jean pierre lafrance

JEAN PIERRE LAFRANCE
BIOGRAPHY
Jean-Pierre Lafrance was born in Montreal in 1943. As a small child, he quickly
showed himself to be a child prodigy in the visual arts, showing a skill much
beyond his years. At sixteen, he studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal.
He then went on to study under the tutelage of Jordi Bonet (one of Canada’s
greatest sculptors and muralists), at the Salette Studio, and l’Atelier de l’Ile at
Val-David where he learned the complicated techniques of etching and
lithography.
Jean-Pierre Lafrance creates a visual language of incommensurable structures, subject to the outburst of both
real and unreal, the unlimited order of this dreamlike universe remains the material impulsion of a purely
metaphysical language.
Lafrance has established himself as a multi-disciplinary artist and as a member of the “artistes en arts visuals du
Quebec societe”; he has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, and
many foreign countries. In addition to his paintings, Lafrance has created a number of important sculptures,
which can be found in public places, industrial parks, and commercial buildings.
Recently, the artist has been recognized as one of Canada’s ten most prominent artists. He currently resides in
Montreal, Quebec.
EXHIBITION
2003 Centre d’Art Ozias Leduc, Mont Ste. Hilaire, Quebec
Mont Ste. Hilaire Art Museum, Mont Ste. Hilaire, Quebec
2002 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal
2000 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2000-99 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal
1999-5 Teodora Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1995 Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec
1994 Maison des Arts de Laval, Salle Alfred, Pellan, Quebec
Galerie Vincent, Ottawa, Ontario
Centre d’exposition Val d’Or, Abitibi, Quebec
1993 Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Michel Bigue, St. Sauveur, Quebec
1992 Galerie 13, Soho, New York
Michael Ayzenberg Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Michel Bigue, St. Sauveur, Quebec
1990 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York
1989 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal, Quebec
1988 Galerie Point Rouge, Montreal, Quebec
1986 Auberge des Gouverneurs (Ministry of Cultural Affairs), Quebec
1985 Cultural Centre of Amos, Quebec
Galerie les 2B, Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS
Cultural Centre, Boucherville
Chemin defer du Nord, Senneterre, Quebec
Eglise Chibougamau
Foresterie du Nord, Senneterre, Quebec
Gaetan Morin, publisher
Habitat 67, Montreal
Hamelin & Martineau Publicity
Hoechst, Roussell, Canada
IATA, Tour de la Bourse, Montreal
Levesque, Beaubien, Geoffrion
Loto Quebec
Mercedes-Benz, U.S.A.
Positron Industries
Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, Quebec
Price Waterhouse
Radar Federal, Abitibi, Quebec
Restaurant Le Parvis, Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec
Utrium, Connecticut