Born in Montreal May 18th 1947. Unconventional education. Solo Exhibitions
2007 Montreal May, HUGO Annual congress, "Transgenic Feast" 2006 Vancouver March, Tsleil-Waututh International First Nation Gathering, "Transgenic Feast" La Jolla April, Salk Institute Art Show, "Transgenic Feast" 2005 Uppsala September-November, Gustavianum Museum, Uppsala, "Transgenic Feast" Paris May, Chapelle St-Louis de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, "Transgenic Feast" 2004 Sweden November 2004-April 2005, Hammarskjöld Gallery, Gotland, Absolut Genome Uppsala September-November, Gustavianum Museum, Uppsala, "Uppsala, The Pleasure Principle" Stockholm August-September, Karolinska Institutet Biobank, EuroScience Open Forum 2004, Transgenic Corn with Fish Head Sweden July - August, Hammarskjöld Gallery, Gotland, Spirit of Shanghai Genome paintings 2003 Montreal December, Galerie ATCG (Adénine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine), Genomist/Proteomist Art Sweden December, Hammarskjöld Gallery, Gotland, Genomist/Proteomist Art Montreal December, I.C.A.O. Atrium, Biodiversity Convention United Nations, Genomist/Proteomist Art Montreal September, Montreal Centre for Genomics and Proteomics, McGill University, Proteome paintings and The Human Genome Odyssey paintings Ottawa April-September, Canadian Museum of Nature, National exhibition The Geee! in Genome, The Protein Gallery, Proteome paintings Sweden March, Uppsala Castle, Uppsala, The Human Genome Odyssey paintings Sweden March, Gustavianum Museum, Uppsala, Proteome paintings and The Human Genome Odyssey paintings 2002 Montreal October, Galerie Casa Obscura, Proteome paintings Montreal September, Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, DNA Family paintings Toronto June, Bio-2002, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, The Human Genome Odyssey paintings Montreal May, Genetics Days, Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, The Human Genome Odyssey paintings Montreal January, Galerie Opus II, Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, The Human Genome Odyssey paintings 2001 Montreal October, Galerie Casa Obscura 2000 Sweden July, Galleri Suder Gotland 1999 Montreal Espace Laoun, Musée des Beaux-Arts 1998 Montreal Galerie Dugazon-Couture Sweden Galleri Suder Gotland 1997 Paris UNESCO - Galerie Salle des Actes Paris Chapelle de l'Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière 1996 Sweden Galleri Suder Gotland Paris Espace Artistes à la Bastille 1995 Paris Espace Artistes à la Bastille Sweden Galleri Suder Gotland 1994 Paris Galerie Gaëlle Calvet Paris Espace Artistes à la Bastille Montreal Exhibition at the painter's studio 1993 Montreal Galerie de l'Inspecteur Épingle Paris Espace Artistes à la Bastille 1992 Montreal Galerie Les Doigts Sales Paris Espace Artistes à la Bastille 1991 Montreal Espace Global Galerie 1988 Menton Palais de l'Europe, Louvre Artist in Residence Program (France) 1987 Gaspé Musée de Gaspé Montreal Galerie Côté-Burnham 1986 Montreal Galerie centre Copie Art 1984 Montreal Galerie du Frère Jérôme Montreal Galerie Les Foufounes Électriques 1982 Percé Centre d'Art de Percé 1981 New-York West Broadway Gallery 1980 Montreal Galerie Parenthèse 1979 Montreal Galerie 858 1976 Montreal Café-Bar La Grande Passe 1975 Montreal Centre d'essai Conventum Group Exhibitions
2004 Ann Arbor March, National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference "Genetics, Life Sciences and Art", Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Genomist/Proteomist Art 2003 Montreal October, Jacques Deshaies and his guests at Casa Obscura 2002 Montreal May-June, Galerie Les Foufounes Électriques 1997 Paris Clichy Art Contemporain 1996 Paris Galerie de la Mairie du XIe Paris Espace culturel Ministère des Finances Bercy 1995 Paris CNIT, La Défense Serans Église de Serans (Normandy, France) 1994 Paris 64e Salon d'Art Contemporain de Clichy 1993 Montreal Festival des films sur l'Art 1991 Tokyo Galerie Cultart 1990 Montreal Salon des Galeries d'Art ELAAC Montreal Galerie Cultart 1987 Montreal Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 1985 Montreal Galerie Lavalin 1985 Montreal Centre Saydie Bronfman 1980 New-York Noho Gallery Exhibition of paintings from the serie "The human genome odyssey" for scientific conferences
2004 Ann Arbor March, National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference "Genetics, Life Sciences and Art" - Presented by Life Sciences, Values, and Society Program, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Genomist/Proteomist Art 2003 Uppsala March, Conference Biobanks as Health Resources - Presented by Ethics in Biomedecine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, The Human Genome Odyssey paintings 2002 Montreal September, 3rd International Conference on DNA Sampling - Presented by Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers, University of Montreal - Omni Mont-Royal Hotel Toronto June, Bio-2002 - Presented by Bio-2002, Bio-Québec and Génome Québec - Metro Toronto Convention Centre Montreal May, Genetic Days - Presented by Dr. Claude Laberge, Director of the Réseau de Médecine Génétique Appliquée, R.M.G.A. - Omni Mont-Royal Hotel 1998 Montreal National Research Council of Canada - Presented by l'Institut de recherche en Biotechnologie Laval National Symposium on Biotechnologies - Presented by Bio-Contact - Sheraton Hotel 1997 Paris UNESCO - Salle des Actes - First human genome declaration meeting - Presented by Prof. Fédérico Mayor, director general of Unesco Paris Hôpital Gouin Paris Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière - Permanent mural painting Paris Hôpital Saint-Louis - Genetics Department 1996 Montreal First International Conference on DNA Sampling - Presented by Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers, University of Montreal - Delta Hotel Publications in science magazines
2004 U.S.A. Cover page and illustrations, Preclinica (November) 2004 U.S.A. Cover page and illustrations, The Scientist Magazine (April 12 2004) 2003 Europe EMBL 2002-2003 Annual Report (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) 2003 International Cover page, Nature Reviews Genetics magazine (January), and "Ethics Watch" editorial (January, February, March, April) 2002 International Cover page, Nature Reviews Genetics magazine (September, October, November) 2000 Canada/France Cover page, Medecine Sciences - M/S magazine 1999 Canada Cover page and illustrations, Biotechnology Focus magazine 1997 Canada Cover page and illustrations, Journal Clinic Parkhurst magazine Act of art - performances with nude models - videos - 1990-1999
1996 Montreal Galerie Casa Obscura 1995 Netherlands Kunstkannaal TV - Amsterdam, Utrecht and Rotterdam 1993 Montreal Festival International du Film sur l'Art 1992 Montreal Espace Global galerie 1991 Montreal Radio Canada - Studio Libre Montreal Galerie Foufounes Électriques 1990 Montreal Télé-Québec - Beau et Chaud Montreal Musique Plus 1989 Montreal Galerie Foufounes Électriques Grants
2004 Sweden Canadian Embassy in Stockholm 2003 Sweden Canadian Embassy in Stockholm 1993 à 97 Sweden Mr Knut Hammarskjöld art patron 1996 France Délégation du Québec à Paris France Unesco Paris France Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris Postcript
Jacques Deshaies, the artist who brought us Transgenic Corn with a Fish Head, is at it again. Now it is The Neo-Rupestrian Odyssey of the Human Genome Timeline. Deshaies who says genome research provides a "new aesthetic platform" for artists, uses DNA Double Helix and genetically modified organisms as his philosophical/communication medium of choice.
Deshaies, has been working for the past ten years on the interplay between art and science, and in science's role as a cultural force. He is not concerned about scienctific literacy, but about artistic literacy. He says that his art is not about subjectivity, even if the beauty part is subjective. His Genomist/Proteomist art concerns Knowledge.
Contact
Natasha Deshaies - Art Tel. : (514) 802-0963 Fax : (450) 430-3433 E-mail : art@jacquesdeshaies.com Web : www.JacquesDeshaies.com
