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ARTISTS APPROACH:

Old objects, shaped by time, carry its imprint. without necessarily understanding their meaning at first glance, the life within them speaks to us, leaving strong impressions.

In a way, what I try to accomplish, is a stirring of memory that transport us to a place where the present verges on past. It is between these two worlds that the work of memory and creation takes place.

In many of the works we see today, the working of the materials contributes to the process of creation-dense mass, fissures, scrapings and so on- these speak to us of the natural wearing process of time.

My art is not about the reproduction of an object, but rather its discovery, its encounter. In other words, the form of the object is, more often that not, indecisive while still allowing us to connect it with a certain reality… a memory of some place in time.

Canadian artist
Born in Fez Morrocco 1957

Exhibitions

  • 2004

    • solo exhibition Atelier Gallery, Vancouver.B.C

  • 2003

    • group show, Denise Roberge gallery. Palm Spring, California

  • 2003

  • Recents works, solo exhibition, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton , Alberta

  • 2002

    • Memory, solo exhibition, Wallace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
    • Art auction Toronto, Catalogue

  • 2002

    • Recent work, solo exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Art auction museum of Vancouver, BC

  • 2001

    • Surfaces, solo exhibition, the Buguera/ Kmet Galleries Ltd. Edmonton AB.
    • Art Auction Toronto, Catalogue.
    • Between past and present, solo exhibition, Ingram Gallery, Toronto, ON.

  • 2001

    • Kibo galerie, solo exhibition, memories, Seattle U.S.A

  • 2000

    • Group exhibition, the Buguera and Kmet galleries AB.
    • Abstraction, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

  • 1999

    • Between, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC, solo exhibition.
    • Art Auction 99, Vancouver, BC, Catalogue.
    • Group exhibition, Wallace Gallery, Calgary, AB.

  • 1998

    • Memory of Forgotten Doors, solo exhibition, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
    • International Art exhibition, New York.
    • Art Auction 98, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Catalogue.

  • 1997

    • Remembrance, Smolkin Center, Vancouver, BC. solo exhibition.

  • 1996

    • New Work, Café des Arts, Vancouver, BC. solo exhibition.
    • Group exhibitions, Gallery Joan Lovett, Vancouver, BC”

  • 1995

    • Francophone Cultural Center, solo exhibition , Vancouver, BC.

  • 1994

    • Recents works, Centre de créativité Gesu , solo exhibition. Montréal Quebec.

  • 1992

    • Exhibition in Saide Bronfman Centre, Montréal. QC

Collections

  • Alain Attar’s works are included in various corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States and Europe, including:
  • Uniglobe Travel Ltd, Calgary
  • CGI Corporate collections, Vancouver,
  • Foly, Hong and Elliot, Washington DC.
  • Forfront Productions Corp. Vancouver.
  • Western Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver.
  • Canadian Pacific, Ltd, Calgary
  • Honywood Securities Inc, Calgary.
  • Lotus Ressources Ltd, Calgary
  • City of Calgary
  • Hudson Ethnic design, Mexico
  • Pan Canadian ( CEO), Calgary
  • Pason Investments, Calgary
  • Collection McLoed and Cie, Calgary
  • Kibo African art, Seattle
  • Collection Maxam developpement
  • Collection T.Alladeff ,Seattle
  • Collection Guenneguez, Seattle

Education

  • 1990 MA in Social Working, University of Montréal
  • 1983 MA in Sciences of Education, University of Montréal
  • 1980 BA in Philosophy, University du Quebec in Montréal
  • 1978 BA in Arts, Cegep Lionnel Groulx.