Pierre Pivet - harbour gallery

Pierre Pivet
Born in 1948, Pierre Pivet moved from his native Normandy to Paris,
France, at the age of five. He grew up in a working-class district in
the City of Light. At sixteen, he entered the job market due to his
parents’ lack of means. Inevitably, his pursuit of painting, already a
passion, was limited to his free time.
After his parents passed in 1969, he worked as a programmer for
three years. In 1972, he left his job and moved to San Francisco where
he devoted himself to painting. Back in Paris in 1974, he studied
painting for three years at the prestigious Académie de Port-Royal in
Paris, under the tutelage of professors Claude Schürr, Jean Marzelle
and Jean-Maxime Relange. He won the Académie’s first prize in 1976
and started exhibiting that very year. Thus began a long artistic
career. Voyages of discovery and indelible encounters, including a
Le Pique-Nique—oil on canvas 48" x 60"
meeting with painter René Brochard, who became a close friend,
have marked his life. In 1983, Pivet left Europe to settle in Montreal,
Quebec.
Pivet is a prolific painter. On average, he has presented one
public solo exhibition annually in various countries since 1973. His
work has been featured at the Autumn Salon in Paris from 1975-1983
and 1990-1991, at the Galerie de l’Isle in Montreal from 1984 to 2004
and Art Expo, New York, from 1997 to 2000.
He has won many accolades throughout his career. In Canada,
Pivet won the silver medal of Contemporary Art in 1981 in Québec. In
1982, he was selected for the prestigious Prix de Monte Carlo which
is awarded by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). In 1984,
he participated in a group exhibition, entitled Montréal as Seen by
Painters, 1860-1984, at the Montreal City Hall. In 1987, he was invited
as guest of honour by Alexander Ebeid, the Falcons’ polo team
captain to his Cheltenham estate in the United Kingdom. He painted
an enduring series of polo works during his month-long stay. In 1997,
the French Embassy in Panama featured his work at an exhibition in
collaboration with French Ambassador, Alain Pallu de Beaupuy.
A two-year project to paint twelve hockey greats from the
Montreal Canadians which included Maurice Richard, Henri Richard,
Jean Béliveau, Dickie Moore, Yvan Cournoyer, Serge Savard, Guy
Lapointe, Guy Carbonneau, Yvon Lambert, Guy Lafleur, Patrick Roy
and Frank Mahovlich, garnered much attention and culminated in a
gala reception attended by the players. Pivet’s twelve original works
on canvas paid tribute to these legendary figures of hockey who are
iconic in Canadian sports culture.
Pivet’s works are exhibited in Europe and North America and
are collected by both corporations and individuals worldwide
including Belgium, Canada, France, Japan, Morocco, Panama,
Switzerland, and the United States. In Canada, his work is held in
a number of corporate collections, including those of Pratt &
Whitney, SNC Lavalin, Gaz Métropolitain and Deloitte & Touche.
Bournes les Mimosas—oil on canvas 48" x 60"
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON
Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX
2012 Centre culturel Jean Monnet,
Saint-Genis-Pouilly, FR
2010 Galerie MX, Montreal, QC
Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX
2009 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX
2006 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2005 Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX
2004 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie Salvany, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2003 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2002 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2000 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR
New York Art Expo, New York, NY
1999 Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
New York Art Expo, New York, NY
1998 New York Art Expo, New York, NY
Galerie l’Héritage contemporain, Québec, QC
1997 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
1996 Habitante Art Gallery, Panama City, PA
Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie l’Héritage contemporain, Québec, QC
1995 Dusty English Inn, Lansing, MI
West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
1994 Wallace Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Noblesse Oblige Gallery,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
1992 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984 1983
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Art Modern Gallery,
Luxemburg City, LU
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
Palm Springs Gallery, Palm Springs, FL
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie du Théâtre, Geneva, SW
Daniel Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie du Théâtre, Geneva, SW
Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Galerie Beffroi, Fougères, FR
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Galerie Louise Londre, Brussels, BE
2006 Galerie Art Comparaison, Paris, FR
2001 Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR
2002 Galerie Art Comparaison, Paris, FR
1999 Marseille, Galerie Asakusa,
Marseille, FR
1996 Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL
1987 Galerie Palm Spring, Palm Springs, FL
1987 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC
Selected Collections
Abitibi Price, Montreal QC
De Granpré Chait Lawyers, Montreal, QC
E.E.S. Financial Services, Markham, ON
Gaz Métropolitain, Montreal, QC
Guy & Gilbert, Montreal, QC
Lise Watier, Montreal, QC
Morentzos Restaurant Group, Montreal, QC
Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, QC
Samson Belair, Deloitte & Touche,
Montreal, QC
Société Gamma, Ottawa, ON
SNC Lavalin, Montreal, QC
Steinberg, Montreal, QC
The Westcliff Group of Companies,
Montreal, QC
Tsirco, Montreal, QC
Selected Commissions
Altapex Construction Corporation
Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec, (Quebec Federation of Specialist
Physicians)
Tsirco
Queue de cheval
40 Westt
Le pois penché
Honours
1997 Guest of Honour, Exhibition
organized by the Embassy of France in Panama City, PA
1993 Thematic exhibition Nous sommes ce monde, il est notre reflet, TV5 Television, Montreal, QC
1987 Guest of Honour, Alexander Ebeid’s estate, Cheltenham, UK
1984 Invitation to participate in Montreal City Hall Exhibit Montréal vue
par les peintres de 1860 à 1984,
Montreal, QC
1984 Guest of Honour, the first Fall
Salon in Frelighsburg, County of
Missisquoi, Quebec, in collaboration with Guy Gilbert, President of the Barreau du Québec
1982 Selected for the Prix de Monte Carlo
1981 Silver Medal, Bilan Art Contemporain, Québec
1977 Prix Drouant, Paris
1976 Grand Prix, Académie de Port-Royal