{"id":2188,"date":"2017-06-10T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T21:18:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-padding-bottom:2.5%;--awb-background-color:#190c07;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:4%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:4%;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"40\">ARTISTIC APPROACH<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3107 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-400x325.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-600x488.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-800x651.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier-1200x976.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/eric-j-hughes-artiste-peintre-canadien-plasticien-atelier.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Painter for more than 30 years and graphic designer of profession, when the inspiration is at the rendezvous, I rush in my workshop to continue my approach in contemporary art &#8220;out of the ordinary&#8221; A form of synesthesia. My process of creation always predominates, I mainly use acrylic, collage and mixed mediums to create works where the pictorial organization and the movement translate a wave-like and structural rhythm in symbiosis with color and texture.<\/p>\n<p>I explore and express my inner impulses in an evolutionary and instinctive way, and my approach gives more importance to the organicity of materials and to the &#8220;mise en corps&#8221; of the execution than to the intellectualization of a process.<\/p>\n<p>Often inspired by music when I paint, I sometimes get bewitched by my senses and I act as a catalyst. Thus, my visual experiments are carried out in an instinctive way and relate more to the urgency of creating than to the application of a technical method. Separate series are organized naturally, nothing is really planned, since the secret order that can be detected in my works only appears posteriori.<\/p>\n<p>In short, like the two precepts of life that support the constant evolution of everything and the infinite possibilities of the mind, I do not limit my work to a specific procedure, thus allowing me to rediscover myself at each creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a0\u2013 Eric J. Hughes<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-bg-parallax\" data-bg-align=\"center center\" data-direction=\"up\" data-mute=\"false\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-velocity=\"-0.3\" data-mobile-enabled=\"false\" data-break_parents=\"0\" data-bg-image=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/atelier-artiste-peintre-eric-j-hughes-quebec-canada.jpg\" data-bg-repeat=\"false\" ><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-parallax-up nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-padding-bottom:2.5%;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/atelier-artiste-peintre-eric-j-hughes-quebec-canada.jpg&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:4%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:4%;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"40\"><span class=\"goog-text-highlight\">JOURNEY<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">FORMATION<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A graduate in Graphic Design, I have been practicing this profession since 1991. I also studied at Bishop&#8217;s University for a certificate in 2003. I also worked as a creative director Of my agency Abeille communication inc. For over a decade and then transformed the company into a specialized workshop today under the name of Abeille Creation inc. I have more than 30 years of experience in the field of visual communications, graphic design and visual arts.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">SOLOS\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">EXHIBITIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2019 (March) \u2013<\/span> DUAL exhibition &#8220;<strong>Amalgam<\/strong>&#8221; from March 13 to 24, 2019 at the Artoth\u00e8que de Montr\u00e9al. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2014 (October) \u2013<\/span> Exhibition &#8220;Symbiose&#8221; from September 29 to October 24, 2014 at the Tower of the Montreal Stock Exchange (Place Victoria).<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2009 (December) \u2013<\/span> Exhibition of a selection of paintings at the Caisse Desjardins du Mont-Royal, from December 13, 2009 to April 30, 2010. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2007 (November) \u2013<\/span> &#8220;Delirium&#8221; exhibition from November 13 to December 2 at Galerie GORA Montreal.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2005 (October) \u2013<\/span> Solo exhibition &#8220;Catharsis&#8221; from October 15 to 28 at the IN VIVO Gallery, Old Montreal.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (November) \u2013<\/span> Solo exhibition &#8220;Syringe Series Tome II&#8221; from 27 November to 21 December at the Place Chiropratique de la Gare in Saint-Basile-le-Grand. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (May) \u2013<\/span> Solo exhibition under the theme &#8220;Syringe Series&#8221; from 14 to 27 May at Galerie Olivier Martin in Montreal. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">1993 (October) \u2013<\/span> Solo exhibition under the theme &#8220;D\u00e9lices d&#8217;Automne&#8221; at a thematic evening organized by the Association of Businessmen of Saint-Hubert (AGASH).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3103\" src=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ejhughes-reflexion-artiste-peintre-canadien.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2015 (March) \u2013<\/span> Exhibitor in the All\u00e9e des Artistes at the Salon de l&#8217;Habitation at Place Bonaventure from 6 to 15 March 2015. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2007 (October) \u2013<\/span> Symposium F\u00eate des Arts &#8211; 12th edition of Saint-Basile-Le-Grand. Work selected to be the 2008 wish card of the municipality. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2001 to 2007 (September) \u2013<\/span> Participation in the collective exhibition &#8220;Art for all, all for art&#8221; at the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Art Museum.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2006 (October) \u2013<\/span> Symposium F\u00eate des Arts &#8211; 11th edition of Saint-Basile-Le-Grand.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2005 (September) \u2013<\/span> Symposium One Epoch in Art &#8211; 10th edition of Saint-Basile-Le-Grand. Recipient of the 3rd painting prize, &#8220;Hellenica&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (October) \u2013<\/span> Symposium One Epoch in Art &#8211; 9th edition of Saint-Basile-Le-Grand. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (September) \u2013<\/span> Festiv&#8217;Art of Frelighsburg, 9th edition. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (August) \u2013<\/span> Festival des Arts de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, symposium de peinture.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (June) \u2013<\/span> Participation in the Art &amp; Passion Sainte-Julie symposium.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2004 (April) \u2013<\/span> Participation in the collective exhibition of the visual arts fair of Brossard.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2003 (May) \u2013<\/span> Participation in the 5th annual exhibition organized by La Maison des Arts Rive-Sud in Saint-Lambert.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">2002 (November) \u2013<\/span> Participated in the annual exhibition of the Stewart Hall Museum Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">1990 (December) \u2013<\/span> First exhibition \u00ab VISIONISME \u00bb at the Claude Debussy House of Culture located in Saint-Hubert. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">1990 (October) \u2013<\/span>\u00a0Group Symposium in Granby<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #7abfbe;\">WORKSHOPS<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/greece\/\">Creative Travel Workshop in Greece<\/a> &#8220;The present in a country with a legendary past&#8221; | June 2005<br \/>\n\u2022 Specialized engraving workshop with Michel Dupont in Frelighsburg | November 2004<br \/>\n\u2022 Creative workshop &#8220;The power of painting&#8221; with Seymour Segal | August 2003<br \/>\n\u2022 Painting workshop under the theme &#8220;Forbidden colors&#8221; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seymoursegal.qc.ca\/\">Seymour Segal<\/a> | February 2002<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-2188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericjhughes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}