ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Karine Kitsch Tremblay Quebec How did you discover collage? I discovered collage during my teenage years with punk music albums. The style was ever-present, and I loved its edgy and handmade aspect. Occasionally, I would try to create small collages,...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JULY Anne-Sophie Perreault (Toffie) Montréal How did you discover collage?Very early on, at about age 7. I used to cut out my mother’s “Clin d'Oeil” magazines to create works. What do you like about the collage medium?The infinite possibilities. With...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MAY Arthur Guillarme (artychot) Montreal How did you discover collage? During a trip to the chalet, it was already very late and a friend suggested that I listen to music and write poetry using words cut out of magazines. Nourished by...

ARTISTE DU MOIS DE MAI Arthur Guillarme (artychot) Montréal Comment as-tu découvert le collage? Lors d’une virée en chalet, il était déjà bien tard et un·e ami·e me propose d’écouter de la musique et de faire de la poésie à l’aide de mots découpées dans des...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL Jean-Pierre Pelletier St-Jean-Port-Joli How did you discover collage? During my studies in visual arts, I began instinctively to integrate a lot of collages into my paintings. I was inspired by Dada artists and Rauschenberg. Finally, collage took up more...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER JoanneLafrance Montreal How did you discover collage?It was when I started surfing YouTube that it all began. I remember with emotion the feeling of being «back home» that invaded me. I’m a woman of words and making...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER Marie-HélèneClavel Montreal How did you discover collage?I’ve always been passionate about magazines. When I was a teenager, I used to cut in my mother’s old magazines and decorate the walls of my room full of inspiring images...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JUNE DRÉA Quebec How did you discover collage?  In my grandfather’s attic, there were piles of Life magazine. I was mesmerized by the images of this magazine, by the power that emanated from the compositions and that described an...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MAY Adèle Blais Sherbrooke How did you discover collage? I was raised by a single mom who was surrounded by a gang of friends with flamboyant men who marked my childhood. One of them was a prop man for the...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL LilieCréa Mauricie How did you discover collage?My mother had a passion for collage. She liked to cut up pictures of animals and floral elements that she would later put on her refrigerator or on a large cardboard....

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MARCH Miss Understood Saguenay How did you discover collage? I discovered collage by doing some research on urban art and by stumbling on the work of Dain NYC and Stikki Peaches. Initially, I did small collages to change my mind....

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY Shereen Audi Jordan How did you discover collage? I discovered collage by coincidence when looking through the internet for other forms of art than painting and drawing. I was doing paintings since I first started working in art years...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY Axel Roy Sherbrooke How did you discover collage? Simply by experimenting by myself. I had never really seen any collage before I started. Strangely, I never thought it existed. I intuitively made a first collage work in a journal...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER Méli Hoffmann Montreal How did you discover collage? I discovered collage very young. As a child, I loved that activity. Afterwards, I just continued to explore it and deepen my techniques. What did you like about the collage medium? What I...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER Sarah Saublet Montreal How did you discover collage? In fact, I haven’t discovered it, I’ve always lived with collage, painting and all the other mediums as my grandmother is an artist. However, I dared to make it a practice...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST Pierre-RichardRobitaille Montreal How did you discover collage?When I was studying in France I liked to watch the poster artists in the Parisian metro. With their buckets of glue and their big brushes, they tore off and glued...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JULY Emilie Léger Lanaudière How did you discover collage? I first became interested in collage using digital techniques. I did several years of digital practice, especially in photomanipulation, before developing my own traditional practice. In 2020 I switched to analog...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JUNE Marie-Pier Lopes Montreal How did you discover collage? I actually discovered collage in university in a 2D exploration course. It was only a few years later when I lived with a friend who didn’t want me to have my...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MAY Shany LeBlanc Québec How did you discover collage? I had a revelation about 2 years ago during an arts and crafts day with a friend when I was doing a  mixed media project. I’ve been exploring this technique and...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL Marie-EvePoirier Montréal How did you discover collage?I always had this creative side and love for aesthetics dormant inside me. Over the years I surprised myself by keeping magazines and old books with the goal of doing illustration...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MARCH John On Air (Jonathan Pagé) Louiseville (Trois-Rivières) How did you discover collage? I was introduced to collage through a  friend of mine a long time ago. Collage just took a larger place in my life when I stopped painting. What...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY Véronica Dragnef Montréal How did you discover collage? During a workshop with the inspiring Jaber Lutfi. I realized I can paint and prepare my own papers and play with those. It just goes to show you that I never...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY Alain Reno Montréal How did you discover collage? By skimming the high school and CEGEP libraries: Raushenberg and the Pop Schwitters and Dada, Polish posters and Bob Dylan. What did you like about the collage medium? The spontaneity and the beauty...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER Richard Raymond Montréal How did you discover collage? In 2008, my spouse started doing collage after a workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Arts. I was fascinated by the technique and the results.  What did you like about the collage...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER The duo Mackay Marois Lévis How did you discover collage? While working on creating stained glass windows, we were looking for a medium that would make use of our experience as stained glass artists while continuing to work in symbiosis....

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AnoukSugàr Montréal How did you discover collage?I came across collage as teenager, as I was discovering the Dadaïst movement and artists such as Max Ernst, Hannah Hoech, Kurt Schwitters and many others. What did you like about the...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Mara Laika Montréal How did you discover collage? When I was a teenager, I used to enjoy cutting out magazine images that I found beautiful and/or striking. Eventually, I instinctively began placing them in juxtaposition from each other, but...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST MichèleF.Bérard Montréal How did you discover collage?I discovered collage in University, when I took a painting class taught by David Elliot and who introduced us to this technic. What do you like about the collage medium?It’s a...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JULY Stéphanie Filion Montréal How did you discover collage? I’ve been doing collage since I was a teenager.  I like paper and everything related to it: bookbinding, origami, the printed arts. In 2019, in the midst of writer’s block, I...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF JUNE FrederickOuellet Montréal How did you discover collage?I’ve been doing collage for a really long time, but in the beginning, it was more for color test and quick sketches. But in the winter of 2019, I deepened my...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MAY VirginieMaltais Montréal How did you discover collage?I made my first collage at 3 years old with colored labels used for disks... The collage medium has remained with me since! My mom always gave me access to huge...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL Vanessa VanHollywood Montréal How did you discover collage? I started making collage when I was a teenager in journals of poetry inspired by music albums and videos of that time. About 5-6 years ago I found a box of...

ARTIST OF THE MONTH OF MARCH François-Xavier Vigneault-Marcil Montréal How did you discover collage? Through my girlfriend who introduced me to collage through a collaborative creation. I then developed my own creative style researched on my own. What did you like about the collage medium? I like...