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ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“I refer to the space I paint as a city because the term symbolizes unity. I paint portraits of cities, of space, or groupings of people… The city is my chosen context; it is the pretext of my paintings. The human figure appears unexpectedly.  I made the conscious decision of always representing Man in the vertical position to show him in action, in an urban context.”

BIOGRAPHY

Of Spanish decent, Georges Mamàn was born in Algeria in 1954, lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.

At a young age, Mamàn began painting and drawing. Even while completing his medical degree and later specializing in anesthesiology, Mamàn never left painting behind. After taking time off to travel, he came to the realization that art was his true passion and decided to devote himself entirely to painting. By intertwining elements of abstraction and figuration, Mamàn creates what he describes as “city portraits.” Mamàn’s work is part of several public and private collections in France, Belgium, Germany, Canada and the United States.

EXHIBITIONS

2008

Keystone Gallery, Calgary, AB

2007 

Galerie Vendôme, Paris, France

Troisième rencontre Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Espace Artevia, Lorrez-le- Bocage, France

2006

Galerie Cafmeyer Knokke, Heist, Belgium

Galerie Intemporelle, Metz, France Galerie

Studio 261, Montreal, QC

2005

GalRi, Montréal, Canada Art Shangai, China

Galerie ELV Honfleur, France

Galerie des Pyramides Port Marly, France

Galerie Intemporelle, Metz, France

2004

Galerie Intemporelle, Metz, France Galerie Racine, Barbizon, France

Galerie du Cadre de Vie, Cholet, France

Galerie Annie Wable, Lille, France Banque OBC,

2004

Galerie RLV Montaigne, Paris, France

2003

Galerie Estela Tarbes, France

Galerie Crous Beaux Arts, Paris, France

Galerie Annie Wable, Lille, France

Banque CCF Alésia, Paris, France

Galerie Soto, Brussels, Belgium

Galerie du Cadre de Vie, Cholet, France

2002

Ombres et Lumières Studio, Paris, France

Espace d’Art Marionnaud, Marseille, France

Galerie RLV, Brussels, Belgium

2001 

Galerie Bernanos, Paris, France

Galerie du Cadre de Vie, Cholet, France

Ombres et Lumères studio, Paris, France

2000

Espace Vekava, Bordeaux, France

Galerie Art Actualité, Paris, France

1999 

Hotel Sofitel, Versailles, France

Galerie Vekava, Paris, France