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VOYER, Monique
- Born
- Magog, Quebec, 1928
- Died
- Magog, Quebec, 2021
- Biography synopsis
- After completing studies at the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal with Alfred Pellan in the early 1950s, Monique Voyer received a painting prize which she used to attend l’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris. On returning to Montreal, she worked in the Costumes department at Radio Canada (1955-1956) while continuing her art practice. Initially her paintings were figurative, but in the 1960s she began to work in abstraction; her atmospheric paintings and strong use of color sometimes included materials such as sand. During the 1980s, she focused on the eau-forte technique in printmaking. In addition to creating prints, she co-published a number of artists books with writer Marcel Fortin. She participated in exhibitions at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal in 1956-1957; her work was also included in international exhibitions in France, Spain and Taiwan (1955-1959). Throughout the 1960s she exhibited at the Agnès Lefort Gallery (Montreal), with the Colour and Form Society (Toronto) in 1957, and had a solo exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in 1966. At the beginning of the 1970s, Voyer began teaching at the college level in Montreal, eventually returning to Magog where she was an instructor until 1993. A retrospective of her work was held at the Musée de Sherbrooke in 1994. In addition to painting and print works, she produced two relief murals as part of the integration of art into architecture Quebec policy in 1991-92. In 2010 her solo exhibition "Parcours imaginaires" was held in Sherbrooke. Her works are held at the Musee nationale du Quebec, and a large collection of prints can be seen at the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec.
- Media used
- Artists' books
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1947 - 1952 (under Stanley Cosgrove et Alfred Pellan)
- École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1953 - 1954
- Memberships
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1998
- Color and Form Society, 1952
- Regroupement des artistes et arts visuel du Quebec
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "The Color and Form Society Building a Group of Quality." The Globe and Mail 04 May 1957: 69
- Art Gallery of Toronto. Four Canadians : Suzanne Bergeron Ghitta Caiserman Jacqueline Gilson Monique Voyer ... 28th February - March 14th 1958. 1958. Toronto, On: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1958
- Baillargeon, Christiane. "Cahier spécial : Monique Voyer : la matière chante [Special Section : Monique Voyer : matter sings]." Vie Des Arts 242 (2016): 84-85
http://viedesarts.com/dossiers/hommage-a-25-artistes/monique-voyer-la-matiere-chante/ - Baillargeon, Christiane. "Monique Voyer: La Lumiere chante." Vie des Arts 242 (Printemps 2016)
http://viedesarts.com/en/features-en/hommage-a-25-artistes-en/monique-voyer-la-matiere-chante/ - Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec. L'Estampe originale au Québec, 1980-1990 Montreal: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 1991
- Cantieni, Graham and Lafleur, Claude and Jeannotte, et al. RACE, 10 ans, 1973-1983: Exposition rétrospective du Regroupement des Artistes des Cantons de l'Est. Sherbrooke, Qc: 1983 Sherbrooke, Quebec: RACE/Regroupement des Artistes des Cantons de l'Est., 1983
- Henault, Gilles. Panorama : Peinture au Québec, 1940-1966 Montréal, Quebec: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 1967
- Leduc, Fernand. 35 peintres dans l'actualité / 35 Painters of Today Montreal: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1957
- LeGris, Francoise. Monique Voyer: Rétrospective, 1954-1994 Sherbrooke, Quebec: Musee des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, 1994
- LeGris, Francoise. "L’atelier-laboratoire de Monique Voyer ou l'imagination materielle a l'oeuvre dans l'oeuvre." Revue d'etudes des Cantons de l'est (2016):39-55
http://www.etrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JETS_06-5-Le-Gris.pdf - Lepine, Ann-Janick. Monique Voyer: artiste, pédagogue et animatrice en arts visuels Montreal: Universite du Quebec a Montreal, 1995
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
- Millar, Joyce. Lumières sur les Cantons-de-l'Est Pointe Claire Quebec: Galerie d art Stewart Hall Centre culturel de Pointe Claire, 2008
- Robert, Guy. École de Montreal Montreal: Éditions DCPEDP, 1964
- Tremblay-Gillon Michèle.. “Monique Voyer.” Vie Des Arts 60 (automne 1970) 34-35
- Wilkin, Karen. Selections from the Westburne Collection Edmonton, Alberta: The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1982
Writings by- Voyer, Monique and Marcel Fortin. The Majestic Waters of the Eastern Townships Magog, Qc: Sylvedite, 1987
