Leonel Jules is a

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Canadian painter from

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, originally from Haiti. A graduate of the

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, he has done research in history and

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of art. After receiving numerous awards and fellowships, he devoted himself to painting and the diffusion of

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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 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
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Influences

Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...

for his interest of drawing rhythms, graphics and above all a presence of spirituality which allows me to find my own African roots.

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...

for a profound discovery of color and collage.

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and

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Québécois for the idea of a behavior in which I can find a personal energy by the gestures. And then there is inevitably...

Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

, 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. Image:Obama dream.JPG, Obama Black and White Dream ----

Recognition and awards

2004-2005 Creation grant, SODAC Société de développement des arts et de la culture

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

External links

Leonel Jules Official WebsiteArt-MediaSpence GalleryDiversité artistiqueBlack History Month
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