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CAPTURED SWORDFISH, 2022 OIL ON CANVAS 98X84 IN. | 2.5X2.1 CM.
ART AND ARTISTS WHALEBOAT (BEFORE AND AFTER), 2020-2022 THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN OLD SAILBOAT INTO THE
BLACK MINE, 2021 OIL ON CANVAS 84X108 IN. | 2.1X2.7 M.

SCULPTURE OF A WHALEBOAT, WOOD AND WHALE BONES 37 FT. | 11.2 M.
STRAIGHT TO THE BONES, 2020-2021 PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND OSTEOLOGY; SOLO EXHIBITION (DETAIL)
MUSÉE DE LA MER DES ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE, QUÉBEC. PHOTO: YOANIS MENGE 
EQUESTRIAN ANGUISH, 2021 OIL ON CANVAS 84X108 IN. | 2.1X2.4 M.

PAUL GRÉGOIRE
Lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
https://www.paulgregoire.quebec | http://paulgregoire.ca

Although painting is the mode of expression Paul Gregoire
favors since 2015, his sustained practice of sculpture,
installation, performance, video, music, literature and
osteology continuously feeds and influences his pictorial
universe. All of these approaches are part of a same system
that he uses to communicate and explore the narrative
potential of his creative ideas.

His practice addresses the concerns we have about our era and
the human condition. He seeks to explore the complexity of the
being and to portray the struggle resulting from inner duality.
Death and injustice are themes of particular interest to him. His
work can be qualified as narrative with a touch of dark humour. He
often uses animal representation as a symbol of human feelings.

From one medium to the other, he looks for the most spontaneous
way, even the most direct, to translate his hungry imaginary.
Therefore, for him, the idea has always preponderance over the
means used to bring it into the world.

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