Johanne Brouillette

Evoking a sense of place and imbued with intense raw emotion and quiet tranquillity, my paintings are visual poems, an allusion to landscape, a suggestion of time or personal life experience based on colour and sensory details. Technically, the work is non-representational, but to say this would be a disservice to the countless natural inspirations in my daily life. Each painting is created in a spontaneous, gestural, expressionistic style, yet references the highly influential Canadian landscapes around me. I enjoy observing seasonal changes, allowing different textures, colours and shapes of trees and leaves influence my work.

Intuitively, I begin with improvised layers of colour and marks. Then the slow painting process begins. It can take weeks, months or even years of building and breaking down the surface of a piece until I am completely satisfied. I rarely use brushes, preferring the physical act of moving, scraping and removing oil paint with palette knives and handmade tools. Working on several paintings at any given time, I move from one to the other, rotating them as I go. This method enables me to develop the pictorial space as I work the painting deeper onto the canvas creating a multi-layered composition of colour , ...

- Painting residency, Atelier Rod, Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Advanced contemporary painting courses (artistic approach) individual coaching with Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Contemporary art course with artist Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Workshop on Black and White with artist Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Workshop on Transparencies and Light with artist Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Mixed media and drawing with artist Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur
- Visual expression and creativity workshops with artist Renée Noreau, St-Sauveur
- Abstract expression and movements workshop with artist Riverin, Pierrefonds
- Private oil painting classes with painter Raymond Roy, St-Hippolyte
- Avanced acrylic courses on canvas at the Petite École. St-Sauveur
- Workshops on Mixed media with Linda Lock, Vancouver
- Intensive acrylic workshop with artist Lise Auger, Sainte-Agathe
- Mixed media workshops with Denise Lefebvre, Sainte-Dorothée
- Acrylic painting on wood, Sainte-Dorothée

Invitational Exhibitions

January – March 2021, Contemporary Women Paint: Abstract Expressions, Moberg Art Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
February 2021 – Diverse Voices, International Exhibition, Artists of the Artist’s Voice, Salt Lake City, Utah
December 2019 – February 2020, Group Christmas Show, Moberg Art Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
September – October 2019 – Kicking Abstract and Taking Names, Moberg Art Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa

Solo Exhibitions

2021 (May) – Entre les lignes, Place des Citoyens, Sainte-Adèle, Québec
2018 – Abstract Expressionism, Cailuan Art Gallery, Cornwall, Ontario
2018 – Notre point de vue n’est qu’une réalité, Piedmont, Québec
2017 – Regarde-moi, je suis là, St-Faustin Culture, Québec
2017 – Langage abstrait, St-Hippolyte Library, Québec
Jury Selected Exhibitions
2021 – Best Largescale Artwork, Gallea, Montreal, Quebec;
2021 – Curators’ Selection Gallea, Montreal, Quebec;
2021 – Montreal Artists, Gallea, Montreal, Quebec;
2021 – Mardi Gras, Gallea, Montreal, Quebec;
2020 – Square Foot Online Exhibition, Julia Veenstra, Hamilton, Ontario
2020 – Federation of Canadian Artists, Limitless Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2020 – Society of Canadian Artists Annual Elected Members Exhibition
2020 – 4th A...