Richard Caplette

Born in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) - 1951 Member of the Association of Professional Artists of Quebec (RAAV) Member of la Societe de droit de reproduction des auteurs et editeurs au Canada (Sodrac)1976 - Bachelor of Arts from l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Poet, philosopher and artist, Richard Caplette has always been in search of the primitive in man; the ancestral pulse that incited Homo Sapiens to paint their cavern walls in order to communicate with the divine. Since the beginning in 1968, Richard Caplette has worked relentlessly at his art: he has discovered the ancestral pulse he pursued. The foundations of his themes are perceptibly the same since his first works. A classical artist who feels the relationship between the painting and the onlooker is one of the primary sources, one of the primary impulses. - A man close to Mother Earth who likes to discover relics of the past in archaeological excavations in his garden. - A man who feels provoking questions is of the utmost importance. Creative Process : In search of a symbolic world, a sign of a past language, the discovery of an ancestral pulse; these are the impressions he tries to bring to life on canvas. He experiments with intimate representations remaining open ...

1977 - Baccalauréat en Arts-Plastiques - Universite du Quebec à Montreal

Exhibitions / Solo :
2014- Maison Le Pailleur, « Traces d’humanités », Chateauguay, (Québec)
2014 - Maison de la culture Villebon, « Traces d’humanités », Beloeil, Québec
2014 - MUSO-Musée de société des Deux-Rives, « Traces d’humanités », Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
2013 - Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides - Espace foyer, « Mémoriel », St-Jérôme, Québec

2012 - Centre des arts contemporains du Québec à Montréal, Québec
2012 - Maison de la culture de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Québec
2011 - Bibliothèque Gérald Godin, Île-Perrot, Quebec.
2009 - Journees de la Culture - Rigaud, Québec
2009 - Galerie Rene-Blain, Brossard (Quebec)
2001 - Musee rgional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, "Allgorie", Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec
2000 - Galerie Horizon, "La chevauchee de la memoire", Tracy, Quebec
1999 - Maison de la culture Frontenac, "Murs / Murs", Montreal, Quebec
1998 - Galerie Schorer, "Qui sommes-nous ?", Montreal, Quebec
1996 - Galerie Schorer, Montreal, Quebec
1994 - Galerie Katia Brunner, Honfleur, France
1991 - Arts Center, Courseulles-sur-Mer, France
1989 - Centre des Arts Contemporains, Montreal, Quebec
1986 - Galerie Voir, Geneva, Switzerland...

Rue Pestre - Oeuvres Récentes
Maison de la culture - Ville de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Du 25 mai au 30 juillet 2012