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BioBorn in 1961 in St-Hyacinthe, Canada, François Desnoyers studied French literature at Montreal university from 1983 to 1986 and Studio art at Concordia university, in Montreal, from 1986 to 1989. Since 1996, the artist has lived and worked in Brossard, Canada. From painting to computer modified photography, His practice examines the mystery of existence through dueling concepts – consciousness and oblivion, presence and absence, permanency and evanescence, fact and interpretation. Desnoyers is best known for his interiors where the domestic and banal become spiritual, magical and alive with hidden meaning.The series entitled “Memories” (2000 – 2003), dealing with the inaccuracies of memory and the sense of loss, was showcased in his first important solo exhibitions in Montreal, at Lieu Ouest gallery in 2000 and at la Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges in 2001. He has since then garnered recognition through various group shows in Spain, at the New Art Barcelona exhibition (2002), at the municipal museum of Ourense (2006), in France at the International exhibition of Nantes Chantenay (2006) for which he was recognized for his body of work, and at The 21st exhibition of paintings and sculptures at the Chapelle Saint-Benoit-d’Argenton-sur-Creuse (2007). Since 2015, the artist redefines the landscape genre to represent the current climate crisis. “Rag Lands” (2023 –) is the most distinctive series in this respect, exploring unconventional material such as old rags, used bed sheets and discarded commercial fabric so that precarity and corruption are expressed. His work is part of various private, corporate and public collections, such as the Lavalin corporate collection which is now owned by the Montreal Museum of contemporary art.Education
1983-1986: BA in French literature at Montreal university, Canada Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 "Recent Paintings", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Festival of Japanese & Canadian Current Art, Montreal, Canada Recognition and honorary mentions
2007 Chapelle Saint-Benoit d'Argenton-sur-Creuse, Centre-Val de Loire, France, "21st exhibition of paintings and sculptures"
under the patronage of the Canadian embassy and the Town Hall of Argenton - for which he received an award for his contribution to the promotion
of art from Quebec on the international scene. Public and private collections
The Museum of Contemporary art of Montreal, Canada -
(The Lavalin Collection)
Selected events and commissions
2005 "Desnoyers on the Roof", Gora gallery, Montreal, Canada
Press and publications
"Poésie des gestes quotidiens", Le Courrier du Sud, june 30, p.33 (2007) |