“At 20 years old, my characters were very soft and sentimental; since then, they went through and are still going through all sorts of stages. They came to Montreal at the same time as I did in 1979. Children in 1981, sensuality, joy, passion, misfortune, sadness, travels... In fact, painting is the continuation of life, the quest for... What’s important is to go forward and to always search further.”

Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec in 1951.

Paule Lagacé comes from a family where painting has always been highly considered. Her father showed a keen interest for the works of Quebec artists, giving her numerous opportunities, since her early childhood, to mingle with painters. She was encouraged to express her creativity without constraint, which may explain the personal character of her art.

Paule Lagacé is one of this new generation of painters who goes off the beaten track to innovate. Paule does not paint for a living; she lives for painting, which makes all the difference in the work of an artist.

EDUCATION

1973-72
Studies in design 20 at the Université du Québec à Montréal

1970-72
Studies in Visual Arts at the Chicoutimi Cegep

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Galerie Marie Turgeon, Quebec, QC

2005
Galerie Art de l’Époque, Gatineau, QC

2003
Westmount Gallery, Toronto, ON

1998,95,93
Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa,ON

1997,93,90
Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal, QC

1996
Galerie Libre comme l’art, Quebec, QC

1991,89
Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1988,86-85
Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal, QC

1987
Galerie N. 29, Geneva, Switzerland

1985
Galerie Quatre Saisons, Quebec, QC
Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1984
Galerie La Corniche, Chicoutimi, QC

1984-83
Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa, ON

1982
Galerie Archambault, Lavaltrie, QC
Galerie L’Autre Équivoque, Wakefield, ON

1981
Galerie Clarence Gagnon, QC

1980
Galerie Pierre Bernard, Hull, QC

1979
Galerie Gilles Brown, Montreal, QC

1977
Galerie l’art Canadien, Chicoutimi, QC

1975
La Maison des Arts de Chicoutimi, QC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Bleu, blanc... neige, Galerie Ève Fontaine, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, QC

2002
State of the Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

1998
Expo “Femme-plus”, Montreal Galerie Christin, Toronto, ON

1997-94
Westmount Gallery, Toronto, ON

1995
Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, “La fête des fleurs”, Quebec, QC

1989
Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, “Les femmes peintres du Québec”, Quebec, QC

1988
Galerie M. 29, Geneva, Switzerland

1986-87
Galerie McIntosh, London, ON
Galerie McMaster, Hamilton, ON
Maison Hart, Toronto University, Toronto, ON
Université Laurentienne Centre d’arts et Musée, Sudbery, ON

1986-88
Les Femmeuses Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, QC
1986
Art Expo California, Los Angeles, CA
1984-86
Art Expo New York, NY
Salon International des Galeries d’art, Montreal, QC

ACHIEVEMENTS

1998
Cover of the disc “Patience” by Guy-Philippe Wells

1989
Illustration of the collection of poems “L’amour feu”

1985-1986
Fashion illustration in Paris for the designer Guy Laroche

1985-1986
Collaboration with Peter Knapp of the magazine “Femme” of Paris as illustrator

1985-1986
Participation to the magazine “La mode en peinture” of Paris

1984
Collaboration for the illustration of a children’s book for La Courte Échelle editions

MEDIA

Magazine Parcours, no.60, printemps 2007, p.76-77