Standish Hall
Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas
8.5h x 16w in
Born in Ottawa in 1976, Jean-François Provost holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has received several awards and honors for his work as a painter and has produced nearly twenty individual exhibitions in the last ten years. His work in painting and drawing has been presented in Canada, Austria and Italy. The works of Provost are found in several corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
Drawing, is for him a gestural manifestation of the subconscious, plays a decisive role in the composition of his canvases. Provost says that since 2007 he has been exploring pictorial space in his work, in a process of constant refinement. “My approach to both drawing and painting goes far beyond straightforward execution. The drawings, in India ink, graphite, and red chalk, are produced in a stream of consciousness and are then cut out. Paradoxically, they become the embryo of a work that is constructed using a highly studied and rational approach that follows the logic of my investigation of space and its simplification. My work is mainly based on the study of composition in terms of line, depth, relationships between masses, gestures, and trompe-l’oeil”. Provost basically defines himself as a Plasticien.
Matières en mouvement sur fond gris 1
Oil, Acrylic, and Mixed Media on Canvas
15.5h x 12.5w in
Matières en mouvement sur fond noir 1
Oil, Acrylic, and Mixed Media on Canvas
15.5h x 12.5w in
Matières en mouvement sur fond noir 2
Oil, Acrylic, and Mixed Media on Canvas
15.5h x 12.5w in
Born in Ottawa, ON. 1976
Lives and works in Gatineau, Québec.
EDUCATION
2001 BACC. in Visual Arts, Université du Québec en Outaouais QC. (UQO)
1998 Human Sciences studies, Collège de l' Outaouais, QC.
INDIVIDUALS EXHIBITS
2017 Jean-François Provost, Matières en mouvement, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Qc, June 17-27
2016 Jean-François Provost, recent paintings, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, November 10-21
2015 Totem, Galerie de Bellefeuille, June 20th to 30th
2014 Jean-François Provost, Recent Works Galerie-St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON, Sept.25 to Oct. 8th
2014 Présages, Galerie Art-Image, Maison de la culture de Gatineau, October 23 to December 21st.
2014 Jean-François Provost, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS. April 14
2013 Jean-François Provost: Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Qc, August 24 to September 10.
2013 Jean-François Provost, recent paintings, Gallery 3, April 4th
2011 Jean-François Provost, recent paintings, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, December 1-15
2011 Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, May 20 to June 15
2011 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Québec, April 9-20
2010 Théâtre, Gallery 3, Ottawa, On, May 6-20
2009 Jean-François Provost: Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, On, October 1-14
2009 Plénitude du vide, Studio 21, Halifax, NS. February 13 to March 11
2009 Jean-François Provost: Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Qc. April 23-May 4
2008 Fullness of the void, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC. April 22 to May 10 .
2007 Petites études de peinture, Espace Odyssée, Maison de la Culture de Gatineau. QC. Dec.5 to feb.17
2007 Jean-François Provost : Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON. Aug. 24-Sept.12
2006 Drawings, Alliance Française of Ottawa, ON. 5-29 Sept.
2005 Jean-François Provost : Landscapes. Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON. March 11-30
2004 Paysages de guerre ou… dégénérés, c’est selon. (War landscapes or … degenerated, it is according to...), Espace Odyssée, Maison de la Culture, Gatineau, QC. Feb 18 to May 23
2004 Jean-François Provost: La détresse de l’espèce: réalité ou contre réalité? Musée des beaux-art de Mont- Saint-Hilaire,QC. Jan.25-March 21
2003 Jean-François Provost : Galerie la Seigneurie, Centre culturel Vanier, Châteauguay, QC
Joint Exhibits
2007 Jean-François Provost, Marc Nerbonne: Paths of Discords or...Triumph Over the Void, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, QC. April 19-June 3 2007 ( Québec Scene)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS
2018 Jean-François Provost, Hugo Sabourin and Julie Beauchemin, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa,
ON. Jan.18 to Feb. 6th.
2017 Émergence 25! Galerie Art-Image, Maison de la Culture, Gatineau, January 10th to March12th
2013 Repérage Loto Québec, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, Québec. March 13 to April 21.
2012 PAPIER 12, APRIL 12-15, Montreal, Qc.
2011 Parcours de l’imaginaire, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, Québec, With David Lafrance, Marc Séguin, Dominik Sokolowski, Isabelle Gauvreau, Amy Huestis, Alain Bonder, Matthias Schmidt, Christian Audette. November 3 to December 18
2011 Palettes d'artistes, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-St-Hilaire, (Québec) ,April 3 to June 5
2010 Discoveries, Loto-Québec Collection, March 11 to April 18
2009 The Collection's Cabinet, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Sept. 18 to October 25
2009 Disparate Voices, Stiegenhaus, Langenlois, Austria, May 8-24
2008 Toronto International Art Fair ( TIAF) 2-6 october
2008 Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, 10-24 July
2007 Jean-François Provost, Carole Bernier and Jean-Sébastien Denis: Un, Deux, Trois. Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS Oct.19-Nov. 7
2007 Greased Wheels, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Aug.14-Sept.2
2007 Galerie d'art Ève Fontaine, St-Hyacinthe, QC. May
2006 Toronto International Art Fair/TIAF. November 9-13.
2006 Intimité, L’ Imagier exhibiting center, Gatineau, QC.
2006 Biennale du dessin, 1st edition, Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, June 15-Sept.17
2006 Jean-François Provost, Alain Bonder, Isabelle Gauvreau and Marc Nerbonne. Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa,ON.
2006 De la matière première au pigment et du pigment à l'artiste. UQO, QC.
2003 Hommage to Riopelle, Maison de la Culture, Gatineau, QC.
2002 L’art pour tous, tous pour l’art, Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC.
2001 Trois. Maison de la Culture, Rivière-du-Loup, QC.
2001 Chemin de Faire, Jacques-Augers Centre, Gatineau, Qc.
2000 L’art pour tous, tous pour l’art, Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Qc.
ARTIST RESIDENCES
2001 Maison Charron, Gatineau, QC.
2001 Fall Rhapsody, Gatineau. QC.
AWARDS
2005 Awarded for New Wave Award, Les Culturiades Gala, Gatineau, QC.
2002 Awarded third prize at the L'art pour tous, tous pour l’art competition exhibit, Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire/Mont-Saint-Hilaire art Museum,QC.
2001 Finalist for the New Wave Excellence award at the fourth Jeux de la Francophonie, Les Culturiades Gala, Gatineau, QC.
2001 Honorable Mention of the Jury, visual arts graduates exhibit, UQO. Gatineau, QC.
2000 Awarded first prize at the L'art pour tous, tous pour l’art competition exhibit, Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire/Mont-Saint-Hilaire art Museum,QC.
COMMISSIONS
2005 Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, for the Rector, Francis R.Whyte.
2003 Maison de la Culture, Gatineau, for Céline Dion and René Angelil’s private lodge.
COLLECTIONS
Code Hunter LLP
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
MHPM Project Managers Inc.
Provigo
City of Ottawa
CHEO
Ville de Gatineau
Loto-Québec
Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG)
Global Affairs Canada
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS.
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA. USA
Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
PRESS AND MEDIAS
BOUCHARD, Claude, Des promesses annonciatrices de changements à venir, Le Droit, mercredi 7 décembre 2011.
BRANSON, Clive, Ottawa’s Art Seen, Rogers Television, Fall 2011
BOUCHARD, CLAUDE, L’expression de l’imaginaire moderne, Le Droit, samedi 12 novembre, page A5
BOUCHARD, Claude, La richesse de la Plénitude du vide, Le Droit, October 28th, 2009
Arc Poetry Magazine, no.60. june 2008,
MOTTET, Yolaine, Radio-Canada, Le pont des arts, April 24 2008
LE VAN, Katy, Pulsion d'ar tiste, Voir Outaouais, January 3 2008
BERTHOLD, Étienne and al. Mondialisation et cultures. Regards croisés de la relève sur le Québec, Québec,
Les Éditions de L'IQRC, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2007 ( Front Cover, Chronochromie no.10)
LESSARD, Valérie, Jean-François Provost, Peint re de l'instinct, Le Droit, December 15-16 2007
BOUCHARD, Claude, Jean-François Provost le virtuose, Le Droit, Sept.1-2 2007
Radio-canada ( CBC) Television, Art circuit, Saturday May 19 2007
GRENIER, Danielle, Radio-Canada ( CBC) Radio, Divines tentations, Saturday, April 21 2007
BOUCHARD, Claude, La danse du soleil côtoie la grande noirceur, Le Droit, 21-22 of April 2007
Rogers Television, Regarts, cable 23, Ottawa, 2006
DEZAINDE, Line, L' art pour l' art, Voir Outaouais, Aug. 31 2006
BOUCHARD, Claude, du dessin contemporain à la terre sacrée, Le Droit, Sept. 7 2006
GRENIER, Danielle,Radio-Canada ( CBC) Radio, Divines tentations , sat. Jan. 21 2006.
Radio-canada ( CBC) television, Art circuit, Saturday, Jan. 7 2006,
Savoir Outaouais, Vol. 5. No.1 winter 2005.
BOUCHARD, Claude, L' abstraction lyrique de Jean-François Provost, Le Droit, March 19 and 202005
Canal Vox Outaouais, Chronic-Arts, Gatineau, Rogers Télévision, 2004
Rogers, Television, Regarts, cable 23, Ottawa, 2004.
BOUCHARD, Claude, Le Droit, week-end, Feb.28 2004.
L’Oeil régional, sat. Feb. 21 2004.
L’Oeil régional, Feb. 7 2004.
L’Impact, Feb. 3 2004.
GUÉRICOLAS, Pascale, Gazette des Femmes, Jan. 2004.
À flanc de culture, Dec. 2003 vol. 1 no.2.
Réseau, Winter 2001.
Voir, Outaouais Aug. 16-22 2001, vol.01, no.29
Le Droit, Aug.10 2001.
Le Droit, Sept. 27, 2000.
Week-end Outaouais, Nov.8 2000.
Week-end Outaouais, Sept. 30 2000.
