Biography
Since the early 1980s, Michel Goulet has been part of the movement for the renewal of sculpture, both in terms of formal vocabulary and at the level of content and meaning. From a background of minimalism and conceptual art, he has developed, over the past 30 years, an eloquent body of work based on the object and human postures. His work has been shown in more than 100 exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1988, as well as a major retrospective at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in 2005. His works are also included in many private collections and over 15 public collections in Canada. He is equally renowned for having renewed public art, and for having created theatre and opera stage designs in Quebec and around the world. He has contributed to teaching new generations of emerging artists at the University of Ottawa and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Michel Goulet lives in Montreal. www.michelgoulet.ca/