Michel Reicrof

Artist and designer from Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada, is a French Canadian artist whose work lies at the heart of uncharted territory. Since the early 1980s, REICROF (Michel Forcier dit) has been developing a pictorial oeuvre that deliberately places itself outside the conventional frameworks of figurative art, abstraction, abstract expressionism, and informal art. Trained in visual arts at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1979-1982) and then in architecture at the Université Laval in Quebec City (1982-1986), he is a visual artist whose work unfolds at the junction of material chaos and intellectual order. Articulating geometric abstraction and figural art, his approach lies in the veneration of the material. Using acrylic, plaster, and paper mounted on wood panel. , the artist transforms the surface into a rough and textured palimpsest that is central to his approach. His work is a philosophical quest into the nature of identity, memory, and hidden structures. The artist celebrates the tenacity of matter, showing that every idea is rooted in the sedimentation of time and fragments, an organic and eroded form that reflects the cosmic order, thanks to the noble resistance of matter.

Mastery of the Languages of Art at REICR...

1979–1982 University of Quebec / City of Trois-Rivières (Quebec, Canada) Bachelor of Visual Arts.

1982–1986 Laval University/Quebec City (Quebec, Canada) Bachelor of Architecture.

WORK EXPERIENCE RELATED TO PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE AND VISUAL ARTS.

1990–2026

CAREER IN VISUAL ARTS.
(Research and development in “FIGURAL” ART.)

2005–2015

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(Research and development in digital imaging)
THE PAINTING AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DIAGRAM.
System / E_SPACE / 0-1
Research in geometry / The painting as an architectonic diagram for the development of digital imaging, the creation of new digital printing services, producing high-end paper prints/GICLÉE.

2014-2026

CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF ARTS / M.i.A

Project: Founder and Chief Executive Officer of E_space for production / collaboration / distribution.
Cultural and technological enterprise, publishing digital artworks on multiple platforms.

1998–2003

CREATION OF THE RADART PRODUCTION CENTER.

Project: Founder and of the RADART Production Center / Furniture design / Visual art in the context of urban revitalization / Montreal (Quebec) Canada - 1998 / 2003.

- Floor 1-2 / Gallery boutique / Sale of high-end furniture / Sale of works of art.

- Floor 3 / Production studio for drawings and works of art.
- Permanent exhibition of my works of art.

1987–2010

CAREER IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE / FURNITURE DESIGN.
Career in inte...