Elmyna Bouchard

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Canadian. Born in Jonquière, Québec (1965).
Lives and works Montréal.

The most recent works of Elmyna Bouchard use the stamping technique, composed of a single pattern per image repeated creating monochrome figures and surfaces made with a small hand-draw welded device. These highly textured drawings spontaneously evoke the delicateness of lace, textile or chainmail. As gesture becomes mechanical through repetition, Bouchard distorts the initial sign in order to deploy a surface featuring objects with primitive accents and pieces of enigmatic fabric.

As this process removes the impulsive and animated gesture, the artist can feign to a certain tranquility commonly associated with slow and repetitive mechanisms. This analogy of the textile construction suggests the imprint of a coveted truce, a thirst for benevolence that emanates from an incessant questioning relative to the erosion of our certainties.

Recipient of several prizes, Elmyna Bouchard received in 2003 the Monique and Robert Parizeau Foundation Award, a prize given to a Quebec artist who has made a significant contribution to the field of printmaking. The artist has exhibited extensively in Quebec and Canada and her work has also been presented internationally, in China (Beijing), Thailand (Bangkok) and Belgium (Liège) among others.

COLLECTIONS :

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Canada)
Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec (Montréal, Canada)
Cirque du Soleil (Montréal, Canada)
National Bank of Canada (Montréal, Canada)
Hydro-Québec (Montréal, Canada)
Bank of Montreal Financial Group (Toronto, Canada)
Hôtel Reine Elizabeth (Montréal, Canada)

Curriculum Vitae
Site web de l’artiste

Exhibitions

Entrelacs

Elmyna Bouchard, Julie Ouellet, Marie-Claude Bouthillier, Martinet & Texereau, Natalie Reis, Nikola Röthemeyer
July 5 - August 23, 2014

Féminin Pluriel

Elmyna Bouchard, Julie Voyce, Natalie Reis
January 16 - February 13, 2010

Oeuvres sur papier

Clint Griffin, Elmyna Bouchard, Julie Voyce, Marc Séguin, Nathalie Grimard
September 9 - October 7, 2006

Press

  • 2014. 11. 03. - Marine Van Hoof. Elmyna Bouchard et Fiene Scharp à la Galerie Trois Points, Vie des Arts. web | PDF
  • 2014. 07. 11. - Victoria Shinkaruk. Entrelacs Gallery Exhibit, Montréal Rampage. web
  • 2012. 04. 30. - Ariane Perpignani. Papier 12, Enfin !, Curious Montréal. PDF
  • 2012. 04. 30. - . Neon fruit supermarket, Tumblr. PDF
  • 2012. 04. 19. - David Balzer. Papier 12 : Good on Paper, Canadian art. web | PDF
  • 2012. 04. 17. - Émilie Plante. Papier 12: une cinquième édition florissante, Pieuvre. PDF
  • 2012. 04. 15. - . Papier 12: Top3, Party MixTape. PDF
  • 2012. 04. 07. - John Pohl. Papier fair showcases affordable artwork, The Gazette. web | PDF
  • 2012. 01. 26. - Claude Deschênes. Le Rallye des galeries, Radio-Canada. web | PDF
  • 2012. 01. 26. - Éric Clément. Rallye des galeries 2012: une bonne cuvée, La Presse. web | PDF
  • 2010. 06. 15. - Annie Lafleur. Dessins, Maison de la culture Frontenac. PDF
  • 2008. 09. 01. - Annie Lafleur. Elmyna Bouchard. Illuminer le grain, Protée, Vol. 36, No 2 . web | PDF
  • 2007. 12. 01. - Henry Lehmann. , The Gazette. PDF
  • 2007. 09. 27. - Nicolas Mavrikakis. L’art contemporain abordable, Voir. PDF
  • 2007. 05. 19. - Nathalie Côté. Fantaisies sur papier, Le Soleil. PDF
  • 2006. 09. 01. - André Seleanu. Musique secrète, espace intérieur, Vie des arts, Vol. 50, No 205. web | PDF
  • 2004. 01. 11. - . L’obsession du dessin, La Presse . PDF
  • 2003. 06. 15. - Henry Lehmann. Pictures of a gallery’s life, The Gazette. PDF
  • 2001. 07. 14. - Jérôme Delgado. La fête de l’estampe, La Presse. web | PDF
  • 2001. 05. 05. - David Cantin. Reflets de la condition humaine, Le Devoir. web | PDF
  • 2001. 05. 05. - D.Q.. Louis-Pierre Bougie et compagnie, Le Soleil. web | PDF
  • 2000. 12. 23. - Jennifer Couëlle. Épisodes poétiques, La Presse. web | PDF
  • 2000. 12. 23. - Sonia Pelletier. Jeux et tempête sur estampe, Le Devoir. web | PDF
  • 2000. 05. 06. - Henry Lehmann. Printmaking shows it still has power, The Gazette. PDF
  • 2000. 01. 15. - . Primeurs: Elmyna Bouchard, Le Soleil. web | PDF
  • 1999. 02. 11. - Lyne Crevier. Bruissement de papier, Ici. PDF