Françoise Sullivan

Françoise Sullivan’s works can be found in numerous public and private collections across Canada. The largest public collections of her work are in the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Additionally, the Galerie de l’UQAM in Montreal often exhibits the artist’s work, as does Galerie Simon Blais, by which she is represented. Archival and documentary images of her early performances can be found at the Dance Collection Danse Archive in Toronto, as well as at the Vincent-Warren archives in Montreal, among others. Note that the works listed below may not always be on view.

Art Gallery of Ontario

317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648
ago.net

Jean-Paul (no. 4), from the series Homages, 2002–03, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Jean-Paul (no. 4), from the series Homages, 2002–03
Acrylic on canvas
244.3 x 198.5 cm

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

703 Queen Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
506-458-2028
beaverbrookartgallery.org

Cretan Cycle 2, no. 2, 1985, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Cretan Cycle 2, no. 2 (Cycle crétois 2, no. 2), 1985
Acrylic on canvas
161 x 184 cm

Cretan Cycle 2, no. 3, 1985, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Cretan Cycle 2, no. 3 (Cycle crétois 2, no. 3)
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 183 cm

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

1380 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
514-285-2000
mbam.qc.ca

The Progress of Cruelty, 1964, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, The Progress of Cruelty (Le progrès de la cruauté), 1964
Steel
131.5 x 67 x 45.5 cm

Walk between the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1970, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Walk between the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Fine Arts (Promenade entre le Musée d’art contemporain et le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal), 1970
Thirty-two gelatin silver prints and a map
26.6 x 26.6 cm (each)

Encounter with Archaic Apollo, 1974, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Encounter with Archaic Apollo (Rencontre avec Apollon archaïque), 1974
Thirteen photomontages on gelatin silver print
15.5 x 22.9 cm (each)

Françoise Sullivan, Reds (Rouges), 2009–10
Acrylic on canvas
198.4 x 396 cm

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

185 Saint Catherine Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
514-847-6226
macm.org/en

Fall in Red, 1966, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Fall in Red (Chute en rouge), 1966
Painted steel
210.5 x 127 x 52 cm

Françoise Sullivan, Untitled, 1968
Plexiglas
30.6 x 23.4 x 11 cm

Françoise Sullivan, Spiral, 1969
Plexiglas
65.5 x 31 x 35.4 cm

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

179 Grande Allée West
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
(418) 643-2150
mnbaq.org

Concentric Fall, 1962, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Concentric Fall (Chute concentrique), 1962
Steel
32.5 x 104 x 24 cm

Françoise Sullivan, Of One (De une), 1968–69
Plexiglas
243.8 x 73.7 cm

Tondo VIII, 1980, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Tondo VIII, 1980
Acrylic on canvas and rope
287 x 298 cm

Françoise Sullivan, Cretan Cycle no. 13 (Cycle crétois nº 13), 1984
Acrylic and collage on canvas
201 x 242 cm

National Gallery of Canada

380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1-800-319-2787 or 613-990-1985
gallery.ca

Françoise Sullivan, Labyrinth (Labyrinthe), 1981
Serigraph on wove paper, third edition
50 x 65.5 cm

University of Regina

3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
(306) 585-4111
uregina.ca

Callooh Callay, 1967, by Françoise Sullivan.

Françoise Sullivan, Callooh Callay, 1967
Painted steel
284.5 x 122 x 91 cm

Université du Quebec à Montréal

Pavillon Président-Kennedy
201 President Kennedy Avenue
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(514) 987-3000
carte.uqam.ca/pavillon-pk

Françoise Sullivan, Mountain (Montagne), 1997
Three murals and four benches made of granite

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