Maud Besson

Recipient of a Mention for modern figurative / Festival des Arts de Mascouche 2020 - Canada ★ Mention for figurative art overall quality - Césure 2019 ★ Mention of honour, Fairmont Château Frontenac - Quebec, SACQ 2018 ★ Mention of excellence Césure 2018 for portrait and figure painting ★ Excellence CGI Award for emerging artist 2017.

★ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Maud Besson started showing her paintings in France after graduating from the National School of Applied Arts in 2002 (ENAAI). Moving to Montreal in 2007, then in British Columbia in 2012, She continues to show her creations while pursuing her exploration of art and discover in Canada an exciting artistic universe. Today, settled in Quebec city, Maud stay primarily a figurative painter, still involved in constant aesthetic research. By creating her work, she expresses who she really is.

★ARTIST STATEMENT Primarily a figurative painter, Maud Besson is Involved in constant aesthetic research. Definitively instinctive, by creating her work, she expresses who she really is. Born and raised in France, she quickly learned that her calling was in art. Through her studies, she discovered painting was her true passion and since that moment it becomes a true necessity.

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1999-2002 : Bachelor of Applied Art, Illustration and Graphic Design, ENAAI - École Nationale des Arts Appliqués et de l’Image / Chambéry - France.

1997-1999 : Graduated with honors as Technologist in Architecture, Professional School / L.P La Ravoire - France.

July/August/September 2021 : USINE 106U Art Gallery / Montreal (QC) - Canada.

July 2021 : Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art / Kelowna (BC).

June 2021 : 6x6x2021, Rochester Contemporary Art Center / NY – United States.

May 2021 : GRAFF JAM – 5x7 feet long mural art / Quebec city.

March 2021 : GRAYSCALE WONDERLAND, BG Gallery / Los Angeles – United States.

November/December 2020 : Under 100 / Lake Country Art Gallery / British Columbia.

September 2020 : Symposium au Cœur des Arts de Saint-Siméon / Saint-Siméon (QC).

June/July/Aug. & September 2020 : USINE 106U Art Gallery / Montreal - Canada.

February/ April 2020 : Parliament of Quebec, National Assembly, URBANIA Art gallery / Quebec city - Canada.

February 2020 : L.A. Art show with the bG Gallery / Los Angeles, CA - United States.

February 2020 : Exhibition and fundraising - Profits for CALACS, organised by BABA / Quebec city - Canada.

Nov/ December 2019 : Red Dot Show, Alternator Center for Contemporary Art / BC.

Nov/ December 2019 : Under 100, Lake Country Art Gallery / British Columbia.

November 2019 : COLLECTIF 8, ALMANZARD Gallery / Quebec city - Canada.

Nov/ December 2019 : Des oeuvres qui donnent des Ailes, URBANIA / Palai...