Vita
Born: May 15, 1950 Drummundville Quebec Canada
Live and work in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education:
Self–taught : learn art trought the 25 years he worked as an Art Director and an Illustrator.
1970 – 1980: Art Direction / Illustration ( Montreal)
1980 – 1990: Illustration ( Toronto / Montreal )
1990 – 1998: Digital Illustrtion ( Toronto / Montreal )
Major work : Concept and realization of the visual for the Cirque du Soleil show : « QUIDAM » « MYSTERE » and « O » ( Las Vegas )
1999 : Quit advertising to paint full time.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008
Water World
Whitfield gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2007
- Simply Flowers : Recent paintings by Francois Chartier
Patou Fine Arts, Miami, USA.
- Pop Culture Icons : Paintings By Francois Chartier
Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2006
- Simply Flowers
Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Selected Group exhibitions :
2010
- Pop Culture Icons: Die Hamburger Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2009
- Park art faire international: Parking de Villereuse GENEVA
- L’art passe a l’est : Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve,
Montreal. Canada
- International Realities Exhibition: Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico
2008
- 15th Annual Realism Invitational 2008: Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM,
USA.
2007
- Group Show: Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montreal, Canada.
- Group Show: Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2006
- Group Show: Patou Fine Arts, Miami, USA.
- Group Show: Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2005
- Group Show: Gallerie Yves Laroche, Montreal, Canada.
- Langage Plastique: Gallerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada.
- Group Show: Patou Fine Arts, Miami, USA.
2004
- Group Show: Gallerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada.
- Group Show: Las Olas Fine Arts, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2003
- Group Show: Gallerie Saint-Dizier, Montreal, Canada
- Group Show: Las Olas Fine Arts, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
2002
- Francois Chartier and Dominique Besner, at Las Olas Fine Arts: Las Olas Fine
Arts, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
Selected Bibliography:
ARTELIBRE, Arte y Libertad IV, 2009, Madrid, SPAIN
POETS and ARTIST, The rebirth of realism Issue, O&S, Volume 2, issue8,
december 2009 USA
Southwest art magazine, second place Award, 21 over 31 competition. November
2009 USA
POETS and ARTIST, Self Portrait Issue, O&S, Volume 2, issue6 , september
2009 USA
Peinture et Photographie : Jean luc Chalumeau, Chesne editor, Paris. 2007.
La Presse : Langage Plastiique, #152, Montreal, march 2005.
ICI : Plasticien Unis, vol.8 # 23, Montreal, march 2005.
Mirror : Fur, Plastic, Water and Wheel. Vol. 20 # 30, Montreal, january
2005.
Gallery Guide USA : Francois Chartier and Dominique Besner, at Las Olas
Fine Arts, november 2002. USA.
CORPORATE COLLECTION
Groupe Option Retraite – Montréal (Québec), Canada;
Goodwood Securities inc. Collection – Toronto (Ontario), Canada;
Benson Ranch inc. Collection – Calgary (Alberta), Canada;
Pat Lazor Design, Collection – Scottsdale (Arizona), États-Unis;
Beecher Securities, Collection – Houston (Texas), Etats-Unis
Magnatrade, Collection – Santiago, Chile
PRIVATE COLLECTION
Canada, United States, Mexico, and France
ASSOCIATION
RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec);
IGOR (International Guild Of Realism).