Michel T. Desroches
Over many years and different kinds of artistic practice and training, Michel T. Desroches has gradually developed an aesthetic project that goes back and forth between representation and abstraction and demonstrates both a mastery of academic renderings and the use of spontaneous gestures. His current work, created on canvas or wood using graphite and acrylic paint, is marked by black strokes and constructed from multiple superimpositions and back-and-forth gestures. These pieces are situated between the processes of constructing and deconstructing images.
Zones of emotional interpretation, faces, figures, and silhouettes of faces are the artist’s main subjects. Fragmented or splintered, these appear and disappear in his compositions between motifs, textures, combinations of luminosity, and colour vibrations to suggest an inexhaustible number of possibilities. For Desroches, the task is thus to construct and order fragments and elements to co-exist in equilibrium within a whole. The result is an art stamped with energy, spontaneity, and humanity, through which Michel T. Desroches conveys and expresses himself.
Biography:
Michel T. Desroches studied at the École des arts visuels et médiatiques of the Université du Québec à Montreal. He is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in painting and drawing as means of expression.
With an artistic career spanning over thirty years, Desroches’ work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and can be found in several private collections. In recent years, his work, represented by the Vieux St-Jean Gallery (Quebec, Canada), has been exhibited at several contemporary art fairs.
Michel Desroches was born in Montreal in 1970. He presently lives and works in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Exhibitions
FORMATION / ÉDUCATION
2019 Perfectionnement Sculpture / Californie (USA)
2012 Lithogravure sur pierre / Atelier Circulaire , Montréal (Canada)
2007 Baccalauréat Arts Visuels et Médiatiques / UQAM , Montréal ( Canada)
EXPOSITIONS
MUSÉE / MAISON DE LA CULTURE
2023 9e Biennale du dessin / Musée des Beaux-Arts De Mont-Saint-Hilaire.
2019 Expo Solo / Yellowstone Art Museum / Billings , Montana (USA)
2016 Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges / Montréal (Canada)
2010 Maison de la culture Frontenac / Montréal (Canada)
EXPO SOLO
2022 Galerie du Vieux-St-Jean / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2022 Théâtre des Deux Rives / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2021 Gallery / Rodeo Drive , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2019 Galerie Vieux-St-Jean / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2019 Galerie Tommy Zen / Montreal (Canada)
2018 Gallery / Santa Monica , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2017 Las Olas Gallery / Fort Lauderdale , Floride (USA)
2016 Galerie Vieux-St-Jean / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2015 Galerie MX / Montreal (Canada)
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
2023 Watson Gallery / Édimbourg (Écosse)
2021 Gallery / Rodeo Drive Bl , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2020 Gallery / Santa Monica Bl , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA
2019 Gallery / Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
2019 Monarch Arredon Gallery / La Jolla , Californie (USA)
2019 Galerie Vieux-St-Jean / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2017 Caroussel du Louvre / Paris , France ( Europe)
2017 Monarch Arredon Gallery / La Jolla , Californie (USA)
2017 Las Olas Gallery / Fort Lauderdale , Floride (USA)
2017 Art Session , Galerie Portfolio / Montréal (Canada)
2017 Art Session , Galerie Belgo / Montréal (Canada)
2017 Gallery / Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2015 Galerie Vieux-St-Jean / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2015 Galerie MX / Montréal (Canada)
ART FAIRS
2022 Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary (USA)
2021 Art Context Miami (USA)
2019 Shanghaï Art Plus (Chine)
2019 New York Art (USA)
2019 Palm Springs Art , Californie (USA)
2019 Los Angeles Art , Californie (USA)
2018 Shanghaï Art (Chine)
2018 Los Angeles Art , Californie (USA)
2018 Marbella Art (Espagne)
2017 ShanghaïArt (Chine)
2017 Red Dot Miami , Floride (USA)
2017 Marbella Art (Espagne)
PRIX / DISTINCTIONS
2023 Membre du jury pour Le Grand Salon du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire.
2020 Médaille d’argent catégorie : Peinture Abstraite / MONDIAL ART ACADEMIA Prix International Art Professionals Awards (IAPA)
2017 Délégation canadienne (S.N.B.A.) Caroussel du Louvre / Paris, France (Europe)
COLLECTION PRIVÉ/PUBLIQUE
Yellowstone Art Museum / Montana (USA)
Collectionneurs de Shanghaï , Vietnam (Asie) Paris , Londres (Europe)
Washington DC / Arizona , Texas (USA)
Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , San Francisco Californie (USA) Montréal , Toronto (Canada)
DON / ENCAN
2022 Fondation Émergence / Montreal (Canada)
2021 Fondation Émergence / Montréal (Canada)
2020 Fondation Émergence / Montréal (Canada)
2019 VN Hopes Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
2019 Hope for Tomorrow Fundraising and auction / Washington DC (USA) 2019 Project Vietnam Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
2019 Maison Chance / Californie (USA)
2019 Alpabem Santé Mentale / Montréal (USA)
2018 VN Hopes Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
REVUE de PRESSE
2022 La Presse / Montreal (Canada)
2022 Le Canada Français / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2021 Le Devoir Dans L’oeil de Jacques Nadeau.(Canada)
2021 Oeuvre du mois L’Action Nationale.(Canada)
2021 Art Confidential Magazine / Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2021 Le Canada Français / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2020 Revue Mitra l’art & littérature / Montréal (USA)
2019 La Presse / Montréal (Canada)
2019 Le Courrier du Haut-Richelieu / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2019 Le Canada Français / St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2019 Magazine / Art & Antique (USA)
OEUVRES SÉRIES TÉLÉ
2017 Fait Divers / Série Télé Radio-Canada , Montréal (Canada)
2017 The Bold Type / Série Netflix (USA)
2015 Nouvelle Adresse / Série Télé Radio-Canada , Montréal (Canada)
Statement:
Over many years and different kinds of artistic practice and training, I have gradually developed an aesthetic project which goes back and forth between representation and abstraction and demonstrates both my command of academic renderings and my use of spontaneous gestures. My current work, created on canvas or wood using graphite and acrylic paint, is marked by black strokes and constructed from multiple superimpositions and back-and-forth gestures. These pieces are situated between the processes of constructing and deconstructing images.
Zones of emotional interpretation, faces, figures, and silhouettes of faces are my main subjects. Fragmented or splintered, these appear and disappear in my compositions between motifs, textures, combinations of luminosity, and colour vibrations to suggest an inexhaustible number of possibilities. Thus, I see the task as constructing and ordering fragments and elements to co-exist in equilibrium within a whole. The result is an art stamped with energy, spontaneity, and humanity, through which I express myself and convey my ideas.