Denis Larouche AOCA
(Alumnus of the Ontario College of Art & Design)
Originally from Québec, Denis Larouche is well travelled, having explored Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, and in the 1970's he lived in West Africa for a time.
Between his love for art and for science, he opted for the arts, Receiving a diploma in Applied Museum Studies from Algonquin College (Ottawa), then a diploma in Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art & Design (Toronto).
His professional activities are twofold. His paintings have been shown in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto, where he presented (as well as organized) both solo and group art exhibitions.
Denis is also very active in the museum world, having doing contracts for major institutions such as the Canadian Museum of History, The Canadian Museum of Nature, The National Gallery of Canada, The Canadian Conservation Institute, the Ingenium Institution (Science & Technology Museum n Ottawa) and several Parks Canada sites. He has clients across Canada and in the United States.
As a painter, the concept of the Quantic Landscape has become a way of reconciling his passion for painting and physics.
He was awarded the *FALCO's Gilles-Gagné Award for Artistic Excellence at the 2012 Culturiades, as well as the Télé-Québec Award in 2011
His work was selected twice (2017 and 2021) for the Culture Outaouais Homage Award
(* FALCO - Foundation for the Arts, Litterature, and Culture in the Outaouais)
HIS PAINTINGS ARE PART OF THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
| Loto-Québec Collection |
| Ernst & Young |
| City of Ottawa Collection |
| Caisses Populaires Desjardins Collection |
| Caisse Populaire St-Joseph (contemporary art) |
| Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada |
| Voix Visuelle Artists Center |
| ADGMG - Association of General Directors of Municipalities of the Province of Quebec |
| TARTAR Graphic Design |
| Maison Mathieu Froment-Savoie |
| RGS Financial Services |
| Cogetec Engineering |
| Larouche Pharmacy, Gatineau (Hull), QC |
| Private collections across Canada and Germany |
STUDIES
| 1982 - 86 | Fine Arts - Ontario College of Art and Design - Toronto, On. |
| 1976 - 79 | Museum Artwork & Display - Algonquin College - Ottawa, On. |
| 1974 - 75 | Design - Algonquin College - Ottawa, On. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | Integrations, Old Chelsea Gallery, chelsea QC |
| 2015 | E = mc3 (cubed), Landscapes & Quantum States, Cube Gallery, Wellington St W, Ottawa ON |
| 2013 | The Quantic Landscape, Atrium Gallery of the City of Ottawa |
| 2009 | Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Old Chelsea, Old Chelsea, QC |
| Recent Works, Rothwell Gallery, Ottawa, ON | |
| 2008 | Sea & Sky, Superposing the Elements, AvenueArt Gallery, 10, King St, Montreal, QC |
| 2007 | Growth, Promenade du Roi, Lake Leamy Casino, Gatineau (Hull), QC |
| 2006 | Solo at the Centre Carmen, 253, Bellehumeur ST, Gatineau, QC, (819) 243-0337 |
| 2005 | Landscapes and Textures, duo exhibition with Anthony Hobbs, Avenue Art Gallery, 4880, Sherbrooke west, suite 170, Montreal (Westmount) Qc. |
| 2003 | Transitions Centerpointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa |
| 2003 | Painting the Seasons, Marchant Gallery, Lancaster, On |
| 2000 |
The Trees of Brewery Creek - Bowater Library, Gatineau, Qc Hull’s Brewery Creek - Théâtre de l’Île, Hull, Qc. |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2022 2023 |
Symposium Gatineau en Couleurs Galerie Annexe (Ottawa Art Gallery) |
| 2018 |
2018 Members Only Art Show, Arts Sutton Gallery, Sutton, QC Springtime Annual Exhibition, Aylmer Arts Council, Aylmer, QC |
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2017 |
Great Big Smalls 13, Galerie Cube, Wellington ouest, Ottawa, ON A Tribute to the Colour Red (Le Rouge à l'honneur), La Petite G'art Gallery, Gatineau, QC |
| 2016 |
Members Collective 2016, Arts Sutton Gallery, Sutton, QC Great Big Smalls 12, Cube Gallery, Wellington West, Ottawa, ON Blue, Cube Gallery, 1285, Wellington ouest, Ottawa |
| 2015 |
Le Rouge et le Noir, Galerie Montcalm, Maison du Citoyen -Ville de Gatineau, QC Great Big Smalls 11, Galerie Cube, Wellington ouest, Ottawa, ON 5 Artists, Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa |
| 2014 |
Sélection 2014, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Center, Orléans, ON Great Big Smalls 10, Galerie Cube, Wellington ouest, Ottawa, ON Mouvement, Galerie Art Aylmer, Aylmer, QC |
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2013 |
Great Big Smalls 8, Cube Gallery, 1285 Wellington ouest. Ottawa, ON CAVMA Salon, Gatineau Congress Center, 2013 Nocturne 5, Cube Gallery, Ottawa (une exposition sur le thème du ciel étoilé) Group exhibition, Lamoureux-Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montréal Repérage - Loto-Québec, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau (Hull) |
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2012 |
Great Big Smalls 8, Cube Gallery, 1285 Wellington ouest. Ottawa, ON (décembre) Nuit Noire 2, Cube Gallery, Ottawa (an event dedicated to the night sky) Group exhibition, Lamoureux-Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montréal Fresh, Tay Gallery, Kanata, ON. Group show of 4 artistes. |
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2011 |
Group exhibition, Lamoureux-Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montréal Nuit Noire 2, Cube Gallery, Ottawa (An exhibition on the theme of the starry sky) |
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2010 |
Group exhibition, Lamoureux-Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montréal Gallery Artists Group Exhibit, Arta Gallery, 55 Mill St, Bldg 9, Distillery District, Toronto, ON |
| Juried Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden Hills Cultural Center, Minden, ON | |
| 2009 | Light of Winter, Arta Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto, ON |
| Water, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON | |
| 2008 | Homage, Cube Gallery, 7, Hamilton Ave, Ottawa, ON |
| 2007 | Landscape 2007, Interpretations of the Canadian Landscape, AvenueArt Gallery, 10, King St. Montreal |
| Ottawa Art Festival, Carleton University Field House, Ottawa, ON | |
| Grand Opening of New Location, AvenueArt Studio 10 King, Montreal, QC | |
| 2006 | Great Big Smalls II, Cube Gallery, 7, Hamilton Ave. Ottawa, On |
| Art Tao Gallery, 146, 30th street, Toronto, On | |
| Annual Spring Group Exhibition, AvenueArt Gallery, 4880, Sherbrooke west, suite 170, Montreal (Westmount) Qc | |
| Ottawa Art Festival, lady Aberdeen Pavillion, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa, On | |
| Campestral, The Canadian Landscape, Cube gallery, 7, Hamilton Ave. N., Ottawa, On | |
| 2005 | Great Big Smalls Show, Cube Gallery, 7, Hamilton Ave. Ottawa, ON |
| Impressionnisme contemporain, Centre culturel Jacques-Auger, Leduc Street, Gatineau (Hull), Qc (Zone Artistique Urbaine) | |
| Loto-Québec Exhibition, Artists of Western Québec. Montcalm Gallery, 25, Laurier St. Gatineau Qc. | |
| 2004 | Deck the Walls Avenue Art Gallery, 4880, Sherbrooke west, suite 170, Montreal (Westmount) Qc. |
| 2003 | Energy & Creation, organized by the SAVO at the National Archives of Canada Building, Gatineau, Qc. |
| Canvas, Paper and Stone; Three Outaouais Artists, Visual Arts Center - Orléans, On. | |
| 2002 | Visages de l’Outaouais - Galerie Art-Inter - Sherbrooke, Qc |
| 28 Artistes, Espace Pierre-Debain, Centre culturel du Vieux-Aylmer, 120, rue Principale, Aylmer, Qc | |
| 2001 | Bicentennial Memories - Hull’s Théâtre de l’Île, Commemoration of the city’s architectural heritage. |
| 2000-2004 | Aylmer Arts Council - Spring Exhibitions |
| 1999-2000 | Art in the Outaouais , Hull, Qc. |
| 2001-2005 | Elmwood Art & Home Fair - Rockliffe, On. |
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2001 - “Les Fêtes du Grand Boulevard”, Hull (Group exhibition of invited regional artists)
2000 - The Fainting Couch Gallery, Ottawa, On.
MUSEUM DISPLAY WORK
1980 / ... - Design and fabrication of dioramas & scale models, mannequins, moulding & casting, artifact replicas, artifact mounts and background paintings, for major institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Nature, Parks Canada, the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Currency Museum.
COLLECTIONS
Ernst & Young
The City of Ottawa
Loto-Québec
Municipality of Val-des-Monts, QC
Tartar, Graphic Design
Caisses Populaires Desjardins (Desjardins Credit Union)
Caisse Populaire St-Joseph (contemporary art)
Maison Mahieu Froment Savoie
RGS Financial Services
Voix Visuelle Arts Center, Ottawa
Pharmacie Larouche, Gatineau (Hull), QC
Cogetech (engineering consultants firm)
Canada Science & Technology Museum, Ottawa
Private collections across Canada
GALLERIES
| Cube Gallery |
7, Hamilton Ave. Ottawa, On. K1H 1B4 (2006 to 2019) |
| Galerie Arts Sutton | Rue Académie, Sutton, QC |
| Ottawa Art gallery | Commercial Gallery "Annexe", 2 Daly, Ottawa ON |
| Lamoureux-Ritzenhoff Galleries | 2 galleries in Montréal (2010 to 2013) |
| Arta Gallery | 55 Mill St, Bldg 9, Distillery District, Toronto, ON |
AWARDS & BURSARIES
| 2019 | "Peer to Peer Award", Aylmer Arts Council's Spring Exhibition, 2019 |
| 2017 | Work selected to be offered as the "Prix Hommage 2017", a yearly award given at Les Culturiades, for outstanding contribution to the cultural scene. |
| 2012 |
Award for Exellence (with bursary), Culturiades 2012, organized by the FALCO - Fondation for the Arts, Litterature and Culture in the Outaouais Registration bursary from the RAAV to participate in the ART & LAW Conference, Ottawa |
| 2011 |
Télé-Québec Award (with bursary), Culturiades 2011, organized by the FALCO - Fondation for the Arts, Litterature and Culture in the Outaouais |
| 2010 | Culturiades, (FALCO - Fondation for the Arts, Litterature and Culture in the Outaouais), Finalist, Gilles Gagné Award for Excellence |
| 2007 | Registration bursary to participate in Visual Arts Summit, Ottawa, ON |
| 2006 | Culturiades, finalist, selection of a work of art for the Hommage Award - City of Gatineau |
| 1999 | Art in the Outaouais, Jury's Honourable Mention |
MEMBERSHIPS
| RAAV | Association of professional visual artists |
| CARFAC | Canadian artists Representation - Front des Artistes Canadiens |
| Arts Network Ottawa | |
| Culture Outaouais - Outaouais Regional Council for Culture | |
PUBLISHED DIRECTORIES
| 2009 |
National
Gallery of Canada. Library and Archives. Artists in Canada, (Online),
2009. Click on icon:
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| 2006-07 | Magazin'art Biannual Directory |
PUBLICATIONS
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2019 |
Les beautés "intégrales" de la nature, Journal Le Droit, Ottawa, 9 juillet 2019 La physique en peinture - Quand le paysage devient quantique, Bazoom.ca |
| 2017 | Artist tackles math and visual arts in new show, Ottawa East news, Dec 2017 |
| 2016 |
Arts Exhibits : From July 31, Kristin E. Endemann, Photos, Art This Week, Ottawa Citizen The Landscapes of Canada gardens at the Museum of nature in Ottawa. Hortus2..Wordpress.com février 2016 (online) |
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2015 |
Denis Larouche, Quantum Landscapes - Catalogue for a solo exhibition at Cube Gallery Denis Larouche - E = mc cubed, Ottawa Tonite, July 2015
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| 2014 | Arts Accolade, Features Post, www.artsaccolade.ca December 2 2014 |
| 2013 | "Centerpointe art exhibit inspired by quantum physics", 26 sept 2013, www.Toronto.com |
| 2012 | The Quantic Landscape at Atrium Gallery - Where, Ottawa, Canada's Travel Planner, 1er octobre, 2013 |
| The Science of Art - Meaghan Crawley, Where, Timely Information for Travellers, Ottawa, Sept-Oct 2013, p 44 | |
| Centrepointe Art Exhibit Inspired by Quantum Physics - Jennifer McIntosh, Nepean-Barrhaven News, 26 septembre, 2013 | |
| 2011 | L'art et la culture au premier plan; Jean-François Dugas, chronique Arts & Spectacles, le Droit, Thursday 10 nov, 2011, p 26 |
| 2010 | Canadian Landscape Juried Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden Hills Cultural Center, Minden, ON, 2010 |
| Regard sur... (A look at...) Online article in the website of the CRCO, Outaouais Regional Council for Culture, Sept 2010 | |
| 2008 | Artists homage to their mentors, Claude Bouchard, Le Droit, Weekend Edition, 14 June, 2008, p. A 11 |
| Interview with Marina CutleIr, for AvenueArt Studio 10. Interview published on the gallery's Website | |
| 2005 | AUPEL Inc., Calendar |
| 2003 | Art at the City Galleries, "Due West Magazine, Fall - Winter 2003 / 04", p. 14 |
| Going Out, in "The Citizen", Saturday 27 September, p K3 | |
| La toile, le papier et la pierre (Canvas, Paper and Stone) Marie-Ève Bouchard, Week-End Outaouais, Saturday, 1 March, p.A2 | |
L'Outaouais sous toutes ses formes...d'art; exposition au Centre d'art visuels (d'Orléans), "L'Express", Frédéric Projean, Thursday |
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| 2002 |
L’Outaouais en Estrie (The Outaouais in the Eastern Townships) Mario Boulianne, “Le Droit“, Wednesday Oct 30, p. 14 |
| 2000 | Le Ruisseau de la Brasserie en peinture, Frédéric Projean, “Bonjour Dimanche“, Vol 12, no 43, Nov. 5 |
TELEVISION & RADIO INTERVIEWS
| 2016 |
Bleu, à la Galerie Cube, Radio-Canada Ottawa, Émilie Tremblay, cultural segment, 6 o'clock news, 8 August, 2016 Show Les Voies du retour - Culturel : Exposition Bleu à la Galerie Cube, Radio-Canada radio (CBC), Vicky Lefebvre, 8 August, 2016 |
| 2015 |
Entre-nous, Rogers TV, 8 January, 2015 Cultural segment, Réseau TVA, Stéphanie Méthé, 8 january 2015 Ce soir, interview with Jean-François Chevrier, Le Culturel, Radio-Canada, 6 janvier 2015 |
| 2014 |
Interview radio, Unique FM 94,5 Culture Géniale, 11 janvier 2014 (diff) Animateur-réalisateur : Jean-Paul Moreau |
| 2013 |
Radio-Canada, Jean-François Chevrier, le Paysage Quantique First Thursday Art Walks - Ruby TFO télévision, 4 avril, 2013 |
| 2005 | Primeurs", Mathieu Locas, Couleur FM 97,1, November 30 (radio) |
| 2003 | Ce Soir, Jasmine Lalonde, "Arts et Spectacles" on CBC television, 6 October, 2003 |
| Vues d'artistes (Artsits Views) Hélène Provost, Radio-Canada (CBC television), 27 September |