JACQUES CLÉMENT

Born in Montreal, Canada.

Jacques Clément explores three-dimensional forms, portraits, and, in particular the representation of the human body.

Drawing by observation has been and still is the main concern and the cornerstone of his creation. However, having mastered this technical apprenticeship, he ceased to simply reproduce what the eye would permit him to see; he wanted to create his own language in order to utilize his drawings as a medium of expression.

His assemblages of drawings represent signs composing a visual alphabet. Lined up side by side on a large surface of paper, they transform themselves into a private diary, open to the public, by which he retains the traces not only of what he feels and withholds visually of his models, but also of a particular creation process, based on time, duration, quantity, and assiduity.

STUDIES
1995 Université de Montréal, figurative context class with Perter Krausz
1990-91 Concordia University, painting class with Yves Gaucher
1978-82 Université du Québec à Montréal, Bachelor of Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 Espace virtuel (centre d'artiste), Chicoutimi, Canada
1998 Galerie Horace, Centre d'artiste, Sherbrooke, Canada
Atelier d'Estampe, Sagamie, Alma, Canada
1997 Galerie La Seigneurie, Centre Culturel Vanier, Chateauguay, Canada
Galerie Les Trois C, Centre Culturel, Ville de Lasalle, Canada
1996 Espace "Regard 9," Conseil de la peinture, Montreal, Canada
1995 Galerie Onze du Cégep du Vieux Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1988 Galerie Adams Gagnon, Montreal, Canada
1987 Musée Beaulne, Coaticook, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 Galerie Sang-Neuf, Palmarole, Canada
Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
1998 Biennale internationale d'art miniature, Salle Augustin-Chénier, Témiscamingue, Canada

Centre National d'exposition, Jonquière, Canada
Centre Culturel de Trois-Pistoles, Trois-Pistoles, Canada
Musée Marins Barbeau, St-Joseph de Beauce, Canada
"Humanitas" - exhibition and auction, Montreal, Canada
1997 Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada
Centre d'exposition, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
Galerie du Parc, Trois-Rivières, Canada
Musée d'art, Mont St-Hilaire, Canada
Centre Culturel Henri Lemieux, Lasalle, Canada
Galerie d'art l'Union de Vie, Drummondville, Canada
1996 V.A.V. Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
1995 Sun Life Building, Montreal, Canada
1994 Centre Culturel Georges Vanier, Laval, Canada
1991 Laurentian University Museum, Sudbury, Canada
1987 Maison de la Culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Canada
University of Toronto Hart House, Toronto, Canada
MacMaster Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
1986 Galerie McIntosh, London, Canada
1985 Musée Pierre Boucher, Trois-Rivieres, Canada
Val d'Or exhibition committee, Val d'Or, Canada
Amos exhibition committee, Amos, Canada
Centre d'exposition de Gatineau, Gatineau, Canada
1984 2e Salon des Galeries d'Arts, Montreal, Canada
1983 Galerie Hanna, Westmount, Canada
1982 Galerie L'Estampe, Hull, Canada