BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 

MICHEL DUPONT 

Born in Montreal on February 16th, 1950. 

Self- taught, Michel Dupont is very creative and experiments with many different printing techniques. AT the end of the 1970's, he becomes known for his silk-screens in which harmony and serenity prevail. Since the end of the 1980's, his creative process focuses particularly on hand- made paper. He molds raw, crushed cotton pulp to create sculptural forms or simply presses the paper to produce a pictorial expanse ready to become a medium for pigment. His hand- made paper art is based on ancient bas relief techniques. He works its surface in a way that is reminiscent of engraving and his solid strokes impulsively etch hieroglyphic-like symbols into the paper, creating texture, shadow and rhythm. 

EXPERIENCE 

1987-88 Vice- President of the Conseil des Metiers d'Art 

1986 Sat on the Conseil d'Administration du Grand Prix des Metiers d'Art 

1978 Member of Conseil Quebecois de l'Estampe 

1975-77 Professor of fine arts at the Centre d'Art d'Argenteuil 

EXHIBITIONS 

2001 Art Expo New York, New York, USA 

1997 Galerie Estampe Plus, Quebec, Canada 1996 Galerie Krysal, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) Expace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France (group) 

1995-96 SAGA, Paris, France (group) 1995 Galerie des Metiers d'Art, Montreal, Canada (solo) Art Multiple, Dusseldorf, Germany (group) Gallery Archtype, New York, USA (group) 

1994 Artisan's Alley, London, Canada (group) Gallery Altya, Atlanta, USA (group) 

1992 Galerie de L'Isle, Montreal, Canada (solo) 

1991 Artes Galerie d'Art, Montreal, Canada 

1989 Artes Galerie d'Art, Montreal, Canada 

1988 Happening de la Gravure, Centre Culturel, Laval, Canada 

1986 Art Expo Los Angeles, California, USA Scrimshaw Gallery, Oakville, Canada First Impression Gallery, Toronto, Canada 

1983-84 Salon National des Galeries d'Art, Montreal, Canada 

1980-82 Galerie Graff, Montreal, Canada Johnson Gallery, Atlanta, USA 

1980-90 Art Expo New York, New York, USA 

1978 Galerie Andre-Georges, Montreal, Canada Centre d'Art, Argenteuil, Canada Galerie de la Place Royale, Montreal, Canada 

1977 Galerie 051, St-Hyacinthe, Canada 

1976 Centre Culturel, Lachute, Canada Galerie de la Salamandre, Montreal, Canada Centre Culturel, Argenteuil, Canada Atelier du Bourg, Montreal, Canada 

1975 McGill University, Douglas Hall, Montreal, Canada AWARDS 

1993 Les Ameriques, grand prize, métiers d'art du Quebec (traveling) 

1991 Prix Jean-Marie Gauvreau- Molson (mention) Salon des Metiers d'Art du Quebec, Montreal 

His work is part of many private and public collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe.