Gabriel Landry

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Born in 1950 in Natashquan, a mythical village nestled along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Gabriel Landry grew up to the rhythm of the tides and the sea winds. A true child of the coast, he began nurturing his imagination in adolescence, inspired by the untouched nature around him and the vastness of the sea and endless horizons. There, in this raw and poetic landscape, was born his dream of a world without borders—where genres blend, and art becomes a universal language.

At the age of twelve, he began an intimate dialogue with painting, which quickly became his preferred form of expression. Four years later, he won his first award in a regional competition in Quebec, under the benevolent eye of painter Francesco Iacurto, who chaired the jury. The event marked a turning point: painting was no longer a child’s pastime, but a vocation.

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During his teenage years, he discovered Cubism and the work of Picasso—a revelation that drove him to explore new ways of perceiving reality, no longer with the eye, but with the mind. This transformed vision, nourished by the great movements of modern art, led him to develop a personal and evolving style: *symbolist cloisonnism*. An approach that is both intellectual and formal, where human values, ideas, and emotions take shape within a rigorous, almost architectural composition.

Between 1969 and 1972, Gabriel Landry pursued studies in advertising art, culminating in a prestigious second prize: the official poster for the world-renowned Quebec Winter Carnival. What followed were decades of artistic dedication—awards, publications, international cultural projects, and exhibitions—from Natashquan to New York, through Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax during the G7 Summit on the Oceans. A book has also been published on his work, highlighting 22 of his paintings, six of which appeared on magazine covers. His artistic journey even inspired a fictional film, soon to be adapted into a 24-episode series.

Gabriel Landry’s work unfolds around major philosophical, poetic, spiritual, and humanitarian themes. His style, which he defines as *symbolist cloisonnism*, allows him to construct pictorial scenes rich in meaning and open to interpretation. Each painting is conceived as a modern fable — a visual narrative where the lines, like in a stained glass window, partition the composition, balance the forms, and amplify the symbolism. The colors, applied in dense and nuanced layers, give his oil paintings a unique visual and narrative strength.

An artist of meaning as much as of form, Gabriel Landry invites viewers to enter his paintings as one would step into a guesthouse: you find there what you are ready to see. For behind every enclosed line, behind every stylized motif, lies a story, a vision of the world, a fragment of humanity.