Printmaker, carver of wood, exuberant Japanese enthusiast, plaster tamer, cinema snob, unrepenting comic book and manga glutton, amateur fiberglass victim, encyclopedic collector of unexpected knowledge and generally speaking swell guy are all moderately accurate describers of Alexandre Fortin.
After studying graphic design, he began a long practice in printed arts in 2002, and developed a passion and expertise for art on paper. He devours films, Japan, comics and video games that imbue his conscious and unconscious life with rich possibilities of artistic inspiration. He makes good use of this cultural amalgam to create works that are both delirious and mysterious and seem to provoke happiness. His work is part of the collection of the National Bank and the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec. At the same time, he pursues a career in molding and manufacturing film sets.
In 2014, he stayed in Japan for a training residency in mokuhanga, traditional Japanese woodcut, followed by further training in 2016 with the same organization. In 2023, he participated in a copperplate engraving residency at the Atelier Fynse Grafisk Vaerksted in Odense, Denmark.
Alexandre currently lives and works in Montreal. For 20 years, he has been an active member of the Atelier Circulaire, an artist-run printmaking center.
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