YVAN GENEST
Contemporary Art
YVAN GENEST
CONTEMPORARY ART
An artist for 40 years, Yvan Genest paints in his Puerto Vallarta studio since 22 years, as well as in Montreal, his hometown, while remaining very active in the French and American art scenes. His work attracts an international circle of collectors seduced by the contemporary and timeless strength of his iconography
His career had unconventional beginnings. At first, his artistic temperament drove him to music. As a songwriter, musician and singer, he toured throughout Europe for many years, until he discovered painting, where he found an unforeseen ground for his fertile imagination. A first trip to Mexico in 1985 led him to discover the profound spirituality of Mexican art.
Yvan’s maverick personality drove him to explore all paths of visual arts and develop his unique, shamanic and timeless imagery. He has diverse influences, from Mexican popular culture and Expressionism to contemporary free-form figurative painting.
"My paintings are characters that gaze at us and seem to come from a spiritual world. They evoke a sense of strange poetry, energy, and strength, like talismans.
I do not choose the characters in my paintings; they impose themselves during a long process of metamorphosis. They occupy the canvas like actors on a stage. The subject of the piece is unknown to me; I am more of a costume designer than a playwright. However, I sense that their presence may be a metaphor for the great mystery of our journey on Earth.
The more I paint, the more the painting decides for me, as if I am serving something greater than myself."
Past Shows
SOLOS SHOWS
2023 « Terminal 312 » Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2022. "Messages du Nord" Ancien Hôtel de Ville de La Réole France
" Focus Œuvres récentes " Galerie ART + Ottawa Canada
2019 “Messages from the North”. Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
“La hermosa baya” . Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2018 “30 Years of Paintings”. Retrospective, Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico2017
2017 “Équinoxe”. Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“La magie des couleurs”. Galerie Cheriff Tabet, Beyrouth, Liban
“Tableaux urbains”. M Gallerie, Montréal, Canada
“San Miguel Paintings”. Gallery San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2016. “San Miguel Paintings”. Gallery San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2015 Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2014 Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2013. Recent Watercolours. River Mill Art Space, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Rétrospective. Espace Apollo, Montréal, Canada
2012. Œuvres récentes. M Galerie, Montréal, Canada
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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2011. Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“La mémoire des villes II”. Galerie Au Coin des Artistes, Montréal, Canada
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2010 Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2018. “Aïda”. Gallery Arte Forte, Seattle WA, USA
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2007 Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2006 “Painting and Ceramics”. J. Moore Gallery Los Angeles, CA, USA
Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2005 Œuvres récentes. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2004 « L'Art de vivre ». Studio Ombre et Lumières, Paris, France
« Painting and Ceramics ». Judith Ewing Morlan Contemporary Art, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
« Art of Life » Galery PV Art, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2003 « Lucky Charms » Judith Ewing Morlan Contemporary Art, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2002 Galeria Rosas Blancas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2001 “De mémoire d’âme”. Galerie Selmersheim, Paris, France
Galeria Rosas Blancas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1999 Galerie Mage, Montréal, Canada
1997 La Galerie, Montréal, Canada
Galerie Mage, Montréal, Canada
1996 “Spirits & Diablos”. Galerie Joël Garcia, Paris, France
1995 Œuvres récentes. La Galerie, Montréal, Canada
“La mémoire des villes”. Galerie Au Coin des artistes, Montréal, Canada
Œuvres récentes. Impasse Crosatier, Paris, France
1994 Rétrospective La Galerie, Montréal, Canada
1993 La Galerie, Montréal, Canada
Galerie Au Coin des Artistes, Montréal, Canada
1992 La Galerie, Montréal, Canada
1991 Galerie Au Coin des Artistes, Montréal, Canada
1989 Galerie Mage, Montréal, Canada
1984 Galerie Au Coin des Artistes, Montréal, Canada
GROUPS SHOWS
2020 Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada 2019 Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2018 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2017 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2016 Gallery San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2015 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2014 Artspace Oakville Gallery Toronto, Canada
Museo de Arte Peter Gray, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2012 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2011 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2010 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2009 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2008 Arteforte Gallery Seattle Wa, USA 2007
Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
James Gray Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA
Galerie Luxart, Montréal, Canada
2006 Gallery 33, Los Angeles CA, USA
Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2005 Galerie Desja, Montreal, Canada
Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2004 Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2003 Judith Ewing Morlan Contemporary Art, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2002 Judith Ewing Morlan Contemporary Art, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Galerie Les Modernes, Montréal, Qc. Canada
2001 Galeria Rosas Blancas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2000 Galeria Rosas Blancas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1999 Galeria Rosas Blancas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1998 “Painting Objects”. Galeria Pacifico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1997 8e Grand marché d'art contemporain, Paris, France
1996 6e Grand marché d'art contemporain, Paris, France
1995 La galerie, Montréal, Canada
5ème Grand marché d'art contemporain, Paris, France
1986 Festival international de l'aquarelle, Montréal, Canada
1985 Festival international de l'aquarelle, Montréal, Canada
1984 Galerie L'art vivant, Montréal, Canada
PERFORMANCES
2019 “MOSAICO MEX II” Divino Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“Painting Live” Galleria Dante Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2017. “MOSAICO III Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2015 “MOSAICO MEX” Divino Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2012 “MOSAICO +” M Galerie, Montréal, Canada
2011 “MOSAICO I” M Galerie, Montréal, Canada
2010. “Thransumances” Performance with Oscar Solis. Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico