centre d'artistes.artist run centre
Image from the filming of the video Thoreau (2007)
Photo: Angela Schenstead
with the participation of Matthew Walker
Denis Lessard lives and works in Montreal. He has a master degree in art history (1985) and has presented his performances and visual works since 1982, while being active as a critic, translator, independent curator and teacher. He has presented his artworks in Quebec, Canada, the United States, France and the Netherlands. Through his interdisciplinary practice, he has addressed the issues of collection, masculine identity, spirituality, and relationships between literature, music and the visual arts. He has completed several residencies across Canada (Galerie Horace, Sherbrooke, 1994; AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, 2000; Banff Centre, 1987, 1991, 2007) and in the Netherlands (Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, 1998), where he has created projects pertaining to memory, history and the communities located in the cities and venues he has explored.
Web links Denis Lessard
VOX http://www.voxphoto.com/fd/artiste_select.php?artiste=83
Atelier convertibles_Parcours désordonné
http://parcours.connexion-lanaudiere.ca/laboratoire/reflexion/dlessard.html
Videopool
http://www.videopool.org/catalogue/artists/?id=444
Snap gallery_Press Clippings
The fabulous clipjoint
http://www.snapartists.com/html/press/reviews/Denis_lessard/index.html
Texte sur
le travail de Raymonde April
http://www.raymondeapril.com/fr/bibliographie/textes/Lessard.htm
Walking and Art
Residency
http://walkingandartresidency.pbwiki.com/Denis+Lessard
Montréal Russe_lien Raphaelle de Groot
http://www.raphaelledegroot.net/dett_travaux.php?id_a=4&id_p=20
Expo a VU