Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | Fabrics, Webs & Endless Drawings, Maison Pierre Debain, Gatineau |
| 2020 | The Cycle of Life, centre Culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier, Valcourt |
| 2019 | Drawings from origins, Arrondissement St-Léonard, Montréal |
| 2019 | Fabrics, Webs & Endless Drawings, Dunham Art Center, Quebec |
| 2018 | Seamless, Bruck Museum, Cowansville, Quebec |
| 2014 | Drawings from origins, Verdun Cultural Center, Quebec |
| 2014 | The Recumbents, Light and Darkness, CERN Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| 2013 | Drawings from origins, Gallery Arte065, Pesaro, Italy |
| 2013 | Drawings from origins, Spazio Nobili, Montelabbate, Pesaro/Urbino, Italy |
| 2013 | Triptychs & Drawings of Surfaces, Centre Culturel de Pierrefonds/ Roxboro, Quebec |
| 2012 | The Recumbents, Light and Darkness, USINE C, Montreal |
| 2011 | The Recumbents, Light and Darkness, CIRCA, Montreal |
| 2011 | Triptychs & Drawings of Surfaces, Amos, Quebec |
| 2010 | Triptychs & Drawings of Surfaces, Old Presbytery, St-Bruno, Quebec |
| 2010 | Drawings of Surfaces & Triptych, USINE C, Montreal |
| 2009 | Triptychs & Drawings of Surfaces, Art Mûr, Montreal |
| 2001 | State of Mind, R.D.P. Cultural Center, Rivière des Prairies, Quebec |
| 1998 | Projects, The Old Court House, Kamouraska, Quebec |
| 1997 | Failed Bodies, Axe Néo 7, Hull, Quebec |
| 1995 | Bodies & Water, Madeleine Lacerte Gallery, Quebec |
| 1995 | Governors’ Exhibition Center, Sorel, Quebec |
| 1989 | Clark Gallery, 1591 rue Clark, Montreal |
| 1989 | Lachine Museum, La Dépendance, Quebec |
| 1987 | Lachine Museum, Benoît-Verdickt Pavillion, Quebec |
Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | Turnarounds, Linen International Biennal, Portneuf, Quebec |
| 2020 | Various processes, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec |
| 2019 | We are Fatale, Fatale Art, Le Livart, Montreal, Quebec |
| 2018 | At the thread of time, Bruck Museum, Cowansville, Quebec |
| 2018 | CIRCA Benefit exhibition, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2017 | Sculpture in all its states, MA Museum, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| 2017 | 6th Drawing Biennial, MBAMSH, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec |
| 2017 | CIRCA Benefit exhibition, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2017 | Correia Contemporary Art Agency, D Gallery, Montreal, Quebec |
| 2016 | FAR/ Contemporary Art Fair, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| 2016 | Exquisite corpses, MBAMSH Museum, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec |
| 2016 | The Impatients, Centre Wellington, Verdun, Quebec |
| 2015 | Black & White, Correia Contemporary Art, Magog, Quebec |
| 2015 | The Impatients, Historic Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Montreal |
| 2014 | Love Fallen/ Tombé(e)s d’Amour, CACQM, Montreal, Quebec |
| 2014 | Temporality/ Transition of the Spiritual in the Natural, Old Presbytery, St-Bruno, Quebec |
| 2014 | Eclectism/ Open pass to Eric Devlin, Artothèque, Montreal |
| 2013 | In the Meantime, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2013 | Circadian Cycles, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2012 | Filigrane, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2012 | Days of Culture, CieF, Montreal |
| 2012 | Art on the water, Zocalo Public Place, St-Hubert City Park, Quebec |
| 2012 | Revealing Loto-Québec Collection, MAC Baie St-Paul, Quebec |
| 2011 | Ambiguities, CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2011 | Plein Sud Auction 2011, Plein Sud Exhbition Center, Longueuil |
| 2011 | Courses, Loto-Québec Collection’s Creative Space, Montreal; Marius Barbeau Museum, Beauce; Vaste et Vague Artist-run-center, Carleton sur Mer; Val-David; Léo-Ayotte Exhibition Center, Shawinigan, Quebec |
| 2010 | Ego(s), CIRCA Contemporary Art, Montreal |
| 2009 | Caliber 12, Maisonneuve Cultural Center, Montreal |
| 2004 | 7 Sculptors, Studio 261, Montreal |
| 2004 | Concordia University Homecoming, VAV Gallery, Montreal |
| 2003 | Objects of Dreams, Studio 261, Montreal |
| 2003 | The Changing of the guard, Studio 261, Montreal |
| 2000 | Vital Functions, Frontenac Cultural Center, Montreal |
| 1999 | Points, Lines, Surfaces, Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec City |
| 1998 | Points, Lines, Surfaces, Belgo Building, Montreal |
| 1997 | In question: Brancusi, Axe Néo 7, Hull, Quebec |
| 1997 | Temporal Completion, Art Center, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. |
| 1996 | Body and Water; Air and Fire Amos/ Rouyn-Noranda/ Ville Marie/ Val d’Or, Quebec |
| 1994 | 10,000 Plus Show, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| 1993 | Open Studios, Cobalt Art Actuel, Montreal |
| 1992 | Transgressions, Galerie Verticale, Laval, Quebec |
| 1992 | Kunst aus Quebec, Maria Sels, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1991 | Landscape Fiction, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec |
| 1989 | Installations-Performances, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1987 | 5th Burst, Michel Tétreault Gallery, Montreal |
| 1985 | The Green Pool, Villa Schifanoia, Florence, Italy |
Collections
| 2016 | MA Museum, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| 2011 | Enixum Group inc., Longueuil, Quebec |
| 2009 | Collection Loto-Quebec, Montreal |
Integration of Arts to Architecture Competitions
| 2006 | University Hospital Complex of Sherbrooke City, Quebec; Sculptural outdoor proposal for Emergency’s interior court |
| 2005 | Hospital Complex of St-Hyacinthe City, Quebec; Sculpture proposal for the interior court and Main entrance |
Events
| 2017 | Round Table, 6th Drawing Biennial, MBAMSH, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec |
| 2017 | Creative Workshop, 6th Drawing Biennial, MBAMSH, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec |
| 2014 – 2017 | Jury Member, Mont St-Bruno de Montarville Art Competition |
| 2014 | Cultural Mediation, Drawings from origins, NDDLG 6th graders, Verdun |
| 2013 | Performance, La Porta del Cielo di Leonardo Nobili, Baia Flaminia, PU, Italy |
| 2009 – 2012 | Creative Workshops, Pierre de Coubertin Elementary School, Montreal |
| 2011 | Auction Plein Sud 2011, Plein Sud Exhibition Center, Longueuil, Quebec |
| 2011 | Artist in Residence, Mosaïkashop, Montreal |
| 1997 | Scenography, Dance Agora, Bodies and Words Event, Montreal |
| 1994 – 1996 | Artist in Residence, Centre Est-Nord-Est, St-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec |
| 1990 | Conference and informal talk, Atelier Sculpt, Montreal |
Grants & Scholarships
| 2013, 2019 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec |
| 2013 – 2014 | SODEC, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles |
| 1996 | Canada Council, Bourse B, short term |
| 1994, 1997 | Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec |
| 1996 | Canada Council for the Arts |
| 1991, 92, 93 | Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec |
| 1989 | The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Scholarships |
| 1984, 85, 86 | Fonds F.C.A.R., Quebec/ B1 Grant |
| 1983 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome |
Publications – Catalogues
| 2017 | Julien Lavoie, 6th Drawing Biennial, MBAMSH, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec |
| 2013 | Ives Celli, F. Penserini’s Drawings from Origins, San Leo, Italie |
| 2012 | Hélène Poirier, Art on water, Zocalo Public Place, St-Hubert City Park, Quebec |
| 1998 | 3 manières de construire l’inventaire, Axe Néo 7, Hull, Quebec |
| 1998 | Points, lignes, surfaces, 20 ans, Concordia University, Montreal |
| 1996 | Yvonne Lammerich, Corps et Eaux/ Air et Feu, Body and Water; Air and Fire, Amos |
| 1993 | Cobalt Art Actuel, Les ateliers s’exposent, Montreal |
| 1992 | Isabelle Lelarge, Transgression, Galerie Verticale, Laval, Quebec |
| 1992 | M.C. Sels, M.Achard, Kunst aus Quebec, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Dusseldorf, Germany |
Bibliography
| Do you want to see? | The cycle of life, Journal La Tribune, Sherbrooke, February 22, 2020 |
| Félix Lacerte-Gauthier | An exhibition to return to the sources, Metro Journal, Montreal, Dec. 3, 2019 |
| Cynthia Laflamme | Explorations en deux temps, La Voix de l’est, January 28th, 2018 |
| Gyslain Forcier | Le Textile comme fil conducteur, Journal Le Guide, December 1st, 2017 |
| Myriam Kessiby | Dans la Vallée, épisode 29, Réalisation: R. Laplante, April 2016 |
| Cristiano De Florentiis | Penserini, Spazi e Forme, Video Interview on Rai 4, October 7th, 2015 |
| Gabriel Riel-Salvatore & Sara Germanotta | Un art de vivre/Regard sur les artistes canadiens d’origine italienne, Panoram Italia, Vol.9, Nu.4, August-September 2014 |
| Maryse Ouellet | Temporality/ Transition of the Spiritual in the Natural, St-Bruno, Quebec, 2014 |
| Paolo Montanari | Inaugurata alla galleria Arte065, Notizie Pesaro, Italy, July 8, 2013 |
| Ives Celli | Disegni d’origini, San Leo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, July 4, 2013 |
| Benedetta Andreoli | Uno spazio per Nobili artisti, Il Resto del Carlino, Italy, April 28, 2013 |
| Mathieu Proulx | Trois nouvelles expositions, L’Écho Abitibien, 9 septembre 2011 |
| Éric Clément | Tissage, faux draps et peinture vivante, La Presse, 22 mai 2011 |
| Maryse Ouellet | Les Gisants, Le Clair et L’Obsur, CIRCA, Montréal, avril 2011 |
| Reportage/ Vie des Arts | Sur la piste de nouveaux talents/ Exposition Tracés, Œuvres de la Collection Loto-Québec, Vie des Arts, numéro 221, 2011 |
| Jean Bernard Roumanes | Quelques détours/ Studio 261, Vie des Arts, numéro 193, Hiver 2004 |
| Robert Bernier | Place à la relève/ Neuf artistes à découvrir, Parcours, printemps 2003, vol.9, numéro 1 |
| Robert Bernier | Coup de Coeur, Découvertes, printemps 2003 |
| Yvonne Lammerich | Corps échoué à Axe Néo 7, MIX the Magazine of artist-run culture, Winter 97-98, volume 23, number 3 |
| Camille Bouchi | Effet miroir, Vie des Arts, numéro 169, Hiver 1998 |
| Daniel Lejeune | Penserin-Morin: la rencontre des éléments, La Frontière, 6 mars 1996, Rouyn Noranda |
| Dany Quine | Des constructions au rythme bien marqué, Le Soleil, Québec, 4 novembre 1995 |
| Stéphane Aquin | Transgressions, Voir, Montréal, 5 novembre 1992 |
| Jean Dumont | Le passage vers la lumière, Le Devoir/ Le Cahier du samedi, Montréal, 31 octobre 1992 |
| Isabelle Lelarge | Transgressions, Galerie Verticale, Laval, 1992 |
| Dieter Westecker | Bilder zweier Kontinente im dritten, Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf, mai 1992 |
| Andreas Westhofen | Erdarbeiten: Kunst aus Kanada, Terz, Düsseldorf, Allemagne, janvier 1992 |
| Dominique Chalifoux | Oeuvres sculpturales, Le Messager, Ville de Lachine, Sept 1989 |
| Brenda Newman | Two Part Harmony, Montreal Mirror, Montréal, 2 juin 1989 |
Professional Experience
| 1990 – 2020 | Faculty of Creative Arts, Champlain College St-Lambert, Quebec |
| 2013 – 2014 | Delegate for Arts, Literature and Communication program, Champlain College St-Lambert, Quebec |
| 1997 – 1998 | Elected Representative of Fine Arts Teachers, Quebec Ministry of Education |
| 1993 – 1995 | Board of Directors, Vice-president, Optica, a center for contemporary arts, Montreal |
| 1989 – 1993 | Artistic Director, Optica, a center for contemporary arts, Montreal |
| 1986 – 1988 | Faculty Concordia University, Fibres Department, Montreal |
Membership
| 2015 – 2020 | L’IMPRIMERIE centre d’artistes, Montreal |
| 2011 – 2020 | CIRCA art actuel, Montreal |
| 2009 – 2020 | RAAV, Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels du Québec, Montréal |
| 1986 – 1993 | Founding Member, Galerie Clark, Montreal |
Education
| 1986 – 1989 | MFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| 1984 – 1985 | MA, Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Arts, Florence, Italy |
| 1981 – 1984 | BFA, Concordia University, Montreal |
| 1979 – 1981 | D.E.C., Jean-de-Brébeuf College, Montreal |