Alvaro has been a designer and visual artist for over 20 years, building a solid experience as a graphic designer, videographer, photographer, and web designer for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private clients, in Brazil and Canada. The artist has participated in group exhibitions with Art Souterrain, Le Center Dare-Dare and the Fantasia Festival in addition … Read More
Marye Claude is above all a passionate explorer, very sensitive and with varied interests. As a multidisciplinary artist, her mainly self-taught career leads her to writing as well as to the performing arts – singing, dancing, drama – as well as to the visual arts; drawing, ink, watercolor, collage, modeling, photography, painting and printmaking. For … Read More
I live and work in Montreal, where I am originally from. My artistic practice mainly included drawing (pencil, dry pastels, charcoal), but since 2016 I have been interested in monotype. During my first training with the artist Jacinthe Tétrault, I fell in love with this technique. I like its preparatory ritual before creation, it allows … Read More
A graduate of the Literary Studies at UQAM (1997), Dominique Choquette is inspired not only by words but also by her numerous travels. She also worked at the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie for several years in Africa and the Caribbean on educational projects, and during this time, she obtained a Master’s degree in International Communications from … Read More
Artist curious about multiple engraving techniques and the use of transparent mediums (ink, watercolor) I try, in my artistic practice, to give space to objects and living beings, which through their singularity, offer a reflection on their importance in our collective and private spaces and on the privilege of encountering their beauty. I have a … Read More
With roots in Irish-Montreal and Québecois culture, I grew up immersed in the storytelling and oral history traditions of both. In 2022, I began to illustrate ‘Patricia’s Stories’ a narrative journey centered on my mother’s self-published memoir Swinging on a Star (2011), developing it into a chronological series. My color silkscreen prints on black paper … Read More
Born and living in Montreal, Sophie Maheu has initial training in chemistry and oceanography. Since 2020, she has trained in visual arts and became a member of Atelier Circulaire in 2023. Sophie explores lithography under the mentorship of Carlos Calado and she has undertaken a research-creation project using small collagraphy matrices , created spontaneously and … Read More
Johanne Mcdonald is a native and resident of Montreal. Very early in her youth, she loved drawing and indulged in it regularly. At the end of her twenties, she settled in St-Ours where she lived for ten years. It was at this time that she took oil painting lessons in Sorel for 7 years. Subsequently, … Read More
Text by Marc-André Roy “Nothing is real. Everything is real, even the virtual.” First, book objects (Monograph :”Les livres lettrés”, 2022) and sculptures (Monograph : “Variations sur un cercle”, 2016) are introduced into photographic compositions. The photos are then retouched using various software programs and printed as digital prints. The latest compositions of year 2024 are … Read More
I am grateful that art has always been a part of my life. I used to make art when I was younger, and then stopped for a long time, but Art waited. I completed a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing at Concordia University in 2012, and have worked steadily producing images over the years. We … Read More