Education
| 1993 | BFA, Concordia University, Montreal |
| 1985 | DEC, Dawson Institute of Photography, Montreal |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2024 | Wigstock 1992-1995, Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon (Nov.) |
| 2024 | Wigstock 1992-1995, Galerie Produit Rien, Montreal. Curator: Robert Hébert (Oct.) |
| 2024 | Wigstock 1992-1995, Human Rights Institute Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey (Sept.) |
| 2023 | Mascaradas, Galaria Casa Fluida, exhibition of Personae and Wigstock images, São Paulo, Brazil. Curator: Fernando Spaziani |
| 2020 | Wigstock, online exhibition, featured exhibition of Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2015 | Role-Play: Performances & Beliefs, Arbor Gallery, Vankleek Hill, Ontario. Curator: Karl-Gilbert Murray |
| 2014 | Personae, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia: a featured exhibition of Head On Photo Festival |
| 2014 | Personae book launch and exhibition, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa, Ottawa |
| 2012 | Personae book launch and exhibition, FOFA Gallery: York Corridor Vitrines, Montreal |
| 2011 | Sur(face), Espace 6 – Art Mûr, Montreal |
| 2010 | Personae, La Galeria, Mexico City |
| 2007 | Personae, Art Bar/Gladstone Hotel, Toronto – featured exhibition of CONTACT Photography Festival |
| 2005 | Personae, Vu, Quebec City |
| 2005 | Personae, ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon |
| 2005 | Personae, Galerie Observatoire 4, Montreal |
| 2004 | Personae, Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg |
| 1997 | Clothes Minded: New Work, Galerie Pink, Montreal |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Queertography, Paddington Reservoir Gardens: a selection of Wigstock images exhibited as part of Pride Amplified events, World Pride 2023, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Moshe Rosenzveig |
| 2020 | AddOn, online group show, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2019 | AddOn, Festival Hub Paddington, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2018 | Face 2.0 - New View on the Portrait Genre, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fines Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| 2017 | Kindred, Connections Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2017 | Kindred, Écomusée du fier monde, Montreal, Québec |
| 2017 | AddOn, Festival Hub Paddington, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2016 | AddOn, Festival Hub Central, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2015 | AddOn, The Depot Gallery, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia |
| 2014 | Mascarade, Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup. Curator: Rébecca Hamilton |
| 2012 | Bleu: passé, présent, futur, Rendez-vous photo du Richelieu, Maison de la culture Villebon, Beloeil. Curator: Robert Hébert |
| 2012 | ARTSIDA fundraiser, Galerie Dentaire, Montreal – with auction at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal |
| 2011 | Foto8 Summer Group Show, Host Gallery, London, England |
| 2011 | The FACE: Portrait Evolution in Photography, Krasnoyarsk Museum, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. A traveling exhibition with stops in Omsk, Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and St. Petersburg |
| 2005 | aniGma, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| 2004 | Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art, Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Group exhibition of the artists represented by PODGallery, Levall Art Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| 2000 | ArtLexis Gallery, New York City |
| 1998 | Impressions de – New York – Impressions, Galerie Mistral, Montreal |
| 1997 | Drag City, The New Gallery, Calgary |
| 1996 | Drag City, A.K.A. Gallery, Saskatoon |
| 1996 | Drag City, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg |
| 1996 | Annual Group Photo Show, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York City |
| 1993 | Ex-Site, Axe Néo-7, Hull, Que. |
Selected Publications and Reviews
| 2020 | "Wigstock made a spectacle of freedom" by RM Vaughan, Xtra Magazine, Canada |
| 2015 | "International appeal of Beirut Art Residency" by Jimmy Dabbagh, The Arab Weekly, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2015 | "Personae: Interview of Pierre Dalpé" by Alison Stieven-Taylor, L’Oeil de la Photographie, Paris, France |
| 2014 | Guest appearance on radio show "Evenings with Dominic Knight" to discuss Personae monograph (during Head On Photo Festival), ABC 702 Sydney, Australia |
| 2014 | "Pierre Dalpé releases Personae, his first book of photography" by Chris Dupuis, Xtra!, Ottawa |
| 2012 | Personae monograph, with essays by Penny Cousineau-Levine, Dayna McLeod and Karl-Gilbert Murray, Les Editions Cayenne, editor Robert Hébert |
| 2011 | "Pierre Dalpé fixe son objectif sur les alter egos" by Patrick Letendre, Fugues, Montreal |
| 2011 | "Seeing double: MTL photographer Pierre Dalpé zooms onto hot secret identities & twin alter egos" by Richard Burnett, The Montreal Gazette Pop Tart Blog, Montreal |
| 2010 | "Montreal gay photographer feted with a major exhibit in Mexico City" by Matthew Hays, Xtra!, Montreal |
| 2009 | "Pierre Dalpé's Duplicitous Heart", No More Potlucks Magazine, Issue #4, Montreal |
| 2008 | "Revealing alter egos" by Matthew Hays, Noise Makers 2008, Montreal Mirror, Montreal |
| 2007 | Various on-line blog reviews, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto |
| 2005 | Review of "Personae" at Odd Gallery, The Klondike Sun, Dawson City, Yukon |
| 2004 | "Question de perception" by Robert Nicolas, La Liberté, Winnipeg |
| 2003 | "Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination" by Penny Cousineau-Levine, McGill-Queen's University Press, p. 165 |
| 2002 | Overview of Levall Gallery exhibition, Siberia Photo, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| 2002 | "The Drag King Anthology", edited by Donna Jean, Kathleen Lebesco and Jean Bobby, Harrington Park Press |
| 1997 | "Oh Boy?!?" by Lucinda Catchlove, Hour Magazine, Montreal |
| 1996 | Now Magazine, Toronto |
| 1993 | Review of "Clothes Minded" by Henry Lehman, CBC Radio's "Daybreak", Montreal |
| News story about "Clothes Minded", CBC Television's "City Beat", Montreal | |
Awards
| 2014 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: travel grant |
| 2012 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: promotion grant |
| 2011 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: travel grant |
| 2010 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: studios and studio-apartments grant, Mexico City |
| 2007 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: travel grant |
| 2003 | Canada Council for the Arts: research and creation grant – emerging artist |
| 1999 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec: research and creation grant |
Residencies and Positions
| 2015 | Beirut Art Residency, 6 week research and creation residency, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2010 | Four-month self-directed studio residency in Mexico City |
| 2002-present | Work at Creative Media Services, Concordia University, producing video and photographic promotional material for the university |
| 1994-present | Work with Michael Flomen aiding in the creation, production and printing of large-scale, black and white, archival museum-quality prints |
| 2003 | Six-week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon |
| 2000 | Taught intermediate black and white photography course at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal |
| 2000 | Photography and computer work-study during 5-week thematic residency at The Banff Centre, Banff |
| 1999 | Nine-week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre, Banff |
Collaborative Work
| 2003 | Collaborated with writer Michael Toppings on a web-based project which combined my 1990's backstage/nightclub images with his prose |
| 1999 | Collaborated to create photographs incorporated in "Once Upon a Time", a video/dance performance piece produced by La Manga (from Mexico City) – presented at The Banff Centre |
Visiting Artist Lectures
| 2005 | Centre de la francophonie, Whitehorse, Yukon |
| 2005 | Galérie Observatoire 4, Montreal |
| 2005 | Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon |
| 2004 | Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg |
Collections