Benoît Leroux's Web Galery
Welcome.
My Solo Exhibition Catastrophes
is happening now until July 13th 2025I will be there on june 8th and 22th, from 2pm to 5pm
At the
Gueulart Gallery
678 Rang Saint-Régis, Saint-Isidore-de-Laprairie, QC J0L 2A0
Location
Plumes et Couleurs
Group ExhibitionArt[o] Gallery
From Mai 29th to August 30th, 2025
I will be there on June 1th et 7th
Location : ARTO
37 Rue St-Jacques
St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec J3B 2J6 Canada
Coop Arto
TeraVarna Honorable Mention Award
I recieved an Honorable Mention Award from the 9th FIGURATIVE art competition of Teravarna, on March 8th, 2025, for my paintings Wildfire and The Knights of the Apocalypse.
Masterful Mind Award
On February 5th, 2025, I recieved a Masterful Mind Award from Circle Fondation for the Arts for my painting Wildfire
My painting Incendie is published in Masterful Minds Magazine Vol.6 magazine, on page 66.
Artistic Statement
From public entertainer, I quickly transitioned to philosophy, then to science and technology.
My art is mainly figurative. I paint with oil and draw with dry pastels. I strive to reproduce the world faithfully enough to engage the observer’s belief and stimulate their imagination to bring the painting to life.
My work involves capturing the idea, developing the composition, choosing the light, its orientation, its intensity, its colors, and the contrasts, like a poet capturing the right line, like a hunter delving into the shadows, like a violinist making the color vibrate, like an actor playing the role of an artist. I seek the state of trance where expression flows through me and surpasses me.
What inspires me is simplicity, harmony, humanity, and its dramas. What moves me is the truth and intensity in encounters with others and with nature.
What touches me are the encounters where history crystallizes, awareness dawns, and key moments occur.
I am in search of meaning and feel responsible for infusing magic into a world otherwise devoid of meaning. Like in quantum physics, I am the observer who modifies the state of what is observed. I remain fascinated by the product of my interpretation of the world.
People can expect to find a subtle blend of reality and dreamlike quality in the choice and treatment of my subjects, often mythological. My works share common features such as bright lights, the use of symbols, and universal metaphors.
My creative goal? I wish to give birth to a living, vibrant, and moving painting.
My research intentions? To reintegrate the multi-temporal into the static image; to illustrate my physical theory of the thickness of the present; to express myself in three dimensions through sculpture; to add time and movement to my painting through animation film.
I go on a journey of self-discovery through my expression-interpretation of the world around me.
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I am part of the Metis Nation of Québec.
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Benoît Leroux, Montreal
