BIOGRAPHY
He was born in Montreal and studied visual art in Quebec City. Throughout his career, he has worked alongside artists from various media in contemporary art. In this way he has managed to develop an original way of working and a body of art stamped with authenticity. Currently, he continues his artistic research expressing in a tangible way the place where he lives. Marie Rioux’s work can be found in several private collections, particularly in England, the United States, Germany and Canada, including the Bombardier, Norton Rose, Gentec and the city of Lévis collections.
EDUCATION
» 1975 School of Visual Arts, Université Laval.
» 1973-74 Visual Arts, Sainte-Foy CEGEP.
WORKSHOPS
» 2003 Observational drawing, Université Laval, Quebec City
» Vu, Centre de diffusion et de production de la photographie, Quebec City
» 2001 Observational drawing, Université Laval, Quebec City
» 2000 Observational drawing, Université Laval, Quebec City
» 1978 Ceramics workshop
» 1976 Réalisations graphiques de Québec.
AWARDS
» 2010 CEGEP Beauce-Appalaches award, “Professional Artist” category.
COLLECTIONS
» Alliance Française, Toronto
» C.t.r.l.,QuebecCity
» Lauréat Pépin Co., Quebec City
» Gentex Co., Quebec City
» Ogilvy Renaud, law rm
» BombardierQuebec,Dorval
» Town of Lévis
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION
» 2017 “Horizon incertain”, Quebec City
» 2014 “Le Saint-Laurent: empreintes”, Alliance Française, Toronto
» 2012“Flumen”,Saint-Diziergallery,Montreal
» 2010 Entre ciel et terre, Espace Contemporain gallery, Quebec City
» 2002 “Rouge et art événement”, Rouge gallery, Quebec City
» 2001 Grand Théâtre gallery, Quebec City
GROUP EXHIBITION
» 2018 “Hungry Earth”, Es.Arte Gallery, Marbella, Spain
» 2018 H2O, Linus Galleries, South California, U.S.A
» 2017 Studio Bécot, Quebec City, Les journées de la culture
» 2017 Louise Carrier Gallery, Lévis, Auction expo
» 2017 Studio Bécot, Quebec City, Hic Et Nunc
» 2017 Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, July
» 2017 Studio Bécot, Quebec City
» 2016 Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas
» 2016 One Canadian Place, Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto
» 2016 Inter/National exhibition, Box Heart gallery, Pittsburgh, U.S.A » 2016 Louise Carrier Gallery, Lévis
» 2016 Château Frontenac Art gallery, Quebec City
» 2016 Abbozzo gallery, Toronto
» 2015 Canadian Bacon, Dialogues, sept, Quebec City
» 2015 Studio Bécot, Quebec City, view of art seventh, day cultured » 2015 Château Frontenac art gallery, Quebec City
» 2015 Abbozzo gallery, Toronto
» 2014 “Celebrating Landscape”, Abbozzo gallery, Toronto
» 2014 “Trois Artistes”, Espace St-Paul, Quebec City, June-July
» 2014 Saint-Nicolas Presbyteria, place, February
» 2013 Regart, centre d ‘artistes en art actuel, Quebec City
» 2013 Arta gallery, Toronto
» 2013 Toronto Art Expo
» 2011 Toronto Art Fair
» 2011TorontoOutdoorArtExhibition
» 2011 “12×12”, Tzara gallery, Quebec City
» 2010 Lessedra gallery, Bulgaria
» 2010TorontoOutdoorArtExhibition
» 2010SymposiumBeauce-Appalaches,place
» 2009 Tzara gallery, Quebec City
» 2009 Espace Contemporain gallery, Quebec City
» 2008 Amsterdam Whitney gallery, New York
» 2008 Bécot gallery, Quebec City
» 2008 Espace Contemporain gallery, Quebec City
» 2007 Bécot gallery, Espace Contemporain gallery, Quebec City
» 2006 Bécot gallery, Espace Contemporain gallery, Quebec City
» 1999 Atelier Imagine, Quebec City
» 1998 “L’Orangeraie”, Oeil de Poisson, Quebec City
» “L’abeille et le papillon”, Salle Multi, Méduse, Quebec City
» “Rouge et art événement”, Rouge gallery, Quebec City
» “La grande macédoine”, Rouge gallery, Quebec City
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCIE
» 2006 Book illustration, Disparues sous le signe de l’in ni, Sylvie Nicolas, Éditions Québec-Amérique
» 2013 Painting, La rivière qui marche, 5.5 x 11.5 ft., lobby of the Bombardier building, Dorval, Quebec