Leonel Jules

Léonel Jules
Léonel Jules
Born	29 December 1953; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	Painter, Artist
Movement	Carré Plastique

Leonel Jules is a Contemporary Canadian painter from Montreal, Quebec, originally from Haiti.^[1] A graduate of the

Fine Arts, he has done research in history and semiotics

of art. After receiving numerous awards and fellowships, he devoted himself to painting and the diffusion of art though Art-Media a television show, now a research center Art-Media whose mission is to educate and help discover contemporary art.

His approach as an artist^[2]^[3] led him to create territorial languages by the rhythmic movement of a «Carré Plastique». This specific movement in the painting is developed to reveal the structure and pictorial identity. Such as a in game objects are animated in a «painterly vibe» where the elements are being created spontaneously. A particular space of improvisation progressing in an exploration painting's tools.

Community projects

His approach is to build himself through color, texture, to glimpse in the field image and portrayal of what we call identity. This image identity acquires a new dimension in the pictorial space that involves young and old students in an educational experience (Dazibao and arrimage)

Influences

Picasso

, especially his Guernica. In this case I can not speak of influence, but of convergence on how to find transcendence in painting, how to invoke the sky.

Obama Black and White Dream^[7]

Recognition and awards

2004-2005 Creation grant, SODAC^[8]
1989 Canadian Painters Award, Montreal
1985 Gold Medal, Visual Arts National Competition
1984 Silver Medal and Honourable Mention, Visual Arts National Competition

Collections

Writer and professor of art Léonel Jules has been exposing for over 25 years. His works are in numerous private and public collections such as the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, the Musée de Joliette, Martineau Walker Collection, the Collection of the National Bank of Canada, Loto Québec Collection, Collection and Provigo in Montreal. Not to mention other private collections in Germany, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Miami, Switzerland, Monte Carlo and Haiti.

References

^ "Couleur d'Haïti à Montréal Cyberpresse Retrieved 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^ "Vie des arts, 1" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^ "Vie des arts, 2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^ Centre Paul Klee à Berne Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Henri Matisse Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Automatists and the Book". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
^ "Embassy of Haiti, Washington DC". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^ Société de développement des arts et de la culture Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Couleur d'Haïti à Montréal Cyberpresse Retrieved 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

[2] "Vie des arts, 1" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

[3] "Vie des arts, 2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

[4] Centre Paul Klee à Berne Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Henri Matisse Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "The Automatists and the Book". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[7] "Embassy of Haiti, Washington DC". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

[8] Société de développement des arts et de la culture Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine

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