NEWS, MEDIA & PRESS RELEASES

December 1, 2011- Design for Mankind

CLAIRE DESJARDINS.

Claire’s latest work puts the Happy in Happy Thursday. More.

December 1, 2011- Press release

Surface, An Exhibition of New Work by Claire Desjardins

Hotel Le Méridien Versailles presents Surface, an exhibition of new work by Claire Desjardins, from December 2, 2011 through March 1, 2012 at 1808 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec. (English version)... More.

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December 1, 2011- Communiquée de presse

Surface, une exposition de nouvelles oeuvres de Claire Desjardins

Le Méridien Versailles présente Surface, une exposition de nouvelles œuvres de Claire Desjardins, du 2 décembre 2011 au 1er mars 2012 au 1808, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Québec... Plus de détails.

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November 5, 2011- The Gazette

For Patrick Bernatchez, conceptual art is all in the timing

The harder Claire Desjardins works at marketing her art, the luckier she gets... More.

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November 2, 2011- Press release

Urban Outfitters picks my art for Anthropologie!

US retail chain, Urban Outfitters, posted my work online, this morning, under their Anthropologie banner... More.

October 27, 2011- Design for Mankind

CLAIRE DESJARDINS.

It’s Abstract Thursday! Do something completely complicated. More.

October 18, 2011- Press release

TRANSITION - New Paintings by Claire Desjardins

Announcing TRANSITION exhibition, Montreal, Quebec (English version)... More.

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October 18, 2011- Communiquée de presse

TRANSITION - Nouvelles œuvres de Claire Desjardins

Exposition TRANSITION à Montreal, Québec (version française)... Plus de détails.

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July 23, 2011- The Westmount Examiner

Serving up ice cream and art... What could be better?

Bilboquet patrons have something new to savor: big, bold paintings adorn the walls of the Soho-styled ice cream parlor... More.

July 12-13, 2011- The Westmount Independant

Art-happy at The Gallery at Vic Hall - Photo: Ralph Thompson

Five of the nine exhibiting artists pose for photographs at the Gallery at Victoria Hall during a vernissage of their work... View PDF (5,245k).

November 15, 2010 - The Westmount Examiner

Desjardins paints with the colours of the world - By Katherine Lalancette

Donning paint-splattered fuchsia jeans, Claire Desjardins, 45, sits in her light-soaked apartment, surrounded by vivid memories and canvases. As she reminisces about a Caribbean hurricane and a run-in with pirates in the Bay of Cadiz... More.

November 5, 2010 - mocoloco.com

HABANERO BY CLAIRE DESJARDINS - By sabine7

Montreal painter Claire Desjardins has recently turned her hand to bold, colourful abstracts works that are a clear departure from her previous softer, more figurative pieces... More.

November, 2010 - ArtseenVT

Claire Desjardins: GOT GALLERY?

Claire Desjardin’s paintings are bold, vibrant and speak to us.
Her palette has hot sunny colors: orange, yellow, red.  She combines them with tones of blue, black and white the result is the expression through color and composition of the artist’s soul... More.

July 2010 - Taste of Stowe Arts Festival (excerpt from event newspaper)

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As the daughter of artists (both of whom exhibit at the Taste of Stowe Arts Festival), Desjardins grew up painting and taking arts lessons. She took some time away from painting to build a career in graphic design... View PDF – (634k)