Stephanie Gervais is an artist living and working internationally. She is currently based in Portland, OR, USA.

EDUCATION

2016 Goldsmiths University, MFA in Fine Art, London, UK
2009 Reed College, BA in Art, Portland, OR

SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Upcoming: Gulalhi, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed
College, Portland, OR
2017 Memories from Syria, Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK
Odai 2: We Fought Them With the Truth, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2016 Europe, The Land of Generosity, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
2014 Jeune Création, Le Centquatre Cultural Center, Paris, France
Aberturas: The Independent Program of Escola São Paulo, Casa do Povo Cultural
Center, São Paulo, Brazil
MANIFEST! Choreographing Social Movements in the Americas, Concordia
University, Montreal, Canada
Abre Alas 10, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 Installation, Performance, Documentation, Feldenheimer Gallery, Reed College,
Portland, OR
Photographs, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR - Part of Photo Lucida Month
From Art to Public Policy: Love Letters from Communities, São Camilo University,
São Paulo, Brazil - Part of the conference Juvenile Delinquency, Urban Violence and
Social Justice: Comparing Experiences in France and Brazil
2012 The Invisible Leader, Les Territoires Gallery, Montreal, Candada
2009 KUNST: Love Personified, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery -
Performance and video intervention during David Reed: Lives of Paintings

RESIDENCIES AND PUBLICATIONS

2018 Upcoming: The Power of Sound, Guest Projects, London, UK 
Oregon College of Art and Craft, MFA Instructor-in-Residence, Portland, OR, USA
Radical Residency 2018, Unit 1 Gallery and Workshop, London, UK
Rethink Rebuild Society, Resident Artist for Memories of Syria - Project supported by
BSBT Award (Building a Stronger Britain Together)
2015 Archipelago Magazine, Publication of “The Jungle: Calais - Britannia,” Edition 2015:
Boundaries, Goldsmiths University, London
2014 The Independent Program of Escola São Paulo (PIESP), São Paulo, Brazil - Nine
month program of critical seminars for emerging artists and curators in Brazil





In Manchester, Omar’s new flat had blue carpet. His friend was an older Sudanese guy, who had been here for seven years. He was wearing jeans and a loose sweater and was sitting at the small table when I walked in. He made me a nescafé with milk and he stood at the counter stirring the coffee vigorously with a small spoon for so long - I had never seen anyone stir coffee for that long. He spoke English well enough to communicate, much better than Omar, but in that way where you’re still not always sure what the other person is saying, and he told me that Omar was a village boy.
“He is village boy, Omar. He has village mentality. He is used to nature. Where he lived, everything was green. It is boring here. They call it rainy Manchester!” The guy laughed.
“He misses his cows. That’s why he doesn’t put milk in the fridge.” The guy pointed to the milk out on the counter. “The milk was fresh, like real milk. Real milk. The cheese was delicious. Fresh cheese. He misses a lot. He needs to change but he can’t forget this.” It’s true that Omar always seemed dreamy. He was always running his hand over his face and his eyes twitching.
“He shouldn’t forget” I said.
“Not forget, but he is in a new place now, and it’s very hard. You have to integrate, you have to adapt to this life…Imagine that you have a mango tree from Africa.” He held out his cupped hand, as if holding a mango in front of him. “And you take that tree, and you try to plant it here. It won’t grow! The tree will die.”