biography of Yves TRUDEAU (1930-2017)

Birth place: Montreal, PQ

Addresses: Montreal, PQ

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Ecole Beaux Arts Montreal, sr matriculant with Marie Mediatrice.

Exhibited: Third Int Contemp Sculpture Biennial, 1966 & Panorama Sculpture Quebec, 1970, Mus Rodin, France; Int Sympt Sculpture, Ostrava, 1969; solo show, Mus Quebec, 1970; Biennale Middle-heim, Anvers, Belg, 1971; Premiere Biennale Petite Sculpture, Budapest, Hungary, 1971. Awards: Can Coun Awards, 1963 & 1969; Ministere Educ Quebec Award, 1970-1971.

Member: Can Conf Arts (councellor, 1967-1968); Asn Sculpteurs Quebec (pres, 1960-1966); Int Conf Mus; Int Asn Plastic Art.

Work: Mus Quebec; Galerie Nat Can; Mus Art Contemporain Montreal; Mus Art Prague, Czech; Mus Plein Air D'Ostrava, Czech. Commissions: Vivace, J M C Camp Musical, Mont-Orford, PQ, 1960; Vie Interieur, comn by N D De L'Enfant, Sherbrooke, PQ, 1966; Phare Du Cosmos, Expo 1967, Universe Plaza, 1967; concrete relief, Univ Sherbrooke; bronze relief, Ecole Arts & Metiers De Riviere-Du-Loup, PQ, 1968.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze, plexiglass, steel. Publications: auth, article, in: Metiers D'Arts Quebec, 1963; co-auth, catalogue, Galerie Nat Can, 1966; auth, catalogue, Confrontation 67, 1967. Teaching: Prof sculpture, Ecole Beaux-Arts Montreal, 1967-1969; prof sculpture concept & metal, Univ Quebec, Montreal, 1969-.

Sources: WW73; Robert Guy, Yves Trudeau, sculptor (Asn Sculpteurs Quebec, 1971).