Martin Brouillette: Resilience in Color

M A R T I N BR O U I L L E T T E

This catalogue includes images of 15 paintings which can be viewed in the gallery The exhibition can be viewed online at www.waterhousedodd.com/brouillette All works are available for purchase on receipt of this catalogue

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Cover: Past vs Present, 2022 Oil on canvas 60 x 84 inches

M A R T I N BR O U I LLE T T E RESILIENCE IN COLOR M AY 26 - J U N E 30, 2 0 2 2

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Martin Brouillette’s new body of work was completed between the fall of 2021 and early 2022. For Martin, these paintings serve as a journal of the last period of the pandemic. He was born in 1971 in Montreal where he began his artistic career. His artistic journey then flourished in London between 2007 and 2019, and has continued after moving to New York three years ago. Waterhouse & Dodd is pleased to be his worldwide representative.

The work represented in this exhibition is in oil on canvas but the inspiration is heavily reliant on drawing which has become Brouillette’s form of resilience.

He mainly draws on an iPad and then recreates and interprets the drawings on canvas, not by digital means but purely by painting. Brouillette finds escapism, excitement, and solace in drawing.

His oeuvre is focused not only on the forms but the textures he leaves behind in their creation. His experiments with color explore composition and relationships between space and storytelling. The charm of Brouillette's painting lies not only within the images themselves but also from the stories his titles evoke. His romantic, optimistic and idealistic personality comes to the surface. A hopeful naiveté resonates throughout his work, giving a biopic of the artist himself.

Martin sees his works as extensions of himself and a revelatory story on his perceptions; a story of perseverance, resilience and bravery.

Sandra Safta Waterhouse, New York, May 2022 New Opening, Without Doubt, 2021 Oil on canvas 72 x 96 inches 3

Remixed Dream, 2020 Oil on canvas 59 x 47 inches 4

Uplifting Last Call, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches 5

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Random Magic, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 64 inches 7

Happy Ending After All, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches

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Renewed Freedom, 2022, Oil on canvas, 48 x 64 inches 10

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Making Good Decisions, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches 12

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A Brilliant New York Night, 2022 Oil on canvas 60 x 72 inches 14

Never Enough - Reverse - Stop, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches 15

Urgent and Important Desire, 2022 Oil on canvas 72 x 60 inches 16

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The Disintegrated Ego, 2020 Oil on canvas 59 x 47 inches 18

The Lost Continuation, 2021 Oil on canvas 47 x 39.5 inches 19

Juxtaposed Information Evolving Into Joy, 2020 Oil on canvas 47 x 39.5 inches

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Seriously Playing, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 64 inches

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Images of the artist in his studio

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"I am inspired by the digital world's aesthetic - how computer applications have allowed me to transform and manipulate my initial drawings. My latest paintings are the expression of my extravagant and excessive self, which often hides behind my discreet façade.

I feast on designing complex arrangements of disparate elements. I am seeking a harmonious visual experience within disorder. I like to orchestrate interactions between contraries while investigating balance and unity.

I initially address my work from a formalist approach by directing my concerns towards composition, pattern, structure, space, and the interactions of colors. The succession of layers in my paintings is meticulously planned; each is meant to complement, enhance, or even discredit each other. I use digital tools to solve compositional dilemmas while they culminate in the very tactile and human intervention applying oil paint on canvas. I entertain a visceral relationship with oil-paint and its materiality. Abusing the surface by charging up blobs of paint and luscious brushstrokes onto the canvas creates a sense of joy which I find stimulating.

I am motivated by bright colors, bold shapes, and playful compositions.

I spend a lot of time drawing and sketching on my tablet. I make choices based on what feels exciting to me. As a result, I am free to create a new leap of faith with each mark, embrace my intuition and enjoy the work with wonder."

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EDUCATION 2008 Etching & print making, Atelier Circulaire, Montréal 2003 Fine arts diploma, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) SOLO SHOWS 2019 Audacious forms and dynamic interactions, Delta House gallery, London 2010 La Chambre Grise, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2008 iSeduction, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2007 Poussières, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2006 Healing, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2005 En quête de solicitude, Gala, Fine arts Gallery, Montréal 2004 La vie, la ville, Gala, Fine arts Gallery, Montréal 2003 Urbanité, Gala, Fine arts Gallery, Montréal GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION) 2019 Delta House Open studio, London 2018 Delta House Open studio, London 2008 Bestiaire, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2008 Tableaux divers-08, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2007 Écomusée du Fier monde, Montréal 2007 Papier, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2006 Tableaux divers, Dominique Bouffard Gallery, Montréal 2006 A sense of place, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2005 Surfacing, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2005 Festival Montréal en art, Montréal 2005 Fragments, Centre d'Art Amherst, Montréal 2005 Au fil du temps, au gré de l'art, Musée du Château Ramezay, Montréal 2004 Collectivité, Gala, Fine arts Gallery, Montréal 2004 Gallery artists, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2003 Le jardin au bout du pinceau, Musée du Château Ramezay, Montréal 2003 RBC New canadian painting, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax 2003 RBC New canadian painting, Distillery Visitor Center, Toronto ART FAIRS 2020 London Art Fair, London, U.K. (Art Mûr Gallery) 2009 TIAF, Toronto, Canada (Dominique Bouffard Gallery) 2010 TIAF, Toronto, Canada (Dominique Bouffard Gallery) Publics collections Desjardins financial group, Montréal, Canada RBC Investor services, Toronto, Canada AWARDS 2003 1st prize, Musée du Château Ramezay, Montreal, Canada 2003 «RBC New Canadian painting competition» (finalist - Eastern Canada) 24

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