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Michel Goulet

Commander
2020

Michel Goulet has created a masterful body of work. He has become one of Montréal’s most important representatives of contemporary art. His works have frequently won awards over the past forty years, as evidenced by the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas he was awarded and his participation in the Venice Biennale. The subject of many prestigious exhibitions in Canada and around the world, his creations are part of major public and private collections.

Recognized for his bold contribution to public art, this abstract sculptor, one of the greats of his generation, studies the objects of everyday life, which led him to create not less than seventy works now part of the urban landscape of many large cities around the globe.

Because they pop up in Montrealers’ day to day travels, Michel Goulet’s human-scale sculptural installations have become emblematic of our metropolitan public spaces.

The picture and biographical information appearing on this page were current at the time this person was admitted to the Ordre de Montréal.