Rachel Gareau

Life: Born and raised in Quebec. Currently living and working in Ste. Agathe

Studied: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Quebec at Montreal, 1993
Social Sciences Diploma, University of Quebec, 1985

Exhibitions:
Solo
2004 Galerie l’Harmathan
2001 Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
2000 Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
1999 Galerie L’Hartmattan
1999 Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
1997 Galerie du Musee des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Quebec
1996 “Art Recontre,” Carrefour du Nord, Saint Jerome
1996 Galerie du Musee des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Quebec
1995 Mont-Rolland, Montreal Quebec

Group
2003 Roberts Gallery, Tornoto
2002 Galarie Gora
1997 Galerie du Musee des Beaux-Arts
1996 “Art Recontre,” Carrefour du Nord, Saint Jerome, Quebec
1995 Galerie du Musee des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Quenec

Collections:
Air Canada
Edison & Association
Murray Axmith
Nortel Canada Bell

Published:
2001 “Catoblepas” by Gaetan Soucy (book cover)
2000 Lapsus Etudes Litteraires (book cover)
1999 Annual Report, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

About the Work:
Like intelligence, Rachel Gareau’s paintings are wearing seven league boots. They transport us to the moment where everything began, to that inconceivable moment where substance set this difficult, chaotic, universe in motion. We experience the metaphysical destiny of her reds, her soft, shuddering ochres.

Subconsciously, Gareau’s colors, their density and their brightness, bring us back to our first love of the substance for the sake of substance, to which we owe life itself.