VIRGINIE BOCAERT - Click here for PDF

ARTISTIC INITIATIVE
 
Towards reconstruction

To observe the paintings of Virginia Bocaert, is to dive in apnea in the heart of characters who emanate forms that are constructed, destroyed and reconstructed atmospheres. At the end of the road, the emotion.

35 years old, the painter was born in France and works in Montreal since 2002. "I began to get interested in oilpaint at the age of 10 and as my parent were big enthusiasts of painting, they took me to visit artists' studios. Afterwards, my culture enrichment continued with visits to museums and art galleries."

In 1997, as a young lady, she graduated from the college of high fashion in Paris, with mention, she clarifies, and began her designer's career. After some time, she turned once again to full-time painting. "Following several workshops with artists like Anne Van Mierlo, Jennifer Hornyak and Marilyn Rubenstein, I decided to get my own studio and to work on my style."

"Today, I've evolved towards more serene horizons, but I continue to live together with these characters which I built. They are like friends to me and accompany me. They are silent and don't judge me. All in all, the human being is a very strong subject and is very present in my work. Indeed, due to his complexity and his variety, the man puts us in situations or states which can be constructive or destructive. As Jean-Paul Sartre said; "the hell, it is the others" and Thomas Hobbes;"the man is a wolf for the man", it is necessary to live and to fight with and against certain states that others impose on us. The influences, prejudices, other people's opinions were a long battle to build me, learning to know me and to acquire some trust in me", concludes Virginia Bocaert.

*by Jacques Bélanger


INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

02-2009   
  Thompson-Landry Gallery Toronto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

12-2008
  Make-a-Wish foundation, Galerie MX, Montréal
  Art, Encens et Myrrhe, Galerie MX, Montréal