Michel de Broin | Interlace
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The ideal purpose of interaction in contemporary sculpture is to encourage the viewer to see reality in different angles. De Broin’s site-specific architectural structure elicits people’s instinct to walk up and down the maze of the work. His work employs playful machinations and subtle tricks which fuel a constant questioning.
-Biography-
Born in Montreal, Canada
Education
1997 MFA, Fine Arts, UQAM, Montreal, Canada
1995 BFA, Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | Bright Matter, Jessica Bradley Art+Projects, Toronto, Canada |
| 2010 | Cut in the Dark, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain Disruption from Within, Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada |
| 2008 | Énergie Reciproque, Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France |
| 2007 | Shared Propulsion Car, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada |
Selected Group Exhibitions since 2002
| 2012 | Oh Canada, MASS MoCa, North Adams, MA, Etats-Unis Vivement Demain, Muséed’ art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France Pleinairisme, Musée National des Beaux Arts du Quebec, Quebec City, Canada |
| 2011 | Lafabriquesonore, Pommery Foundation, Reims, France Beyond the crisis, The 6th Curitiba Biennal, Curituba, Brazil Satellite project, Prospect 2 Biennal, New Orlean, USA Renouveau Réalisme, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême, France Car Fetish. I drive therefore I am, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Suisse |
| 2010 | Nevermore, ouvenir, souvenir, quemeveux-tu? Parcours#4, MAC/VAL,Vitry-sur-Seine, France Ce qui vient, Les Ateliers de Rennes, France |
| 2009 | Road-Runners, VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, Canada Auto. Dream and Matter, Laboral centro de arte, Gijòn; Dos de Mayo Art Center, Madrid, Spain |
| 2008 | Acclimatation, Centre d’art Villa Arson, Nice, France Untethered, Eyebeam, New York, United States Tout se transforme, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007 | Neue Heimat, Berlinische Galerie, Germany |