2008 solo shows: Montreal, Gallerie de Bellefeuille June 20, 2008 (new show catalogue "Hozho"), Edmonton, Peter Robertson Gallery October 25, 2008. Shows are scheduled for Toronto (Feb), Vancouver (Nov) and Seattle (June) in 2009.

NEW* The Canadian Cultural Properties Review Board determined that the 1993 Marchessault painting ("Escarpment" oil 40x120 inches) meets the criteria of section 11 of the Cultural Properties Export and Import Act - "outstanding significance and national importance". This painting was donated to the permanent collection of the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery. This is Marchessault's second painting donated under this designation; the other painting is in the collection of the MacLaren Art Centre.

NEW* Read the transcript of a 2008 interview between Marchessault and Sandra Fraser (curator at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario).

For the fifth year in a row Marchessault paintings will be presented at the Toronto International Art Fair. You can find his work at the Bau-Xi Gallery and Gallerie de Bellefeuille booths.

NEW! "Harvest of Light" is a new book about Marchessault's paintings from 2007 - 2008. It will accompnay his upcoming shows in Toronto (Feb 2009), Seattle (June 2009) and Vancouver (Nov 2009). You can order a copy of "Harvest of Light" online. Click here to preview/order your copy.

2008: Les Éditions du Boréal, 4447, rue Saint-Denis, Montréal has purchased the right to use a 2008 painting by Marchessault (SND Again, 30x30 oil/panel) for the cover of a new book of poetry by Hélène Monette. To be published in the fall of 2008, the book is titled Thérèse Pour Joie et Orchrestre.

2007: One of Marchessault's large paintings features prominently during the first 10 minutes of the film Shattered. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Emma Karwandy, Desiree Zurowski.
Directed by: Mike Barker , Produced by: Pierce Brosnan, Mel Gibson, Beau St. Clair. Over the last 10 years many of Marchessault's paintings have appeared in over 9 feature films and many TV dramas.

 

 

 

Marchessault travelled in Italy in the fall of 2007 (Tuscany, Venice, Florence, Rome). New paintings are begining to reflect some of the wonderful things seen there (for example: "Hidden Forces" 48x48, 2008).

Robert Marchessault is married to the painter Teresa Cullen (below) with whom he has collaborated on several recent paintings. Teresa was an artist in residence and a fellow at the Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, NM in2004.

 

Robert Marchessault was born in Montreal in 1953. His early years (until 1969) were spent in the USA, (Philadelphia and Syracuse, NY). In the late 1960s his family relocated to France before returning to Canada in 1970 where he completed his fine arts studies at Concordia University (Montreal). He married the Canadian painter Teresa Cullen in 1977 and the couple settled in Toronto. There they painted professionally from a downtown studio until building a country studio in 1983 near Owen Sound, ON. In 1997 Marchessault completed a Master of Arts at the University of Toronto and the couple subsequently relocated and built two new studios close to Barrie, Ontario where they currently reside and work.

Marchessault continues to paint and exhibit nationally and internationally producing several exhibitions a year. His work is avidly collected and can be found world wide in many respected collections. The main galleries that represent his work are located in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Santa Fe, Calgary and Edmonton.