BIOGRAPHY
Profile
MO (alias Monique Crépault) is a multidisciplinary artist who shares her time between Montreal and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Beginning
Degrees in Visual Arts, Literature and Set Design (National Theatre School of Canada).
Worked many years as Set Designer, creating many paintings and backdrops for theatre sets, cinema and tv shows, before exploring other creative paths, including photography, videography, tempera painting, engraving, sculpture and land art installation.
With a parallel career in print, tv and web medias, as Chief Editor, Journalist, Columnist and Blogger, created series of egg tempera paintings shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Canadian galleries and museums.
Produced numerous bronze and ceramic sculptures, as well as diverse land art installations.
Artistic Process
Contemporary figurative neo-expressionism painter.
Inspiration
Matisse, Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Sonia Delaunay, Mammo Paladino, Betty Goodwin, Frida Kahlo, Eric Fischl, David Hockney.
Iconography
Since early, no matter the media, the focus is on the human body, recently culminating in a series of Dancers.
Statement
"To paint is a physical action. Just like dancing, it allows us to abandon our beliefs and explore new ones.”
The Present
MO currently works with acrylic, oil and dry pastels and is preparing her next show in Puerto Vallarta, in 2020.
Mediums
Acrylic, egg tempera, oil and dry pastels, linocut and digital art.
Expertise
Figurative drawing workshops. Land art installation workshops.
Exhibition History
Several solo and group shows in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Artwork is displayed in private and corporate collections around the world.
MO (alias Monique Crépault) is a multidisciplinary artist who shares her time between Montreal and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Beginning
Degrees in Visual Arts, Literature and Set Design (National Theatre School of Canada).
Worked many years as Set Designer, creating many paintings and backdrops for theatre sets, cinema and tv shows, before exploring other creative paths, including photography, videography, tempera painting, engraving, sculpture and land art installation.
With a parallel career in print, tv and web medias, as Chief Editor, Journalist, Columnist and Blogger, created series of egg tempera paintings shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Canadian galleries and museums.
Produced numerous bronze and ceramic sculptures, as well as diverse land art installations.
Artistic Process
Contemporary figurative neo-expressionism painter.
Inspiration
Matisse, Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Sonia Delaunay, Mammo Paladino, Betty Goodwin, Frida Kahlo, Eric Fischl, David Hockney.
Iconography
Since early, no matter the media, the focus is on the human body, recently culminating in a series of Dancers.
Statement
"To paint is a physical action. Just like dancing, it allows us to abandon our beliefs and explore new ones.”
The Present
MO currently works with acrylic, oil and dry pastels and is preparing her next show in Puerto Vallarta, in 2020.
Mediums
Acrylic, egg tempera, oil and dry pastels, linocut and digital art.
Expertise
Figurative drawing workshops. Land art installation workshops.
Exhibition History
Several solo and group shows in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Artwork is displayed in private and corporate collections around the world.