Jean-Michel CORREIA (born 1958) - Lot 134

Jean-Michel CORREIA (born 1958) Rectangle marron, arc tendre Oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 24/12/02 on back H_150 cm W_150 cm Jean-Michel Correia (b. 1958) is a French painter, sculptor and contemporary artist, curator, collector and art teacher living mainly in Canada. Born in Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) in 1958, he first studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon (1977-1980), then at the École d'architecture de Paris-Belleville, a training that had a lasting influence on his artistic practice, particularly in the organization of space and the structure of forms.In the 2000s, he settled in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), where he became a committed player in the local art scene: he teaches at the Université de Montréal (Department of Design, Faculty of Planning) and the Université de Sherbrooke (Programme de pratiques artistiques actuelles), and also works as a doctoral candidate in art studies and practice at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). At the same time, he and his wife founded the Galerie du Théâtre - Art contemporain (Magog), which he runs and uses as a platform to present some fifteen exhibitions mixing emerging and established artists.Jean-Michel Correia's work has been exhibited in France, Canada, the United States and South Korea, and a retrospective was devoted to him in 2016 at the Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier (Valcourt, Quebec). His gallery in Magog has also hosted projects by contemporary artists, helping to revitalize the local scene.