Biography
Robert Cadotte was born in Montreal in 1945. He studied at the School of Art & Design in Montreal and has a background in furniture restoration and sculpture.
Robert Cadotte has exhibited across Canada and has had solo shows at Museum London and at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant. His work is included in private and public collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, London Life Company, Museum London and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Robert Cadotte’s most recent paintings possess expressive brushwork, high colour contrast, and a surreal quality of light. His worked and re-worked surfaces have a blurred, almost nostalgic feel that evokes the memory rather than the actuality of his subject matter.
The fantastic quality of these works is enhanced by odd angles of approach – as if the viewer is seeing the image from the air, or in some instances, coming upon the setting from below. Cadotte states: “I look at my work as energized abstraction that alludes to landscape but does not attempt to imitate it.”
Selected Works
Robert Cadotte
Thirty Three Tree Tops XXII, 2000
Robert Cadotte
Rumor Has It, 2011
Robert Cadotte
As Might Be Expected, 2011
Robert Cadotte
Cheering Out Loud, 2011
Exhibitions
July 8 - July 30 - 2011
Robert Cadotte “The Line Between”
Robert Cadotte is well known for an experimental style that explores both representation and abstraction. These new paintings reference an abstracted nature, and combine fine gesture with broad sections of pure colour.
MoreCurriculum Vitae
Education
1968 – 1970 School of Art & Design, Montreal, PQ
Solo Exhibitions
2011 The Line Between, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Norfolk Art Centre, Simcoe, ON
2008 Holiday, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Grant, Brantford, ON
2007 Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Detour, Norfolk Art Centre, Simcoe, ON
2005 12 New Paintings, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Destination, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Ils Sont 19 du Quebec, James Baird Gallery, St. Johns, NFLD
Landscape III, James Baird Gallery, St. Johns, NFLD
Art 2004, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2003 Landscape X9, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art 2003, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2002 Coastal Views, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Process & Presence, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON
Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Ebb and Swell, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
James Baird Gallery
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Ponds, Streams, and other Abstractions, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
Looking to the Future, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. (4 persons)
Thirty Three Tree-Tops, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Vernissage, Galerie St-Laurent & Hill, Ottawa, ON
1999 Sketch, Grid & Brush Stroke, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON. Travelled to Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
1998 Carnegie Gallery Invitational, Dundas, ON
The Modern Landscape, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Gallerie St. Laurent & Hill, APeinture Peinture@ show, Ottawa, ON
Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
1997 Recent Works, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON
Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON
1996 London Regional Art & Historical Museums, Contemporary Gallery, London, ON
Recent Work, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
James Baird Gallery, St. Johns, NF
1995 Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1994 Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1992 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, ON
Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
1991 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, ON
Gibson Gallery Invitational, London, ON
Nancy Poole’s Studio Invitational, Toronto, ON
Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Group Exhibitions
1998 The Modern Landscape, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1993 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition
1992 Lynwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON, Two Person Show
1991 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto, ON, Two Person Show
Hamilton Art Gallery, 23rd Annual Arts Exhibition
Peel Regional Art Gallery, Brampton, 18th Annual Juried Show
Art Gallery of Windsor, Southwest Biannual
Nancy Poole’s Studio Invitational 1991
Gibson Gallery Invitational
1990 A View from the Lake, Gibson Gallery, Two Person Show
Rotary Club of St. Catherine’s Juried Art Exhibition
Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, On, Juried Painting Show
Peel Regional Art Gallery, Brampton, 17th Annual Juried Show
London Regional Art & Historical Museum, 43rd Annual Western ON show
Public & Corporate Collections
Annex Publishing, Simcoe, ON
Black & Moffat Architects, Toronto, ON
The Blackburn Group, London, ON
Canada Council Art Bank
Capital Guardian, Toronto, ON
CIBC Investments, Toronto, ON
Domtar Inc, Montreal, QC
Ernst & Young, Calgary, AB
Gaetan Morin, Editeur, Montréal, QC
Glenhyrst Art Gallery or Brant, Brantford
Hotel Georgia Development, Vancouver, BC
JBD Architects, Portland, OR
Jones Packaging, London, ON
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener
London Life Insurance, London, ON
Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
M3M Development, Mumbai, India
Milin Environmental Ltd, Simcoe, ON
National Research Council of Canada
Night Visions, Vancouver, BC
Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe, ON
Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON
Peartree Financial Services, Toronto, ON
Robin Honey & Associates, London, ON
Royal Bank of Canada, Ottawa, ON
SFL Films Inc, Toronto, ON
Strand Properties Corp, Vancouver, BC
The Blackburn Group, London, ON
Thornmark Asset Management, Toronto, ON
Trimark Investments, Toronto, ON
Trojan Technologies, London, ON
Trudell Medical, London, ON
