Simard, Benoît

Technique: oil, acrylic, mixed media, lithography

1942-2010

Benoît Simard was born in Lac St-Jean in 1942, Quebec.

He studied psychology at Laval University from 1965 and continued at the University of Sherbrooke where he obtained his master's degree in 1973. He has been a member of the Professional Corporation of Psychologists of Quebec since 1973. He taught psychology until 1980. From this date, he devoted himself exclusively to painting.

Self-taught in art, he participates in more than 30 group exhibitions in Quebec, France, Italy, New York and Calgary. He also holds more than thirty solo exhibitions.

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Collections

• National Library of Quebec, Montreal
• National Library of Canada, Ottawa
• Office of the Prime Minister of France
• Imperial Tabacco
• Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec
• Vatican Museum, Rome

Honors

• Medal from the City of Saint-Paul de Vence (France), in the composition category, during the International Grand Prix for Painting and Sculpture (1974)
• Family merit, painting category, Quebec 1987