stella pace

Montreal-based artist Stella Pace has long explored cement, a raw material that forms the core of her work. This medium, shaped with singular sensitivity, becomes the vehicle for a profound reflection on memory, trace, and human fragility. Working in series, she multiplies forms to create compositions charged with psychological depth. Her sculptures and prints emerge from a process of accumulation: organic layers, interwoven matter, and spontaneous imprints combine, giving each piece a striking physical presence. Her work, exhibited in Canada and abroad, stands out for its fusion of strength and delicacy, precision and instinct. Stella Pace invites viewers into a universe where matter, far from being inert, tells the intimate story of gesture and time.

 Monique Parizeau

Montreal-based printmaker and visual artist Monique Parizeau has, for several decades, developed a distinctive body of work where printmaking becomes a poetic language. Exploring various techniques (etching, aquatint, mezzotint) she creates images that are both precise and sensitive, where light sculpts forms and reveals textures. Her approach, rooted in the observation of the natural world and its transformations, conveys an intimate relationship with time and memory. Parizeau often works in series, allowing subtle tonal variations, layering, and delicate plays of shadow to converse with one another. Her work has been exhibited across Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is part of several public and private collections. Each print, meticulously constructed, bears the trace of the artist’s patient hand, balancing technical mastery with contemplative sensitivity. 

mathieu perramant

Based in Paris, artist and master printmaker Matthieu Perramant practices his craft at Atelier Moret, a historic center for intaglio printmaking. Trained in traditional techniques, he masters etching, drypoint, aquatint, and mezzotint, applying them both to his own creations and to the works of contemporary artists. His personal work explores material, light, and gesture, seeking in printmaking a space for dialogue between technical precision and free expression. As a printer, Perramant collaborates with renowned artists, bringing to each project his demanding expertise and keen eye for detail. His prints, often produced in series, play with the density of blacks and the subtlety of textures, inviting both tactile and visual engagement. Recognized for his dual practice, he embodies the continuity and renewal of Parisian printmaking traditions. 

 Jean-Pierre Perreault

Jean-Pierre Perreault (1947–2002) was one of the most influential figures in Canadian contemporary dance. A choreographer, dancer, and teacher, he left a lasting mark on the artistic landscape through the visual and emotional power of his works. Trained in visual arts before turning to dance, he developed a distinctive choreographic language combining precision of movement, spatial exploration, and strong visual composition. His creations, often performed by large ensembles, explore themes of identity, memory, and the human condition. Iconic works such as Joe (1984) have left an enduring impression on audiences and critics alike for their dramatic intensity and visual impact. As founder of the Jean-Pierre Perreault Foundation, he played a key role in preserving and promoting Canada’s choreographic heritage. His work continues to be performed, studied, and to inspire new generations of artists.

 Marc Pessin

Marc Pessin (1933–2022) was a French engraver, publisher, illustrator, and painter, born in Paris and passing away in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Isère. Trained in engraving from a young age, he settled in the Chartreuse mountains in 1965, where he founded Le Verbe et l’Empreinte, a publishing house blending poetry and the graphic arts. He collaborated with renowned poets such as Léopold Sédar Senghor, Louis Aragon, Andrée Chedid, and François Cheng, producing exceptional bibliophilic works. Mastering numerous techniques—intaglio, laser, stencils, inks, metallic reliefs—he described himself as a “sculptor on paper.” Guest of honor at the Paris Book Fair in 1981, he received several distinctions, including the “Most Beautiful Book of the Year” award and the Grand Gold Medal of Grenoble in 2011. Over more than fifty years, his work embodied contemporary engraving infused with a unique visual poetry.

 Lucille Picard

Lucille Picard, also known as Lucille Albert Picard, is a Canadian painter from Quebec, notably active around the 1970s. Her profile appears in Artists in Canada, an official directory held by the Library and Archives of the National Gallery of Canada. Educated in Quebec, she developed a painting practice marked by sensitivity and influenced by her local artistic context. Though public information is scarce, her institutional recognition reflects a certain standing within the Canadian visual arts community of the late 20th century, emerging from a period of local artistic vitality.

ED PIEN

Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1958, Ed Pien immigrated to Canada at the age of eleven. He received a Master of Fine Arts from York University in Toronto in 1984. His work has been the focus of numerous national and international exhibitions in such notable institutions as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Drawing Center in New York, the Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City and the Goethe Institute in Berlin.

Ed Pien’s artwork draws on sources both Eastern and Western. Exploring the convergence of history, beliefs and mythology, his drawing based practice has often included intricate large scale installations that the viewer must enter and wander through. The artist’s work is included in many major collections including the National Galleryof Canada, the Museo de Arte y diseno Contemporaneo, Costa Rica and the Fundacion Antoni Tapies, Barcelona. Ed Pien lives and works in Toronto.

Moïse Piuze

Moïse Piuze, born in Knowlton (Lac‑Brome), is a Quebec-based multidisciplinary creator holding a master’s degree in visual and media arts. Defining himself as a “researcher‑tinkerer,” he assembles diverse materials (weathered barn wood, Plexiglas, photographs) to craft poetic assemblages that explore the interweaving of body, shelter, and landscape. His work has been shown across the Americas and Europe, including at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Museum of the University of Bogotá, the Casablanca International Video Art Festival, and most recently at the Joliette Art Museum. His career, spanning exhibitions, artist residencies, and public art commissions, reflects a thoughtful and restorative approach to fragility and making.

arthur Luiz piza

Arthur Luiz Piza (1928–2017), born in São Paulo, was a Brazilian painter, printmaker, and sculptor who moved to Paris in 1951 to further his career, studying under master printmaker Johnny Friedlaender. Celebrated for his exceptional mastery of burin engraving, he worked with thick copper plates, carving them with gouges and chisels to create relief textures reminiscent of scales or mosaics. A versatile artist, he also produced collages, jewelry, porcelain works, and large mural pieces, including a relief panel for the French Cultural Centre in Damascus. Winner of numerous international awards (São Paulo, Venice, Florence, Cracow, Puerto Rico biennales), his work is held in major collections such as MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Centre Pompidou, and the Paris Museum of Modern Art. 

claire poisson

Claire Poisson uses printmaking as both a means of expression and a way of discovering the world. A graduate of the École Estienne in 2005, she founded a studio in Cambodia before working alongside printers in Quebec, Spain, and South Africa. Her work places great importance on a connection to place and nature, expanding her practice into sculpture and installation. In 2018, she entered the Royal College of Art in London, furthering her exploration of the relationships between image, matrix, and object. Her artist’s books emerge from both collaborations and personal research. Invited to the Xylofil Festival in 2023, she released Tailles douces, a portfolio of wood engravings accompanied by typographic text, created during residencies in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Her work reflects a continuous dialogue between material, gesture, and environment.

  Jean-Benoît Pouliot

Jean-Benoît Pouliot is a Quebec-based visual artist whose practice lies at the intersection of printmaking, painting, and drawing. Trained in graphic design, he has developed a visual language that combines formal precision with experimental sensibility. Since the 2000s, he has explored silkscreen, monotype, and painting to create works where layering, transparency, and texture play a central role. Influenced by architecture, typography, and the visual structures of everyday life, he constructs geometric compositions that balance abstraction with poetic suggestion. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Quebec and abroad, and is included in public and private collections. He is also active in collaborative and collective projects, integrating his artistic approach into shared creative processes.

LOUISE prescott

Louise Prescott is a Canadian artist from Montreal whose practice focuses on printmaking, drawing, and installation. Trained in visual arts, she has developed since the 1990s a visual language that blends technical precision with poetic research. Her work often draws inspiration from the observation of the human body, nature, and their transformations, exploring themes of memory, trace, and temporality. She employs various techniques (etching, aquatint, lithography, monotype) sometimes combining them with painterly or sculptural interventions. Exhibited widely in solo and group shows across Canada and internationally, her work is part of several public and private collections. Her approach, rooted in a dialogue between the intimate and the universal, reflects her desire to make the printed image a space for reflection and sensibility.

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Man Ray

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.

Monique Rey-barthelemy

French printmaker born and based in Lyon. Trained at the Beaux‑Arts in her hometown, she works with a variety of traditional printing techniques and is a member of several artist-run centres. Her artistic world unfolds through abstract, subtly textured prints, sometimes reminiscent of fine metalwork due to their visual richness. Often working in small paper formats, her pieces reveal blurry, enigmatic forms—fragments of landscapes, crumpled fabrics, interior scenes—that float between conscious perception and dreamlike memory. She has exhibited in various venues, especially in Lyon, where the gentle depth and poetic resonance of her work have been widely recognized. Her timeless and contemplative approach gives each print a quiet, poetic stillness.

 Robillard

Christian Robilliard (1936–2017) was a Lyon-based artist best known for his engravings, although he began his career as a painter. Trained in visual arts, he gradually turned to printmaking, finding in this medium a means to explore light, texture, and depth. He worked in various techniques, including intaglio and wood engraving, carefully incising metal or wood plates before inking and printing them. His compositions balance technical precision with graphic sensitivity, often reflecting a keen observation of natural and urban environments. Shown in numerous regional and national exhibitions, his works are part of public and private collections. Robilliard’s practice enriched the heritage of contemporary French printmaking, grounding his work in tradition while adding his distinctive artistic voice.

Cécile Ronc

Cécile Ronc is a painter living and working in Montreal. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, she is currently pursuing a practice-based PhD at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her pictorial work investigates what she calls géonirisme—the exploration of the relationship between the sensory qualities of nature and the resonances they evoke in us. She is interested in the ecology of perception and in how painting can contribute to a culture of the living, seeking to see the world “for itself.” Her solo exhibitions, including Le luxuriant désert noir (Galerie d’art d’Outremont), Le pays où l’on n’arrive jamais (Galerie McClure), and Paysages sans têtes (Association Premier Regard, Paris), reflect her ongoing inquiry into the links between painting, landscape, and memory.

judith rothchild

Judith Rothchild, an American painter-printmaker, has lived and worked in the south of France since 1974. Drawing lies at the heart of her practice, a way to achieve harmony with the world. After years devoted to vivid pastel work, she discovered mezzotint in 1996, a technique she regards as pure drawing. Since then, she has created hundreds of plates and 42 artist’s books with her partner, Mark Lintott, published by Éditions Verdigris. Exhibited in Paris, across Europe, and in the United States, her works are distinguished by the painstaking search for light emerging from the velvety surface of copper, built up in successive layers until achieving a “super-reality.” For Rothchild, mezzotint is closely tied to the book, where its texture is best appreciated. Over the past decade, she has also created large-scale square Conté drawings from life, reconnecting with open space and fresh air.

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lydia rubio

Lydia Rubio Ferrer, known as Lydia Rubio, is a Cuban-born artist who has lived in the United States for many years. Trained in architecture at the University of Havana and the University of Florida, and later earning a fine arts degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she has developed a multidisciplinary practice in which painting, drawing, and installation are enriched by conceptual and poetic research. Often working in series, her works combine geometric rigor with symbolism, exploring the relationships between memory, space, and language. Lydia Rubio has taught both architecture and art while pursuing her artistic career, exhibiting in numerous institutions and galleries across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Her paintings and travel sketchbooks are held in several public and private collections, including the Frost Art Museum and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana. 

 Stephanie Russ

Born in Montreal, Stephanie Russ completed a BFA in studio art from Concordia University in 1990 and an MFA from the University of Alberta in 1994.  Working primarily in print media and drawing she has had several solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions in international biennales and triennials in countries such as the US, Serbia, Poland, Germany, Bosnia, Egypt, Japan, Belgium, France and Canada. She has been awarded several professional development and techniques grants, and recently won the prix Francine Turcotte. She was artist in residence at Atelier Circulaire in 2007 as well as at Presse Papier in 2019.  She is currently a sessional instructor at Concordia University in Montreal teaching lithography, screen printing and digital print.

 Linda Rutenberg

Linda Rutenberg has been a fine art photographer for over thirty years. She holds a BFA in film and music and an MFA in photography from Concordia University. She has taught photography and carried out projects resulting in fifteen publications and numerous exhibitions. In 1995, she founded the Camera Lucida Image Centre in Montreal, which housed a lab, a school, a gallery, and a darkroom rental facility. In 1997, she co-founded Galerie Mistral, a fine art photography gallery, serving as its director for five years. Her series; Urban Visions, One Island, Many Cities, Mont Royal, The Spiritual Landscape, The Garden at Night, and The Gaspé Peninsula, explore the relationship between environment and people. Her work is included in prestigious collections such as the National Gallery of Canada and the Bibliothèque nationale de Paris.

alain sabatier

Alain Sabatier (born 1945, Grasse) has spent over sixty years exploring photographic imagery through a painter’s eye. Initially drawn to painting, he turned to color photography in 1959—an uncommon choice at the time. His work gained recognition in 1966 in the United States, where the Museum of Modern Art in New York showcased his innovative slide shows. Awarded the Fondation de la Vocation prize in 1968, he earned his degree from the École Nationale de Photographie et de Cinématographie Louis Lumière in 1969. In the 1970s, he turned to ethnology and heritage, producing significant black-and-white documentary work in Grasse. As head of the municipal photo library, he curated exhibitions on historical photographers, notably Charles Nègre. Since the 1990s, he has explored video, continuing to examine (through a cyclical, poetic approach) the relationship between image and reality. 

marwan sahmarani

Marwan Sahmarani is a Lebanese artist based between Beirut and the Mediterranean mountain village of Tarbena, Spain. His energetic, colorful paintings feature bold brushstrokes and textured compositions. Drawing on expressionism and early landscape traditions, his work reflects the political tensions and unrest in his native Lebanon. Balancing contemporary gesture with cultural heritage, he creates images where emotional intensity meets historical depth. Active on the international art scene, Sahmarani exhibits in major galleries and fairs, including Art Dubai, where he was featured in the Art Dubai Portraits series produced with Forward James Filmmakers.

horacio sapere

Horacio Sapere, born in Argentina in 1951, has lived and worked in Palma de Mallorca since 1975, and since 2011 has also maintained a studio in New York. A multidisciplinary artist, he has explored a wide range of artistic languages throughout his career. In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked in theatre and performance, then between 1976 and 1982 in visual poetry, before focusing primarily on painting and sculpture. Known for combining plastic experimentation with conceptual inquiry, Sapere has, for more than thirty years, produced numerous installations and public commissions in Spain and abroad. Alongside his visual practice, he remains active as a poet and playwright, embracing a cross-disciplinary approach in which each medium informs and enriches the other.

stella sasseville

Originally from Lac-Saint-Jean, Stella Sasseville is a painter and printmaker whose career in the visual arts has flourished since the 1970s. Initially devoted to abstraction, she began in the mid-1980s to incorporate human or surreal figures into her canvases, often weaving narrative elements. Her time in Japan, studying with Toshi Yoshida (wood engraving) and Nanshi Kato (lithography), left a lasting influence: acrylics treated in translucent or opaque layers, recalling Japanese engraving and wash techniques. Cool tones in her work evoke the Far North, where she has frequently traveled. Inspired by encounters, journeys, and the Amerindian humor inherited from her father, she has always guarded her independence, remaining outside established art movements. While affinities with Automatism or American Abstract Expressionism can be seen, her work consistently asserts a unique freedom and artistic identity.

jean-pierre sauvé

Jean-Pierre Sauvé, born in Montreal (Quebec) in 1945, has been a printmaker for over twenty years. A graduate in arts from Collège Saint-Laurent with additional studies in anthropology at the Université de Montréal, he blends cultural sensitivity with technical mastery. A founding member of Atelier Circulaire, he has played a significant role in advancing printmaking in Quebec. His work, shown in Quebec and abroad, employs centuries-old techniques from the 15th century: etching, aquatint, mezzotint, burin, and drypoint, often in combination. He describes etching as a balance between precision and the unexpected: drawing into varnish, letting acid bite the metal, then welcoming “the angel over the shoulder” when printing on fine paper. His prints, held in major collections including the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec and the National Library of Canada, reflect both formal rigor and an openness to experimentation. 

 Michel Savage

Originally from Limoges, Ontario, Michel Savage graduated from the Visual Arts Department of the University of Ottawa, studying painting from 1972 to 1976 with Edmund Alleyn and Richard Gorman. In 1982, a trip to Spain and his encounter with Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies left a lasting influence on his work. Active in both academic and independent art circles, he also practices printmaking techniques such as etching, lithography, and screen printing. His recent work combines painting-collage with printmaking methods, developing a gestural script drawn from his evolving pictorial vocabulary. Characterized by broad calligraphic marks (sometimes subtle, sometimes set against saturated backgrounds) his art reflects over three decades of exploration between minimalism and decidedly postmodern gestural expression. Influenced by poetic symbolism, natural elements, phenomenology, and the I Ching, Savage continually forges a meditative link between emotion and gesture.

Sheila segal

Montreal-based artist Sheila Segal has, since the 1970s, developed a practice combining drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, the Saidye Bronfman Centre, and Concordia University, she draws inspiration from close observation of the natural world (plants, insects, birds, bats) to explore the delicate balance of life cycles. Her process involves collecting, transforming, and assembling natural fragments with mutable materials such as wax, clay, wire, paper, and found objects. Fascinated by what is unseen, she creates poetic connections between small, seemingly insignificant details and the greater whole of the living world. Winner of multiple awards, Segal has exhibited in Quebec, across Canada, and internationally, with works held in major public and private collections. 

 Marc Séguin

Marc Séguin, born in Ottawa in 1970, is a Quebec painter, printmaker, and novelist known for a powerful body of work combining social commentary with a distinctive visual aesthetic. A graduate in visual arts from Concordia University, he is recognized for his large-scale oil paintings, where historical symbols, cultural references, and naturalistic elements coexist. His printmaking practice, particularly etching, sharpens his graphic language. Séguin’s work addresses themes such as identity, collective memory, violence, and the fragility of the human condition. His pieces are held in major collections, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the National Gallery of Canada. Also an acclaimed author, he has published several novels praised by critics. Through painting, printmaking, and literature, he maintains a multidisciplinary approach in which art becomes a means to reflect on the world.

shagri

Shagri is a printmaking artist whose work combines traditional engraving techniques with a contemporary sensibility. Working on wood or metal plates, she creates a dialogue between image and gesture, where each line and shape bears the mark of personal reflection. For her exhibition Douze battements de cœur, she produced a series of varied and expressive prints, each offered to one of twelve poets — José Acquelin, Louky Bersianik, Claudine Bertrand, Jean-Paul Daoust, Monique Deland, Louise Desjardins, Louise Gareau-Des Bois, Alain Horic, Pierre Nepveu, Bernard Pozier, Jean Royer, and France Théoret — who provided their literary interpretation. The edition, created within the PoèmeArt project, reflects a rich exchange between visual art and poetry, where printmaking becomes a vessel for emotion and layered storytelling.

Shen Chin Yuan

Shen Chin Yuan is a renowned contemporary visual artist from Taiwan, celebrated for her innovative approach to art and culture. Born in Taiwan, she explores themes of identity, environment, and social transformation through various mediums, including painting, installation, and video. Her work is distinguished by a harmonious fusion of Asian cultural traditions and modern global concerns. Shen Chin Yuan has exhibited in international galleries and biennials, captivating audiences with her bold use of colors and forms. She remains a pivotal figure in contemporary art in Asia.

Francine simonin

Francine Simonin (1936–2020), born in Lausanne, Switzerland, lived and worked in Montreal from 1968 until her passing. A painter and printmaker, she made a significant mark on the visual arts with a career spanning more than forty years, including over two hundred solo exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and beyond. Widely recognized for her work, she received in 2004 a special award from the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Monique and Robert Parizeau Foundation, honoring her exceptional contribution to the history of printmaking in Quebec. Her lyrical, gestural works are held in major public collections in Switzerland and Canada, as well as numerous private collections worldwide. Simonin leaves behind a rich artistic legacy defined by freedom of gesture and expressive intensity. 

Béatrice Sokoloff

Béatrice Sokoloff, a Swiss-born printmaker and visual artist, lived in Montreal, Canada, where she was an active member of Atelier Circulaire. Starting in 2006, she regularly exhibited her works, which are now part of numerous public and private collections in Canada, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, England, Italy, Romania, and Israel. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary approaches, her practice explored memory, territory, and identity. Sokoloff passed away in 2019, leaving behind a rich artistic legacy marked by the finesse of her line and the intensity of her engraved compositions.

Denis St-Pierre

Denis St-Pierre is a Quebec artist known for his visual arts practice spanning painting, drawing, and printmaking. Trained in fine arts, he has developed over several decades a visual language that balances formal precision with expressive freedom. His work draws inspiration from nature, architecture, and art history, exploring ideas of trace, memory, and transformation. Skilled in etching, lithography, and screen printing, he experiments with texture, layering, and chromatic contrast to create works with a strong material presence. St-Pierre has exhibited widely in solo and group shows in Quebec, across Canada, and internationally. His works are included in public and private collections, reflecting the recognition earned through a sustained and committed artistic practice. 

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heidi taillefer

Heidi Taillefer, born in Montreal, is a contemporary painter whose work blends surrealism, symbolism, and influences from popular culture. Educated in visual arts and fascinated by science, technology, and mythology, she creates highly detailed imagery where the organic meets the mechanical. Her visual universe explores dualities—life and death, nature and artifice, beauty and unease—addressing themes such as the human condition, the fragility of life, and the impact of technological progress. Working primarily in oil painting, Taillefer combines meticulous technique with narrative imagination. Her works have been exhibited across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia, and are held in public and private collections. Through her singular aesthetic, she continues to explore the tensions and harmonies between nature and culture.

 Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), born in Galesburg, Illinois, was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Moving to New York in the 1930s, she became associated with the Surrealist movement and met Max Ernst, whom she later married. In 1953, she relocated to France, gradually shifting her focus toward exploring female fantasies and dreamlike imagery. From the 1960s onward, she devoted more time to printmaking, working with masters such as Georges Visat and Pierre Chave. Her work blends psychological intensity, sensuality, and symbolic imagination. Returning to the United States in the late 1970s, she continued her artistic output and began publishing novels and poetry collections, remaining active until her passing at the age of 101. Her works are held in major international collections. 

miyuke tanobe

Miyuki Tanobe, born in 1937 in Morioka, Japan, is a painter who has lived in Montreal since 1971. Trained at the Tokyo University of the Arts and later at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, she works in the nihonga style, a traditional Japanese painting technique that she adapts to depict everyday life in Montreal. Her meticulously detailed canvases combine vivid colors and narrative richness, portraying with humor and warmth the character of working-class neighborhoods. Tanobe often focuses on simple gestures, lively streets, and children at play, while retaining the decorative depth of Japanese artistic tradition. She has received numerous awards, exhibited widely in Canada and abroad, and her work is held in major public and private collections. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

philippe tardy

Born in Lyon in 1960, Philippe Tardy has devoted himself to intaglio printmaking and painting since 1983. His work explores poetic landscapes, serene natural scenes, and meditative spaces. A versatile artist, he masters etching, aquatint on copper, as well as acrylic and pigments on wood and cardboard. His compositions, both sensitive and structured, invite contemplation. Highly active on the French and international art scene, he has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows in France, the United States, Poland, and Switzerland. As a member of Empreinte, a collective of printmakers in Lyon, he actively promotes printmaking both nationally and abroad. In 1998, the gallery Le Soleil sur la Place and Éditions Stéphane Bachès published a monograph on his work.

 jacinthe tetrault

Originally from Saint-Hyacinthe, Jacinthe Tétrault has lived and worked in Montreal since 1985. Influenced by her agricultural upbringing, she places nature and life cycles at the heart of her sensory memory and artistic approach. Her multidisciplinary practice, encompassing printmaking, collagraphy, monotype, digital printing, photography, and mixed media, creates a dialogue between human landscapes and ecological footprints. Recipient of the Loto-Québec printmaking award in 1999 for her Rouge Repère series and recognized at BIAM 2014 for her miniature sculpture Bouleau jaune, bois d’œuvre, she has exhibited across Canada, Europe, and the United States. Her works are part of numerous public and private collections. An active member of Atelier Circulaire, she contributes to education and the promotion of print arts while pursuing a creative process where sensitivity, experimentation, and environmental reflection converge.

Ariane Thézé

Ariane Thézé, a contemporary visual artist, graduated in 1981 from the École des beaux-arts in Angers, France. The following year, she moved to Montreal, where her research on the representation of the body quickly drew attention. She held her first exhibition in 1983 at Galerie Dazibao. In 1984, she completed a Master’s degree in visual arts at UQAM, then returned to France to earn a second Master’s at Université Paris 1 in 1986. Her debut series, Déportraitisation(1983), examines identity, desire, and memory through photographs of suspended human skin. During the 1990s, her career expanded internationally, with exhibitions across North America, Europe, and beyond. In 2003, she earned a PhD in art practice from UQAM, continuing to produce work that probes the human body, intimacy, and collective memory.

Lisa tognon

Lisa Tognon is a Quebec visual artist and sculptor whose practice explores the relationship between space, light, and material. Trained in visual arts, she has developed a body of work where geometry, transparency, and layering effects play a central role. Her art stands out for the use of diverse materials (glass, metal, plexiglass, wood) assembled into compositions that are both precise and poetic. Tognon conceives her works as sensory devices that alter the viewer’s perception, often through the play of shadows and reflections. Her work has been exhibited in Quebec and internationally, in galleries, museums, and public spaces. She has also created several permanent public artworks, reflecting her commitment to fostering a dialogue between art and its surrounding environment.

Josette Trépanier is a Quebec visual artist whose practice encompasses drawing, printmaking, and installation. Trained in visual arts, she creates poetic worlds where natural elements, textures, and visual memory intersect. Often working with traditional printmaking techniques, her work reflects a deep interest in meticulous gestures and material effects. Trépanier favors a refined and sensitive approach, where each line and tonal variation contributes to an intimate visual narrative. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions in Quebec and abroad, and is part of several public and private collections. The artist frequently engages in collaborative projects and residencies, reflecting her commitment to dialogue across artistic disciplines and her constant renewal of visual language.

 Marcelo Troche

Born in Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1971, Marcelo lived in Madrid and Grenoble before his family settled in Montreal (Canada). He now divides his time between Montreal and Mérida, in the Yucatán region of Mexico, where he has his own photography sanctuary.

After earning his degree in photography from Cégep du Vieux Montréal, he was recruited by one of the leading black-and-white photography labs, where he developed a strong interest in black-and-white photography and darkroom techniques. His creativity and talent led him to explore advertising and editorial photography, transitioning from film to digital without losing his passion for darkroom work and black-and-white imagery.

In 2015, Marcelo went to New York to study tintype photography and began mastering the technique while continuing his advertising career.

Two years later, in 2017, Marcelo was suddenly struck by cerebral vasculitis. After a long hospital stay, multiple treatment attempts, and a lengthy recovery, he had to come to terms with the end of his professional career. However, this prompted him to dedicate himself to what he truly loves in photography: tintype. He found in this technique a way to celebrate the beauty of what might initially appear off-putting.

Raoul Ubac

Raoul Ubac (1910-1985) was a Franco-Belgian artist born in Cologne. After a youth spent between Germany and Belgium, he moved to Paris and studied at the Sorbonne. Closely linked to the Surrealist movement, he associated with figures such as Camille Bryen, Otto Freundlich, and André Breton. In the 1930s, Ubac pioneered experimental photography, using techniques like burning, solarization, and petrification, exhibiting his results in Paris in 1933. Over the years, he expanded his practice to include drawings, engravings, gouaches, paintings, reliefs, tapestries, and stained glass. His work, characterized by a poetic interplay of abstract forms and material textures, gained international recognition. Ubac passed away in France in 1985, leaving a lasting legacy in modern art history.

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Christine Vandrisse

Christine Vandrisse, a French artist and publisher, has lived since 1985 in an 18th-century Flemish house transformed into a contemporary studio open to nature. Specializing in typography and intaglio, she creates unique works and editions under the name Éditions d’Émérence, founded in 2011. Inspired by material and serendipity, her art explores deconstruction and transformation, as exemplified in her DOMA and DOMATA series. She combines engraving, performance, and video to illustrate the slowness of the creative process, celebrating the intimate connection between the artist, the material, and time. Her works are regularly exhibited internationally.

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal on the 13th of June 1908. Early on, she developed an interest in drawing and painting and was enrolled in the city’s Academia de Belas-Arteswhere she was to study until her teenage years. Afterwards, she studied painting with Fernand Léger, sculpture with Antoine Bourdelle and etching with Stanley William Hayter, all masters in their respective fields.

By the time she was 22, she was exhibiting her work in Paris. Her compositions, largely influenced by Cézanne, are complex, dense and evoke the spatial ambiguities of cubism. Her work in the 40’s and 50’s reflects the essence of Post-war Paris. The artist portrays the city in profile and from bird’s eye views, often creating mazes and masses of people.

She becomes a French citizen in 1956. She is also the first woman to receive the Grand Prix National des Arts in 1966 and in 1979 is named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Vieira da Silva died in Paris on the 6thof March 1992.

 Francois Vincent

François Vincent is a Quebec painter, printmaker, and sculptor renowned for his exploration of memory, imagination, and landscape. Born in Montreal, he studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, where he developed an artistic practice blending figuration and abstraction. Often infused with poetic and narrative references, his works are characterized by rich textures, a subtle palette, and a refined play of light. Since the 1980s, Vincent has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad, and his creations are held in numerous public and private collections. A master of contemporary printmaking, he has helped advance the discipline through experimentation with techniques such as woodcut, etching, and lithography. François Vincent continues to expand his visual language while maintaining a deep connection to Quebec’s cultural heritage.

petru voichescu

Petru Voichescu is a Romanian-born visual artist and printmaker, celebrated for the technical precision and poetic sensibility of his work. Trained in fine arts in his native country, he later settled in Quebec, where he built a career defined by experimentation and the blending of traditional and contemporary printmaking methods. Often inspired by nature, memory, and symbolism, his works are distinguished by carefully constructed compositions and an acute attention to detail. Mastering techniques such as intaglio, lithography, and screen printing, he creates images that merge precision with expressiveness. His art has been exhibited in Canada, Europe, and the United States, and is held in both public and private collections. Committed to sharing his expertise, Petru Voichescu plays an active role in enriching the contemporary printmaking scene in Quebec.

Wang Suo Yuan

Wang Suo Yuan was born in China and has lived in France since 2002. Introduced to photography by his father, he also worked in jewelry and graphics, before turning to the fine arts. Trained in printmaking at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Versailles, then at the Contrepoint studio in Paris (ex-Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter), he chose from 2006 to initiate personal research on the variations of the line, to develop his own mode of expression. Recipient of several a wards, he has presented his work to the public in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as biennials and international fairs, in France, China, Spain, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Belgium, Romania, Canada, and in Germany, notably at the Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières.

Inner Landscape III - I - II - IV - V

Red line - composition 3

2016 | 56 x 76 cm | Eau-forte and embossing of an inked thread

A simply story

2019 | 56 x 76 cm | Woodcut

Le parfum de la nuit

2017 | 65 x 50 cm | Eau-forte, aquatint and soft varnish

Jenifer waters

Jenifer Waters is a contemporary visual artist and printmaker, acclaimed for the sensitivity and narrative depth of her work. Trained in visual arts in the United States, she has developed a practice that blends traditional printmaking techniques with experimental approaches. Often focusing on nature, the human figure, and memory, her works are characterized by meticulous attention to texture, light, and composition. Waters explores intaglio, lithography, and screen printing, occasionally incorporating collage or drawing into her pieces. She has exhibited widely in solo and group shows across North America and Europe, and her works are included in public and private collections. Dedicated to sharing her expertise, she frequently collaborates with print studios and participates in artist residencies, contributing to the vitality of the contemporary printmaking scene.

mary white

Mary White is a Canadian painter and printmaker known for her emotionally resonant and sensitive figurative works. Trained in fine arts, she has developed a visual language that combines precise draftsmanship with a subtle exploration of color and light. Drawing inspiration from careful observation of daily life, landscapes, and people, her art creates images that are both intimate and universal. Skilled in various techniques, Mary White is especially acclaimed for her mastery of watercolor and printmaking, which she uses to convey nuanced, poetic atmospheres. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally, and is represented in both public and private collections. Dedicated to sharing her expertise, she has taught and led numerous workshops, contributing to the vibrancy of the artistic community. Her diverse body of work reflects a deep awareness of the fragile beauty of the world around her.

 Ripley Whiteside

Ripley Whiteside is a contemporary American artist whose practice explores the intersections between abstraction, nature, and perception. Trained in visual arts, he has developed a distinctive pictorial language that blends careful observation with formal experimentation. His works, often executed on paper or canvas, are characterized by a subtle use of color and texture, as well as an interest in light and its variations. Inspired by organic forms, landscapes, and natural processes, Whiteside translates these elements into compositions that are both precise and poetic. Exhibited in the United States and internationally, his work is included in numerous private and public collections. Committed to ongoing research, he incorporates scientific and philosophical references into his practice, enriching the symbolic depth of his creations. Ripley Whiteside’s evolving body of work reflects a harmonious balance between sensitivity and formal rigor.

 Sebastian Worsnip

Sebastian Worsnip is a contemporary visual artist based in Montreal, known for his work exploring the relationship between space, memory, and perception. Born in the United Kingdom and trained in visual arts in Canada, he has developed a pictorial language where geometric abstraction meets organic sensitivity. His practice encompasses painting, drawing, and printmaking, sometimes incorporating architectural or topographical elements. Worsnip employs sharp forms, flat color fields, and precise lines to create compositions that question balance and imbalance. His work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and is part of numerous public and private collections. Through his rigorous yet poetic approach, he offers viewers an immersive visual experience that invites contemplation and reflection.

bruno yvonnet

Bruno Yvonnet is a French visual artist whose work explores the relationship between form, material, and perception. Trained in fine arts, he has developed a multidisciplinary practice encompassing painting, drawing, and printmaking, often centered on an inquiry into memory and time. His compositions, both structured and sensitive, balance abstraction with figurative suggestion, incorporating rich textures and subtle plays of light. Yvonnet draws inspiration from landscapes, architectural structures, and the marks left by history. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in France and abroad, and is included in various public and private collections. Through his poetic yet rigorous approach, he invites viewers into a contemplative experience, where each work becomes a space for interpretation and dialogue.

Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki (1920, Beijing – 2013, Nyon, Switzerland) was a Chinese-born French painter and printmaker, and a central figure in contemporary art. Trained at the Hangzhou School of Fine Arts, he moved to Paris in 1949, attending the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière and forming friendships with many French and international artists. Initially working in a realist style, he shifted towards abstraction after discovering Paul Klee, eventually embracing lyrical abstraction that fused Eastern and Western influences. Zao Wou-Ki achieved international acclaim, with exhibitions in major museums worldwide. Honored with multiple awards in France, his work also gained renewed recognition in China from the 1980s onwards. Known for his dynamic brushwork, vibrant colors, and unique sense of spatial depth, his art stands as a poetic dialogue between cultures and artistic traditions.

 Leila Zelli

Leila Zelli is a visual artist born in Tehran, Iran, and based in Montreal. A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal in visual and media arts, she explores themes of conflict, memory, and migration through her work. Her practice encompasses video, installation, and photography, often drawing on archives, found images, and symbols from her cultural heritage. Zelli questions dominant narratives, offering nuanced perspectives on exile and identity. Her work has been exhibited in institutions and galleries in Quebec and internationally, and is held in several public collections. By infusing poetic sensibility into socially and politically charged subjects, she invites viewers to reflect on the fractures of the contemporary world and on humanity’s place within them.