Yves Louis-Seize
Sculpting since the beginning of the 1980s, Yves Louis-Seize divides his time between teaching and the studio. He is currently teaching sculpture and ceramics at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, the Centre de ceramique Bonsecours (Montreal) and the cegep du Vieux-Montreal.
Louis-Seize ranks amongst the minimalist artists whose works of pure form required (indifferent) space around them. He lays claim and tries to convey a thought as much as a feeling. Louis-Seizes’ work seeks dialectics rather than aporia and he is more preoccupied with the interior scene, with contemplating the somewhat disorderly worlds that sometimes engulf us. He works in steel, creating depth, texture and color through the application of corrosives.
Throughout his career, Yves Louis-Seize has received funding from various levels of government such as the Canada Council for the Arts, the ministere de la Culture et des communications du Quebec, and the Societe.
RESUME
Born in Saint-Andre-Avellin in the Outaouais region in 1950
Education
Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, 1989
Exhibitions
Centre d’exposition CIRCA – 1997, 1989
Galerie Trois Points – 1993, 1991, 1989
Galerie Noctuelle – 1988, 1986
Galerie du centre de ceramique Bonsecours – 1984
Interaction, Galerie d’expression ceramique – 1982
Centre d’art du Mont-Royal – 1982
Galerie Don Stewart - 1981