CLAUDE PAUL GAUTHIER
CLAUDE PAUL GAUTHIER is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of visual arts, performance art and experimental music. He has presented numerous solo visual arts exhibitions in Quebec, and was involved in many group exhibitions in Quebec as well as in Europe. He was the recipient of several grants from the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec, from the Canada Council for the Arts, and from the Ministère de la culture et des communications du Quebec, his work can be found in several public and private collections.

His performance and musical works have been presented in a number of international festivals in France, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Furthermore, his work has circulated in Poland, Italy, Germany and Portugal.

His work has appeared in several Contemporary Arts periodicals such as Vie des Arts, Parachute and Esse in Montreal, Inter in Quebec City, Vanguard in Vancouver, High Performance in Los Angeles, as well as in various European catalogues. He has written articles for Vie des Arts, Espace sculpture, Esse and Etc Montréal.

ARTISTIQUE APPROACH
Basing his artistic research on the principle of thematic series, GAUTHIER has developed an eclectic language in his paintings, characterized by the systematic use of pure colors in large format. This original style is strongly depicted in Tropismes, an exhibition that was presented at Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montreal from November 6th 2001 to January 6th 2002. In this exhibition, GAUTHIER combined installation (let us not forget that Gauthier's basic training is in sculpture) and performance art , punctually filling the exhibition space with the ingenious use of an "actionnisme" combining electroacoustic music and plastic movement.
For more information or for a visit of the workshop, please contact Claude Paul Gauthier at: cpgo@moncanoe.com
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