Curriculum Vitae

Michel Madore was born in Montreal in 1949. He lived and worked in Paris since 1977. Self-educated artist, Michel Madore has presented his work in nearly two hundred solo and collective expositions in museums, galleries, cathedrals, libraries and cultural centers in Canada, China, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Algeria, Bosnia and Korea.

Some solo exhibitions

2010　Museum of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China
　　　Galerie Yishu 8, Beijing, China
　　　Chapelle Sainte Anne, Tours, France
2009　Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal, Canada
　　　Figure Gallery, Paris, France
2008　Zero Field Art Center, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
　　　Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai, China
　　　Chapelle du Collège, EU, France
　　　International House of Poets and Writers, St-Malo, France
2007　Rouen Cathedral , France
　　　Guangdong Museum of Art, China
2005　Saint-Pierre of Nonnains Church , Metz, France
　　　Cathedral of Meaux, France
2004　Les Chemins de la Parole, Ancienne Justice de Paix, St-Cyprien, France
2003　Retable in Chapelle Notre Dame de la Sagesse, Paris, France
　　　Figure Gallery, Paris, France
　　　Basilique Saint-Urbain, Troyes, France
2002　Contrast Gallery, Brussel, Belgium
2001　Jacques Prévert Cultural Center, Mers-les-Bains, France
2000　Konschaush Beim Engel, Luxembourg
1999　Contrast Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
　　　Parti Gallery, Pecs, Hungary
　　　Szog Art Gallery, Szeged, Hungary
　　　Brigittines Chapelle, Brussels, Belgium, (with sculptor André Fournelle)
1998　French Cultural Institute, Fribourg, Germany
　　　Quebec National Library, Montreal, Canada
　　　Guigon Gallery, Paris, France
1997　Lillebonne Gallery, Nancy, France
　　　Cultural Center, Trois-Rivières, Canada
1996　Château Les Bouysses, Mercues, Lot, France
　　　Quebec Bookshop, Paris, France
1995　Graphes Gallery, Paris, France
1994　Le Cercle Bleu Gallery, Metz, France
1993　ETC... Gallery, Forcalquier, France
1992　Caroline Corre Gallery, Paris, France
1988　ETC... Gallery, Forcalquier, France
　　　Canadian Cultural Center, Paris, France

Some group exhibitions

2010　Abbaye Auberive Art Center, Auberive, France
　　　Capazza Gallery, Paris-Nançay, France
　　　Romanian Cultural Institute Paris, France
　　　Marché de la poésie, Paris, France
　　　Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montreal, Canada
　　　Uiwang International Placard Art Festival 2010, Uiwang, Korea
2009　Asian Art Top Show 2009 Art Fair, Beijing, China
　　　Robert Marteau et ses amis peintres et graveurs, Issy les Moulineaux, France
　　　Capazza Gallery, Paris-Nançay, France
　　　Figure Gallery, Paris, France
2008　Capazza Gallery, Paris-Nançay, France
　　　Figure Gallery, Paris, France
　　　Artempo, Cugnaux, France
　　　Lille European Art Fair, Figure Gallery, France
2007　Capazza Gallery, Paris-Nançay, France
　　　Figure Gallery, Paris, France
　　　Idées d'artiste Gallery, Paris, France　
2006　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France
2005　Capazza Gallery, Paris-Nançay, France
　　　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France
2004　A corps perdu, La Galerie, Paris 8, France　
2003　Start Fair, Capazza Gallery, Strasbourg, France
　　　Figure de Diva, Massy Opera, Massy, France
2002　Traversée de l'Imaginaire, Marie Uguay Cultural House, Montreal, Canada
　　　Loto Quebec Collection: Trois Rivieres Cultural House, Canada
2001　Biennial of Laon, France
　　　Au delà du Corps, Aix-sur-Vienne, France
　　　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France
2000　Kaysersberg Abbey, Kaysersberg, France
　　　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France　
1999　Quinta Das Cruzadas Gallery, Portugal
　　　Biennial of Tuzla, Bosnia
1998　Knokke-le-Zoutte Fair, Belgium
　　　Tondo, Tondi, Montreal, Canada
1997　Biennial of Tuzla, Bosnia
　　　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France
1996　Le Cercle Bleu Gallery, Metz, France
　　　Salon Mac 2000, Paris, France
1995　St-Paul Bay Art Center, Canada
　　　Salon of Contemporary Art, Troyes, France
1994　Saint-Paul Bay Symposium of painting, Canada
　　　«The Human Figure in Industrial Society», Contemporary Art
　　　Museum, Seoul, South Korea
1993　«Painters from Quebec», Carroz, Alps, France
1992　Salon Découvertes, Grand Palais, Paris, France
　　　Contemporary Art Fair, Rouen, France
1991　Caroline Corre Gallery, Paris, France

Publications

_ Dans la lumière du silence, Editions Mémoire Vivante, Paris, 2007. Articles by Michel Brière, Jean-Marie Chevrier, Claire Leman-Génin, Robert Marteau, Christian Noobergen , Michel Madore.
_ Rayonnement, Editions Les Cahiers des la Pressinomie, 2006. Artist book, poems  by Jean-François Rollin, lithographs by Michel Madore.
_ La Salamandre, Editions Fulbert, France, 2004. Artist book, poems by Robert Marteau, lithographs by Michel Madore.
_ Demeure du silence, Editions TranSignum, Paris, 2004. Artist book, poems by Jean Royer, drawings by Michel Madore.
_ Livre de Yù, Edition Mémoire Vivante, Paris, 2004. Poems by Michel Madore, Chinese translation by Cao Dan.
_ Carnets d'atelier, Editions Mémoire Vivante, Paris, 2003, Text by Michel Madore.
_ Le cahier venu d'Inde, Editions Roslin, Montreal, 1998. Artist book, Text by Emile Martel, original wax by Michel Madore.
_ L'étoile noire, fourteen poems and drawings by Michel Madore, 1992.

Public collections

Frac Ile-de-France, France
Saint-Paul Bay Art Center, Canada
Loto Quebec Collection, Canada
Guangdong Museum of Art, China