Jean-Michel Correia (Hand Made Paper)

BIOGRAPHY: 

CORREIA, Jean-Michel was born in France in 1958. Jean-Michel Correia made de Beaux-Arts of Dijon from 1977 to 1980 and then went to the Architecture school of Paris-Belleville. In 2006, he moves to Quebec, where in 2012 he opens his own Galerie du Théâtre-Magog-Art contemporain. Also aside from his artistic carrier, Correia taught actual artistic practice at Sherbrook University and Montreal University. Correia art pieces were exposed in France, Quebec and United-States, in 2016 a retrospective of his work was made in his name at Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier.

artistic approach: 

Jean-Michel Correia’s unique approach is interpreted as a continual quest, in which geometry plays an essential role. Based on architectural proportions, the painter uses a pre-established grid to develop a series of sensory arrangements. The grid is then used to render various perspectives, to apply colour and materials, and to create textures.

Originally from France, artist Jean-Michel Correia has been established in Montréal for many years. His academic background in architecture and fine arts led him to studio arts, which he has been practising for 35 years. At once colourful and minimalist, his works have been exhibited in cities such as Paris, New York, Miami, and Seoul. Jean-Michel Correia has taught in the Design department of the Faculté de l’aménagement at the Université de Montréal, and in the Master’s program in Pratiques artistiques actuelles at the Université de Sherbrooke. He is also a curator, an art critic, and a doctoral candidate in Études et pratiques des arts at UQAM.