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BISSON, Yvette
- Born
- Montreal, Quebec, 1926
- Biography synopsis
- Bisson studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1942-1947, as well as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design from 1954-1956. In 1961, she and Yves Trudeau founded the Association des Sculpteurs du Québec; she also co-founded the stone sculpture school at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, where she taught from 1963-1971. Additionally, she gave courses at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1970 she moved to Edmunston, New Brunswick where she taught at the Collège Saint-Louis-Maillet. Along with Françoise Sullivan, Bisson is considered one of the pioneers of new sculpture in Quebec for their work in the early 1960s. In 1967, she produced her first "architectome," a type of model building for a utopian city. Bisson was awarded the Miller-Brittain Prize for her contribution to the development of the visual arts in New Brunswick. Her work is held in numerous museum collections as well as the Montreal public art collection.
- Media used
- Sculpture
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1942 - 1947
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, 1954 - 1956
- Memberships
- Association des sculpteurs du Québec, 1961
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Dictionnaire historique de la Sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle. Montreal: ESPACE art actuel, 2014
http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/ - Panorama de la Sculpture Au Québec, 1945-1970 Montreal: Musee d'art contemporain, 1970
- Arbour, Rose Marie. "Histoires du sculpteure." ESPACE 4.3 (1988): 5-8
- Arbour, Rose-Marie. "Nouvelles pratiques sculpturales: Yvette Bisson, Françoise Sullivan." Espace 25 (Sept-Nov. 1993): 17-21
http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/espace/1993-n25-espace1047051/10116ac.pdf - Carani, Marie. "La part féminine du désir." Espace Sculpture 23 (printemps1993): 13–20.
http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/espace/1993-n23-espace1046832/10172ac.pdf - Charette, Luc. "Laboratoire – cage – couleurs 3D." ESPACE 5.4: 14 (été 1989)
http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/espace/1989-v5-n4-espace1047354/9500ac.pdf - Hellman, Michel. "Sculptures et Identité." Le Devoir 19 juin 2004
- Martin, Michel. La Sculpture au Québec, 1946-1961: Naissance et persistance. Quebec: Musée du Québec, 1992
- Trepanier, Esther and Landry, Pierre. Femmes artistes du XXe siecle au Quebec: Oeuvres du Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec. Quebec, Quebec: Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, 2010.
