Johanne Brouillette

Joined Artfinder: Sept. 2019

Artworks for sale: 8

Canada

About Johanne Brouillette

 
 
  • Biography
    Biography

    Johanne Brouillette is a Canadian abstract painter who has been living and working out of her studio located in the Laurentian Mountains for over 28 years.

    Following close to 20 years painting in a representational landscape style, Johanne began studying pure abstraction and immediately connected with the style of the Automatistes painters such as Riopelle, Borduas and Ferron. She has found freedom of expression in abstraction pursued through automatism: an instinctive, unpremeditated form of creating art, and has created a fresh language all her own.

    Brouillette is a jury elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Her abstract paintings have been included in over 80 regional, national and international juried exhibits and have been awarded several prizes. In 2020, the Society of Canadian Artists awarded her the prestigious Antoinette Stevens Medal “Best in Show”. Her artworks have appeared in several publications including House & Garden magazine in the United Kingdom, Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine in France and Art Folio Annual in the United States. 

    Her work is represented in galleries and both private and corporate collections worldwide. A few notable one’s are the Montreal Neurological Hospital, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Jean Lapointe Foundation in Montreal, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, USA, Merchants Bonding, West Des Moines, USA.

    She currently lives and works in the Laurentians with her husband and two small dogs.


    Artist Statement

    My large-format abstract paintings are imbued with intense raw emotion and quiet tranquility. Technically, the work is non-representational, but to say this would be a disservice to the countless natural inspirations in my daily life. Each painting is created in a gestural, expressionistic style, yet references the highly influential Canadian landscape around me.

    Nature has always been a part of my life, most notably my summers spent at our family waterfront cottage in the Laurentians. I enjoy observing seasonal changes, allowing different textures, colours and shapes of trees and leaves to influence my work.

    My paintings are created with thick multilayered, heavily textured oils that can take weeks, months and even years of building. I rarely use brushes, preferring the physical act of moving, scraping and removing paint with palette knives. The painting can go through many lives or “seasons”, changing drastically during the process, depending where my inspiration takes me. My hope is that my abstracted landscape paintings hint at something familiar, yet remain open ended to allow the viewer’s imagination to complete the story. 

    ”I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.”

    Georgia O’keeffe

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  • Education

    2016 - 2019

    Caroline Archambault Art Institute

  • Awards

    2019

    Folio Annual, Best emerging abstract and contemporary artists;

    Published in Folio Annual inaugural book of best emerging abstract artist of 2019

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    2019

    Best Global Quality Abstract Art, Césure International Competition;

    Best Overall Quality of Abstract Art in International Competiton

    2018

    The Gold brush at the Annual Exhibition in Mirabel, Québec;

    Jury voted me gold brush award among 40 professional painters at the exhibition

    2017

    3rd place at the Annual Exhibition at the St-Faustin Culture Centre, Québec

    Jury voted my artwork 3rd place amongst 60 entries

    2016

    2nd place at the Annual Exhibition of Blainville-Art

    3rd place for artwork Energie amongst 50 participants
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    Previous events

    Event: Christmas Group Show

    Dates: 6 Dec 2019 - 10 Jan 2020

    Venue: Moberg Art Gallery, 2921 Ingersoll, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

    Group show at Moberg art gallery in Iowa, USA

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Education

2016 - 2019

Caroline Archambault Art Institute


Awards

2019

Folio Annual, Best emerging abstract and contemporary artists;

Published in Folio Annual inaugural book of best emerging abstract artist of 2019

Show more awards Hide

2019

Best Global Quality Abstract Art, Césure International Competition;

Best Overall Quality of Abstract Art in International Competiton

2018

The Gold brush at the Annual Exhibition in Mirabel, Québec;

Jury voted me gold brush award among 40 professional painters at the exhibition

2017

3rd place at the Annual Exhibition at the St-Faustin Culture Centre, Québec

Jury voted my artwork 3rd place amongst 60 entries

2016

2nd place at the Annual Exhibition of Blainville-Art

3rd place for artwork Energie amongst 50 participants

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Christmas Group Show

Dates: 6 Dec 2019 - 10 Jan 2020

Venue: Moberg Art Gallery, 2921 Ingersoll, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Group show at Moberg art gallery in Iowa, USA


 

Biography

Biography

Johanne Brouillette is a Canadian abstract painter who has been living and working out of her studio located in the Laurentian Mountains for over 28 years.

Following close to 20 years painting in a representational landscape style, Johanne began studying pure abstraction and immediately connected with the style of the Automatistes painters such as Riopelle, Borduas and Ferron. She has found freedom of expression in abstraction pursued through automatism: an instinctive, unpremeditated form of creating art, and has created a fresh language all her own.

Brouillette is a jury elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Her abstract paintings have been included in over 80 regional, national and international juried exhibits and have been awarded several prizes. In 2020, the Society of Canadian Artists awarded her the prestigious Antoinette Stevens Medal “Best in Show”. Her artworks have appeared in several publications including House & Garden magazine in the United Kingdom, Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine in France and Art Folio Annual in the United States. 

Her work is represented in galleries and both private and corporate collections worldwide. A few notable one’s are the Montreal Neurological Hospital, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Jean Lapointe Foundation in Montreal, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, USA, Merchants Bonding, West Des Moines, USA.

She currently lives and works in the Laurentians with her husband and two small dogs.


Artist Statement

My large-format abstract paintings are imbued with intense raw emotion and quiet tranquility. Technically, the work is non-representational, but to say this would be a disservice to the countless natural inspirations in my daily life. Each painting is created in a gestural, expressionistic style, yet references the highly influential Canadian landscape around me.

Nature has always been a part of my life, most notably my summers spent at our family waterfront cottage in the Laurentians. I enjoy observing seasonal changes, allowing different textures, colours and shapes of trees and leaves to influence my work.

My paintings are created with thick multilayered, heavily textured oils that can take weeks, months and even years of building. I rarely use brushes, preferring the physical act of moving, scraping and removing paint with palette knives. The painting can go through many lives or “seasons”, changing drastically during the process, depending where my inspiration takes me. My hope is that my abstracted landscape paintings hint at something familiar, yet remain open ended to allow the viewer’s imagination to complete the story. 

”I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.”

Georgia O’keeffe