Biographical Notes
Born in Maniwaki (Québec), Etienne Gélinas pursued college education in “visual and media arts” at the Collège de l’Outaouais in Gatineau, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in art and design (BA) from École Multidisciplinaire de l’Image in 2006, and later graduated with a master’s degree in project management (MPM) from the UQO in 2012, and also a Master in visual art (MA) with distinction from the UQO in 2015. He has staged numerous solo exhibitions, including at AxeNeo7, at the Art-Image and Espace Odysée galleries of the Maison de la Culture de Gatineau, at the D’Avignon Gallery in Montréal, at the St-Laurent+Hill Gallery in Ottawa, at the Galerie Montcalm of the Maison du Citoyen de Gatineau, at the Thompson Landry Gallery in Toronto, at the Lanlande & Doyle Gallery of the Shenkman Arts Centre in Ottawa, at The CACPC of Chelsea, at the Centre d’exposition de Val-d’Or, at the Galerie d’art d’Outremont as well as internationally at Cetys University in Mexicali an Tijuana.
Artist Statement
My research focuses on the ambiguity of codes and language systems in a semiotic space, in painting today. It is a reflection on the duality of plastic and scientific codes, and on the concept of space and the paradoxical aspect that emerges. I endeavor to link systems, to make them coexist and dialogue. The result generates an interaction between artistic forms and representations of scientific languages.
Different languages become one within the same space.
Space and architecture are central concepts of my approach. Space presents itself abstractly through a detachment of the plans, an overlap of delineated areas, and assemblies of multipoint perspectives which dig into the surface of the painting to give it a sense of depth. An objectively two dimensional space, that becomes three-dimensional rather subjectively through our interpretation of the codes that are presented.
The compositions suggest continuity of the image beyond its physical limits. An approach that helps to highlight the notion of space in my work and which implicitly refers us to the world of cinema and photography by including the concept of framing.
The glossy and glazed finish of some areas in my paintings is reminiscent of the screen by its transparency. The screen is probably what best represents the transformation of our technological culture, propelling us into a new age of “écranique” (screen) prosthesis. This appendix has become, increasingly, that through which we see and transform our environment. By their ubiquity, screens redefine our space references. The multiple screens within our environments profoundly alter the sensitive area we are able to perceive and our perception of the still image.
In a world where the screen has taken the place of reality and tends to make it disappear (Fischer 2008), has painting, which was originally a window to the world, become the still picture of the “écranique” reality?
Fischer, H. (2008). Les métaphores de l’écran, Prolifération des écrans/Proliferation of screens. Québec [Que.], Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
MA. Master in visual art with distinction, École Multidisciplinaire de l’Image of the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) – Gatineau (Québec) – 2015
MPM. Master in project management, Faculty of administration of the Université du Québec en
Outaouais (UQO) – Gatineau (Québec) – 2012
BFA. Bachelor of arts and design, major in visual arts, Université du Québec en Outaouais
(UQO) – Gatineau (Québec) – 2006
College Education in “visual and media arts”, Collège de l’Outaouais – Gatineau, (Québec)
– 2003
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Painting Exhibition, Sopa Fine Art Gallery, Kelowna (British-Colombia)
2023 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2020 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2020 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2018 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2017 Painting Exhibition, Richelieu Gallery, Montreal (Québec)
2017 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2016 Painting Exhibition, Galerie d’art d’Outremont, Montréal (Québec)
2015 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2015 Painting Exhibition, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau (Québec)
2014 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2014 Painting Exhibition, Galerie Art-Image, Maison de la culture de Gatineau (Québec)
2014 Painting Exhibition, Centre d’exposition de Val-d’Or (Québec)
2013 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2013 Painting Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa (Ontario)
2013 Painting Exhibition, The Chelsea Arts, Culture and Heritage Centre’s, (Québec)
2013 Painting Exhibition, Château Logue, Maniwaki (Québec)
2012 Painting Exhibition, Gallery3, Ottawa (Ontario)
2012 Painting Exhibition, La Nouvelle Scène, Ottawa (Ontario)
2011 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2011 Painting Exhibition, Château Logue, Maniwaki (Québec)
2011 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2010 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2009 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2009 Painting Exhibition, Codification élective, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau (Québec)
2009 Painting Exhibition, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2008 Painting Exhibition, Codification émotive, Espace Odyssée, Maison de la culture de Gatineau (Québec)
2007 Painting Exhibition, Codification pragmatique, Casino Lac Leamy, Gatineau (Québec)
2007 Painting Exhibition, Résistances électives, centre d’artistes AXENÉO7, commissioner: Monique Pilon, Gatineau (Québec)
2006 Painting Exhibition, Époque Art Gallery, Gatineau (Québec)
2005 Sculpture Exhibition, “Hommage à Gilles Carle” Film Festival, curator: Agathe Quévillon, Maniwaki (Québec)
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Collective Exhibitions
2025 Painting Exhibition, Sinergia, CETYS University Gallery, Mixicali, Baja, California (Mexico)
2024 Painting Exhibition, Outaouais à Ottawa, St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
2022 Painting Exhibition, Sinergia, CETYS University Gallery, Mixicali, Baja, California (Mexico)
2019 Painting Exhibition, Sinergia, CETYS University Gallery, Mixicali, Baja, California (Mexico)
2017 Painting Exhibition, l’intemporalité du corp, Le Livart Gallery, Montréal (Québec)
2016 Painting Exhibition, Noir / Blanc , Le Livart Gallery, Montréal (Québec)
2016 Painting Exhibition, Émergence 25 , Art-image Gallery de la Maison de la culture de Gatineau (Québec)
2016 Painting Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
2014 Painting Exhibition, MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal (Québec)
2013 Painting Exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG), (Ontario)
2013 Painting Exhibition, Collection Loto-Québec, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau (Québec)
2012 Painting Exhibition, Journées de la culture, Galerie UQO, Gatineau (Québec)
2012 Painting Exhibition, Private event at Pratte, Gatineau (Québec)
2011 Painting Exhibition, Artists Palettes – Claude Bouchard collection, Museum of Fine arts, Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Québec)
2010 Painting Exhibition, Collection Loto-Québec, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau (Québec)
2009 Painting Exhibition, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, (Ontario)
2008 Painting Exhibition, d’Avignon Gallery, Montréal (Québec)
2007 Painting Exhibition, Émergence, Art-image Gallery, Maison de la culture de Gatineau Québec)
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Awards and Recognitions
2015 Graduated with honours
2014 Excellence Award, UQO Foundation
2013 “Prix de la Relève” at the Culturiades: the Gala of Cultural Excellence in the Outaouais region. (A recognition as the emerging artist of the year)
Experience – Contracting
2010 Design of a presentation image for Lab)Idéeclic!
2010 Guest artist at the Fleurs de macadam Festival – Gatineau, Québec
2009 Lecturer – Jeudi des arts at the Montcalm Gallery – Gatineau, Québec
2009 Lecturer – Mercredi PM at the École Multidisciplinaire de l’Image (ÉMI), Gatineau, Québec
2007 Painting Teacher, City of Gatineau – Gatineau, Québec
2006 Painting Teacher, City of Gatineau – Gatineau, Québec
2006 Guest artist at the Fleurs de macadam Festival – Gatineau, Québec
2005 Design and construction of a steel staircase railing for a house
2003 Assistant in sculpture workshops, Université du Québec en Outaouais – Gatineau, Québec
Collections
Loto-Québec Collection
City of Ottawa Art Collection
City of Gatineau Art Collection
Colart Collection
Private Collection of Claude Bouchard
Global Public Affairs Collection
Cetys University
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Representation in Galleries
St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario)
Gallery 3, Ottawa (Ontario)
Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto (Ontario)
Michel Bigué Gallery, Saint-Saveur (Québec)
L’Harmattan Gallery, Baie-Saint-Paul (Québec)
Blanche Gallery, Montreal (Québec)
Cultural Involvement and Other Activities
Since 2005, I have volunteered at various levels every year with non-profit organizations in the Ottawa / Gatineau region. Over time, I participated in fundraising activities for the Société d’Alzheimer de l’Outaouais québécois land the Maison dʼhébergement Fleur-Ange in Gatineau, La Nouvelle Scène theater in Ottawa, Ottawa Art Gallery, the Centre dʼintervention et de prévention en toxicomanie de lʼOutaouais, the Ottawa Richelieu Club, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Santé Gatineau Foundation, La Lanterne …