Soft Focus Painting

Mathieu Dubé is a multi-disciplinary artist from Ottawa, Canada, whose artwork has appeared in solo and group exhibits throughout Canada and the US over the past 10 years. His work includes bronze, plaster and found-object sculptures, mixed media paintings and ink sketches. His most recent project was a street art exhibit entitled "Inner Chatter". The show was composed of 3 large-sized drawings commissioned by the Downtown Rideau BIA and exhibited at the Underpass at the corner of Rideau and Sussex. A common theme in Mathieu's art is the power of the subconscious to control our actions, and our tendency to ignore important issues in order to preserve our level of personal comfort. Mathieu was self-taught since early childhood up until he entered a specialized arts program at "De La Salle" High School. He then spent a year at the Ottawa School of Arts studying perspective and human anatomy in preparation for Algonquin College where he received a diploma in Classical Animation Drawing. After only a year of working for animation studios, he decided to pursue a career as an independent artist. Since then, Mathieu has worked for theatre companies designing masks and costumes, for the Canadian military sculpting commemorative plaques and as a graphic designer for the Independent Filmmakers Co-operative. In 2008, he completed an outdoor bronze sculpture of the Parliament buildings commissioned by the National Capital Commission which is on permanent display in front of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Mat Dubé also enjoys eating, sleeping, and doing various things interconnected to stuff.