Éric Nadeau, sculptor-integrator
nadoscuptures
Artist
Bio
Éric Nadeau has been collecting industrial pieces and making contemporary sculptures of them since 1999.
Starting his career in Montreal, Canada, he was one of the first residents and administrators of the Lézarts Coop, Montreal’s premiere visual arts housing and workshop cooperative. In 2007, Nadeau moved his family as well as his workshop to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.
Recognized by his professional peers and by the province’s network of exhibition centers and art galleries, he was notably chosen by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition Féminine du Quebec’s jury to be part of the provincial integration of arts to architecture program (1%). He is now eligible to produce 3D and relief sculptures for urban art projects.
Starting his career in Montreal, Canada, he was one of the first residents and administrators of the Lézarts Coop, Montreal’s premiere visual arts housing and workshop cooperative. In 2007, Nadeau moved his family as well as his workshop to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec.
Recognized by his professional peers and by the province’s network of exhibition centers and art galleries, he was notably chosen by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition Féminine du Quebec’s jury to be part of the provincial integration of arts to architecture program (1%). He is now eligible to produce 3D and relief sculptures for urban art projects.
Photo: Roland Lorente
Artistic Approach
From scraps of industrial and mechanical parts, recycled and taken apart from various urban spaces, Éric Nadeau creates mechanical beings inspired by the etymology of the word “robot”. A visual presentation linked to this process sets itself around these beings, materializing the idea of work. Through sculpture and assembly, Éric Nadeau humanizes his robot-inspired sculptures and tries to interpret their past.
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Eric’s approach revealed in a documentary released at the beginning of his career
Art à scrap
Video, 20 min., 2000, Videographer: Marie-Geneviève Chabot.View
Academics
Art Associations
2011 –Member of the Conseil économique du Haut-Richelieu’s cultural committee
2010 –
Trustee on Action Art Actuel’s Board of Trustees, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2010 –
Registered on the lifetime-list of active artists for Quebec’s integration of arts to architecture (3D and relief sculpture)
2008 –
Member of ART(O), Visual Arts Coop, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2008 –
Member of Action Art Actuel, Artist-run Centre, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2002 – 2006
Member and trustee of Coopérative Lézarts, Visual Arts Housing Coop, Montreal, Qc
2002 –
Member of DARE-DARE, Multidisciplinary Artist-run Centre, Montreal, Qc
Academics
2005 – 2006Professional studies in Welding, École des Métiers de la Construction, Montreal, Qc
1999 – 2001
Major in Visual Arts, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Qc
1999 – 2000
Certificate in Mental Health Studies, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Qc
1995 – 1998
Bachelor in Arts and Sciences, Major in Philosophy, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Qc
Art Shows
Solo Art Shows
Fall 2012
Travail et tempsCoopérative art[o], Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2011
Robot[a]Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montreal, Qc
Assemblage inc.
Maison de la culture Villeray–St-Michel–Parc Extension, Montreal, Qc
2010
Assemblage inc.Galerie Double V, Valcourt, Qc
Rebuts et robots
Musée Beaulne, Coaticook, Qc
2008
Robotspectives, 1998-2008TOHU, La cité des arts du cirque, Montreal, Qc
2007
Les humanonymesQuinzaine des Sciences, Cégep Montmorency, Laval, Qc
2005
Portraits-robotsGalerie Espace Perspective, Montreal, Qc
Rebut anatomiques
Galerie Observatoire 4, Montreal, Qc
2004
Les humanonymesQuinzaine des Sciences, Cégep Montmorency, Laval, Qc
Les humanonymes (rétrospective 1999-2004)
Maison de la culture Villeray/ Parc Extension, Montreal, Qc
Professional and
Commercial Shows
2011
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2008
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show – Série Limitée
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2007
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show – Série Limitée
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2003
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2002
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2001
SIDIMMontreal International Interior Design Show
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc
2000
Salon de l’invention, du génie et de la créativitéCentre Pierre-Charbonneau, Montreal, Qc
Rendez-vous des jeunes créateurs en art
Marché Bonsecours, Montreal, Qc
1999
Rendez-vous des jeunes créateurs en artMarché Bonsecours, Montreal, Qc
Collective Art Shows
2011
Annual Zone-art Auction SaleSherbrooke, Qc
Publication in a catalogue accompanying the auction.
Grands formats du 15e Symposium
Coopérative Art(o), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2010
Rencontre des ArtsSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
L’humain et la matière
Centre culturel de Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda, Qc
15e Symposium d’Art du Haut-Richelieu
Coopérative Art(o), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
Trio Dimensions
Coopérative Art(o), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2009
Collectif Art(o)Coopérative Art(o)r, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2006
RobofoliesCentre des sciences de Montréal, Montreal, Qc
2005
42e expo d’art contemporain du QuébecEspace Création Loto-Québec, Montreal, Qc
L’art et le recyclage
Galerie Générale, Massueville, Qc
2004
RecyclartIn collaboration with Âme-Art Collective
Galerie 1040, Montreal, Qc
Sans auto II
Galerie Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Qc
Bouillon de Lézarts
Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal, Qc
Robofolies
Centre des sciences de Montréal, Montréal, Qc
Dare-Dare Dépôt
Dare-Dare, Montreal, Qc
2003
Montréal en point de repèresGalerie Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Qc
Recyclart
In collaboration with Âme-Art Collective
Bibliothèque Mile-End, Montreal, Qc
Le corps masculin
Galerie Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Qc
Journées de la culture pour la C.S.N.
In tandem with Sylvain Lavallée, painter
Palais des Congrès, Montreal, Qc
2002
RecyclartIn collaboration with Âme-Art Collective
Bibliothèque Mile-End, Montreal, Qc
Chauffe qui peut !
Journées de la Culture
Coopérative Lézarts, Montreal, Qc
Exposition en duo (mère–fils)
In tandem with Francine Galarneau
Complexe Biarritz, Varennes, Qc
Performances
2011
Performance at the SymposiumLight and sound show at the Symposium des arts du
Haut-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
2007
InfluxSound and light performance, in collaboration with
Alain Lebrun, video Sandra Tannous, Coopérative
Lézarts, Journées de la Culture, Montreal, Qc
View
2003
Les mètres carrés oubliés (Phase II)Intervention and installation in an abandonned space.
February 23, 2003, Dow Complex, Montreal, Qc
2002
Le suicide du rejetéHappening and installation in an abandonned space.
June 16, 2002, Redpath Silos, Montreal, Qc
2002
Les mètres carrés oubliésHappening and intervention in an abandonned space.
February 23, 2002, Dow Complex, Montreal, Qc
Photo: Geneviève Bernier