Aline Joanis

Aline Joanis
Aline grew up in a rural area and gets her inspiration from nature and from trips around the world. From her very early childhood, she demonstrated not only aptitudes
but also interest in expressing herself artistically.
Attracted by the colors, she chose oil and acrylic as her media. She enrolled herself in classes at the Ottawa School of Arts and kept improving her abilities through
personal experiences, special workshops and plein- air painting sessions.
Many exhibitions, solo and in group, were done successfully and her work is shown in different galleries. Her work is recognized by a few Art Associations where she
is member.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My life’s journey brought me to paint, sculpt and appreciate arts of all kind. All my energy is spent on painting, discovering, experimenting, to share and give the
best of myself. Direct contact with nature stimulates my imagination and enable me to paint outside the box and leaves me free to experiment and create from the
inside out.. The fragrant country air, the birds’ music and melody, the nature’s array of colours, the feeling of freedom and well-being, all this incites me to create and
to capture the mystery, the energy and emotions, the roughness or delicate beauty of the subject, through textures and expressive colours.
My goal is to paint the world, to embrace its beauty, to reflect the inspiration, the freedom I feel, the emotions, the life within.
2- ART EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Courses at "Ottawa School of Arts " Ottawa, ON
* Portrait with Mr. Robert Hyndman
* Exploring the imagination: Mr. Blair Scharpe
* Portrait with: Mr. Gerald Smith
- Personalizing Subject Matter with Mary Wood.
- Human Figure and Portrait with Audrea Mossop-Green
- Sculptures with: Majed Abies.
-Workshop: Acrylic and oil painting with: Mr. Doug Purdon.
- Plein Air sessions with a group of artists, in Ontario and Quebec
- Courses, workshops and open sessions with Mrs Pierrette Dulude-Bohay
- Workshop: acrylic with: Mr. Charlie Spratt.
- Workshop: How to teach arts with Mrs. Deborah Czernecky.
- Workshops: with live models. Rockland, Orléans, Gloucester.
- Courses with Mrs. Gertrude Miron, Mr. Gilles Proulx, Mr. J.Archambeault….
- Arts Symposium by the Ontario Council of Arts,. 1989, with Mr. Clément Berini.
3- ART-RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Instructor with Ottawa School of Arts, Adult Classes.
- Presenting a seminar” How to Prepare an Exhibition” with Ottawa Art East Association.
- Associate Member of the Galerie Old Chelsea
- Assistant Coordinator for the Eugene Racette Gallery, Orleans, On.
- Visual Arts course: ceramic, sculpture, etc…
- Artistic interior decorations courses…
- Course "Portfolio Project ", given by the Gloucester Council of Arts.
- Inspiration coming from several trips: Canada and it's provinces, Africa, France, Hawaii, Puerto-Rico,
Jamaica, Cancun, Florida, California, Las Vegas, Acapulco,… etc.
- Fashion and beauty consultant business owner. (1976-1996)
- Teaching and counseling in beauty and color analysis.
- Volunteer Work: Career Days Demonstrations
* Teaching visual art courses to adolescents and adults.
+ Plantagenet High School, Plantagenet ON.
+Rockland Elementary School, Rockland, ON.
+ Notre Dame du Cap, Cumberland, ON
+ Ecole des voyageurs, Orléans, ON
-Trip to Cancun Mexico to paint and photograph
- Plein air painting in Val-David, QUE.
- Teaching art classes for adults at La Ste Famille Center , Rockland, ON.
- Teaching art classes for adults at the Visual Art Center in Orleans, On.
- Open air session in Charlevoix, Northeastern Québec, QC
- Excursions in Cancun, Mexico in Nigeria, Africa with my canvasses and paint brushes.
4- MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER ART ASSOCIATION:
-Ottawa Art Association
- Arts Ottawa East Association
- The “Plein Air Ensemble
- Arteast, Orléans, On.
- CAA: Conseil des arts de Aylmer.
- East Central Ontario Art Association :
5- ART EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2014
SOLO : Galerie Eugène Racette, Orléans
Orleans Art Studio Tour, June
St-Laurent Complex
2013
SOLO: AOE Gallery, Shenkman Center, Orleans.\
Orleans Art Studios Tour .
Group Show Wall Space Gallery, Orléans
2012
- Festival des Arts d’Orléans, Shenkman Center.
-Gallery Old Chelsea, Chelsea, Qc
-Atrium Gallery, Frenlman Center, On
2011
- SOLO: YMCA, Rockland, On
- Coloris sur la baie, Rockland
- Ottawa Folklore Center, Ottawa
- Orleans Studio Tour, Orleans.
- Orleans Arts Featival, Shenkman Center
2010
- Symposium de Gatineau, Maison du Citoyen, Hull Qc
- Coloris sur la baie, Rockland, On
- Plein Air Ensemble Exhibition, Galerie Old Chelsea.
- SOLO : Galerie Old Chelsea,Qc
- SOLO : Galerie Eugène Racette, Orléans, On
2009
- Plein air ensemble, group exhibition, Galerie Old Chelsea, Qc.
- Orleans Studios Tour, Orleans, On. ( June 20-21, 2009)
- CAA Spring Show, Aylmer, Qc. ( April 4-5, 2009)
- Solo: Galerie Old Chelsea, Sept 17 to Oct. 7, 2009)
- Colours in Rockland, On.( October 24-25, 2009)
2008
- Orleans Studio Tour, 2008.
- Artour Prescott-Russell
- Solo: La galerie Old Chelsea, Old Chelsea, Qc
- Coloris sur la baie, 2008.
- Solo: Galerie Eugene Racette, Orleans, On
- 2007
- Group exhibition “ Plein Air ENSEMBLE “ Gallery Old Chelsea, Old Chelsea, Qué.
- Solo exhibition: Trips “ plein air” and imaginative”, Eugene Racette Gallery, Orleans, On.
- Ottawa Fine Art Festival, Ottawa, On.
- Solo Exhibition: Multicultural : Nigeria, Africa and Arizona, U.S.A..Eugene Racette Gallery.
- Ottawa Arts East Gallery: Guilty Pleasures, Orleans, On.
- Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, Cornwall, On.
- Solo exhibition” Africa-Arizona, VACO Gallery, Orleans, On
- ARTour, Prescott-Russell, Domaine Bourget, Bourget, On
- Coloris sur la baie-2007, Rockland, On.
- ECOAA juried exhibition, 101 Centerpointe Gallery, Ottawa, On
- Arteast Juried Exhibition,”Dreaming in Colour”, Gloucester Gallery, Ottawa, On.
- 26 th, Art and Photos Exhibition, Gloucester, On.
2006
- Group exhibition “ Plein Air ENSEMBLE “ Gallery Old Chelsea, Old Chelsea, Qué
- Solo exhibition at Domaine Bourget, Bourget, On.
- Solo exhibition, Gallery: Les trois petits points, Alexandria, On
- Exhibition at The Muse-o-Park, Vanier, On
- Merrickville Arts Festival. Merrickville, On.
- Solo exhibition at Ste-Famille Gallery, Rockland, On.
- Arts in the Park, Ottawa, On.
- Coloris sur la baie, Rockland, On
- Symposium de peintures et sculptures, St-Hubert, Que.
- Autumn Art 2006, St-Hubert, Que.
2005-2001
- Solo exhibition: Domaine Bourget, Bourget, On.
- Exhibition with '' plein air artists'', Vaco, Orleans, On.
- Solo exhibition: Eugene Racette Galery, Orleans, On
Landsdowne Park, Ottawa, On
- Place d'Orléans, Orléans, On
- Hawkesbury Center, Hawkesbury,On
- Colonel By High School, Gloucester, On
- Ottawa Little Theater, Ottawa, On.
- " Valley Crafters ", Gloucester, On.
- Centrum Gallery, Orléans, On.
2000- 1987
- Gloucester Municipal Gallery, Gloucester, On.
- Outaouais Valley Gallery, Hawkesbury, On.
- Le Chenail Cultural Centre, Hawkesbury, On.
- Alfred College, Alfred, On.
DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
Aline participated in several humanitarian organizations by donating her artistic creations.
- Lung Association of Ottawa, Ont.
- Colonel By High School, Gloucester, On.
- TV Ontario Network Telethon.
- Civic Hospital Nursing Center, Ottawa, On.
- MIFO (Franco Ontarian Involvement Movement), Orléans, On. – Opera Lyra Foundation
REWARD
2007 - ECOAA 49e annual show with jury: Honorable mention for ‘In Need of Medecine‘( oil painting)
2007 - Ottawa Arts Association : Honorable mention for ‘Buirst with Energy’ ( acrylic )
2007 - ARTEAST, First prize, Viewer’s Choice, for ‘The Enchanted World’ ( oil painting)
2006 - ARTEAST, Recognition certificat for services to Arteast.
2004 - ARTEAST, Art and Photography exhibition, 3 e prize for ‘Overlooking Sutton, QC’, Oil painting.
2001 - Ottawa Art association, 3 rd prize for ‘ Tenderness ‘ , oil painting
APPRÉCIATIONS
2011 The Citizen, March 4,
2010- Orleans Star, September
2010- Le Reflet, November.
2009- The Citizen, September,
2008 - Le Reflet: Prescott-Russell
2007 – Journal Now EMC Ottawa-Orléans (13 décembre) par Sarah Jamieson
2007 – The NOW EMC, Local News (4 septembre) par Desmond DeVoy
2007 - The Start (6 mars) par Nadine St-Jacques
2006 – Vision Prescott-Russell, Nouvelles Arts, (Octobre) par Stéphanie Houle
1991 – L’express (30 janvier), Orléans, Ontario par J.J. Gratton
GALLERIES PROMOTING THE ARTIST;
- Old Chelsea Gallery, Qc.
- Eugene Racette Gallery. Orleans, On.
- Her works can be seen in many private collections in Canada, Europe and United States.