Artist News & Events
Isaac Cordal, the artist of minature
Isaac Cordal, like every street artist, produces denunciatory social art. The recurring figurines in his creations are a metaphor for the contemporary human condition. Their tiny size reflects the crushing burden borne by everyone in the face of scourges such as class struggle, oligarchy, global warming or the misery we witness on every street corner. ...
Kottie Paloma | Online show
Galerie C.O.A is pleased to present a virtual exhibition by Kottie Paloma entitled “Killing Time Like a Stray Dog.” Born in 1974, the artist lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. The current pandemic context pushes him to evaluate his past artistic practice, and to reflect upon his own reality. The works he selects are inhabited with the notions of solitude and confinement; truths that are highly contextual nowadays and that concern us all.
Interview | Danny Gretscher by Artmerit
"Can you tell me a little about yourself, your background, and when you first started working full-time as an artist? - My spaceship landed a while ago on planet earth. I was surprised how beautiful it is here on earth, so I decided to stay. I was given a magic pill to wish what I want to be and I decided to become an artist. Et voilà, here I am and that’s what I do."
Josiane Lanthier | Solo show
The Galerie C.O.A is delighted to present the first solo exhibit of emerging artist Josiane Lanthier. This exhibit spotlights her singular vision, that of a play on color, texture, luminosity, and overlapping layers, which allows her to manipulate one’s perception and to give her work another dimension.
Out | Group show
In 2020, Galerie C.O.A sets aside the established frameworks and opens its doors to the marginal art of the outsiders. At a time when outsider art is invading the most emblematic museums, and in reaction to a society where the image is systematically standardized, the floor is given to singular artists. Six of them take over the gallery walls – including four with intellectual disabilities – from Quebec, France, Belgium, Denmark and the United States.
Sylvain Bouthillette | Online exhibition
Sylvain Bouthillette, born in 1963, lives and works in Montreal. A multidisciplinary artist, his work balances between music, dance, installation, sculpture, painting and photography. Whatever the medium, his works tend to demonstrate that ridicule, impermanence, confusion, instability ambiguity, uncertainty, and embarrassment are all forms of liberation if we stop believing that life is something stable and definable...
MissMe x Cheap Festival
PASSAGE | Group show
From October 25th to November 17th, 2018, we'll be presenting a group show where all the featured artists, through different mediums and ideals, express a common desire to change perceptions, morals or any established fact.
Éric Nado | QW3RT¥
Eric Nado lives and works in Montreal. For 20 years, he has collected, deconstructed and reassembled industrial objects in series. Each of the resulting sculptures is a true technical exploration. His concern for skills and performance always comes with a common thread to the artist’s work: the storytelling of our collective past through the creation of evocative works.
Ms. Teri + Cat Prince | Crafty Cunts
Curated by two women, the exhibition "Crafty Cunts" is a meeting between fine art and craft, crossing historical and contemporary imagery.
The Mêmes-Cacaïstes
Hélène Cenedese | E V E R Y D A Y
For the first time, the Galerie C.O.A is hosting a solo exhibition of Hélène Cenedese, an artist from Montreal. The exhibition will occur from march 15th to april 21st and spotlights her last drawings and paintings, plastic testimonies of a daily routine comon to all.
Open the Whale of Love | Olivier Martineau
Quebec artist Olivier Martineau presents Open the Whale of Love, his first solo exhibition at the Galerie C.O.A (6405 St-Laurent Blvd.) from March 23rd to April 29th, 2017. Martineau roams the streets of Montreal and the highways of Quebec, gleaning abandoned objects that inspire him. Stray wheel caps, umbrellas, toboggans and other discarded articles feed the artist’s whimsy.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Carlito Dalceggio
October 4th to November 19th, 2016
With guest artists: Marie Saint-Pierre, Ruby Brown, Nils Fluck, Stéphane Cocke, and Lucie Laurier.
For the first time in eight years, Carlito Dalceggio will be presenting a solo show in Montreal, which he describes as being ''sensory''. It is the product of laboratory-like research creation of new myths, and a new ritual in which painting, sculpture, fashion design, scents, installations, music, poetry, voice, and light, coalesce.
Acidum Project + REMIX
June 14th to August 13th, 2016
Galerie C.O.A is hosting ACIDUM PROJECT’s very first exhibition in Canada. The collective was founded by artist duo Tereza and Robézio (aka AC/D1): Together, they create colourful frescoes, oft inspired by themes of humanity and knowledge. During their stay in Montreal, the duo will also leave their colourful mark on the local landscape through their collaboration with the 2016 edition of the MURAL festival. REMIX is the second part of this joint exhibition, featuring the works of 12 artists hailing from Belgium, Spain, Germany, the UK, the US, and Canada. Mixing different influences, objects or references, each artist uses different techniques and materials, skewing their original meaning to create new combinations of different systems, often borrowing from Art History.
The artists: [CA] Sandra Chevrier, Eric Godin, Éric Nado, [US] Tom Berenz, AM DeBrincat, Nicolas Holiber, Matthew Lapenta, [UK] Simon Shepherd, Dale VN Marshall, [BE] Strook, [ES] Isaac Cordal, [GE] Jaybo Monk
MURAL Festival | 2016
June 9-12, 2016
Montreal annual street art festival
[CA] Sandra Chevrier, [CR] Lonak, [US] Rafael Bautista, Kaws, Shephard Fairey, [CA] Gawd, Zoltan Veevaete, Éric Nado [FR] JR, [ES] Issac Cordal
EYE candy | Zoltan Veevaete & Alejandro Carpintero
March 3rd to April 4th, 2016
''EYE candy'' brings together two artists of different origins whose work deals with the same subject matter; the millennial generation. Born in the era of computer science, portable electronics, and digital information, this generation cultivates a form of individualism and narcissism on a daily basis. Through their referential paintings, Zoltan Veevaete (Canada) and Alejandro Carpintero (Spain) borrow from different styles, from classicism to graffiti, to present us with a highly colourful and attractive plastic offering.
About Zoltan Veevaete | About Alejandro Carpintero
URBAN INERTIA | Isaac Cordal
October 29th to November 28th, 2015
Spanish artist Isaac Cordal is currently in Montreal preparing his exhibition, ‘Urban Inertia’, which will be presented at Galerie C.O.A. Isaac Cordal made Montreal his playground by putting his resin figurines in various contexts throughout the city: cracks in the walls, on sidewalks, and puddles. His work is a profound reflection on the concept of progress, our ways of living, and how they affect our society.
1 AN | 1 YEAR OLD !
June 12th to August 13th, 2015
Come celebrate with us on the occasion of our first anniversary ! We will present exclusive artwork created by seven Quebec artists : Sandra Chevrier, Spazuk, Eric Godin, Éric Nado, Aiming for the Gut, Gawd, and Lino. The vernissage will open at 7 PM and the festivities will continue until midnight, under the musical supervision of DJ Bijou.
A warm thank you to our sponsors: London Calling Cider, The Botanist Gin, Cointreau, Rémy Martin, and Saint-Justin.
VISION
May 2nd to June 6th, 2015
Galerie C.O.A presents the artworks of twelve painters and sculptors : Adrian Landon Brooks, Antonio Samo, Damien Hoar de Galvan, Daniel Segrove, Eric Godin, Eric Haacht, Jonathan Casella, Lino, Mathieu Connery, Matthew Robertson, Michael Reader, and Mark Posey. From different backgrounds, each artist offers their own atypical vision, be it raw or distorted; their glance of the world. This exhibition also marks Eric Godin's official entry as a C.O.A - represented artist.
SCOPE New York | 2015
March 5-9, 2015
Sandra Chevrier, Caleb Hahne, Eric Nado, Russ Noto, Spazuk, Isaac Cordal, Sergio Garcia, Gawd
CONVICTIONS and Other Interpretations | Spazuk
October 15th to November 15th, 2014
Spazuk paints with fire: he has developed and perfected a unique technique using a candle flame as a pencil, and creates his paintings with trails of soot. With a collection of eclectic tools, he intuitively sculpts the carbon featherings on the paper, to reveal the light in his images. The results are remarkable. Portraits, birds, imprints; Spazuk's subject choices echo the fragility and fluidity of his medium. In this exhibition, he demonstrates his exceptional mastery of flame paintings. Revealing combinations and juxtapositions both incongruous and rich in meaning, his recent work speaks clearly of his beliefs and convictions. The shapes and patterns borne from his capricious smokes give way to many organic and personal interpretations.
