Artist News & Events
Instinctuel | Group Exhibition
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. ...
Lieux de rencontre | Group exhibition
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. ...
Dialogue | Ooloosie Saila & Josiane Lanthier
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. ...
Out 2021 | Group exhibition
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. ...
Réinterprétation | Group show
To conclude the year 2020, C.O.A presents a new exhibition featuring the work of local and international artists. In the global context - as we have so often heard - the need to reinvent ourselves has become a byword. Starting December 5th, ten artists will come together around this imperative: the need to reinterpret their reality. ...
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.
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.
