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Current / upcoming shows & Events
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 As part of "Printemps des poètes 2022", a new "Correspondances" exhibition presenting a dialogue between Ernest B. Dauzat poems and my paintings took place in the Jacques Duhamel media library of Sanary-sur-mer from March 8 to 26 2022.In parallel to the show, Ernest and myself ran writing and drawing/painting cross-workshops for both adults and school children. Several dramatizations werre given in tne schools and in the media library to share the resulting writings and paintings. |
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| Saint Egrève 3nd Regional Watercolor Show May 12 to 22 2022, Château Borel, 36 avenue Général de Gaulle. Saint Egrève. |
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87th Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais Salon, November 12 to 28 2022, Espace Berthelot, 14 avenue Berthelot à Lyon. |
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Represented by Vigneault Art Gallery, 535 B Rue Notre-Dame, Repentigny, Québec, CANADA |
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| This page will be updated as new events are confirmed and more detailed
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Recent shows & awards |
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| 2021 | French Watercolor Society national show in Sanary sur Mer Espace Saint Nazaire - Rue Joseph Courrau (tel : 04 94 74 21 24), May 21 to June13 2021. Saint Egrève 2nd Regional Watercolor ShowMay 27 to June 6 2021, Château Borel, 36 avenue Général de Gaulle. Saint Egrève. Salon de Peinture du Sappey en Chartreuse, July 10 to 25 2021. |
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| 2020 | 6th Meeting of "Dauphiné Montagnards Painters", organised by the Alpine & Mountaineering Clubs comitee for Drôme region, Valence, Sa&lle des Clercs, January 20 to February 02. 2020. The 2th Regional Watercolor Salon, Saint Egrève has been rescheduled to 2021 due to Covid19. 31th Salon of Sappey en Chartreuse, July 7 to 26, cancelled due to Covid19, together with the plain air painting workshop scheduled July Thursday 16 and Friday 17 and replaced by an Art Fair, "Marché de l'Art au Sappey", July 19 from 10am to 6pm With "Artistes en Grésivaudan", September 2 to 24, Espace Paul Jargot in Crolles Where roads take us... The 85th Salon of "Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais", Espace Berthelot, Lyon 7edid not take place due to Covid and was replaced by an on line show on the association's website. |
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| 2019 | 2019 Autumn Signatures Show of the Institute of Figurative Art (IAF), Pierre-Boucher Museum, Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada,September 22 to November 10 84th Salon of "Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais""Espace Berthelot", Lyon, November 9 - 25 Azur and Paper show with SFA, Sanary sur MerSeptember 14 - 13 October 13 Montagnard Painters meeting in Gresse-en-Vercors, "Salle du Grand Veymont", July 20 - 26 A new "Correspondances" show presenting a dialogue between poems and paintings was held in Fontaine at the "Médiathèque Paul Eluard" near
Grenoble from March 20 to June 30.As part of this project, on saturdays May 4, 11 and 18, Ernest Bois and myself conducted joint workshops of writing and drawing/painting in three Fontaine landmark sites. Joint show of French Waterolor Society (SFA) and France Pastellists "Espace Art & Liberté", Charenton le Pont, March 14 - April 3 5th Meeting of Dauphiné Montagnard Painters,organised by the local chapter of "Clubs Alpins et de Montagne", "Salle des Clercs" in Valence January 19 - February |
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| 2018 | Exposition "Signatures IAF 2018 show" of Institut des Arts Figuratifs L'Odyssée des Bâtisseurs, Alma - Lac Saint Jean, Québec, October 19 - Decembre 2 83th Salon of "Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais" ,Lyon, November 10 -25 Exposition des Artistes Plasticiens du Grésivaudan, "Maison des Arts" Montbonnot, November 3 - 11 30th "Salon de peinture", Le Sappey en Chartreuse, July 13 - 29 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor - Société Française de l'Aquarelle joint exhibition, Helson Gallery / Georgetown, Toronto, Ontario, June 6 - July 7 Société Française de l'Aquarelle National Show, Espace d'art contemporain des anciennes écuries des ardoisières, 49800 Trélazé, March 23 - April 8 Poet Ernest B. Dauzat invited me to participate in the project Correspondances, setting up a dialogue between poetry and painting : As part of "Printemps des Poètes" 2018 a dramatization
took place Thursday March 8 in the restaurant "Le Quart d'Heure
Indien", Echiroles, where the corresponding paintings were displayed A dramatization was also given March 16 in the Séez médiathèque together with a show of 20 of my paintings on the theme of water from March 13 to April 28 |
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| 2017 | Third Méjannes-le-Clap Watercolor Festival june 10-18, 2017, Méjannes le Clap, Gard. During this show, I conducted a 2 days workshop "Painting People in Watercolor" AINTRIO Painting & Sculpture Show , Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes (Ain), August 12 to September 02, 2017. Amancy Artistic Show (Haute-Savoie), October 6 to 8, 2017. 82nd Salon of Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais November 10 to 27, 2017, Espace Berthelot , 14 avenue Berthelot, Lyon. |
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Other selected past events |
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More previous shows & awards |
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| 2016 |
Watercolor painting in the Caribbean with the Art Cruise "Croisière des Arts" - 20th anniversary edition, January 2016.
Biennial show of the "Greuze - Cottave" Atelier, Grenoble, April 28 to May 22, 2016 Second Watercolor Festival of Méjannes le Clap, Gard, France, June 4 to 12, 2016 "Rencontres Artistiques du Val d'Anglin", 36370 Bélâbre, France, October 1 to 9, 2016 WATERCOLOR INTERNATIONAL III, Biennial Watercolor Exhibition in Thessaloniki, Greece, October 5 to 21, 2016 81th Salon of the Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais, Espace Berthelot, LyonNovember 11 to 28, 2016 19th ECWS Exhibit (European Confederation of Watercolor Societies), Avignon November 17 to Decembrer 11, 2016 Organized by the French Watercolor Society (Société Française de l'Aquarelle) |
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| 2015 | Solo show, Château de La Condamine, 38700
Corenc, France (September 24 to October 11) 80th Salon of the Société
des Aquarellistes
Lyonnais, Espace Berthelot, Lyon (Novembre 7 - 23) Solo show, Bollène Tourist
Bureau, Place Reynaud de la Gardette, 84500 Bollène. (June 5 to 30). On this occasion a few paintings by Florence Forns, my great-aunt, will also be displayed. She was a founder of Bollène's salon and of Li Cardelina association, both well known in Bollène and around. Institut
des Arts Figuratifs
"Coloré de Nature" show, Marius Barbeau Museum Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec (November 16, 2014 to April 12, 2015) Invited Artist "Société des Amis des Arts de Grenoble" salonOld fine arts museum, Grenoble (April 01 to 12) |
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| 2014 |
Société Française de
l'Aquarelle
"L'Art de l'Eau" show,
Lavardens Castle,
Lavardens (32360).
"Atelier
Greuze Cottave" show,
Grenoble
"Le
Printemps de l'art"
Show & Landscape Demo (May 17),
salle des fêtes, Eybens (38).
Rochemaure
Aquarelle Biennial show,
Joviac Castle, Rochemaure (07)+ Portrait Demo July 12
Watercolor
International II",
Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies,
Thessaloniki, Greece. (see also the article about this show on IAF website)
79th Salon of the Société
des Aquarellistes Lyonnais, Espace Berthelot, Lyon.
61th
Salon de Noël de
Bollène (Vaucluse),
Bollène City Hall. |
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| 2013 |
64th
Salon d'Hiver of the
Société Artistique du Cantal with the Société Française de
l'Aquarelle,
42th
"Salon de Peinture et de Sculpture des Amis
des Arts de Voiron"
"Salon
de l'Aquarelle du Haillan", forum des associations, Le
Haillan (Gironde)
Solo Show, Hotel de
Maleville, Sarlat-la-Canéda
25th "Salon de Peinture du
Sappey", Le Sappey en Chartreuse
Guest
Artist at the Champlain
"Symposium À Marée
Haute", Québec, Canada
Société Française de
l'Aquarelle Show in Saint Florent le Vieil
78th Salon of the
Société
des Aquarellistes Lyonnais,
Espace Berthelot, Lyon
Société Française de
l'Aquarelle Biennial Show, Charenton-le-Pont |
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| 2012 |
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| 2011 |  40th "Salon
de Peinture et de Sculpture des Amis des Arts de Voiron" 21ème International
Watercolor Show, Uckange "Salon
de l'Aquarelle du Haillan" VIIth National
Exhibition of Société Française de l'Aquarelle "l'Art de l'Eau"Abbaye Mauriste, Saint Florent le Vieil (Maine et Loire) Art
in the streets, Chamonix, july 3 "Salon
de Chamonix Arts Plastiques", Foyer de ski de fond, Chamonix XVth "Festival
des Aquarellistes" , Bagnols en Beaujolais 77th Salon of "Société des
Aquarellistes Lyonnais" 2th Biennial of Société Française de l'Aquarelle, Charenton-le-Pont |
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| 2010 | Gilles
Durand (Watercolors) et Jean-François Hugues (Sculptures, Paintings) Montrigaud Cultural Center, Seyssins (Isere) Invited Artist, "Salon des
artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs de Vif" (Isere) "Société
Française de l'Aquarelle" National Show - Espace Villeneuve Bargemon,
Marseille Show
at Atelier Greuze-Cottave, Grenoble "Encontro
Internacional de Aguarela de Sant Cruz"Torres Vedras - Santa Cruz, Portugal "Salon
de Chamonix
Arts Plastiques", Chamonix Invited
to "Salon
de
la Société
des Aquarellistes Lyonnais"
- Espace
Berthelot, LYON "Salon
des Peintres Rhônalpins" (Rhone - Alpes Painters Show) - Espace
Bonlieu, Annecy "Salon
du Dessin et de la Peinture à l'Eau", Art en Capital - GRAND PALAIS
des Champs- Elysees, Paris |
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| 2009 | Invited
to "Salon de la Societe
des Aquarellistes Lyonnais"
LYON "Exposition Nationnale de la Societe Française
de l'Aquarelle"
CHARENTON-le-PONT 94 "Salon
de Chamonix
Arts Plastiques" Chamonix (Haute Savoie) "5th
Salon International de l’Aquarelle de Saint Yrieix la
Perche" (Haute-Vienne) "L'Eté
des Peintres de Montagne" Notre Dame de Bellecombe (Savoie) Symposium
International Jean-Paul Lapointe Chicoutimi,
Quebec
(Canada) "Salon de
l'Aquarelle de Belgique"
Arsenal, Namur "Printemps
de l'Aquarelle" (Watercolor
Springtime Show)
Saint Cyr sur Mer (Var) "Exposition Aquarelles"
Espace Pictur'halles Morestel (Isere) "Salon
de l'Aquarelle du Haillan" (Le
Haillan Watercolor Show), Bordeaux- Le Haillan (Gironde) Annual
Show of
Société des
Amis
des Arts de Grenoble Villa
du Rozat, Group exhibition Saint Ismier (Isere) L'Hivernal
de
Lyon, Regional Art Association Winter Show - Palais
Municipal,, Quai de Bondy, Lyon |
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| 2008 | Invited to the "Société
des Aquarellistes Lyonnais" (Lyon Watercolor Society) Show
French Watercolor Society (S.F.A.)
National Show, Chamalières,
Puy-de-Dome Solo
Show, Maternity Ward of Bourgoin-Jallieu Hospital, Isere
"Salon
Eau en Couleur" (Watercolor Show) Galerie de Chartreuse, Le
Sappey-en-Chartreuse "Chamonix
Arts Plastiques"
(Chamonix Art Society Show), Haute-Savoie
"Salon
des
Peintres de Montagne"
(Mountain Painters Show) Champagny-en-Vanoise "Salon
de l'Aquarelle de Rochemaure"
(Rochemaure Watercolor Show), Ardeche
Show at Gallery Le Clos de la Coterie, St
Laurent d'Aigouze,
Bouches-du-Rhone
Solo Show, Chateau de la Condamine - Corenc,
Isere
"L'Hivernal
de Lyon" (Lyon Winter Show), Rhone
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| 2007 | French
Watercolor Society (S.F.A.)
National Show, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne S.F.A. Regional Show,
Cucuron, Vaucluse "Biennale de
l'Aquarelle de Brioude" (Biennial Watercolor Show) Brioude,
Haute-Loire"Salon des Peintres de la Montagne",
Champagny-en-Vanoise, Savoie Show at Galerie Bagnorea, Annecy, Haute-Savoie Conseil
Général Award, " Salon
des Amis
des Arts de Voiron" (Voiron Art Society Show), Isere "Salon L'Hivernal de Lyon", Rhone ... |
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| 2006 | First
Prize, Watercolor Category, "Salon de Bourgoin-Jallieu"
(Bourgoin-Jallieu Show), Isere Bronze
Medal, Watercolor-Drawing-Pastel Category
"Salon de Décines" (Décines Show), Rhone Invited
Artist,
20th Anniversary, "Salon des Peintres de la
Montagne" Champagny-en-Vanoise, Savoie "Les Estivales" (Summer
Show) Morestel, Isere Office
de Tourisme Award, PleinAir Painting Competition Uriage, Isere Conseil
Général Award, "Salon des Amis
des Arts de Grenoble" (Grenoble Art Society Show), Isere Second
Prize, Watercolor and Drawing Category, "Salon de St
Etienne de St Geoirs", Isère ... |
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| 2005 | Invited
Artist, "Salon des Peintres de la Montagne"
Champagny-en-Vanoise, Savoie "Printemps
des Aquarellistes", (Watercolor Springtime Show) Morestel, Isere Firt
Prize,
Watercolor Category, "Salon de Bourgoin-Jallieu", Isere ... |
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| 2004 | First
Solo Show, L'Eclat
de Verre - Grenoble, Isere ... |
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| 2001 | First
Group Show, "Salon des Peintres
de la Montagne" Champagny-en-Vanoise (Savoie) |
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