Born in Matane, Qc, Canada, in 1965, Jean-Pierre Gauthier lives and works in Montréal. He received an MFA from Université du Québec à Montréal. Awarded the prestigious Sobey Art award (2004) for his contribution to Canadian contemporary art and the Lynch-Staunton award (2005). His work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada, at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada (2006); at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York (2003-2005); at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee (2003), USA; at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (2002); at the Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver (2001); at the Angelica festival in Bologna (2001), Italy; at the Kwag Gallery (2001), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario; at the Galerie B-312 in Montréal (2001) and at the Galerie Skol in Montreal (1995-1997). He was also part of numerous group exhibitions in Korea, Germany (Berlin Transmediale o6), Sweden, Norway, United States, Spain, Italy, France and Canada since 1990. He also performed live as an experimental music performer in solo and in collaboration with professional musicians from Italy and Montreal new music and experimental music scene since 1998.
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