Following the north star...
Sam Kerson, artist
Founder and artistic director
Dragon Dance Theatre,
exploring visual and performing arts since 1976.
9070, boulevard des Forges
Trois-Rivières, Québec, G8Y 4E8
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2023
November
Paseo de la Muerte, Day of the Dead in Oaxaca
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/paseo-de-la-muerte
Galeria Gubixia, Union Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico
> article about the exhibit in the local press:
http://www.istmopress.com.mx/istmo/paseo-de-la-muerte-de-sam-kerson-y-katah-en-galeria-gubidxa/
June to September
Biennale Internationale d'Estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (BIECTR).
prints from the series: Stop Bombing Ukraine!
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/stopbombingukraine
November
Sol y Luna, Casa Guietiqui
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/sol-y-luna
Tehuantapec, Oaxaca, Mexico
October
Bety y Jury, semillas que Florecen,
Group exhibit
IAGO Alcala, Oaxaca, Mexico
2024
JUNE
UNESCO accreditation
At the 10 session of the General assembly of the UNESCO Intageble cultural Heritage meeting in Paris, Dragon Dance Theatre, the non-profit organization that Sam founded in 1976 was selected as a Non-Governmental Organization accredited to provide advisory services to the UNESCO Committee which oversees the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
April-May
Rencontres (Acrylic paintings)
https://dragondancetheatre.wixsite.com/samkersongallery/rencontres
Centre d'exposition de Shawinigan, Québec
October 2020
‘Mother Drowning – Kids in the Dingy’, large painting (36 X 48 inches) from the series Artist as Witness, which reflects on the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe.
It was part of a group exhibit at the Usine106U gallery exhibit. Montreal, Québec.
Summer 2020
La Ménagerie du Dragon. Over a 2 km stretch of the Trois-Rivières (Québec) bike path, a series of large engravings (36 X 48 inches) depicting the animals of the forest. This series was exhibited in two different sections of the bike path.
Nov 2019 to Jan 2020
Hiroshima to Fukushima, the road to Self-Destruction – La Maison de Gravure Mediterranée, Montpellier, France.
A series of 25 linoleum block prints from the book
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/hiroshima-to-fukushima.
2022
Song of the Silenced,
the Re-emergence of the Entoumed Murals.
https://dragondancetheatre.wixsite.com/underground-railroad/general-9
La Muse en Goguette Gallery, Launaguet, France.
2021
Mystère, Secrètes et Folklore du Parc Linéaire de Trois-Rivières,
Large format prints on fabric, installed along the Trois-Rivières city bike path, Parc linéaire de Trois-Rivières.
2019
Paseo de la Muerte, Day of the Dead in Oaxaca,
virtual exhibition in the framework of the Festival Teatro y Comunidades.
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/paseo-de-la-muerte
June 2019
Lemminkainen in Tuonela – Municipal Library, Ii (Finland) (Gravures).
A series of 22 engravings from the artist book of the same name.
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/lemminkainenintuonela
August 2019
Les Arbres de Demeter, The Sacred Grove of Demeter – Artist book –
La Muse en Goguette Gallery, Launaguet, France
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/demetersacredgrove
October 2016
September 2016
May 2016
October 2015
Artists as Witness (Exodus)
Duo exhibit with Katah. Galerie La Maison de la Gravure Mediterranée, Montpellier, France.
Artists as Witness (Exodus)– Duo exhibit with Katah. Galerie de La Muse en Goguette, Launaguet, France.
The Journey Continues (oils and acrylic paintings). City Center Montpelier Vermont, USA.
Lemminkainen in Tuonela, (Engravings) Atelier-Galerie La Spirale, Sète, France. Group exhibits with artists from the collective at La Maison de la Gravure Méditrerannée.
August 2017
Hiroshima to Fukushima, the road to Self-Destruction – La muse en Goguette, Launaguet, France.
A series of 25 linoleum block prints from the artist book .
https://www.samkersonandkatahartistbooks.com/hiroshima-to-fukushima
May 2017
Artists as Witness (Exodus)
– Duo exhibit with Katah. Montpelier City Center, Vermont. A series of engravings and watercolors that emerged from the work Sam and Katah did while working on the island of Lesvos and in refugee camps.
2015, 2017, 2019
Selected in the Guanlan International Print Biennial. The selected engravings were acquired by China Printmaking Museum.
*Several other exhibitions between 1992 and 2015 in Finland, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, Quebec, France, Slovakia, etc.
Murals
1990
1992
1993
Todo Sera Mejor* (4.2 X 18.3 m) Managua, Nicaragua.
Columbus at the Gates of Paradise** (2.4 X 4.2 m) Waterbury, Vermont, USA.
The Underground Railroad, Vermont and the Fugitive Slave***
(2.4 X 14.6 m) South Royalton, Vermont, USA.
*Destroyed by an earthquake in 2008.
**Destroyed by Hurricane Irene in 2013.
*** Entirely walled in with a white acoustic panel cover, and this, by judicial decree.
Prizes
2015
2015
René Carcan Printmaking Competition. Brussels, Belgium.
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition. Japan.
Collections
Trois-Rivières
Québec
France
Canada
Angleterre
États-Unis
Since 2021, The city of Trois-Rivières has acquired 4 large paintings: Arrivées sur le Saint Laurent; Camp de Solidarité; Contemplating Sea Crossing (Decisions), Danse Encore
Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec / Loto Québec / Galerie Samuel Lallouz/ Bibliothèque de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada / The Bruce Peel Library (University of Alberta) / the Fisher Library (Université de Toronto) / Special Collections, University of Calgary.
The British Library, London.
The Library of Congress, Washington / New York Public Library / Darthmouth College Special collections / St-Michales College Special Collections / The Jundt Art Museum, Chapin Library - Special Collection (Williams College) / Smith Collège special collections / University of Arizona / Bailey Howe Library (University of Vermont) / University of Pennsylvania / University of Texas in San Antonio.
Chine
The China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan.
Recent Artists' Books and Portfolios
2022
Stop Bombing Ukraine. ISBN: 9780-1-989572-12-2
A portfolio of 27 lino prints, on paper size 22 X 28 inches
Made in 2022, the works are now in the collection of:
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The Library of Congress
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The Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta
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Thomas Rare Book library, University of Toronto
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Wilson Library, University of Minnesota
2021
Paseo de la Muerte, Day of the Dead in Oaxaca.
ISBN: 978-1-989572-09-2
A set of 45 engravings theme of the Mexican tradition
of the Day of the Dead acquired by:
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The Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta
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Thomas Rare Book library, University of Toronto
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University of Arizona Special Collections, USA
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The British Library, London, England
2018
The Nose Knows. ISBN: 978-0-9949030-7-5
Artist's book - drypoint containing 17 engravings acquired by:
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Bibliothèque du Congrès Américain – The Library of Congress
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Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta
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Bibliothèque et Archives National du Québec
2019
Hiroshima to Fukushima. ISBN: 978-0-9949030-6-8
Artist's book containing 25 large format linocuts (18 X 24 in) acquired by:
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Bibliothèque du Congrès Américain – The Library of Congress
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The Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta
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The University of Princeton, Firestone library
2020
Les Arbres de Demeter. ISBN: 978-1-98-9572-01-6
Artist's book containing 13 drypoint engravings enhanced with watercolor
Available in French and in English
acquired by:
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The Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta
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Thomas Rare Book library, University of Toronto
2017
Sol y Luna. ISBN: 978-0-9949030-4-4
Portfolio of 12 linocuts that tells the story of the creation of the Sun and the Moon according to the Zapotec cosmology
acquired by the Special Collections:
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Bibliothèque de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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The University of Arizona special collections
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The University of New Mexico, Special Collections
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The British Library, London, UK
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The University of Vermont, special collections
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The University of Alberta, Edmonton - Bruce Peel Special Collections
2016
Lemminkainen in Tuonela ISBN: 978-0-9949030-0-6
An artist book includes 22 different intaglio etchings
Inspired by runos 13 and 14 of the great Finnish epic, The Kalevala
Acquired by the following Special Collections:
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The Fisher library in Toronto
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University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe special collections
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U of Minnesota, Special Collections
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The Library of Congress, Washington DC
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The Bruce Peel special collections at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
2013
Robert Fisher, a graphic Biography ISBN: 978-0-9783871-4-3
An artist book includes 37 linoleum block prints by Sam Kerson
Acquired by the following Special Collections:
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The Baily/Howe Library - University of Vermont
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The Library of Congress, Washington
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University of Calgary, Special Collections
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The Fisher Library, U of Toronto
2012
Betrayed, Double Crossed, Lied to and Deceived
An artist book includes 25 linoleum block prints by Sam Kerson
The artist's graphic interpretation of incidents that occurred in 2010
Acquired by the following Special Collections:
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The Baily/Howe Library - University of Vermont
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The Library of Congress, Washington
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The Chapin Library at Williams College, Massachusetts
2008
Executions and Democracy ISBN: 978-0-9783871-7-4
This portfolio includes 22 linoleum block prints by Sam Kerson
presents 20 different cases of victims of the Death penalty system, mostly related to the USA, but also includes Canada and Mexico
Acquired by the following Special Collections:
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he Fisher Rare Book Library (U of Toronto)
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The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
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University of Vermont,
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Library and Archives Canada,
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the Jundt Art Museum
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University of Texas in San Antonio
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Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG, Los Angeles)
Web page site under construction
more books will be added to this resume
*Several other artists' books and portfolios were produced between 1993 and 2008
