Antoine Claes
Antoine Claes has had a passion for photography since his college days. Claes has used this discipline as reference in his painting.
The sources of inspiration for his work result from the urban universe, specifically, technology and architecture. His painting is based on principles like verticality, the geometrical organization and the treatment of light. Technically, he uses the juxtapositions, the dissolves, the slides and the footings of a palette knife. His process is of an aesthetic nature and consists in letting the subject matter and the light speak rather than seeking to justify it in another way. He exploits the topic of the enlightened window of the interior; they are generally buildings of offices. The evocation of the light in his works carries the emotion; it supports contemplation and wakes up imagination.
Born in Montreal in 1971
Education
2000 Training course in graphic design, Studio of the Mountain, Montreal
1995-1999 Diploma of first cycle, Design Art, Concordia University, Montreal
1994-1995 Academic year, Industrial Design, Higher École of Visual Arts of Cambers, Brussels,
Belgium
1993-1994 Training course in striged-instrument trade (organ), Brussels, Begium
1990-1993 DEC in Visual Arts, College of St. Lawrence, Quebec
Exhibitions
2008 Engage, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN (collective)
2003 Abstractedly, Artus Gallery, Montreal (solo)
2003 Intersection, Bar O Patro Vys, Montreal (collective)
2002 Banal phenomenon, Zeke Gallery, Montreal (solo)
1997 Series of fabrics pointillists on the topic of horizontality, Spaces commercial, Montreal (solo)
1991 Public Presentation, Association of the artists of Lasalle, Quibec (certificate of honor)
1991 Antoine Claes, Coffee Chaos, Montreal (solo)