Claude Léger
Under his artist’s name Koliger, Claude Léger creates “drawings/calligraphies” (as he himself calls them) in a highly personalized style. His interpretation through colours and gesture (QI energy) represents Chinese ideograms that he has worked with for many years and that are imbued with a particular strength and flow. The artist also illustrates characters known as […]
Françoise Sullivan
Françoise Sullivan was born in Montreal, where she initially studied at the École des beaux-arts. While this unique and multifaceted artist was first recognized as a dancer and choreographer, it has been her work as a visual artist that has truly stood out over the course of her long career. She was a founding member […]
Vik Muniz
Born into an underprivileged family in Brazil, Vik Muniz developed an interest for art not by going to museums but influenced by libraries and his school environment. Now living in New York, Muniz began his career as a sculptor in the 1980s, before turning to photography. He made a name for himself worldwide in the […]
Marcelle Ferron
Marcelle Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec in 1924 and died in Montreal in 2001. After being expelled from the École des beaux-arts in Quebec City, where she had studied with Jean-Paul Lemieux, she settled in Montreal and became friendly with the artists in the Automatiste movement, who were moving towards abstract painting. A signatory […]
Jean McEwen
Jean McEwen was born in Montreal in 1923 and died in 1999. He completed a degree in Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal, but is a self-taught painter. In 1949, he met Paul-Émile Borduas, who would have an enormous influence on his early work. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto […]
Serge Lemoyne
At once an instigator of “happenings”; an activist and social agitator; an electronic, visual and sonic media artist; but, above all, an indefatigable painter, Serge Lemoyne was probably the boldest of Québec’s postmodern artists. His works can be found in the most prestigious collections of contemporary Quebec and Canadian art and the leading museums in […]
Yannick De Serre
Yannick De Serre, born in Grand-Mère in 1978, obtained a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Laval University in 1999. Today, he can be found in several private and public collections, including that of the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul.
Alex Colville
Painter, draughtsman, engraver and muralist, Alex Colville steadfastly refused to adhere to the formal trends that characterized the 20th century. Over the course of his career, Colville enjoyed considerable renown and he received many honours. The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts held major retrospectives of his work in 1983 […]
Antonietta Grassi
Antonietta Grassi is a professional artist and a teacher in the Visual Arts Department of Dawson College in Montreal. She holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal and an MFA from UQAM, and her work can be found in prestigious public and private collections. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards […]
Catherine Plaisance
Catherine Plaisance holds a Masters in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM, which was funded by the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture. She lives and works in Montreal and is represented by the p|m Gallery in New York. Visit www.pmgallery.ca.