Gilles Mihălcean (born 18 April 1946) is a sculptor living and working in
Montréal. Over the years, his works have been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Biography
A self-taught sculptor, Mihalcean began his career in 1969. After teaching at
Université Laval from 1972 to 1979, he devoted himself entirely to sculpting. He also worked as a lecturer at the
Université de Montréal and the
University of Ottawa. He rose to prominence in the 1980s, with major exhibits at the
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and
the Power Plant
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery is a Canadian non-collecting public contemporary art gallery located at the heart of Toronto, Ontario at the Harbourfront Centre. It is a registered Canadian charitable organization supported by its membe ...
in
Toronto, as well as commercial galleries such as Galerie René Blouin, Chantal Boulanger, Roger Bellemare and Circa.
Works
*''Révélation''
*''Révolution''
*''Trou de ver''
*''Portrait (entre deux chaises)''
*''La Maison''
*''Le Livre''
*''Vieille Branche''
*''Brumes gaspésiennes''
*''Nº 1, Lundi''
*''La Ballade''
Gallery
File:La Peur Place-de-la-Grande-Paix-de-Montreal.jpg, La Peur (1993)
File:Monument a la Pointe 03.JPG, Monument à la Pointe
File:Colonne-carotte 55-o.art.pub-colcar-01.jpg, Colonne-carotte
File:Colonne-cité 55-o.art.pub-colcite-01.jpg, Colonne-cité
File:Colonne-fluide 55-o.art.pub-colflui-01.jpg, Colonne-fluide
File:Colonne-vaisseau 55-o.art.pub-colvais-01.jpg, Colonne-vaisseau
File:Paquets de lumière, Gilles Mihalcean, 2017. (50828693951).jpg, Paquets de lumière
Awards
*Prix des Concours artistiques du Québec (1969)
*
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award is a monetary award given since 1971 by the Canada Council for the Arts to Canadian artists judged to be outstanding in their mid-careers.
Since 2005, the award is given to one recipient in each of the followi ...
(1987)
*Bourse de carrière Jean-Paul-Riopelle (2005)
*
Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas
The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design. It is na ...
(2011)
References
Further reading
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External links
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1946 births
Living people
Artists from Montreal
Sculptors from Quebec
20th-century Canadian sculptors
Canadian male sculptors
Canadian people of Romanian descent
20th-century Canadian male artists
21st-century Canadian sculptors
21st-century Canadian male artists
Academic staff of Université Laval
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