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mitchell Kotansky (*1962 mon-tréal) est un sculpteur vivant et travaillant à montréal. En tra-vaillant principalement le bronze, Kotansky a appris le processus technique de cire perdue et a été capable, grâce à cette ex-périence, de développer un style unique d’expression au travers de la sculpture.

Le sujet de son travail est la condition humaine. Ses sculp-tures et dessins traitent des rela-tions entre les individus. Le style très textural de sa technique per-met à son travail d’exprimer une émotion inaccessible grâce à des méthodes traditionnelles.

L’humanité se place souvent à part dans l’isolement du reste du monde naturel. Pour le souligner, Kotansky a placé ses travaux sur de grandes et minces tiges d’acier. L’acier, un matériau noble

et fort devient pourtant délicat dans son utilisation. L’interaction entre les matières traditionnelles et le contenu émotionnel mis en place crée une tension visuelle évidente dans ses travaux. Son studio, The Sculpture Studio, est un espace de création qui existait déjà en 1992.

mitchell Kotansky (*1962 mon-treal) is a sculptor living and wor-king in montreal. Working predo-minantly in bronze, Kotansky has learned the technical process of lost wax bronze casting and with this experience has been able to develop a unique style of expres-sive sculpture.

The subject of his work is the human condition. His sculptures and drawings deal with rela-tionships between individuals. The strong textural style in his technique has enabled his work to express an emotional content unachievable through traditional methods.

Humanity often places itself apart in isolation from the rest of the natural world. To emphasize this, Kotansky has positioned his works on tall thin steel rods. Steel, a strong noble material has

become delicate in its utilization. The interplay between the tradi-tional materials and the emotional content create a visual tension that is evident in the works. His studio, The Sculpture Studio, is a creative space, and has been in existence since 1992.

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2Galerie mx - 333 Viger O. montréal H2Z 0A1 - 514.315.8900 - art@galeriemx.com

Expositions / Exhibitions

2006 Le Fil Unifiant, Galerie Baliz, Old montreal, Quebec2006 Bronze sculpture and drawings, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario2005 Presence, Galerie Baliz, Old montreal, Quebec2005 Fragments, Galerie Arts en majuscule, Griffintown, Quebec2004 Toronto international art fair,, Toronto, Canada2002 SOFA, International art fair, New York, USA2001 SOFA, International art fair, Chicago, USA2000 Bronze: Corps et Lieux, musee du Bronze, Inverness, Quebec1999 Deux regards,one movement, ArtsNDG, Notre Dame de Grace, Quebec1999 Stand Tall, exhibition, montreal, Quebec 1999 La vie en bronze, 3712 St. Laurent Blvd, montreal, Quebec1997 Corpus momentum, Conseil de la sculpture du Quebec, montreal, Quebec1997 Solitudes, Intimacies, Gallery de la Ville, Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec1996 Jerusalem 3000, International conference center, Jerusalem, Israel1995 Forgotten paths, Nuremberg, Germany1995 Faculty Exhibition, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art, montreal, Quebec1995 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Nuremberg, Germany1994 BLRK, Nicolas Boily, Denis Leclerc, montreal, Quebec1993 La Crime de Siecle, Supporting exhibition for play, montreal, Quebec1992 Sans Titre, Petit Pavillion des Arts, montreal, Quebec1992 ELAAC, Entre libre a L’arts Contemporain, montreal, Quebec1992 SIDIm, Design and art exhibition, Place Bonaventure, montreal1991 L’air du Temps, montreal, Quebec

commités dE sélEction / sElEctEd commissions

2006 Stanstead College, Alumnia award2006 Bronze bust of mayor of montreal East2005 Bronze bust of mr. Brossard, mayor of Lachine2003 Life size male Torso, bronze, Private collection 2002 Recolte, molson Canada2000 Cinema VI, Restoration of Architectural Sculpture2000 monumental bust for “Associazione maria SS Di Canneto” 1999 Life size torso in bronze for private collection1997 Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), bronze monument commemorating the 500-year anniversary of John Cabots’ maiden voyage to Canada1996 Yitzhak Rabin, portrait in bronze of the late prime minister of Israel, Rabin park in Cote St. Luc, Quebec

ExpériEncE profEssionnEllE / profEssional ExpEriEncE

Since 1992 The Sculpture Studio, montreal, Quebec2003 Praterinsel munich, Cultural Center for arts, munich, Germany1994 - 2000 Concordia University, Department of Sculpture, Technician in the Sculpture Department, montreal, Quebec1999 - 2001 ArtsNDG, Non profit arts organisation, Founder and Co-president, montreal, Quebec1996 Bezalel Academy, Artist in residence, Jerusalem, Israel1995 Academy of Fine Arts Nurembery, Artist in residence, Nuremberg, Germany 1990 metasculpture art foundry, montreal, Quebec

bibliographiE / bibliography

“Art de vie” Simons catalogue, Artist studio selected for cover of spring catalogue, springtime 2004“Le corps a un fil” Natalie Sicard, Parcours magazine, 2001“Gallery de la Ville presente une exposition de sculpture par Mitchell Kotansky” Cite Nouvelles magazine, may 1997“Exposition Mitchell Kotansky”, Jean-Louis Lalonde, The Suburban newspaper, may 16 1997“Sculptor to unveil Rabin Work Sunday”, mike Cohen, The monitor newspaper, 1996 The Suburban“Rabin Park Naming Ceremony Takes Place June 9”, Joel Goldenberg, The Suburban newspaper, 1996“Sculptures represent emotions felt on Forgotten Paths”, Heather Solomon, The Canadian Jewish News, march 1996