Refuge de sentier, 2023

Diane Fournier  

Artist Statement:

Self-taught painter, I draw my creative inspiration from my travels, from life and its fragility, its upheavals, both physical and emotional, as well as the resilience of human beings.

I enter my studio without any specific intention, I create space so a dialogue can begin between the colors and the shapes that I apply with a brush, a knife or any tool that will give the result that I want until a story emerges. I use acrylic or mixed media which allows all the flexibility I need to bring my canvas to life which I finalize by adding lines to give it its signature, my signature.

In order to nourish and push my exploration further, I attended painting, engraving and sculpture workshops with professional artists. After a fulfilling career, I devote myself entirely to my art since 2012. 

My abstract and semi-abstract paintings offer bright, vibrant universes that seek to be carriers of hope. 

Through this authentic experience, my dearest wish is to touch the soul of the viewer.

Education:

Self-taught artist

Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITION
2018 Galerie La Seigneurie, Châteauguay, Quebec, CA (MILIEU URBAIN)
2017 Hall des arts, Hôtel de ville de Brossard, Quebec, CA (MILIEU URBAIN)
2017 Bibliothèque Claude-Henri Grignon, Longueuil, Quebec, CA (MILIEU URBAIN)

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
2014 Exposition collective, Studio Via, Fontcouverte, France 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS – (Selection)
2017 – 2015 Expo concours AAPARS, St-Bruno de Montarville, Qc, CA 
2017 WASM Art Exhibition, Montréal, Qc, CA 
2016 Expositions des finalistes NONESUCH Art on Paper Awards, Parrsborough, 
Nova Scotia, CA et Montréal, CA
2016 Artistes de cœur, St-Lambert, Qc, CA 
2016 Fête des arts, St-Basile le Grand, Qc, CA 
2016 Festival de peinture, Mascouche, Qc, CA 
2016 Centre d'Arts visuels de Magog, Magog, Qc, CA 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2021 Prendre Racine, Coup d'pinceaux, coup d'ciseaux, Montréal, Qc, CA 
2021- 2008 Le Salon des Arts de Brossard – Brossard, Qc, CA 
2019 Délire collectif, Collectif ART Libre, Galerie Espace, Montréal, QC, CA 
2018 Les liens se tissent, Collectif ART Libre, Café du Passeur, Mont Saint-Hilaire, QC, CA
2017-2016 Musée des beaux-arts de Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Qc, CA
2017 Mots-images-pigments, Beloeil, Qc, CA
2017-2016 Showfrette, Beloeil, Qc, CA
2017-2016 Expo galerie AAPARS, Quartier DIX30, Brossard Qc, CA
2015-2014 Exposition annuelle, Atelier du geste, Montréal, Qc, Ca
2013 Place au carré – Atelier du geste – Montréal, Qc, CA
2012 Écriture, Chez Baptiste, Montréal, Qc, CA
2011 Décor et d'esprit – Bibliothèque Georges Dor – Longueuil, Qc, CA
2010 Autoportraits, Galerie Kaf Art, Montréal Qc, CA
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

2017 Exhibition Juror, sélection des lauréats, Expo concours, Blainville, Qc, Ca

Artistic Influences:

Picasso, Riopelle, The automatisms movement