Marcel Desbiens

Marcel was born in Quebec, Canada in 1954, living and studying in the French speaking region. He decided to move and live in Australia in 1989. His research for the ultimate oil painting technique leads him to the Old Masters in the renaissance period. Marcel has been painting and teaching those methods for the last 40 years, winning prestigious art prize and public art projects.
Marcel has been conducting successful solo exhibitions and workshops interstate and overseas since the 1980’s. His instructions are based on methods taken from the traditional Venetian and Flemish techniques to produce exquisite contemporary paintings. He has been teaching foundation courses in oil from Introductory Level to Advance and mentoring studio sessions. He also regularly conducts short workshops in specialised subject, some of which includes flowers, atmospheric skies and landscapes, fabrics, water reflections and skin tones to name a few. Marcel is the founding Director and tutor at Bienarte, the fine art school in Albion, Brisbane.

Fine Art at the C.E.G.E.P. of Sherbrooke in Quebec , Canada 1973-75

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Lasting Impression Gallery, Kenilworth
2011 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Gallery 2120, Brisbane
2008 Gadfly Gallery, Delkeith, Perth
2007 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne
2007 Gadfly Gallery, Delkeith, Perth
2006 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne
2005 Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne
2003 Musee Louis Hemon, Peribonka, Quebec, Canada
2000 Galerie la corniche, Chicoutimi, Canada
1997 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne
1996 Valerie Cohen Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1996 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1994 “Le moment présent”, Ipswich Regional Gallery
1992 “De la fiction à la réalité”, Travelling exhibition
1992 Centre culturel de Dolbeau, Dolbeau, Canada
1992 Salon du Conseil régional de la culture, Jonquière, Canada
1992 Promenade du Vieux-Québec, Québec, Canada
1985 Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est, Sherbrooke, Canada
1983 Galerie coopérative des arts visuels, Chicoutimi, Canada
1980 Galerie Menasen, Sherbrooke, Canada
1975 Café de la Cour, Québec, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Kenilworth Art Award finalist
2023 Lethbridge Landscape prize finalist
2021 The Kenned...