Exhibitions

Maskull Lasserre : Fable @ Centre Space (Toronto)

1 December 2012 - 19 January 2013 Drawing on materials collected from the artist's environment, this show of three-dimensional work presents dissections of everyday objects. These reveal an alternative anatomy of both material and expectation, evoking narratives of culture and mortality often overlooked in everyday things. Maskull Lasserre was born in Alberta in 1978, he lives and... Read More

Ed Pien : Under Water

28 November 2012 - 26 January 2013 Designed as an exploration of cultural diversity inspired by underwater flora and fauna a thousand leagues beneath the seas, the exhibition Under Water by Toronto artist Ed Pien dives into the heart of an unfathomably profound aesthetic. A meeting of the imaginary that swings between the decorative, ornamental aspect of... Read More

Simon M. Benedict @ pfoac221

17 November - 22 December 2012 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to announce the opening of a second Montreal space in the Belgo Building: pfoac221. This 600 square foot white cube is located in room 221 – just down the corridor from the current gallery. Intended as a multi-purpose project room, it will be used... Read More

Marie-Jeanne Musiol : Trous noirs

29 September - 10 November 2012 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is proud to present a new version of the installation Black Holes. The images of individual latrine pits set in endless alignments at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp embody the vision of a dark energy still vested in these slowly disintegrating and seemingly banal openings . Like... Read More

Kent Monkman

Miss America 25 August - 22 September 2012 Kent Monkman: Miss America __ “I pillage the history of painting, from the Baroque era to Romanticism, to investigate and challenge the subjectivity of the European eye on Aboriginal peoples and the ‘New World’” - Kent Monkman Kent Monkman has established himself as one of the most exciting and dynamic... Read More

Jérôme Fortin: Un Survol @ Centre Space (Toronto)

16 August - 8 September 2012 Jérôme Fortin was born in Joliette in 1971, he lives and works in Montreal. 
Since 1996 he has had more than a twenty solo exhibitions including shows in Prague, Pretoria, Tokyo, Paris, Toronto and Montreal. His work has been presented in group exhibitions in Istanbul, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Paris, Cuba,... Read More

Entre mer et ciel

Luc Courchesne, Jérôme Fortin et Karilee Fuglem 14 July - 11 August 2012 Between the Sea and the Sky … I had been led by some effect of sunlight to mistake what was only a darker stretch of sea for a distant coastline, or to gaze at a belt of liquid azure without knowing whether it belonged to the sea or sky.... Read More

Kent Monkman: Miss America @ Centre Space (Toronto)

14 June - 11 August 2012 “I pillage the history of painting, from the Baroque era to Romanticism, to investigate and challenge the subjectivity of the European eye on Aboriginal peoples and the ‘New World’” …Kent Monkman Kent Monkman has established himself as one of the most exciting and dynamic contemporary artists inCanada. For Monkman, history... Read More

Dil Hildebrand : Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise)

12 May - 30 June 2012 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Dil Hildebrand. Following his critically acclaimed exhibition at YYZ Artist Outlet in 2011, Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise) features new drawings and canvases that further explore this direction. Back to the Drawing Board (Reprise)... Read More

Glenda León : Dirigir las Nubas

Programmation spéciale dans la salle vidéo 12 April - 30 June 2012 Dirigir las nubes (Addressing the Clouds) Artist's Statement: Dirigir las nubes (Addressing the Clouds) is based on an idea from quantum physics by which each of us can, through will power and concentration, change the shape of clouds. This event occurs in different parts of the world but has rarely... Read More

Roberto Pellegrinuzzi: Nature morte (fleur)

17 March - 28 April 2012 Roberto Pellegrinuzzi: Nature morte (fleur) Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Roberto Pellegrinuzzi. Beginning with his earliest work, Roberto Pellegrinuzzi has devoted himself to redefining the photographic image by exploring its fabrication, supports, dimensionality and modes of presentation. In his... Read More

Adad Hannah @ Centre Space (Toronto)

Unwrapping Rodin 24 February - 31 March 2012 'The Unwrapping Rodin photographs are a new step in my ongoing exploration of Auguste Rodin’s sculptural work, mostly focused on his seminal work Les Bourgeois de Calais (1895). The other works I have completed are Age of Bronze (2004), Burghers of Seoul: Recast and Reshoot (2006), and Les Bourgeois de... Read More