Artist News & Events

For those who don’t know yet, the acronym “C.O.A.” honours a vision we have been clinging to since the opening of the gallery: Créateurs d’Œuvres Atypiques (Creators of Atypical Work). It’s a gamble that we take again and again, one exhibition after another. The next one is no exception to the rule. So mark your calendars! On March 16th, Vinna Bégin and Benoit Blondeau’s duo exhibition starts. ...

The disruptions we experience on a daily basis, both individually and collectively, prompt us to continually redefine our thought patterns. With that in mind, Moe Piuze has built the ideal studio where he can restructure his worries, ideas, and other aspects of his life through the technique of self-hypnosis—the ability to modify, at will, one’s state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep to tap into the unconscious resources of the mind. ...

C.O.A. launches its annual program with the third edition of Out, a critical exhibition about singularity and inclusion. The works of four artists, two of whom are neurodivergent, are brought together. This approach, from an aesthetic, but also societal point of view, is more important than ever in a world where neurodivergence is still perceived as a stigmatizing otherness. Beyond the artistic gesture, Out 2023 proposes a series of human encounters and a privileged opportunity to open up to the beauty of an atypical creation. ...

In collaboration with Eric Nado, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new limited edition entitled “Remington 5,” which will be released on December 1, 2022, at noon, just in time for the holidays. ...

Pieces of scenery, fragments of boréalia, Karine Locatelli illuminates the immense benevolence of nature in her art. With a finely textured and decontextualized visual poetry, mountains, snow piles in shopping centre parking lots, rocks bordering a river are rendered anew. ...

C.O.A participates in the Foire en art actuel de Québec (Quebec Contemporary Art Fair) 

For its eighth edition, the Foire en art actuel de Québec (FAAQ) will hold a booth presenting seven AGAC member galleries from Montreal and Quebec City, in a more traditional deployment. Indeed, as in previous editions, each of the participating galleries will have its own booth to introduce you to their represented artists. C.O.A will be part of the FAAQ and you will be able to discover new works by Valérie Gobeil, Karine Locatelli, Éric Nado, Moe Piuze and Ooloosie Saila. ...

A double solo exhibition splits the gallery into two distinct, yet not contradictory, worlds. When we first encounter the work of Montreal artist Yannick Chayer (Quebec, Canada), we’re confronted with abstract forms that coexist with the figurative in scenes that are both free and pictorial. Chayer is interested in experimental music and his art, similarly, is casual and does not rely on any pre-established narrative. ...

With “Instinctuel,” C.O.A presents an exhibition free of all constraints, where seven local and international artists communicate their desire to reveal their own essence. Through a very basic palette, the exhibition emphasizes the brutality in the treatment of the subject rather than the complexity of the work. A weave of superimpositions, lines, colours and multiple materials share the walls of the gallery, where the artists are presented in turn. ...

Alexandra Levasseur’s plastic practice proposes two dissimilar but not contradictory readings. A multidisciplinary artist, she paints, sculpts, and animates driven by a deep interest in, on the one hand, a scientific approach to the relationship between humankind and nature, and, on the other, the mythological, even mystical interpretation that one can draw from it. The works that make up this exhibition entitled “Tourner autour du soleil” (Circling the Sun) gravitate between these two worlds, one scientific and the other spiritual. ...

Created by AGAC in 2007, Papier is the largest art fair in Québec. The event is a key driver for Canadian contemporary art, as well as a unique meeting ground for the greater public, enthusiasts, and visual arts professionals alike. From November 25 to 28, the physical part of the fair will take place at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal. ... 

Executive assistant (replacement for 12-month maternity leave - with the possibility of renewal). We’re looking for a reliable, meticulous person with great organizational skills. ...

Karine Locatelli is an artist from Lévis (Québec, Canada). She is known for her mastery of the line, the medium she has chosen to represent the landscapes that surround her or that she encounters on her travels. But it’s a question of sensitive experience, since she is not concerned with the recreation of a subject, but rather with testifying to her experience of the territory. ...

Whether it is the simple drawing of a line, a play of texture or a dialogue between the full and the empty, the work of art suggests a sensory experience. Five artists (from Canada, the United States and Benin) attempt to propose a connection: art as a vehicle of the quest for meaning, which, if the viewer pauses, becomes the scene of an encounter. ...

The very first edition of Gallery Weekend Montreal will take place from June 10 to June 13, 2021. It’s 4 routes bringing together a selection of galleries presenting exceptional exhibitions this summer. We are part of it! A diverse program will allow you to discover hundreds of artists through various special activities planned by the galleries. ...

For C.O.A, this exhibition marks an opportunity to bring together two favourites: two emerging artists in their early thirties who paint the territories that surround them. Although the landscapes that inspire them differ, Ooloosie Saila (Canadian Inuit artist from Kinngait - Cape Dorset) and Josiane Lanthier (Montreal painter expatriated in Baie-Saint-Paul) share a common vision. Through their works, they both choose to translate an emotion, the trace of a visual feeling, rather than a photographic representation of forms. ...

Throughout this exhibition, C.O.A. advocates for awareness: nine artists take over the walls of the gallery, five of whom have an intellectual disability and/or an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Because there is no longer any question of drawing a distinction between these creators, the focus isn’t on the marginal status of some. Whether paintings or sculptures, only the aesthetic qualities and intrinsic properties of each work are recognized. ...