Artist News & Events
Réinterprétation | Group show
To conclude the year 2020, C.O.A presents a new exhibition featuring the work of local and international artists. In the global context - as we have so often heard - the need to reinvent ourselves has become a byword. Starting December 5th, ten artists will come together around this imperative: the need to reinterpret their reality. ...
Valérie Gobeil | Solo show
The exhibition entitled Peintures (Paintings) by Montreal artist Valérie Gobeil offers a testimony of her latest research on the pictorial potential of textiles and fibre. She reflects on the fibre as one would think about paint. ...
Moe Piuze | Solo exhibition
Human silhouettes whose lines are sometimes curved, sometimes brittle, Moe Piuze’s sculptures tell us a story. The artist digs into his daily life, past or present, different materials from which he creates his works. Pieces of wood from another era, old clothes, and photographs, these collected objects testify to his relationship with the territories he may have occupied or crossed. For this exhibition, he merges two spaces: the domestic and the intimate. These two prerogatives meet around a central theme, that of the “house-body”. ...
Interview | Danny Gretscher by Artmerit
"Can you tell me a little about yourself, your background, and when you first started working full-time as an artist? - My spaceship landed a while ago on planet earth. I was surprised how beautiful it is here on earth, so I decided to stay. I was given a magic pill to wish what I want to be and I decided to become an artist. Et voilà, here I am and that’s what I do."
Josiane Lanthier | Solo show
The Galerie C.O.A is delighted to present the first solo exhibit of emerging artist Josiane Lanthier. This exhibit spotlights her singular vision, that of a play on color, texture, luminosity, and overlapping layers, which allows her to manipulate one’s perception and to give her work another dimension.