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CURRICULUM
René received his BA in Fine Arts from L’École des Beaux-Arts de l’Université du Québec à Montréal. He has also studied diverse techniques and mediums: sculpture, ceramics, theatre design, textiles and Sumi-E in various colleges and universities. He has also been active in the fields of social work and research, more specifically in mental health and deafness.
His “abstract landscapes” in acrylic on canvas are all created from sketches and photographs of real landscapes. Other obligations reduced his artistic production for many years but, as of a few years, he has been producing more intensely, mostly acrylic on canvas and woodblock prints.
In order to make woodblock prints, the image is reversed and reproduced on a block on wood that will be the printing surface. The block is carved in low-relief leaving the raised surface of the image to be printed. The block is inked and the image is transferred to rice paper. The same block is used for all the colours and, with the successive carvings for each colour, may never be re-used. Thus the number of copies produced is very limited (20-30), each being numbered (print number over total number of prints) and signed.
Education (Art)
1967-68 |
Art History, Windsor University |
1970-71 |
Sculpture, Central Technical School, Toronto |
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Painting, Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute, Toronto |
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Theatre Set Design, Central Ontario Drama League. Toronto |
1972-75 |
B.A. Fine Arts, Université du Québec B Montréal, Montréal |
1975 |
Pottery, Grandes Piles, Québec |
1976-77 |
Art History, Concordia University, Montréal |
1977 |
Drawing, Live Model, St-Tite, Québec |
1985 |
Sumi-e, Ottawa School of Art |
Solo Exhibitions
1968 |
Drawings, Aldborough Public School, Rodney, ON |
1975 |
Paintings, Salle Claude-Champagne, Montréal |
1976 |
Paintings, Kirkland Lake, ON |
1979 |
Drawings (Clouds) Galerie Hébert-Gaudreault, Trois-RiviPres, QC |
1981 |
Woodblock Prints, Centre d’art du Mont Orford, Magog, QC |
1986 |
Paintings, Greenfield Park Library, Montrreal, QC |
2009 |
Paintings, The Chateau, Kirkland Lake, ON |
2010 |
Paintings, La Nouvelle Scène, Ottawa |
2017 |
Painting, Shanghai Restaurant, Ottawa |
Group Exhibitions
1974 |
Paintings, Canadian Artists, Galerie Margo Fischer-Richer, Montréal |
1975 |
Paintings, La Grange des Piles, Grandes-Piles, QC |
1976 |
Paintings, La Forteresse, Lac-à-la-tortue, QC |
1978 |
Woodblock Prints, Festival du Vieux Moulin, Trois-Rivières, QC |
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Woodblock Prints, Festival des artisans, Grandes-Piles, QC |
1979 |
Woodblock Prints, Festival du Vieux Moulin, Trois-Rivières, QC |
1980 |
Hand sewn traditional clothing, Festival du Vieux Moulin, Trois-Rivières, QC |
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Paintings, Centre culturel de Shawinigan, Shawinigan, QC |
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Second Prize in the National Photography Contest by the Canadian Producers of Pulp and Paper Products |
1981 |
Woodblock Prints, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB |
1982 |
Woodblock Prints, Faculty Club, University of New Brunswick |
1989 |
Photography, Family Album, Arts Court, Ottawa, ON |
2009 |
Paintings, The Chateau, Kirkland Lake ON |
2010 |
Paintings, La Nouvelle Scène, Ottawa, ON |
2011 |
Paintings, La Nouvelle Scène, Ottawa, ON |
2015 |
Paintings, Art, eau chutes, Denholm |
2015 |
Paintings, Stonewall, Ottawa |
2018 |
Paintings, CGOGMC - Cabaret, Ottawa |
2019 |
Paintings, CGOGMC - Cabaret, Ottawa |
Workshops
2019 |
Co-moderator – Intergenerational workshop LGBTQ, City of Ottawa |
2019 |
Co-moderator – Intergenerational workshop LGBTQ, Ottawa Art Center |
Theatre
1983 |
Set Design, Lighting and Visual Presentation
“La Messe québécoise” de Pierrick Houdy
Festival Mondial de Folklore de Drummondville
Drummondville. QC. |
1981 |
Set Design and Dirrection
“Surprise! Surprise!” de Michel Tremblay
Le Printemps des arts
Shawinigan QC |
1971 |
Set Design
“Entertaining Mr. Sloane” by Joe Orton
“The Browning Version” by Terrence Rattigan
“Black Comedy” by Peter Scheafer
The Society, Toronto, ON |
1970-71 |
Set Design
“Le pain de ménage” de Jules Renard
“Quatre Pièces sur jardin” de Barillet et Grédy
“Tchao!” de M. G. Sauvageon
Les Trétaux de Paris, Toronto, ON |
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