"The face is a sophisticated medium that sometimes betrays our inner state. Drawing a human face is a challenge for me as the presence of the soul is paramount."
– Michel T. Desroches
Michel T. Desroches studied at the École des arts visuels et médiatiques of the Université du Québec à Montreal.
He is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in painting and drawing as means of expression.
With an artistic career spanning more than thirty years, Desroches’ work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and can be found in several private collections. In recent years his work, which is represented by the Vieux St-Jean gallery (Quebec, Canada), has been
exhibited at a number of contemporary art fairs.
Michel Desroches was born in Montreal in 1970. He presently lives and works in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Quebec, Canada).
Artist’s statement
Over many years of different kinds of artistic practice and training, I have gradually developed an aesthetic project which goes back and forth between representation and abstraction and demonstrates both my command of academic renderings and my use of spontaneous gestures. My current work, created on canvas or wood using graphite and acrylic paint, is marked by black strokes and constructed out of multiple superimpositions and back-and forth gestures. These pieces are situated between the processes of constructing and deconstructing images.
Zones of emotional interpretation, faces, figures and silhouettes of faces are my main subjects. Fragmented or splintered, these appear and disappear in my compositions between motifs, textures, combinations of luminosity and colour vibrations to suggest an inexhaustible number of possibilities. I thus see the task as constructing and ordering fragments and elements so that they co-exist in equilibrium within a whole. The result is an art stamped with energy, spontaneity and humanity, through which I express myself and convey my ideas.
C.V.
Professional training
2019
Masterpiece Publishing, Californie (USA)
Professional development, sculpture
2012
Atelier Circulaire, Montréal (Canada)
Stone lithography
2007
Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
Bachelor’s degree in visual and media art
Gallery – Representation
2023
Watson Gallery / Edinburg (Scotland)
2015
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2011
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
Solo exhibitions
2022
Galerie du Vieux St-Jean / Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2022
Trace Théatre des Deux Rives / Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2021
WSFA Art Gallery / on Rodeo Drive , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2019
Yellowstone Art Museum / Billings , Montana (USA)
2019
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2019
Tommy Zen Gallery / Montreal (Canada)
2018
WSFArt Gallery / Santa Monica , Beverly Hills, Californie (USA)
2017
Las Olas Gallery / Fort Lauderdale , Floride (USA)
2016
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2015
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
Group exhibitions
2023
9th Biennial of Drawing / Museum of Fine Arts of Mont Saint-Hilaire
2021
WSFA Art Gallery / on Rodeo Drive , Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2020
WSFA Art Gallery / Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2019
V.I.P Gallery / Biên Hòa (Vietnam)
2019
Monarch Arredon Gallery / La Jolla , Californie (USA)
2019
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2017
Caroussel du Louvre / Paris , France ( Europe)
2017
Monarch Arredon Gallery / La Jolla , Californie (USA)
2017
Las Olas Gallery / Fort Lauderdale , Floride (USA)
2017
Art Session , Galerie Portfolio / Montreal (Canada)
2017
Art Session , Galerie Belgo / Montreal (Canada)
2017
WSFA Art Gallery / Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2016
Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges / Montreal (Canada)
2015
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2015
Gallery MX / Montreal (Canada)
2010
Maison de la culture Frontenac / Montreal (Canada)
Art fairs
2022
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (USA)
2021
Art Context Miami (USA)
2019
Shanghaï Art Plus (Chine)
2019
New York Art (USA)
2019
Palm Springs Art , Californie (USA)
2019
Los Angeles Art , Californie (USA)
2018
Shanghaï Art (Chine)
2018
Los Angeles Art , Californie (USA)
2018
Marbella Art (Espagne)
2017
Shanghaï Art (Chine)
2017
Red Dot Miami , Floride (USA)
2017
Marbella Art (Espagne)
Awards and distinctions
2020
Silver medal: Abstract Painting / MONDIAL ART ACADEMIA,
International Art Professionals Awards (IAPA)
2017
Canadian delegation (S.N.B.A.), Caroussel du Louvre / Paris, France
Public and private collections
Masterpiece Publishing / California (USA)
Yellowstone Art Museum / Montana (USA)
Shanghai collectors , Vietnam (Asie)
Paris, Londres (Europe)
New-York NY, Miami FL (USA)
Washington DC / Arizona , Texas (USA)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, San Francisco Californie (USA)
Montréal , Toronto (Canada)
Fundraising
2022
Fondation Émergence / Montréal (Canada)
2021
Fondation Émergence / Montréal (Canada)
2020
Fondation Émergence / Montréal (Canada)
2019
VN Hopes Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
2019
Hope for Tomorrow Fundraising and auction / Washington DC (USA)
2019
Project Vietnam Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
2019
Maison Chance / Californie (USA)
2019
Alpabem Santé Mentale / Montréal (USA)
2018
VN Hopes Fundraising and auction / Californie (USA)
Press kit
2022
La Presse / Montreal (Canada)
2022
Le Canada Français / Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
2021
Le Devoir Dans L’oeil de Jacques Nadeau.(Canada)
2021
Oeuvre du mois L’Action Nationale.(Canada)
2021
Art Confidential Magazine / Beverly Hills , Californie (USA)
2021
Le Canada Français / Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada)
