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About the Artist

Photographer: Arsénio Corôa

"At last, contemporary art that is a source of joy." Dansereau, who loves colour and transparency, introduces us to his improbable visual world, part way between comic strip and pictorial satire. Taking pleasure in describing himself as a "profoundly superficial" being, he makes no attempt to convey a message or expound a theory in his work. He mocks the stereotypes of today's art and relies on pure pleasure and instinct to create canvases filled with humour, poetry and the joys of life.

Gérard Dansereau

Gérard Dansereau - Biography

Professional Training

1996

Specialized Educational Studies (Computer Graphics)
Université de Sherbrooke

1987

Training course in computer graphics
Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal

1984

Training course in silk screen printing
Atelier Graff and Atelier René Bilodeau, Montreal

1983

Training course in silk screen printing
Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal

1972-75

Bachelor's degree in graphic design
Université du Québec à Montréal

1970-72

Diploma of Collegial Studies in plastic arts
Cégep du Vieux-Montréal

1967-68

Interior Design
Institut des Arts appliqués, Montreal

Exhibitions

1998

Galerie Linda Verge, Quebec;
Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul, Quebec;
Galerie d'Art Michel Bigué, St-Sauveur;
Artexpo, New York.

1997

Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa;
Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto;
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal;
Artexpo, New York.

1996

Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal;
Galerie Linda Verge, Quebec City;
Galerie d'Art Michel Bigué, St-Sauveur.

1995

Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City;
Perspective de l'Art Actuel au Québec: New York, New Orleans, Nashville, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver;
Galerie Linda Verge, Quebec City.

1994

Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal;
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Collections

Loto-Québec;
Groupe Trans Continental;
L'Industrielle-Alliance, health insurance company;
Caisses populaires Desjardins;
Quebec delegation in Belgium;
Quebec delegation in Mexico.

Dansereau is represented by the following galeries

Galerie Simon Blais (Montreal) *exposition in May-June 1999;
Galerie d'Art Michel Bigué (Saint-Sauveur);
Galerie Linda Verge (Quebec);
Galerie d'Art Iris (Baie Saint-Paul);
Galerie d'Art Vincent (Château Laurier, Ottawa);
Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto;
Rendez-Vous Gallery, Vancouver.

Winner of numerous graphic arts and illustration awards, including the Publicité Club de Montréal's Coq d'Or Award in 1988 for the poster "Hergé à Montréal";

Creator of La fusée de Julie; official Canadian crest of the first space mission (STS-96) of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette.