About

Marcel Jomphe

I studied graphic arts and computer science and worked as a scientific illustrator specializing in botany for a museum and two research institutes. In the 2000s, I became a webmaster and subsequently web development team supervisor.

I retired in 2012, and as a freelance artist, currently develops my personal artistic approach through drawing and photography. My works have been presented in more than twenty group exhibitions in Canada, United States, and European countries. My artistic work is recognized internationally, which has allowed me to win several awards.

Portrait

A 6-minute video in French produced by Agence G as part of 1001 faces, a series dedicated to the Telus channel community.

Artist Statement

For over 40 years, I have meticulously drawn, photographed and intuitively more than systematically observed the world of organic structures. Its life force and its unique intelligence unfolding in infinite forms never cease to fascinate me. These forms are now reinvented in my imagination in poetic works of beauty or as a window into a metaphysical realm.

In the context where nature is the great workshop of creation, drawing and photography are for me the ideal tools to capture and reinterpret his works. This is not a mechanical reproduction of what nature produces. Nature is rather associated with my creative process in which I favor aesthetic validity.

Visuals are amazing because they show us the world in a way we all recognize. Others are amazing because they capture the world like we’ve never seen it. My work tends to focus more and more on the second category. Thus, creating a distinct style and identity of my own, which pushes me to diligently work for hours on detailed drawings or series of photographs. Finally, my art works are an intimate interface between the real and the imagined.