by SARAHCROWN, Miami, FL, 2024
Second Nature, solo (in collaboration with Nicolas Touron) SARAHCROWN, NYC, 2022.
Untitled Art Fair, represented by SARAHCROWN, Miami, FL, 2022
HIT! Micro-Art Fair, represented by SARAHCROWN, Verona, Italy, 2022.
Through A Glass, Darkly, curated by Kristin Deady, Alexander Rosenburg and Jenna Lucente, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2022.
Glass49, Habatat Gallery, online, 2021.
River of Shadows, curated by Kim Harty, Heller Gallery, NYC, 2020.
Bigs and Smalls, curated by Jen Elek, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2020.
As In Also: An Alternative Too, curated by John Drury, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2019.
Glass Age, curated by Jesse Greenberg, Helena Anrather Gallery, NYC, 2019.
An Alternative History: The Other Glass, curated by John Drury, Heller Gallery, NYC, 2019.
Apparatus: The Art of Scientific Glass, curated by Glenn Adamson, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, 2018.
Working Rhythms, Yardwork Gallery, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2018.
History of the Present Moment (solo), UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, 2017.
Expression: Creative Glass Center Invitational, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ 2017.
An Exuberance of Color in Studio Jewelry, curated by Gail M. Brown, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2016.
Assemble: A Collection of Contemporary Jewelry, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 2016. Art Palm Beach, represented by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL, 2016.
Over the Bridge, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ, May 2016.
Glass Invitational 2015, Exhibit A Gallery, Corning, NY, October 2015
SOFA Chicago, represented by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, November 2015
Assemble: Contemporary Jewelry Collection, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, August 2015.
“Expression”: Creative Glass Center Invitational, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ, June 2015
Glass Weekend, represented by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ, June 2015.
Bijoux!, The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL, February, 2015.
The Next: A Studio Glass Movement Continuum, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Brockport, NY, January 2015
New Contemporary Jewelry, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, August 2014.
The Yoko Ono Show, Visual Studios Gallery at University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2014.
SOFA Chicago, represented by Donna Schneier Fine Arts, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2014
Glass Beads Now: An International Survey, Exhibit A Gallery, Corning NY, 2014.
Bijoux!, The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL, February, 2014.
James Renwick Alliance Spring Fashion Show, Women in Militaty Service Memorial at Arlington Cemetary, Washington DC, 2013.
Glass Weekend, represented by Amy Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, WheatonArts, Millville, NJ, 2013. 2013
Glass Weekend, Amy Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA 2013
SOFA Chicago, represented by UrbanGlass, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2013
SOFA New York, represented by UrbanGlass, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, 2012,
UrbanGlass Pop Up, Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NY 2012.
Pease see amylemaire.com for more thorough exhibition record Fellowships,
RESIDENCIES & AWARD
Acquisition Prize (for Pollen Flow), MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Art and Design, 2021.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME, 2019.
Tyler School of Art, Artist in Residence (Flameworking) Philadelphia, PA, spring 2019.
UrbanGlass, Studio Residency, 2018.
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Artist in Residence, 2018.
Museum of Art and Design, Artist Studios Residency, New York City, NY January – October 2015
WheatonArts, CGCA Flexible Fellowship, June-July 2015
AACG Visionary Scholarship, American Alliance of Glass Collectors, in support of WheatonArts Fellowship, June 2015.
Award for Academic Excellence, (MFA 2010), Pratt Institute, 2010. Second Year Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, for continued graduate Study, 2009-2010.
Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, for graduate study in painting and drawing, 2008-2009.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts (2010) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts (2000) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lectures and Demonstrations
Contemporary Trade Routes, Keynote Address, International Society of Glass Beadmakers Conference, 2022. Perforated Histories, Lecture, Tucson Bead Symposium, 2022. Flameworking and Performance (with Madeline Rile Smith), Lec-mo, Glass Art Society Conference 2021. Amy Lemaire: Modern Glass and Ancient Middle Eastern Craftsmanship, Gallery talk, in conjunction with A Wonder To Behold Exhibition at Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, 2020 Flameworking in the Context of Contemporary Art, Lecture, International Flameworking Conference, Salem Community College, 2019. Amy Lemaire: Pollen Count: Lec-mo, NYC Jewelry Week, UrbanGlass, 2018. Through The Looking Glass with Amy Lemaire, Workshop and demo, Brooklyn Brainery and UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, 2016. Featured Presenter: Amy Lemaire, Bead Society of Greater New York, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2015. “Flameworking Demonstration and Structural Concerns Pertaining to Glass Sculpture”, STITAH, The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, NY. August 2014, and August 2016. “Amy Lemaire: Linkage – Soft Glass Assembly in the Flame”. Glass Art Society Conference, Chicago, IL. Demonstration 2014. Amy Lemaire: New World Order, Booth Talk, SOFA Chicago, 2012.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“The Fearless World of Amy Lemaire” by Sara Sally LaGrande, Glass Art Magazine, May/June 2022, pp. 26 – 31. “Flame Grows Up” by Amy Lemaire, Glass Quarterly magazine, Summer 2018, pp. 40-49. “Five Inspiring Glass Jewelry Artists” by Bailey Aaland American Crafts Council Blog, Oct. 30, 2017. New Glass Review 38, Juror’s Choice p. 79 “OPENING: Amy Lemaire’s “History of the Present Moment” documents life in the age of Twitter” by Sarah Thaw, Glass Quarterly HotSheet, June 6, 2017. “Co-Chair Amy Lemaire talks about the more academic line-up at the 2017 Flameworking Conference” interview with Andrew Page, GlassQuarterly HotSheet, March 14, 2017. Navigating Flameworking’s rich trade routes: A conversation with artist and educator Amy Lemaire, Interview with Andrew Page, GlassQuarterly Hot Sheet, May 31, 2016. The Next: A Studio Glass Movement Continuum, exhibition catalog, edited by Eunsuh Choi, 2014. Showcase: 1000 Glass Beads, juried by Kristina Logan, Published by Lark Books. The Combination of Glass and Ceramics as a means of artistic expression in studio practice” by Jessamy Kelly, PhD thesis, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, 2009. pp. 45, 50, 70, 159 – 160, 308 – 310, 339. Original research on glass/clay fusion cited as case study in thesis. 2010. Ceramic Art: Innovative Techniques, Edited by Anderson Turner. Essay by Elizabeth Reichert, pp. 117-122. Published by American Ceramics Society 2009. “Amy Lemaire: Glass as Glaze” by Elizabeth Reichert. Ceramics Monthly Magazine, June/July 2006, pp. 48-51.
TEACHING
Salem Community College, Adjunct Instructor, Scientific Glass Technology Program 2021 – present; Adjunct Instructor, Glass Art Program, 2013-2016. Museum of Art and Design, 2015, 2021. UrbanGlass, Director of the Bead Project, 2013 – 2019; Flameworking Instructor, 2009 – 2019. Pilchuck Glass School, 2017 Bay Area Glass Institute, 2022. Snow Farm: The New England Craft School, 2018, 2019, 2022. Penland School of Crafts, 2014, 2016. Peters Valley School of Crafts, 2015. Visiting Artist/Instructor: Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), Alfred University (NY), University of Montana Western (MT), Bowling Green State University (OH), College for Creative Studies (MI), Tyler School of Art (PA) University of Wisconsin Madison (WI), University of the Arts (PA), Keystone College (PA), New York University, Pratt Institute (NY), School of Visual Arts (NY), Parsons/The New School (NY), Long Island University (NY), Spence School (NY) Lillstreet Art Center, Director of the Glass Department, 2002 – 2008, Flameworking Instructor 2002 – 2008.
Fabrication Please contact Amy parakeetfarmer@mac.com for client list. Portfolio link: http://amylemaire.com/fabrication
Professional Experience
Co-facilitator (with Madeline Rile Smith), Flameworking Affinity Group, GEEX Glass Educator’s Exchange, 2020-present Collaborator, GEEX Glass Educator’s Exchange, Resource Exchange Programming Committee, Glass Art Society, 2020- 2021 Studio Committee, UrbanGlass, 2016-2021 Juror, Glass Art Society 2019 Emerging Artist Award Alumni Council Member (Artist Studio Residency) Museum of Art and Design, NYC 2016-present. Co-Chairperson, (with Paul Stankard), International Flameworking Conference at Salem Community College, NJ 2017 Committee Member and Social Media Coordinator, International Flameworking Conference Salem Community College, NJ 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023. Juror, 2014 MFA Exhibition., UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY 2014. Flameworking Demonstrator (volunteer), WheatonArts, Millville, NJ 2013 – 2015.
Professional Affiliations Artistic Member of the American Scientific Glassblowing Society, Northeast Chapter Plasma Art Alliance Glass Art Society International Society of Glass Beadmakers