2020
2019
2018
2016-2017
Solo Exhibitions (*Jury selection)
2018 The Metamorphosis of the Elements , Peter B. Yeomans Centre, Dorval, Qc
2017 The Language of Matter, Espace Éphémère, Laval, Qc
2015 Eclosion, Uno Gallery, Quebec City, Qc
2014 Eclosion, Saint-Laurent Complex, LaPrairie, Qc
2013 Gestation, Seigneurie Gallery, Châteauguay, Qc
2013 Gestation, City of Longueuil, Qc
2013 Gestation, Boreart Gallery, Granby, Qc
2013 Mixed Medias exhibition, Station-C, Montreal, Qc
2012 Mixed medias exhibition – Space Gallery, Chicoutimi, Qc
2012 Multiples- Andre-Benjamin Papineau’s Cultural house, Laval, Qc
Group Exhibitions (*Jury selection)
2018 Sofa expo Chicago, Artêria Gallery
2018 Affordable art fair, Hambrug, Artêria Gallery
2017 Affordable Art Fair, New York, Arteria Gallery
2016 Art Fair, Stockholm, Arteria Gallery
2016 Art South Hampton, Arteria Gallery
2016 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong, Arteria Gallery,
2015 The Artist Project, Better Living Center, Toronto, On
2014 Spectrum Miami, Art Basel, FL
2014 International Art Festival, Highline Loft Gallery of Chelsea, NYC
2014 FIMA (International Art Festival) Montreal, Qc
2014 Timeraiser, Montreal Science Center, Qc
2014 The Artist Project, Better Living Center, Toronto, On
2013 Digital Show, Scope Miami (Art Basel), FL, See.me group of NYC
2013 Mixed Media Exhibition – Art Gallery – Blainville, Qc
2012 L’absurde – Museum of Fine Arts, Mont St-Hilaire, Qc
2012 Acquisitions – Art Gallery, Blainville, Qc
2012 Amalgame, Espace contemporain Gallery, Mtl, Qc
2012 Digital Show, Artist Wanted – Time Square, NYC
2012 Group Exhibition, St-Basile-Le-Grand’s City Hall, Qc
2011 Art au carré – McClure Gallery, Montreal, Qc
2011 Mixed Media Exhibition, La Prairie, Qc
2011 Cultural Days, Arts Festival, St-Basile-le Grand, Qc
2011 Arts Annual – André-Benjamin-Papineau’s cultural house, Laval, Qc
2011 Le noir en couleurs – Museum of Fine Arts, Mont St-Hilaire, Qc
2011 Festival de la relève Promutuel – Thedford mines, QC
Bio
Marie-Josée Bergeron obtained a Fine Arts Diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree in Design from the Université de Quebec in Montreal. For several years she was an Art Director and special TV correspondent for TVA network as well as for design trade shows, residential and design projects. As visual artist and creative expert within corporate environments, her objective is to endorse and influence the greater public on the importance and necessity of the visual arts and cultural arts in our society.
Her work is regularly presented Internationally at Art Fairs notably in New York City, Hamburg and Stockholm. Her work is present in many private collections. She is represented in Montreal by Arteria Gallery and in France by Carré d’Artistes.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The underlying tendency of my artistic works lies in questioning the biological essence of life and the physical makeup of matter: the overall concepts of transformation and metamorphosis. In constant search of textures, I take pictures and gather materials to return to the studio. All matter is sought as stimuli to glean visual cues and serve as inspiration. I envision the canvas as a broad surface rather than simply a surface hosting a predominating image. The surface becomes a pretext for my spontaneous and intuitive experiments with matter. It is from these beginnings, and the hues & colors from a preselected palette that I stage a visual and chromatic presentation. I freely and instinctively stroke the canvas, allowing shapes, lines and forms to outline random recognizable images. In my painting a shape is gradually fashioned one brush stroke spawned from the previous one. It is happenstance guiding my works to take their form.