Place of birth: Montreal (1952) Québec, Canada

Mr. Poirier's professional life has been shared by the world of education as an educator and co-author of educational books, as well as in the world of the arts, as an artist-painter, musician, sound technician and director-designer of video clips.

STUDIES AND DEGREES :

• Student for a Bachelor's degree since 2019 in Visual and Media Arts at the University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada).
• Holds a Bachelor's degree in teaching since 1984 from the University of Québec in Montreal (Canada).

AS PAINTER: Michel Poirier quickly feels the call of painting when he sees his father painting. Self-taught artist, Michel Poirier was supervised for a few years in his work by the painter Marcellin Dufour.

EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

• 2020: One of the winners of the “2020 American Art Awards”; first place in the Abstract category was awarded to the work Quest for authenticity.
• 2020: Selected by "Barrett Art Center" (Poughkeepsie, NY) to present the work "Beyond" at the “New Directions 2020”. Juror: Nic Brierre Aziz, curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
• 2019: Michel Poirier's work "Quest of Authenticity" has been selected for an honorable mention award in the "Artist of the Year Award 2019", organized by "Circle Foundation for the Arts".
• 2019: Exhibition of the work Quest for authenticity (12 x 4 feet), at the Café du Passeur (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada)
• 2019 :Duo exhibition at the House of Culture of Armand-Vaillancourt (Saint-André de Kamourska,Québec, Canada).
• 2019: Seven selected works (short list) "London International Creative Competition".
• 2019: Exhibition of the winners of the "F. The Art World International 2019" contest at the Unarthodox gallery (Chelsea, Manhattan, New York).
• 2019: One of the winners of the "F The World International 2019 Competition”.
• 2019: Special Recognition by “Light Space Time” (abstract Art Online Exhibition).
• 2018: Collective exhibition at gallery Viviana Puello in Manhattan, New York.
• 2018: Collective exhibition organized by "Conception Arts" in Manhattan, New York.
• 2018: Duo exhibition at the House of Culture of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (Québec, Canada).
• 2015: Duo exhibition at the Art Gallery mp tresart in Durham-South (Québec, Canada).
• 2004: Duo exhibition at the 3D Art Gallery in Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada).
• 2001: Collective exhibition at the Brancusi Cultural Center “Cercle des Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs du Québec” (Circle of Painters and Sculptors Artists of Quebec, C.A.P.S.Q.), Montréal (Québec, Canada).
• 2001: Collective exhibition at Maison Amérindienne of Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Québec, Canada).
• 1999: Solo exhibition at the Les 3D Gallery in Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada).
• 1997: Collective exhibition at Bonsecours Market (C.A.P.S.Q.), Montreal (Québec, Canada).
• 1993: Collective exhibition at the Leonardo da Vinci Art gallery, Sainte-Julie (Québec, Canada).
• 1993: Collective exhibition at the Guy-Favreau Complex (C.A.P.S.Q.) in Montreal (Québec, Canada).
• 1992: Collective exhibition (C.A.P.S.Q.) at the Montreal-Dorval International Airport (Québec, Canada).
• 1990: Solo exhibition at the framing shop of the painter Marcelin Dufour in Beloeil (Québec, Canada).
• SPORADIC EXHIBITIONS: Benefit evenings organized by various organizations, in connection with donations of canvases: “Maison de Jonathan” (Jonathan's House, Longueuil City), “Parrainage civique de Saint-Hyacinthe” (Civic Sponsorship, Saint-Hyacinthe City), “Les Amis-Soleil” (leisure activities adapted to people with developmental problem, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville City), “L'association des parents des enfants handicapés de Saint-Hyacinthe” (Parent`s Association Handicapped Children, Saint-Hyacinthe City), etc.

GALLERY

• 2021: Represented by the NuEdge gallery (Montreal, Canada).
• 2020: Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, New York).
• 2019: Unarthodox Gallery (Chelsea, Manhattan, New York).
• 2018: Viviana Puello Gallery ( Manhattan, New York).
• 2018: Le HangArt Gallery (Montréal, Québec, Canada).
• 2015: mp tresart Gallery (Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada).
• 1999 to 2005: 3D Gallery (Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada).
• 1993: Léonard de Vinci Gallery (Sainte-Julie, Québec, Canada).

PUBLICATION IN SPECIALIST ARTS BOOKS

• 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2005: « Guide de Roussan » by Marc de Roussan (Québec, Canada).
• 1993: «Guide Valley, édition III » by Félix Valley editeur (Québec, Canada).
• 1990: Book « 200 visions nouvelles de peintre du Québec » by Louis Bruens (Québec, Canada).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

• 2015: L’Express de Drummondville (Québec, Canada).
• 2004: Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada).
• 1999: Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec, Canada).
• 1990: L’œil Régional (Beloeil, Québec, Canada).