Cécile Buysse
Cécile Buysse - Biography
Born in Belgium, Cécile Buysse immigrated to Quebec where she received a Bachelor in Visual Arts from Concordia University in 1991, studying painting with Guido Molinari and Peter Krausz. Between 1989 and 1996, Buysse participated in several studio workshops with T. Hopkins and Seymour Segal at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, as well as a workshop on silkscreen techniques at the Centre Design & Impression Textile in Montreal. Over a career spanning thirty years, Buysse has has been a member of the Conseil de la peinture du Québec (Painters' Council of Quebec) in 1992 and 1993 and a member of the Régroupement des artistes en arts visuels from 1998 to 2004.
Selected Exhibitions:
2019 Des mots dans la peinture, l'Espace-galerie de St-Sauveur.
2016 La couleur dans tous ses états, Place des citoyens de Ste-Adèle.
2008-2013 Artists’ Choice, Galerie Valentin, Montreal
2010 Microcosms, Solo Galerie Valentin, Montreal
2008 Jubilate, Espace d’art du Canal, Montreal
2005 La part de l’œil, prise 2, Opticien G. Laoun, Montreal
2002 Nouvelles lunes, Centre communautaire Elgar, Verdun
2000 Territoires, Galerie 1040 Marie-Anne, Montreal
1998 Galerie Louis Thibodeau, Montreal
1996 La part de l’oeil, Galerie 1040 Marie-Anne, Montreal
1995 Naissances, Galerie 1040 Marie-Anne, Montreal
1993 Galerie L’Empreinte, Montreal
1991 Espace bleu, Galerie Rouge, Complexe du Canal Lachine, Montreal
1990 Galerie L’Empreinte, Montreal
Artist Specialization: Lyrical Abstraction - Cécile Buysse's work, predominantly oil on canvas and textile, evokes a spontaneous, playful, and sensuous world of colour. Oil is applied "alla prima" with a palette knife, in thick, sensual layers. The work is at once spontaneous and controlled, dotted with bursts of intense pigment. The artist refers to painting as "a pretext to make colours vibrate spontaneously. It was both abstract and playful; abstract because it was necessary, it came from inside of me, it answered, and still answers today, a strong need for liberty and pleasure."
