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François Desnoyers

Born in 1961, in St-Hyacinthe, Canada
Resides and works in Brossard, Canada

Education

1983-1986: BA in French literature, Montreal university, Montreal, Canada
1986-1989: BA in Studio art, Concordia university, Montreal, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 "Recent Paintings", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada
2007 "Poetry of daily life", Brossard City Hall, Brossard, Canada
2005 "Recent Paintings", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada
2003 "Recent Paintings", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada
2001 "Painting", Maison de la culture Côte-des-neiges, Montreal, Canada
2000 "Memories", Lieu Ouest gallery, Montreal, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs

2024 "Digital exhibition", Thomson Gallery, Zug, Switzerland
2024 "ArtExpo Paris 2024", galerie Agnes Nord, Paris, France
2006 "Festival of Japanese & Canadian Current Art", Montreal, Canada
2006 "25^st exhibition of painting and sculpture 2006", Municipal museum of Ourense, Ourense, Spain
2006 "International Show of Nantes Chantenay", Nantes Chantenay, France
2004 "Art Miami", Miami, USA
2003 "The Affordable Art Fair", New York, USA
2002 "New Art Barcelona", Barcelona, Spain
2001 "Galerie Lieu-Ouest", Centre Belgo, Montreal, Canada

Grants & Awards

2007 Chapelle Saint-Benoit d'Argenton-sur-Creuse, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
2006 Fédération internationale des beaux-arts, Nantes Chantenay, France.

Public and private collections

The Museum of Contemporary art of Montreal, Canada
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Bernard Lamarre, Montreal, Canada
Joe Padulo, Naples, USA
Jo Gora, Montreal, Canada

Selected events and commissions

2005 Arte Mondo, televised interview conducted by Anita Aloisio.
2005 "Desnoyers on the Roof", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada;
1992 Commission of a mural and two large metal artworks, Sharx Pool Bar, Montreal, Canada.

Press and publications

"Poésie des gestes quotidiens", Le Courrier du Sud, june 30, p.33 (2007)