Le Pique-Nique—oil on canvas 48" x 60" Pierre Pivet Born in 1948, Pierre Pivet moved from his native Normandy to Paris, meeting with painter René Brochard, who became a close friend, France, at the age of five. He grew up in a working-class district in have marked his life. In 1983, Pivet left Europe to settle in , the City of Light. At sixteen, he entered the job market due to his . parents’ lack of means. Inevitably, his pursuit of painting, already a Pivet is a prolific painter. On average, he has presented one passion, was limited to his free time. public solo exhibition annually in various countries since 1973. His After his parents passed in 1969, he worked as a programmer for work has been featured at the Autumn Salon in Paris from 1975-1983 three years. In 1972, he left his job and moved to San Francisco where and 1990-1991, at the Galerie de l’Isle in Montreal from 1984 to 2004 he devoted himself to painting. Back in Paris in 1974, he studied and Art Expo, New York, from 1997 to 2000. painting for three years at the prestigious Académie de Port-Royal in He has won many accolades throughout his career. In Canada, Paris, under the tutelage of professors Claude Schürr, Jean Marzelle Pivet won the silver medal of Contemporary Art in 1981 in Québec. In and Jean-Maxime Relange. He won the Académie’s first prize in 1976 1982, he was selected for the prestigious Prix de Monte Carlo which and started exhibiting that very year. Thus began a long artistic is awarded by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). In 1984, career. Voyages of discovery and indelible encounters, including a he participated in a group exhibition, entitled Montréal as Seen by Painters, 1860-1984, at the Montreal City Hall. In 1987, he was invited and Frank Mahovlich, garnered much attention and culminated in a as guest of honour by Alexander Ebeid, the Falcons’ polo team gala reception attended by the players. Pivet’s twelve original works to his Cheltenham estate in the United Kingdom. He painted on canvas paid tribute to these legendary figures of hockey who are an enduring series of polo works during his month-long stay. In 1997, iconic in Canadian sports culture. the French Embassy in Panama featured his work at an exhibition in Pivet’s works are exhibited in Europe and North America and collaboration with French Ambassador, Alain Pallu de Beaupuy. are collected by both corporations and individuals worldwide A two-year project to paint twelve hockey greats from the including Belgium, Canada, France, Japan, Morocco, Panama, Montreal Canadians which included , , Switzerland, and the United States. In Canada, his work is held in Jean Béliveau, Dickie Moore, , , Guy a number of corporate collections, including those of Pratt & Lapointe, Guy Carbonneau, , , Patrick Roy Whitney, SNC Lavalin, Gaz Métropolitain and Deloitte & Touche.

Bournes les Mimosas—oil on canvas 48" x 60"

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON 1991 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC SNC Lavalin, Montreal, QC Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX Art Modern Gallery, Steinberg, Montreal, QC 2012 Centre culturel Jean Monnet, Luxemburg City, LU The Westcliff Group of Companies, Saint-Genis-Pouilly, FR 1990 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON Montreal, QC 2010 Galerie MX, Montreal, QC 1989 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Tsirco, Montreal, QC Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX 1988 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON 2009 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON 1987 Palm Springs Gallery, Palm Springs, FL Selected Commissions Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Altapex Construction Corporation 2007 Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX 1986 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Fédération des médecins spécialistes du 2006 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON Galerie du Théâtre, Geneva, SW Québec, (Quebec Federation of Specialist 2005 Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston, TX Daniel Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Physicians) 2004 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC 1985 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Tsirco Galerie Salvany, Clermont-Ferrand, FR Galerie du Théâtre, Geneva, SW Queue de cheval 2003 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON 1984 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC 40 Westt 2002 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON 1983 Galerie Beffroi, Fougères, FR Le pois penché 2000 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR Selected Group Exhibitions Honours New York Art Expo, New York, NY 2008 Galerie Louise Londre, Brussels, BE 1997 Guest of Honour, Exhibition 1999 Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR 2006 Galerie Art Comparaison, Paris, FR organized by the Embassy of France Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC 2001 Galerie Asakusa, Marseille, FR in Panama City, PA New York Art Expo, New York, NY 2002 Galerie Art Comparaison, Paris, FR 1993 Thematic exhibition Nous sommes 1998 New York Art Expo, New York, NY 1999 Marseille, Galerie Asakusa, ce monde, il est notre reflet, TV5 Galerie l’Héritage contemporain, Marseille, FR Television, Montreal, QC Québec, QC 1996 Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL 1987 Guest of Honour, Alexander Ebeid’s 1997 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC 1987 Galerie Palm Spring, Palm Springs, FL estate, Cheltenham, UK 1996 Habitante Art Gallery, Panama City, PA 1987 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC 1984 Invitation to participate in Montreal Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL City Hall Exhibit Montréal vue Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Selected Collections par les peintres de 1860 à 1984, Galerie l’Héritage contemporain, Abitibi Price, Montreal QC Montreal, QC Québec, QC De Granpré Chait Lawyers, Montreal, QC 1984 Guest of Honour, the first Fall 1995 Dusty English Inn, Lansing, MI E.E.S. Financial Services, Markham, ON Salon in Frelighsburg, County of West End Gallery, Edmonton, AB Gaz Métropolitain, Montreal, QC Missisquoi, Quebec, in collaboration Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Guy & Gilbert, Montreal, QC with Guy Gilbert, President of the 1994 Wallace Art Gallery, Calgary, AB Lise Watier, Montreal, QC Barreau du Québec Noblesse Oblige Gallery, Morentzos Restaurant Group, Montreal, QC 1982 Selected for the Prix de Monte Carlo Ft. Lauderdale, FL Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil, QC 1981 Silver Medal, Bilan Art Contemporain, Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON Samson Belair, Deloitte & Touche, Québec 1993 Galerie de l’Isle, Montreal, QC Montreal, QC 1977 Prix Drouant, Paris 1992 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON Société Gamma, Ottawa, ON 1976 Grand Prix, Académie de Port-Royal