Biography
A multidisciplinary artist, Stéphane Rousseau is recognized equally for his work as a comedian, performer, singer, illustrator, painter, creator and author; he is attracted by all the facets of his craft. Stéphane was initially discovered for his humour and characters portrayed on Quebec radio, but it was his one-man shows performed for more than 25 years across Québec, in France and French-speaking Europe which earned him numerous awards (at Quebec’s Gala de l’ADISQ and Gala Les Olivier) and made him a true celebrity. His excellence and versatility were also recognized by people in the film and television industry, leading Stéphane to appear in series, host talk shows, and act in several films, including Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques and Les Invasions Barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) (Oscar for the Best Foreign Language, César for best film, and Génie for best Canadian film), for which Stéphane won the Génie for best supporting actor.
Ever since he was very young and up until today, Stéphane draws constantly, every day, as soon as he wakes up. It is a visceral need. As a little boy, he was fascinated by mythological creatures which inspired him to create his own monsters, as he likes to call them. An admirer of the great masters such as Picasso (his favourite), Miró, Dalí, and Basquiat, Haring, Warhol and Banksy to name a few, Stéphane, who approaches his work joyfully but also very thoughtfully, uses the codes of surrealism and urban art to express the existential questions which preoccupy him.
In his drawing and acrylics on canvas and wood, Stéphane in fact delivers parts of himself, his fears and his misgivings. His phantasmagoric iconography brings to light his thoughts about life, sickness and death, love and sexuality, nature, travel and other human questions. Stéphane takes pleasure in opposing reality and fantasy, the conscious and the subconscious; a pleasure driven by his desire to create a balance between the harmony and tension which inhabits every human being.
Stéphane the stage artist brings his incredible versatility to his characters; Stéphane the painter brings his soul to his pictorial art, shamelessly and with the authenticity of the child who still inhabits his creative spirit.

 

Painting

Drawing has always been an integral part of my life and since obtaining my Visual Arts diploma from Laval University in 1991, I’ve been a professional, full-time painter for over twenty years.

I started with landscapes and later moved on to animal paintings, which with time became my specialty. I do not look for subject perfection in details, but rather emotion. I am often categorized as a wildlife artist, which is true, but even though I love animals, many subjects inspire me. I love new challenges that take me out of my comfort zone and move me forward. I love learning and discovering. While my paintings can be realistic and the result of weeks of work, I also like moving freely on large canvasses. Classic and fantasy paintings, that’s an equilibrium that suits me well.

Cement Sculpting

Cement is a very interesting material regarding textures. Each sculpture is a unique piece of art, destined to be outdoors or indoors. Steel is sometimes a part of it, especially for horses. These are welded on a steel plate distressed with silver nitrate . This way of adding a patina gives the impression that the horses’ hooves are in the stone-filled waters of a river.

AIMÉ ZAYED has obtained a doctorate in study and practice of arts at Université du Québec in Montréal, in 2004 and a master in visual arts at Université du Québec in Montréal, in 1985. He participated to several solo and group exhibits, as well as numerous scientific activities as an invited speaker in Quebec, Canada and abroad.

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CharlÉlie Couture est né le 26 février 1956 à Nancy en France.
Il est un chanteur, compositeur, peintre, écrivain et photographe. Il peint depuis l’âge de 12 ans.

Diplômé de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts.

Artiste pluridisciplinaire CharlElie COUTURE s’inscrit dans le courant « multiste » dont il est un des fondateur/théoricien.

Son œuvre est un voyage conceptuel autour de la question de l’Existence, ou « comment se définir entre le conscient identifié et l’émotionnel inconscient ».

En 1978, sa thèse de fin d’étude s’intitule « polymorphie de l’esprit ».

CharlElie poursuit une recherche autour de « l’Art Total » cherchant des connexions entre les différentes formes d’expression que sont l’Ecriture, l’Image et la Musique.

Photos, textes et peintures, CharlElie Couture autoproduit son premier disque « 12 chansons dans la sciure ».

En 1981, il est le premier artiste Français signé par Chris Blackwell sur le label Anglo-Américain Island Records, aux côtés de U2, Grace Jones, Robert Palmer.

L’album « Poèmes rock » enregistré à New-York, est classé en janvier 2010 dans le Top 25 des albums qui ont marqué l’histoire du Rock en France.

Il fonde à Nancy, le groupe « Local à Louer », associant photographes, peintres et poètes, et publie le fameux « manifeste de l’Art Rock » :

« L’Art doit faire la jonction entre le fonctionnalisme de la société industrielle et les aspirations de la culture pop! ».

Pionnier du Web dans les années 90, il a participé à de nombreuses conférences sur l’Art et la Culture, développant le principe des interactivités créatives.

Créateur prolifique, voire même hyper productif, CharlElie Couture peint, dessine, photographie. Il a publié une quinzaine d’ouvrages de réflexions, dessins et photos.

CharlElie a enregistré 25 albums et fait plus de 1500 concerts à travers le monde sur les 5 continents.

CharlElie Couture a composé une vingtaine de musiques de films, dont « Tchao Pantin », « la salle de bains », « la petite amie d’Antonio », « l’appel du loup »…

Ses peintures, photos et dessins sont régulièrement exposés en France, en Belgique, en Suisse, aux Etats-Unis.

Installé à New York en 2004, CharlElie a la double nationalité Franco-Américaine.

En 2010, il inaugure et gère « The RE Gallery » un lieu de rencontres unique à la fois son atelier et sa galerie sur la 37th rue, en plein cœur de Manhattan (NY).

En 2014/2015 la ville de Nancy / Galeries Poirel présente une grande exposition rétrospective « CharlElie, NCY – NYC » qui réunit pour la première fois une centaine de tableaux autant de photos, de sculptures et des films et des installation, soit plusieurs centaines d’œuvres réalisées de son adolescence à cette année 2015.

« IN/OUT et OUT/IN » « Constructs », « Photograffs », « Innerportraits », son œuvre se veut « multiste ».

Après l’album « ImMortel » produit par Benjamin Biolay et sorti en 2014, CharlElie COUTURE part dans le Bayou de Louisiane, et enregistre « LaFAYETTE » dans le mythique Dockside Studio, entouré de musiciens cajuns de même que Zachary Richard et Louis Michot / Lost Bayou Ramblers . Suivront ensuite quelques concerts au Festival International de Louisiane, à New York / Central Park, à Los Angeles et San Francisco.
En Juin 2017, écœuré par la politique du nouveau président Donald Trump, CharlElie décide de rentrer s’installer en France…

 

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881 and died on April the 8th, 1973 in Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a spanish painter and sculptor who lived most of his life in France. He was an artist working with all different supports and is considered as being the founder of the cubism. He is one of the most important artist of the XXth century by his techniques as well as his politic opinions. He has produced near 50,000 works: 1,885 paintings, 1,228 sculptures, 2,880 ceramics, 7,089 drawings, 342 tapestries, 150 ‘’etching’’ pads and 30,000 sketches.

France Arseneault and Aimé Zayed.

The ”Duo Azed” was created in 2013. Since its beginning, we have noticed its works in Quebec, Canada, Venice in Italy and Hangzhou in China. In this duo, each artist has acquired a strong formation and an artistic expertise impregnated with their individual and mutual experiences.

FRANCE ARSENEAULT has obtained a baccalaureate in art teaching at the Université du Québec in Trois-Rivières in 2010. She is actually a student in ”Le Programme Court du 2e cycle”in esthetic at Université du Québec in Trois-Rivières. She is teaching art classes since 2010 and has participated to many conferences abroad, as an invited student.

AIMÉ ZAYED has obtained a doctorate in study and practice of arts at Université du Québec in Montréal, in 2004 and a master in visual arts at Université du Québec in Montréal, in 1985. He participated to several solo and group exhibits, as well as numerous scientific activities as an invited speaker in Quebec, Canada and abroad.

THE SCULPTURES: Our sculptures confound and unmask the limits of those that could be associated to the illusion of an identity easily recognizable. We avare more on the selfhood that defines and singles out the human nature. Thereby, our sculptures invest the movement and speculate on what moves towards the future, modify and transform itself. They venture on the frontier more or less porous of the gap between the individuality rather fixed and the perpetual instability of the human body.

Jean recieved formal training at university and later began a career as a university art professor in his native Lebanon.

In his thirties Tannous moved to France and began establishing himself in Europe as a professional artist. He was president to many artistic associations in Paris, where he taught art and maintained a successful gallery. Jean’s experience took him throughout Europe developing artist projects of assorted magnitudes.

The work of Jean Tannous is internationally recognized and can be found in galleries throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and the far east.

Now in his sixties, Tannous resides in Montreal, Canada with his family.

Jean-Marie Laberge was born in Chicoutimi in the province of Quebec. He graduated from University of Montreal as an art teacher. He was a teacher in the province of Quebec for a while when he decided to move to Malawi (Central Africa). He was there during seven years. Before coming back to his native country, he enrolled at John Cass College in London, England. He was painting and sculpting many portraits that earned him a Post Graduate Diploma.
Later on, he moved to Washinton D.C. where he attained a Master in Plastic Arts with a Major in Sculpture.
In 1972, he turned himself to sculpture only, abandonning painting. Sculpting will become his main activity. His favorite themes is the HUMAN and especially the WOMAN. He is capable to express her goodness, her softness and her elegance in his work. His second favourite theme is the BIRD and the third one is MUSICIAN.
He also created a number of historical monuments that we can see here and there in his native town of Chicoutimi. He produced numerous ”Murales” in aluminium. His works can be found in several galleries throughout the country, in the United States and abroad.

Born in Amqui in 1954.
Training: 1979-1980: Classical techniques of Renaissance Masters.
Mediums: Oil, pastel and pencil.
Honours: The Anne Sigier Edition published a book about Ginette Beaulieus work in 1994. From 1990 to now, she has won different prizes in many exhibitions. She was also president of honor, in different art events. In 2006, one of her pieces was chosen for the exposition at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Collections: Her work is public and private collections throughout the world.