Pelletier Alain
born in 1959
media artist, actor, dancer, visual artist, videographer, philosopher, choreograph, director-en-scene
Alain Pelletier's work in video has an originality that reflects the diverse modes in his artistic practice. After his training as an actor at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal (1977-1980) he took to the visual Arts. He participated in the exhibitions Montreal Tout Terrain in 1984 and Painting in Quebec, A New Generation at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art in 1985. As a Dancer and Choreographer, he worked in Japan with Min Tanaka (1991-1992). Since the start of the nineties Mr. Pelletier has produced three prize winning videos: 'Faux Fluides' 1993, 'Faust Meduse' 1995 and 'Die Dyer' 1999. His last work 'Die Dyer' won the Telefilm prize at the Festival du Nouveau Cinèma et des Nouveaux Mèdias 1999, the Vidèoformes 2000 prize at the 'Festival Du Míme Nom' in France as well as the Jury prize at the Locarno festival in 2000. His work also encompasses audio visual installation. He exhibited a video installation at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal called "Perse.us.Medusa" in 2001. Currently he is working on an opera-installation with Chants libres in Montreal.
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