RENÉ DEROUIN Born in 1936 in Montréal. Lives and works in Val

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RENÉ DEROUIN
Born in 1936 in Montréal. Lives and works in Val-David in the Laurentians, QC.
For over forty years, the explorations of this multidisciplinary artist have taken him on
successive journeys in which he has probed the continental identity of the Americas, from
North to South. As far back as 1955, he became interested in pre-Columbian cultures and
began to learn about Mexican mural art. He has also pursued his investigations in the Far
North of Québec. In seeking his roots, he has delved into the notion of being “American,”
digging deep into cultural and territorial memories, as well as questions of migration and
the mixing of cultures, past and present. The result is an exemplary, highly current artistic
practice, itself culturally mixed and baroque, which ranges from printmaking and
drawing to sculpture and installation.
In addition to Derouin’s countless exhibitions in Québec, across Canada and in Mexico,
his remarkable works have been shown in France, the Unites States, Venezuela, Australia
and Japan.
His works may be found in many national and international collections¾testimony to the
excellence of his art. They include the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée de la civilisation du Québec, Bibliothèque du
Québec, Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Gallery of Canada, Glenbow
Museum in Calgary, Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional and Museo
Universitario del Chopo, both in Mexico City, Loto-Québec, National Bank and
numerous private collections.
The many prestigious awards he has won both in Québec and beyond its borders (Mexico
and Assemblée parlementaire de la francophonie) clearly demonstrate his outstanding
contribution and the fundamental role he has played in the world of arts and culture in
Québec, across Canada and throughout the Americas, most especially in Mexico.
2011 MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
2008 CHEVALIER OF THE ORDRE NATIONAL DU QUÉBEC
2007 CHEVALIER OF THE ORDRE DE LA PLÉIADE – Québec Section of the
Assemblée parlementaire de la francophonie, for his distinguished efforts in the service
of the ideals of cooperation and friendship in the French-speaking world.
2006 MEXICAN ORDER OF THE AZTEC EAGLE, the highest distinction the Mexican
government awards to foreign citizens.
2005 ORANGE AWARD from SAVE MONTRÉAL and AWARD OF EXCELLENCE,
23rd edition, from the Ordre des architectes du Québec, for his outstanding
accomplishment integrating the arts into architecture with his large mural, Trois siècles
de migration sur le territoire des Amériques, created for the Theology Library at Jean-deBrébeuf College.
1999 QUÉBEC’s PRIX PAUL-ÉMILE-BORDUAS, for his remarkable body of work
and his exceptional contribution to the cultural development of Québec society.
PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES medal awarded by the CONSULATE OF MEXICO, for
his contribution to cultural exchanges.
1998 CAREER GRANT from the CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU
QUÉBEC.
DEROUIN AT THE ÉDITIONS DE L’HEXAGONE
En chemin avec René Derouin. 2005. Manon Regimbald, with a contribution by
Monserrat Galí Boadella, Hexagone, 188 p.
Pour une culture du territoire. 2001. Edited by René Derouin, with a contribution by
Gilles Lapointe, Hexagone, 210 p.
Paraíso. La dualité du baroque. 1998. Artist’s journal on the genesis of a work,
Hexagone, 157 p.
Ressac. De Migrations au Largage. 1996. Texts by René Derouin, critical analysis by
Jocelyne Connolly, Hexagone, 252 p.
L’Espace et la densité. 1993. Conversations with Michel-Pierre Sarrazin, Hexagone,
236 p.
DEROUIN AT ÉDITIONS FIDES
Graphies d’atelier. Le trait continu. 2013. Correspondence, open letters, lectures, private
writings,Fides, 456 p.
Derouin. L’art comme engagement. 2009. Léo Rosshandler, Claudette Hould, Luis de
Moura Sobral and Manon Regimbald, Fides, Montréal, 255 p.
Les cent plus beaux poèmes québécois. 2007. Edited by Pierre Graveline, illustrations of
15 previously unpublished works from Derouin’s series Oro y Sal, Fides, 237 p.
DEROUIN AT ÉDITIONS DU VERSANT NORD INC.
Autour de mon Jardin. 2010. Marché Dufresne, Val-David, Public art project, preface by
Yanick Villedieu, text by René Viau, journal of René Derouin, Éditions du Versant Nord,
50 p.
COLLECTIONS
Air Canada
Allardo Development Corporation, Edmonton,
Alberta
Ambassade du Japon, Ottawa, Ontario
Athasbasca university, Alberta
Baltic Drilling, Alberta
Banque d’Oeuvres d’Art du Canada
Banque Nationale du Canada
Banque Royale du Canada
Banque Toronto Dominion
Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, Cabinet des
Estampes
Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Bibliothèque Gabrielle Roy, Québec
Kelly Lavoie
Loto-Québec
Manulite Insurance Company
Ministère des Finances, gouvernement du
Québec
Mississauga Library
Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
Musée de la Civilisation, Québec
Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec
Musée d’art de Joliette
Musée d’art de Sherbrooke
Musée d’art du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivièredu-Loup.
Bourse de Montréal
Burnaby Art Gallery
Canada Permanent
Canada Permanent
Centre Sheraton, Montréal
Chase Manhattan Bank
Citicorp Canad
Clarkson Gordon
Collection Esso
Collection Lavalin
Collection Loto-Québec
Collection Prêt d’oeuvres d’art du Musée du
Québec
Collection Samuel Bronfman
Collection Steinberg
Collection Desjardins
Loto-Québec acquière Fragments de
Territoires I, 2001, pour sa collection
permanente.
Confederation Center of Arts, Charlottetown,
IPE
Coopers Lybrand
Délégation du Québec – Chicago, U.S.A.
Délégation du Québec – Mexico D.F
Edmonton Saving Credit Union, Edmonton
Esso Resources Canada Ltd, Calgary
Galerie nationale du Canada
Gaz Métropolitain
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Gouvernement de l’Alberta
Grant Keir
Grant MacEven Community College
Guarantee Trust
Hydro-Québec, Montréal
Hydro Ontario, Ontario
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional
Rufino Tamayo, Mexico D.F.
Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico D.F.
Museo Universitario Del Chopo, Mexico D.F.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Venezuela, Caracas.
Musées à travers le monde ont dans leurs
collections Vie et Mort/Vida y Muerte dont :
Museo Nacional de Artes, Bolivia.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Cuba
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Chile.
Museo Nacional de Carlos Merida ,Guatemala
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo ,Panama.
Musée d,art Moderne de Shagail, Duolu,
Chine
etc…+ 25 autres Musées
Pan Canadian Petroleums
Petro Canada, Calgary, Alberta
Phillip Pearce
Polysar Corporation
Reader’s Digest
SSQ Assurance Québec
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Nebraska,
U.S.A.
Société Radio-Canada
Transcontinental
Thorne Ernst Whinney
Thorne Riddell
Touche Ross
Université de Sherbrooke
Université du Québec à Montréal
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Ville de Montréal, Bibliothèque municipale
Ville de Québec, Bibliothèque Gabrielle Roy
Westform Developpement Corporation,
Edmonton, Alberta
Instituto de la Grafica, Oaxaca, Mexico (coll.
Toledo)
Intercity Gas, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba