User:Jefcantin

Artist

J.F. Cantin is a Canadian visual artist born in 1958 in Montreal. He is one of the pioneer of video installation in Canada. His work is mainly video and light base installation, but he also do sculpture, performance and photography. He created several public artwork in Canada, such as the stain glass for the Palais des congrès de Montréal, considered the world largest. He was awarded the Special Award at the COMTECart electronic art festival in Dresden, Germany, 1999.

BIO

He studied fine arts and animation cinema at the School of Art & Design of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Is first major show was at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in Canada (1978).

In 1979, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal acquired his video installation Propos Type, which was the first video installation of a Canadian artist to be shown at the museum.

In 1995, the Museum of Contemporary Arts of Montreal did a solo show of his work, a room installation The Dream of a Shadow.

In 1999, he received the Special Award at COMTECart festival in Germany.