BIOGRAPHY:                      

Paulette Marie Sauvé was born in North Bay, Ontario.  Her interest in architecture and painting inspired her move to Montreal where she studied at the Institut des Arts Appliqués.  She won a government grant to travel to France where she discovered natural pigments, ancient dyes, and tapestry, notably the Manufacture des Gobelins.  She later went on to study at the Université du Quebec, where she obtained her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1992.  The MFA course included studies in northern Italy. 

Paulette’s work is shown in galleries, museums, private and corporate collections in several countries.  She creates commissioned works for government and corporate buildings, and has given lectures, seminars and workshops in the USA, Canada and Israel.  She is also an author, having published two books and two CD-ROMs.
Paulette has obtained several grants and awards, notably in 2002, she received Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 50th Golden Jubilee Medal awarded by The Governor General of Canada.  She also received grants from the Canada Arts Council, and is a four time recipient of the Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs Grants.

ARTWORK BY SAUVÉ IS FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE COLLECTIONS :

Teleglobe Canada;  Le Ministère des Travaux Publics du Québec;   The Avmor Collection, Montreal;  Le Ministère des Affaires Sociales du Québec; Cadillac Fairview, Toronto, Ontario; Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal;  COPAFO, Burkina Faso, West Africa; Le Musée des Baleiniers basques, Red Bay, Labrador, Canada. 

  ITEMS ABOUT SAUVÉ IN BOOKS AND MAJOR PUBLICATIONS :

Les arts contemporains au Québec : les années 90 /  Contemporary arts in Quebec : the 90's,  Maurice Soudeyns, Montréal : Société générale d'édition, 1994.     "Illudere", Catalog of the Group exhibition held in Boissano, Italy, published by the Université du Québec à Montréal, 1990.     The Avmor Collection, Avmor Foundation Publisher, Montreal, 2004; pgs 151, 203 and 209.      Nouvelle tapisserie québécoise, Catalog of the exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, 1978 ; Biennale de la nouvelle tapisserie québécoise, Catalog, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, 1979;      Les Oeuvres d’art du Ministère des travaux publics, Editeur Officiel du Québec, Gouv. du Québec, 1980;  The Art Guide, The Monthly Review of Exhibitions at Galleries and Museums in New England.

Other media events: several radio interviews and television appearances, numerous newspaper and magazine articles, mentioned on various Web sites since 1997, member of Artists In Canada.

2002 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 50th Golden Jubilee Medal awarded by The Governor General of Canada

1993 Ministère de la Culture du Québec (Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs).

1989 Ministère de la Culture du Québec (Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs).

1984 Ministère de la Culture du Québec (Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs).

1983 Ministère de la Culture du Québec (Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs).

1975 Student of Art Grant for studies in France sponsored by Office Franco-Québécois.

1974 Short term Grant  Canada Arts Council.

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY PM SAUVÉ

From Colonial Fabric to Virtual Cloth, CD-ROM  author: Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Published by Tournade, 2001, ISBN: 0-9688935-0-3

De l’étoffe du pays au tissu virtuel: Visitez un musée virtuel sur CD-ROM, author: Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Published by the SPCL, Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 2001  ISBN: 2-9807162-0-0

La Teinture Naturelle au Québec, by Paulette-Marie Sauvé,  Éd. De L’Aurore, Montréal, 1977.  ISBN :0-88532-164-2

Le Filage, by Paulette-Marie Sauvé,  Éd. De L’Aurore, Montréal, 1977.  ISBN :0-88532-139-1  

SELECTED AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

1989 "Illudere ou se jouer du trompe-l′oeil", Centro internazionale di sperimentazioni artistiche
Marie-Louise Jeanneret,
Boissano (Italie) , Italy

1989 "Illudere ou se jouer du trompe-l′oeil", Galerie de l′UQAM, Montréal

Paintings:

Paintings and prints vary in sizes from 12 by 12 inches to 6 by 9 feet, and larger for commissioned work.

 To view high resolution photos of recent paintings

please contact Paulette Sauvé.

Email address :

paulette@paulettesauve.com

Copyright © 2000-2008 Paulette Marie Sauvé

Tapestry:

The tapestries, as seen in the illustrations below, are woven using the 

"Gobelins" high-warp technique, in a similar manner to those woven in the

sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

  Paulette and contemporary Les Gobelins tapestry loom. 

Photo by Claude Gagnon

The artist often creates unique shapes that are sculpted directly on the loom during the weaving process.  

The following jpeg images show the triptych "Iridescent Marsh/Marais Irise", by Paulette-Marie Sauvé.  This was commissioned by Cadillac Fairview and installed in the Toronto Dominion Centre in 1985: in the first image (01), the triptych is photographed at night, and at an angle, (the room being too narrow to take a photo from the centre); the panel on the left is 9 feet high by 11 feet long (2.74 X 3.35 meters), and the two large panels on the right if placed together measure 10 feet high by 26 feet long (3.05 X 7.92 m).

" Paulette-Marie Sauve's project, "Iridescent Marsh", is installed on adjacent walls of the west lobby of the Canadian Pacific Tower. Borrowing from elements of Bauhaus design, she has created irregular triangles of exuberant color, representing her interpretation of the Canadian landscape (Flora growing in marsh areas).  Seen from outside, these shapes provide an interesting diagonal play with the horizontal and vertical framework of the Mies van der Roe architecture. The artist's interest in color is evident both in the finished tapestry and in the creative process itself-she made her own dyes in order to achieve a maximum range of color relationships. The technique used is high warp tapestry weaving with a wool weft and cotton warp. The combined weight of all 3 pieces is approximately 113 kilograms, and total production time was ten months." Quote from the TD Centre brochure

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                                         "Lieu Sacré" by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, tapestry : 6 x 6 feet, wool, silk, cotton. 

Woven in the Les Gobelins style, the triangular shape is sculpted directly on the loom.  Photo by G Dempsey              

   Paulette making finishing touches of tapestry called "Gedalya".  Avmor Collection, Montreal.  Photo by Avrum Morrow

 paulette@paulettesauve.com