Claude Meurehg

I'm completely captivated by free drawing as the mediation of the
magic that transforms three dimensions into two, yet allowing shapes, relations and proportions to emerge on paper, generating something that embodies much more than the two-dimensional representation of a subject.

I favour charcoal because it offers a powdery, dusty substance that leaves traces on paper in a direct, primal way, and gouache because it brings the charcoal structure to life, vibrating with an earthy, almost sculptural feel at the same time that it offers a surprising effect as if drawn on fresh plaster for a fresco.

I seek the intensity of life, the expression of the animating force with its thrust toward growth, freedom and its intention to flourish.

Art History Diploma (Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City), 1992

Bachelor of Business Administration (ITAM, Mexico City), 1998

Courses in Illustration (Distance Education, MN, US), 2002

Master of Theological Studies (Regis College, University of Toronto), 2008

Advanced Drawing (OCAD University - Continuing Studies, Toronto), 2010

Master of Theology (Regis College, University of Toronto), 2018 - an interdisciplinary degree equivalent to an M.A. that started as a PhD in philosophy at the Toronto School of Theology, which, given a series of departmental constraints, I was not able to advance beyond a first thesis draft.

Note: The areas of study during the doctoral program included philosophy of language, epistemic logic, spirituality, aesthetics, philosophy of art, theory of art.

Coding Bootcamp, University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, 2018

Observations
OCAD University
October 2014 - December 2014
Two of my drawings were selected for a group exhibition organized by the division of Continuing Studies at OCAD University in Toronto.