How to Cast Concrete
The basic techniques for casting concrete Many people ask me questions about how I make my sculptures, so I thought I’d start a post about the process. I will update it from time to time so please leave all your thoughts and questions in the Comments section at the end. Important disclaimer:In no way I […]
Arcades and Arches
WANDERING IN AN INFINITE MAZE This series began around 2017 and is still ongoing. I keep telling myself it’s time to move on to other things, but somehow I always come back. Looks like I’m an addict. Back in my Arch School days, I wouldn’t have dared to pull out one of these arches. It […]
Vernaculaire Extraordinaire
Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery January 15th – February 26th, 2022 5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2L7 Sacred Place 2022 (30x30x30 cm) Text by Nancy Webb Over the past two years, we have perhaps contemplated every curve, every corner and every speck of dust in our apartments and homes more than ever before—out of […]
Folded Stones
FROM PAPER TO CONCRETE “Folded Stones” is the name of a series, but also the main body of works and the title of an exhibition that was presented at Modern Shapes Gallery, in Antwerp, Belgium in 2021. This series marks an important moment: it is a crossover between the 2D paper folding and solid concrete […]
Fictions
LARGE FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURES Broadcasted from Montreal on April 22nd to May 4th 2021, Fictions was an immersive virtual exhibition of eight Montreal designers including Atelier Zébulon Perron, Claste Collection, David Umemoto, Lambert & Fils, Loïc Bard, Pascale Girardin, SSSVLL, and Yannick Pouliot. Presented by the Canadian Creators Collective. Curated by Nicolas Bellevance-Lecompte. The project was […]
Learning from Mistakes
Hit and Miss My practice and techniques evolved over time and along the way I had hits and misses. Sometimes the objects just ended up in the dumpsters, but in other occasions the unexpected results were actually nice surprises. Unfortunately, in most of these cases the happy mistakes were impossible to reproduce. Mistakes are good […]
Infrastructures
Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery September 5th – October 20th, 2020 Gallerie Art Mûr5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2L7 Pictures of the exhibition by Mike Patten ADDITIONAL PICTURES RELATED POSTS Vernaculaire Extraordinaire Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery January 15th – February 26th, 2022 5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal,… Arcades and Arches WANDERING IN AN INFINITE […]
Escher Museum
ARCHITECT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague, NLNovember 14th 2018 – February 9th 2019 Two artists, two disciplines, but a shared fondness for enigmatic architecture. In winter 2019/2020, Escher in The Palace brought together the work of artist M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972) and the sculptures of contemporary artist and architect David Umemoto […]
Anatomy Models
CONCRETE AND METAL SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY HUMAN ANATOMY This series of sculptures, inspired by human anatomy was started in 2018. I used anatomical references for the first time on “Vanity” a print project in 2014 where it was mostly about bones. Throughout this series, I mostly explore the heart and brain, two of the most […]
Collectible Monuments
MINIATURE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES “Monuments” is the name of a series, but also the main body of works and the title of an exhibition that was presented twice in Belgium in 2018: Collectible Design Fair, Brussels, 8-11 MarchModern Shapes Gallery, Antwerp, 15 March – 8 April Collectible SHow at / Vanderborght Building Photos by Jeroen Verrecht […]