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Antoine Viau-Petit

Gatineau, Québec, Canada

My work is about painting as a physical and psychological battle with the image. I work fast and dir...

About the artist

Antoine Viau-Petit

Joined In 2026

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About the artist

Antoine Viau-Petit

Joined In 2026

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EDUCATION


My work is about painting as a physical and psychological battle with the image. I work fast and directly, pushing the paint around and leaving the mistakes, changes, scars, and unfinished parts in place. I’m interested in the moment when a painting stops being an image and starts showing the struggle that went into making it.

Painting is hard work. It is repetition, failure, frustration, pleasure, and then doing it all again. I want the painting to carry the evidence and become the recording of what happened.

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Mon travail porte sur la peinture comme une bataille physique et psychologique avec l’image. Je travaille rapidement et directement, en poussant la peinture et en laissant en place les erreurs, les changements, les cicatrices et les parties inachevées. Je m’intéresse au moment où la peinture cesse d’être simplement une image et commence à montrer la lutte qui a servi à la construire.

La peinture est un travail difficile. C’est de la répétition, de l’échec, de la frustration et du plaisir, puis on recommence. Je veux que la peinture porte les traces et soit l'enregistrement de ce qui s’est passé.

B.A. Honours in Fine Arts (Studio Art)
Bishop’s University — Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
2022–2026

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