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| GISELE BOULIANNE | |||||||
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Born in Jonquière, Québec, Gisèle Boulianne now lives in the suburb of Quebec City. After 20 years teaching drawing and painting, Gisèle Boulianne achieved a bachelor in visual art with the goal of utilizing those years to explore new techniques and to deepen her knowledge in various aspects of art. In 2006, freshly out of Laval University, and having been selected by the public for the second place of people’s choice award, she is fully loaded with creativity. In a contemporary spirit, her colorful style reflects her own inner intensity in representing modern urban life. Her pictorial work includes photography and collage along with various painting techniques to create dynamic compositions of lines and shapes coming all together with strong energy. The audacity and determination of movement seen on the canvas recalls a theatrical act of a dream. In 2005, Gisèle gets the jury selection honor at the FIMA, Montreal International Festival. In 2008, she is invited at the International Art Festival in Monastir, Tunisia. She has won the first prize of excellence given by the Tunisian governor. And recently, she participated at the National Art Salon at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Professional member of RAAV, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec, Gisèle Boulianne’s work is seen in several collections in Québec: Commission du Transport de Quebec, Emco Building Products, Aluminerie Alcoa, Toyota and more. She is also represented in many art galleries in Québec: Le Luxart, Rimawi, Maistre, Beauchamp, and she participated in many international expositions; Toronto, New York, Puerto-Rico, Portland, Tunisia and Paris. |
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