The artist

Born in Oka, Québec, Madeleine Lemire now lives and works in the Eastern Townships. She studied at l’Ecole du Louvre in Paris, the Montreal School of Fine Arts, the Academy of Arts and the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal.

She has taken part in several solo exhibitions in Montreal, Quebec city, Toronto, Calgary and Victoria. She has more than 50 group exhibitions to her credit in Canada, France and the United States. Her works are part of numerous collections. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1996.