Artists by LAST NAMe : i, j, k AND l.

talleen hacikyan

Talleen Hacikyan, born in 1959 in Montreal, is a visual artist, printmaker, and art educator with over thirty years of experience. She holds a degree in anthropology from McGill University and a fine arts and education degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has been a member of Atelier Circulaire since 1985, where she teaches and specializes in non-toxic printmaking.

Her main practice is collagraphy, which she describes as intuitive and playful. She also works with monotypes, linocuts, and sculptural prints. Her process often involves using leaves, vegetables, and hand-cut wood to create visual narratives that reflect identity and a connection to nature.

She has participated in over 80 exhibitions in Canada and internationally, including solo and group shows in the United States. She has received the Loto-Québec Printmaking Prize, the Pierre Henry Prize (Pratt & Whitney Canada), and the Speedball Purchase Award. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections.

John Heward

John Heward (1934–2018), born in Montreal, was a self-taught Canadian artist known for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance, and improvised music. A graduate in English literature and history from Bishop’s University, he was also the nephew of painter Prudence Heward. His artistic practice was grounded in intuitive abstraction, using raw gestures, simple materials, and spatial compositions.

He held over 40 solo exhibitions in cities such as Paris, Atlanta, Calgary, and Toronto, and participated in numerous group exhibitions across Canada and the United States. His work has been shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris.

In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas in recognition of his career. As part of a generation of artists who blurred the boundaries between visual art and sound, John Heward’s legacy continues to influence contemporary Canadian art.

paul hichin

Paul Hichin, born in 1941 in Codsall, England, moved to France in 1962 after studying at the Birmingham School of Fine Arts (1958–1961). He specializes in burin engraving and mezzotint, developing a minimalist aesthetic deeply influenced by a serious car accident in his youth, which left him with lasting visual impairments.

Both an artist and a scenographer, he worked with major theatre figures such as Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Martinelli, and Henri Ronse. His printmaking practice focuses on memory, the human body, and the legacy of war. Key series include Set in Copper (1991) and Traces and Whispers from Emptiness (2002), exhibited in France, including at the Resistance Museum in Grenoble.

In 1982, he co-founded URDLA in Villeurbanne, a centre for contemporary printmaking where he continues to contribute to a collaborative and forward-thinking approach to the art of print.

céline huyghebaert

Céline Huyghebaert is an artist and writer working at the intersection of literature and visual art through prints, books, exhibitions, and collaborations. In her own practice, she uses a broad range of techniques to tell stories that are part documentary, part fiction: traditional and digital printing processes, writing, collages, along with research tools like interviews or archives. She is particularly interested in collaborative gestures and “poor materials,” such as paper, photocopy, and risography.

Huyghebaert recently exhibited "Un cas particulier / A specific woman" at Occurrence, a Montreal contemporary art center, where she created a fictional artist from archival documents and correspondence with over 50 visual artists.

In 2019, Huyghebaert won the Governor General’s Award for her first novel "Le drap blanc" published by Le Quartanier, and was awarded the Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. She completed a PhD in Art from UQAM, where she also earned a Master’s degree in Literature. She is currently conducting postdoctoral research in Quebec and France, working on a new book and exhibition about the image and language of pain. Huyghebaert was born in France and has been living in Montreal since 2002.

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Carmen Isasi

Carmen Isasi, born in 1958 in Bilbao and based in Madrid since 1993, is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice includes painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, photogravure, video, and sound installations. She holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Basque Country and completed postgraduate studies in Aesthetics and Art Theory in Madrid, along with training at the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Her artistic approach explores the relationship between collective memory and identity, drawing inspiration from Spanish art history as well as contemporary sociocultural issues. Her work is marked by delicate composition, subtle color usage, and a constant engagement with material experimentation.

Since the early 2010s, she has exhibited regularly in Spain and internationally, with shows across Europe and Latin America. Her practice resonates with diverse audiences and contributes meaningfully to the evolution of the contemporary Iberian art scene.

maria jankovic

Maria Jankovics is a visual artist born in 1949 in Budapest, Hungary, and based in Montreal, Quebec, for several decades. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, where she received formal training in visual arts.

Since 1985, she has taken part in over 134 solo and group exhibitions, demonstrating a long-standing and active presence in the Quebec art scene. Her work has been featured in several cultural venues across the province, including Maison Meunier, Maison de la culture Mercier, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and Maison de la culture in Gatineau.

Her artistic approach, often noted for its sensitivity to form and texture, explores themes of memory, the body, and identity through a range of techniques including printmaking and engraving. As of 2005, she was still living and working in Montreal, actively contributing to the visual arts community.

Saskia Jetten

Originally from the Netherlands, Saskia Jetten is a visual artist based in British Columbia, Canada. She specializes in contemporary printmaking and has developed an international artistic career. Her work has been exhibited extensively in Europe, Canada, the United States, and China, highlighting the broad international reach of her creative practice.

In 2012, she received the Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir Award at the Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (BIECTR), one of the most prestigious printmaking events in Quebec. She was also awarded the Grafiek Nu 10 Prize in the Netherlands, further confirming her recognition within the European printmaking community.

Jetten’s work often explores repetition, organic forms, and layered textures, inviting viewers into a contemplative dialogue about transformation and the natural world. She remains an active figure in both the Canadian and international printmaking scenes.

 François Jeune

François Jeune is a French visual artist born in 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt. He is widely recognized for his significant contributions to contemporary abstraction in France. Trained at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, he began exhibiting in the early 1980s and became a key figure in the neo-geometric movement in Europe.

His artistic approach is characterized by a disciplined exploration of color and structure, often balancing rational composition with perceptual experience. His works feature grids, vibrating lines, and modulated surfaces that challenge the viewer’s visual perception. Jeune’s work has been shown at major institutions such as the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, and his pieces are included in both national and international public collections.

 Harlan Johnson

Harlan Johnson is an American printmaker and visual artist born in 1965. He has lived and worked in Quebec since the early 2000s. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio State University and a Master’s in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin. Johnson is known for his expressive linework and use of humor and symbolism in his compositions.

His work; primarily woodcuts, etchings, and drawings, explores themes of absurdity, everyday life, and the human condition. He has exhibited in galleries across Canada and the United States, including in Montreal, Quebec City, Chicago, and New York. Johnson has also taught printmaking in various Canadian institutions and is active in the contemporary printmaking scene.

lucie jolicoeur côté

Lucie Jolicoeur-Côté is a visual artist based in Montreal. Initially dedicated to drawing and painting, she turned to printmaking in the early 1990s. Captivated by the expressive potential of etching, she trained at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal and later completed an advanced program at the printmaking school in Urbino, Italy.

Her artistic approach combines poetic nuance and formal precision, often centered on the interplay between gesture and texture. She is an active member of Atelier Circulaire and the ARPRIM artist-run network.

Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions across Canada and abroad. It is included in several public and private collections, notably at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and the City of Montreal’s collection.

 Julianna Joos

Julianna Joos is a visual artist, educator, and researcher based in Montreal. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University and a Master’s degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She has taught fine arts at Dawson College for over twenty years.

Her artistic practice spans printmaking, textiles, photography, and artist’s books. She is particularly interested in themes of identity, memory, and storytelling, often working with hybrid forms that combine traditional techniques with digital technologies.

Julianna Joos has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia. Her works are held in both private and public collections, including Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, the Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts, and the Loto-Québec Collection.

harold klunder

Born in the Netherlands in 1943, Harold Klunder immigrated to Canada in 1952. He settled in Toronto and studied at Central Technical School in the early 1960s. His first solo exhibition in 1976 launched a prolific career in contemporary painting.

Klunder’s work is known for its layered, textured surfaces and extended creative processes. His paintings explore broad existential themes such as identity, biology, memory, time, and the psyche. In recent decades, self-portraiture has emerged as a central theme, offering a complex and personal visual exploration.

His art has gained national recognition and is part of major public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

 Peter Krausz

Born in 1946 in Brașov, Romania, Peter Krausz immigrated to Canada in 1970, fleeing the communist regime in Eastern Europe. He settled in Montreal and developed a distinguished visual arts career exploring themes of exile, memory, and historical trauma.

A graduate of the Fine Arts Institute of Bucharest, Krausz taught at Université de Montréal before becoming a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Concordia University. His work blends figuration and abstraction, often referencing Mediterranean landscapes and Europe’s twentieth-century conflicts.

He has exhibited extensively in Canada and abroad, including shows at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Galerie de l’UQAM. His work is represented in major public and private collections.

 Serge Lafortune

Born in Montreal in 1952, Serge Lafortune is a Quebec-based visual artist known for his work in printmaking, photography, and installation. A graduate in visual arts from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), he became active in the art scene during the 1980s and was a long-time member of Atelier Graff, a major printmaking studio and artist-run center.

His work explores the relationships between memory, trace, and transformation. Through a conceptual approach, Lafortune pushes the boundaries of print media and its integration with spatial environments.

His artworks have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Quebec, Canada, and abroad. His works are also part of major public collections, including those of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

Janne laine

Born in 1970, Janne Laine lives and works in Tampere, Finland. A master printmaker, he spent over 25 years at Graphic Studio Himmelblau, where he achieved the status of master engraver in 2006. His artistic practice often focuses on poetic, contemplative landscapes that evoke silence, memory, and the passage of time.

He has participated in group exhibitions in about 40 countries and has held over 50 solo exhibitions in Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Belgium, and South Korea. His works are included in numerous public and private collections internationally. Over the years, Janne Laine has received multiple accolades, including an award at the Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, highlighting the international recognition of his refined and atmospheric printmaking work

norman laliberté

Norman Laliberté was a multidisciplinary artist born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1925 to French-Canadian parents. Raised in Montreal, he later studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology. His artistic practice spanned painting, sculpture, installations, and graphic arts, reflecting a career marked by diversity and experimentation.

He gained international attention as the artistic director of Expo 67 in Montreal, a milestone event in Canada’s visual arts history. His work was exhibited in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Smithsonian. Known for his vibrant, symbolic style, Laliberté often drew inspiration from folk art, spirituality, and universal visual language.

Throughout his prolific career, he consistently explored materials and symbols with an imaginative and expressive approach. Norman Laliberté remains a key figure in North American contemporary art. He passed away in 2021 at the age of 95.

 Nancy Lambert

Nancy Lambert is a Quebec artist born in 1958. A graduate in visual arts from Université Laval, she has developed a multidisciplinary practice since the 1980s, focusing on printmaking, drawing, and mixed media. Her work delves into the relationship between body, memory, and trace through refined forms and delicate textures.

A member of Atelier Circulaire in Montreal, she has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Canada, Europe, and Asia. Her artworks are included in several public collections, such as the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, and the City of Montreal.

In addition to her studio practice, Nancy Lambert is engaged in teaching and leading creative workshops. Her art, situated between the conceptual and the emotional, offers a poetic meditation on time and the human imprint. Her sensitivity and precision make her a respected figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene.

michel lancelot

Michel Lancelot is a Quebec visual artist and printmaker known for his experimental approach to printmaking. Born in Montreal, he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and continued his training in Paris at the renowned Atelier 17, founded by Stanley William Hayter, a key center of innovation in printmaking. His work, marked by a constant investigation of material and print processes, blends lyrical abstraction with symbolic figuration.

Since the 1970s, he has exhibited widely in artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, France, and Belgium. His prints are held in public collections such as the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. A long-time member of Atelier Circulaire, he has also contributed to the training of younger artists through workshops and lectures. His career reflects a deep technical mastery paired with poetic visual sensibility, making him a respected figure in contemporary printmaking.

guy langevin

Guy Langevin is a Quebec artist born in 1954 in Lac-Mégantic. He studied visual arts at Université Laval and specializes in printmaking, particularly lithography and mezzotint. A long-time member of Atelier Circulaire in Montreal and Engramme in Quebec City, he has built, since the 1980s, a refined and sensitive body of work focused on the human figure and introspection.

Langevin’s prints are characterized by technical mastery and emotional depth. His themes include the human body, silence, the passage of time, and memory. He has participated in over 300 solo and group exhibitions in more than 30 countries and has received numerous awards at international printmaking biennials in Poland, China, Taiwan, Japan, and beyond. His works are included in major public collections such as the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, and the Musée de Gravelines in France.

 Danielle Lanteigne

Born in Saint-Jérôme (Laurentians), Danielle Lanteigne is a Quebec painter who studied at Concordia University in Montreal. From an early age, she taught herself oil painting, developing a practice rooted in a keen observation of everyday life. Chairs, doorways, tables, these mundane elements become animated and poetic under her gaze.

Winner of the Grand Prize from the Laurentians Cultural Council in 1992, she has since pursued an artistic path marked by a balance between structural rigor and expressive spontaneity. Her attention to texture, chromatic contrasts, and spatial composition reflects a deeply intuitive approach. Identifying as a colorist, she reinterprets familiar objects to reveal hidden rhythms and emotional resonance.

Influenced by major figures in Quebec art, Lanteigne has developed a visual language that embraces form, matter, and the vibrant pulse of colour. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Quebec and Canada.

Jean-pierre larocque

Born in Montreal in 1953, Jean-Pierre Larocque studied drawing and printmaking at the Université du Québec à Montréal before pursuing studies in ceramics at Concordia University and the Alfred University of New York, from which he received an MFA in 1988.

While living and teaching for over ten years in the United States, the artist travelled repeatedly to Europe and Asia. Having shown his work extensively in North America as well as being included in many public and private collections, Larocque was selected to present a major solo exhibition in 2006 to inaugurate the new contemporary gallery of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics in Toronto. Jean-Pierre Larocque lives and works in Montreal.

Hélène Latulippe

Hélène Latulippe is a Canadian artist based in Montréal. She has studied industrial design and in 2012, she has received a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal. She focuses primarily on visual arts since. She has also studied in France and Italy.

She has presented numerous solo and group exhibitions in venues that include Calgary, Toronto, UK, and Norway.  She has attended residencies in Norway, Montreal and Banff Center, as an independent resident in Leighton Colony Artists Studios, as part of the  Programme du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Résidences d’artistes et d’écrivains québécois au Banff Centre.

 She received grants from “Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec” and from McGill University in Montreal. She is prize-winner of “La 9e biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières” 2015 for the quality of her work and Artist of the Year 2014, City of Montreal – Lachine district.

Her work is all ready collected and includes Air Canada, Banque Nationale du Canada, Concordia University and private collectors like lawyers, architects and designers offices.

Traces

2012 | Triptych, 76 x 228 cm | Drypoint

René Laubies

René Laubiès was born in Saigon in 1924 where he spent most of his childhood. In 1949, following his law studies in Morocco, he settled in Paris. Faithful to his painting practice since his adolescence, his work was well recognized and became in demand in the 1950's.

Living a nomadic lifestyle for over 30 years he travelled to Greece, Iran and Turkey. He also split his life between Paris and India where most of his creations have seen the day. His works have been influenced by oriental philosophies and are bright minimalistic abstractions. He passed away in India in 2006.

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christiane léaud

Africa, Europe, and the Americas have all shaped the life journey of Christiane Léaud, an artist currently living and working in Montreal.

Her first artistic creations were batiks on silk (wall panels and scarves), produced during a two-year stay in New York City. A former literature teacher (French and Latin) at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, she published a series of educational booklets titled À l’œuvre ! Un regard sur la littérature, focusing on literary analysis for high school students (grades 7–11). In parallel, several of her poems were published in the literary magazine Liberté.

In 2018, Christiane Léaud released Lunaisons, a poetic suite accompanied by ink illustrations by Rita Ezrati. She also presented a collage exhibition titled Relier ce qui est disjoint at Atelier-Galerie Alain Piroir (Montreal). In 2021, she published Futur Antérieur, an artist’s book combining poetry and reproductions of collages, the originals forming an independent exhibition. Finally, Robert et moi (Fall 2020) was a major solo exhibition, featuring over forty collages — including a dozen large-format pieces — at the intersection of visual art and literature.

janine leroux-guillaume

Roy Lichtenstein

Emmanuel Radnitzky, better known as Man Ray, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He is most well known for his avant-garde photography, in which he cast many well know figures of his time such as Kiki de Montparnasse. Although he is known for his photos, he also worked in other mediums and considered himself a painter. He was a major contributor to the Dadaist and surrealist movements.

He appropriated the photogram, a type of photo made without the use of a camera, and renamed them «rayographs». In 1920, he collaborated with Marcel Duchamp on his kinetic sculptures in New York. In that same year he also founded, along with Katherine Dreier, the Société Anonyme, which was an itinerant collection later to become the first museum of modern art in the US.

In 1925, along with Jean Arp, Max Ernst, André Masson, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso, Man Ray was part of the first Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie Pierre in Paris.

The artist passed away on the 29th of September 1997 in Manhattan.

jean-claude lussier

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Artists BY LAST NAME : m, n, o AND P.

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David Maes

Born in Canada to a Canadian mother and a Dutch father, he moved to France in 1987, marking a new chapter in his artistic journey.

Trained as a painter, he discovered printmaking shortly after arriving in Paris, joining the renowned Lacourière-Frélaut workshop. His talent was quickly recognized: in 1990, he was awarded a grant from Quebec’s Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Jury Prize from the Space Group of Korea in Seoul, and a special mention for the Lacourière Prize in Paris.

The following year, in 1991, he received recognition from the Grav’x Foundation in Paris. In 1992, he was selected as a resident artist at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid—a stay that deeply influenced his work, notably through the light and contrasts of the South. He remained there until 1994.

In 1993, he earned an honorable mention at the National Printmaking Prize in Madrid, followed by the Jury Prize at the Third World Triennial of Prints in Chamalières in 1994. That same year, he left Madrid for the Paris region before settling in southern France, near Nîmes.

David Maes’s works have entered numerous public collections, including those of Air Canada (Montreal), the Picasso Museum (Antibes), the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Calcografía Nacional (Madrid), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the City of Montreuil, Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa), and the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec.

françois-xavier marange

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marcel marien

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pierre martin dit egide

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Roberto Matta

Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren was born in Santiago Chile on the 11th of November 1911. He is known as one of the most influencial Chilean artists in the abstract expressionist and surreal movements.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile before leaving school behind to settle in Paris in 1933. During his travels in Europe, he spent time along side Arschile Gorky, René Magritte, Salvador Dali, André Breton and Le Corbusier. He first studies architecture at the

His early work consists of «inscapes», paintings that were inspired by Freud’s idea that the psychic landscape exists in three dimentions. Later on, his work reflects the political reality of the 40’s and 50’s. Notably, there is the apparition of machinery and distressed figures.

Roberto Sebastián Matta passed away on November 23rd 2002 in Italy.

Oeuvre l’instant

1977 | 65 x 50 cm | Aquatint and eau-forte

Nid de Noeds

1979 | 66 x 52 cm | Aquatint and eau-forte

sebastian matta

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Jean mcewen

Jean McEwen was born in Montreal in 1923 and died in the same city in 1999. Encouraged by Paul-Émile Borduas, McEwen perfected his painting and printmaking in Paris and Montreal, under the influence of artists like Jackson Polock, Mark Rothko and Jean-Paul Riopelle. His work has been exhibited in many cities, including Montreal, Toronto, New York, Paris and London. Some of his works are included in important public collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada. McEwen won the 1998 Prix Paul-Émile Borduas.

claude mercier

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jean messagier

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 Molina

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 David Moore

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swann morin

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Martin Müller-Reinhart

Martin Müller-Reinhart was born in Soleure, Switzerland in 1954. Since 1977 he has worked and lived in Paris. He uses painting, etching and sculptural elements interchangeably to create visual spaces composed mostly of lines and flat surfaces, creating a meeting place of elements.

Amongst his works are large scale installations shown in churches and large public spaces. These installations create meditative and sobre environments. His most notable installations are in the chapel Saint Louis de la Salpetrière in Paris (1989) and the church of Gesù in Montreal (2009).

 Münch

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marc-antoine nadeau

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georges nadra

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 Johny Ngbwa

Johny Hycinte Ngbwa was born in Cameroon in 1995. He moved to Italy in 2005. He became interested in art from an early age and then enrolled in 2009 at the State Institute of Art of Forlì, where he obtained the Master of Arts diploma and the baccalaureate in pictorial decoration and restoration.

Since 2014 he has been attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino where he graduated in graphic art and in 2020 he obtained a specialist diploma in edition and illustration for graphic art. He now works as a teacher at MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research).

bert-johnny nilson

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 Noëlline

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françois oberfalcer

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 Helen Olesker Kogan

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Omen

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