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ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“Painting is for me the quest for today’s world. The expressions of my characters are important, what they communicate, their personality, their actuality. They live today and move forward with me through life. At 20 years old, my characters were very soft and sentimental; since then, they went through and are still going through all sorts of stages. They came to Montreal at the same time as I did in 1979. Children in 1981, sensuality, joy, passion, misfortune, sadness, travels… In fact, painting is the continuation of life, the quest for… What’s important is to go forward and to always search further.”

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec in 1951.

Paule Lagacé comes from a family where painting has always been highly considered. Her father showed a keen interest for the works of Quebec artists, giving her numerous opportunities, since her early childhood, to mingle with painters. She was encouraged to express her creativity without constraint, which may explain the personal character of her art.

Paule Lagacé is one of this new generation of painters who goes off the beaten track to innovate. Paule does not paint for a living; she lives for painting, which makes all the difference in the work of an artist.

EDUCATION

1973-72

Studies in design 20 at the Université du Québec à Montréal

1970-72

Studies in Visual Arts at the Chicoutimi Cegep

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2010

Galerie Marie Turgeon, Quebec, QC

2005

Galerie Art de l’Époque, Gatineau, QC

2003

Westmount Gallery, Toronto, ON

1998, 1995, 1993

Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa,ON

1997, 1993, 1990

Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal, QC

1996

Galerie Libre comme l’art, Quebec, QC

1991, 1989

Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1988, 1986, 1985

Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal, QC

1987

Galerie N. 29, Geneva, Switzerland

1985

Galerie Quatre Saisons, Quebec, QC

Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1984

Galerie La Corniche, Chicoutimi, QC

1984, 1983

Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1982

Galerie Archambault, Lavaltrie, QC

Galerie L’Autre Équivoque, Wakefield, ON

1981

Galerie Clarence Gagnon, QC

1980

Galerie Pierre Bernard, Hull, QC

1979

Galerie Gilles Brown, Montreal, QC

1977

Galerie l’art Canadien, Chicoutimi, QC

1975

La Maison des Arts de Chicoutimi, QC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Bleu, blanc… neige, Galerie Ève Fontaine, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, QC

2002

State of the Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

1998

Expo “Femme-plus”, Montreal Galerie Christin, Toronto, ON

1997, 1994

Westmount Gallery, Toronto, ON

1995

Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, “La fête des fleurs”, Quebec, QC

1989

Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, “Les femmes peintres du Québec”, Quebec, QC

1988

Galerie M. 29, Geneva, Switzerland

1986, 1987

Galerie McIntosh, London, ON

Galerie McMaster, Hamilton, ON

Maison Hart, Toronto University, Toronto, ON

Université Laurentienne Centre d’arts et Musée, Sudbury, ON

1986, 1988

Les Femmeuses Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, QC

1986

Art Expo California, Los Angeles, CA

1984, 1986

Art Expo New York, NY

Salon International des Galeries d’art, Montreal, QC

ACHIEVEMENTS

1998

Cover of the disc “Patience” by Guy-Philippe Wells

1989

Illustration of the collection of poems “L’amour feu”

1985, 1986

Fashion illustration in Paris for the designer Guy Laroche

Collaboration with Peter Knapp of the magazine “Femme” of Paris as illustrator Participation to the magazine “La mode en peinture” of Paris

1984

Collaboration for the illustration of a children’s book for La Courte Échelle editions

MEDIA

2007

Magazine Parcours, no.60, printemps, p.76-77