About
Portraiture, sculpture, design and art direction of trompe l'oeil architectural murals have made up the bulk of a busy visual arts career.
Studies:
Laval University in 1984
Visual arts at Cegep Ste-Foy
Exhibitions:
2006 - gallery sale
2008 NuEdge Gallery in Montreal
2006 exhibition at the Monkdogz gallery in New York
2006 exhibition at Galerie 1225 in Montreal
2004 exhibition at Galerie 1225 in Montreal
2003 exhibition at the Galerie Rouge in Quebec “Little Metaphors”
1999 exhibition at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec “Continuum Figuratif”
1998 exhibition at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec
1989 exhibition at the Anima G gallery in Quebec
1988 exhibition at Chez Môss in Quebec “The Sky of Paintings”
Other experiences and achievements:
2015 residency at the Catalan art center in Tortosa: Escola d’Art i Disseny .
2007 creation of the L'Élan Créateur mural in Montreal under the theme: The Latin Quarter, at the heart of artistic creation.
2006 - Beauchamp Gallery in Quebec
2005 - 06 Gallery Monkdogz in New York
2003 - 06 Ars Vivesco Gallery in Quebec
2004 - 06 creation of fountains and garden statues
- collaboration for the continuation of the murals in Sherbrooke .
2004 collaboration for the second part of the Bowen mural in Sherbrooke
2003 - 04 Galerie St-Dizier in Montreal
2003 MURIRS: artistic direction for the historic architectural trompe-l'oeil mural Bowen in Sherbrooke
2002 MURIRS: artistic direction for the architectural trompe-l’oeil mural Skinner in Sherbrooke
2001 project manager and coordinator for the Fresques des Piliers in Quebec (four frescoes)
2000 project manager and coordinator for the Fresques des Piliers in Quebec (four frescoes)
1999 muralist for La Fresque des Québécois with the Cité de la Création group in Lyon.
1997 admission to the national bank of artists for the integration of arts into architecture in the discipline: mural painting.
1990 - 95 company management: Atelier Dufaux (murals and trompe-l'oeil works)
1993 creation of the mural on the vault of the Capitole Theatre performance hall
1993 - 95 teaching trompe-l'oeil, gilding and faux finishing techniques at the Atelier Dufaux
1987 - 89 writing columns for Clin D'œil magazine
1984 - portrait painter
1979 - 84 ceramist
1971 - 79 apprenticeship in ceramics at La Boutique d'Argile then at Atelier Julien
Publications and reports:
The Sun of Quebec, The Journal of Quebec, The Press of Montreal, Elle Quebec, Decoration At Home, Parcours magazine.
Radio Canada, fm 93, CKRL fm
Radio Canada TV, Télé Québec, CFCF12, Quatre Saisons and TVA
Some pieces will never breathe. No point in trying too hard, you have to know how to recover the clay and start again.
This fascinating material, as long as it is not cooked, can be returned to itself indefinitely.
