THE A. PIROIR STUDIO-GALLERY IS A PRINTMAKING STUDIO, PUBLISHER, AND EXHIBITION SPACE SPECIALIZED IN FINE ART PRINTS.
Unique venue
We are pleased to present the Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir. Since 1975, we have been an intaglio printer, publisher of prints and artist’s books, and print media gallery owners. Two generations of printers work together at the studio. Alain Piroirʳᶜᵃ has passed on the love for the trade to his daughter Agatheʳᶜᵃ, who, after having worked on her own, joined her father in 2006. We are proud to provide Montrealers with a venue to enjoy print media. The gallery is giving the public an exceptional opportunity to explore contemporary printmaking in its creative context. The exhibitions are presented alongside presses in the studio, where the public will be able to watch the printers and artists at work. Art lovers will be able to see the creation of a print from start to finish.
As printers, our goal is to work collaboratively with artists who challenge our skills. Our practice involves advising, assisting and helping them produce their works, which requires an in-depth dialogue with them and an ability to creatively address the technical challenges of their art. We also endeavour to disseminate the creations of our artists. Our gallery’s mission is to exhibit print media by artists who have a contemporary approach. Our commitment has culminated in a partnership with the Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, where the Prix Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir is awarded. Drawing on more than 48 years’ experience, our unique approach has earned us a reputation as print media experts.
INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE
MASTER PRINTERS
OVER 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE
In the tradition of European masters, Alain Piroirʳᶜᵃ and his daughter Agatheʳᶜᵃ offer professional artists specialized services in traditional and digital printmaking. The team combines its know-how with its technical expertise to produce high-quality prints in intaglio, etching, chine-collé, collagraphy, photogravure, lithography, linocut, and woodcut. The studio also offers specialized services related to presses, including moving, installation, assembly, disassembly, repair, and adjustment.
GALLERY
The gallery’s mandate is to promote current print media artists and to bring their work to the general public.
Commited to promoting emerging artists and established artists, the gallery aims to present engaging exhibitions that attest to the great vitality and diversity that exists within all printmaking disciplines.
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-6:00 or by appointment on Saturday and during workshop hours.
WE WISH TO THANK THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS FOR ITS SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL REACH as Contemporary Art Dealer.
Lucie Jolicoeur-Côté
Tuesday, October 20 to Saturday, November 14
Opening: Tuesday, October 20 at 5:00 PM, 2026
1932–2025 Tribute Exhibition
Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to the work of Lucie Jolicoeur-Côté (1932–2025), a Montreal printmaker with whom the studio maintained a close and enduring collaboration for nearly thirty years.
Initially devoted to drawing and painting, Lucie Jolicoeur-Côté turned to printmaking in the early 1990s. Drawn to the expressive possibilities of etching, she studied at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal before further developing her practice in Urbino, Italy. A member of Atelier Circulaire from 1991 and of ARPRIM, she gradually developed a distinctive visual language in which line, form, space and material played a central role.
Her work combines formal rigour with a strong poetic sensibility. Through etching, drypoint, embossing, chine collé and assemblage, she explored relationships between balance and tension, movement and restraint. Over the years, her compositions moved increasingly toward the essential, allowing line and form to become graphic, sensitive and deeply evocative elements.
Her work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally and is held in numerous public and corporate collections, including Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Loto-Québec, Hydro-Québec, Énergir, National Bank and Bank of Montreal.
Lucie Jolicoeur-Côté passed away on August 14, 2025, leaving behind a distinctive body of work developed with remarkable consistency, discipline and freedom over several decades.
Through this exhibition, Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir wishes to pay tribute not only to her artistic career, but also to nearly thirty years of creation, exchange and shared commitment to the art of printmaking.
