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Location:
Quebec City
"The first step is very spontaneous but then I try different
things because I have to make sure the design is the right one.
Since it's so time-consuming, I want to know when I start a work
that I'm going to like it... enough to finish it."
· Born in Saint-Ephrem, Beauce, PQ
Education:
· studied high-warp tapestry with Jeanne-d'Arc Corriveau, École
des Beaux-arts, Quebec 1967
· Visual Arts Degree, University of Laval, Quebec 1971
Selected Exhibitions:
· "Oeuvres Recent", solo, Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montreal,
Quebec 2002
· "Manif d'art, manifestation internationale d'art de Quebec",
solo, Galerie des arts visuels, University Laval, Quebec City, Quebec
2000
· "close ties - Kay Lawrence and Marcel Marois", University
of Queensland travelling exhibition, presented in Australia 1999
· "Tapestry: traditions/transitions", group, Center of
Contemporary Arts, Saint Louis Missouri, USA 2001
Selected Awards, Distinctions:
· Jury Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts: Arts 2000,
Royal Academy of Arts Trust Fund, 2000
· Canadian Airlines Awards for the Arts, Australia 1999
· Prix du rayonnement internationale, Conseil de la Culture de la
Région de Québec
· Recipient, 1998 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the
fine crafts
· Medal of the Centraine Muzeum Wlókiennictwa, 6th International
Triennale of Tapestry, Lódz, Poland
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