Curriculum Vitae
Born in Montréal (Canada) in 1943.
Education
1997-1998 Studio Arts Department, Concordia University, Montreal.
1989 to 1995 All the workshop offered by the Secteur photographie du Service des activités culturelles (SAC) of the Université de Montreal.
Association
2010 Member of Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV)
Publications
2022 Gallery: https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/Jean.Grothe.artiste.photographe
2009 WEB Site: «www.jeangrothe-photo.com»
2009 Exhibition booklet. «Lux obscura». Texts by Robert Hébert, commissionner; Jean Lauzon Ph.D., director of the «Musée populaire de la photographie»in Drummondville, Québec, and by Jean Grothé.
2009 Exhibition booklet. «Alzheimer: l’installation du néant», Jean Lauzon Ph.D. director of the Musée Populaire de la Photographie, Drumondville, Québec
2007 «Alzheimer: A Photographic Diary», Smith, Bonappétit & Son, Montreal, Canada.
2007 «Alzheimer : un journal photographique», Éditions Les 400 Coups, Montréal, Canada (Éditions du Seuil, France).
Professional experiences and exhibitions
1- Teaching
2000 – 2004 «Fine Printing». At University of Montreal’s SAC.
2006 «Fine Printing Workshop».
2- Solo exhibitions
2021 September 11 to December 19. «Exposition hommage / Vingt ans de poésie» Musée national de la photographie Desjardins, 400 Heriot, Drummondville QC J2B 1B3
2019 Publication of my latest work on my web site: « My images 2018-2019»
2017 December 3rd to 23 December 23th : «Mes premières couleurs» at Jardins Millen, 10800 Ave Millen, Montréal, Québec. (Invitation)
2017 April 2nd to April 23rd: LUX OBSCURA - EARTH… 2084 at Jardins Millen, 10800 Ave Millen, Montréal Québec. (Invitation)
2016 February 22nd to March 15 :LUX OBSCURA - AT MY FEET at Jardins Millen, 10800 Ave Millen, Montréal Québec. (Invitation)
2015 February 22nd to March 15 :LUX OBSCURA - AROUND ME at Jardins Millen, 10800 Ave Millen, Montréal Québec. (Invitation)
2014 May 20th to September 13th: UN AILLEURS SI PROCHE at Théâtre des Deux Rives du SPEC du Haut Richelieu, St-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec.
2013 July 7th to September 8th, COATICOOK EN LUMIÈRE NOIRE at the Musée Beaulne, Coaticook, Quebec.
2010 September 24th to October 3rd, FRAGMENTS DE LUMIÈRE, at Centre culturel Saint-Germain, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 September 17th to October 3rd, LUX OBSCURA, Galerie Art-Mûr - Espace 5 , Montreal, Québec.
(Solo exhibition of: «Alzheimer : A Photographic Diary».)
2015 May 10 to May 31 : Alzheimer : un journal photographique at Jardins Millen, 10800 Ave Millen, Montréal, Canada. (Invitation)
2011 September 19 to Octobre 3 : Alzheimer : un journal photographique, at Centre culturel de Comines-Warneton, Belgium. (Invitation)
2011 Mars 21 to May 29 Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, Canada. (Invitation)
2010 September 24 to October 3, at Centre culturel Saint-Germain, Montreal, Canada. (Invitation)
2009 Novembre 20th to December 18th 2009, CEGEP de Rosemont, Montreal, Canada.
2009 September 16th to November 15th. Musée Populaire de la Photographie, Drummondville, Canada.
2004 September. Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Kirkland, Canada.
2004 April 26th National Conference, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Montreal, Canada.
2003 September at Maison des arts de Laval, Canada.
2003 April at Maison des arts de Laval, Canada.
3- Group exhibitions
2012 June 15 to August 19. Rendez-vous photo du Richelieu - Maison Villebon de Beloeil.
2012 May 24 to 26. Salon international du design de Montréal (SIDIM).
2011 June 29 to July 3. Festival international de Montréal en arts. Montreal, Canada.
2010 Canada Pavillion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China
4- Else.
2012 August: Artist in Residence. Cooaticook, Quebec, Canada
2011 August and September: Artist in Residence. Cooaticook, Quebec, Canada.
Awards
2006 «Prix d’excellence» of the Salon international du design de Montréal (SIDIM)
2006 Second prize of Alzheimer’s Disease International (Professionnal category) of the International Photography Competition.
2005 Honorable Mention for «The Chimerical Pond», 2005 Competition, International Photography Awards.
2005 Honorable Mention for «The Fern Wood», 2005 Compétition, International Photography Awards.
Education and occupation
1963 - 1970 Ph.D in psychology, University of Montreal.
1969 - 2009 Psychologist: private practice of psychotherapy.