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Pierre Dorion (born Ottawa 1959) completed his Bachelor in Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa in 1981. In 1983 he began his ongoing solo career, marked by an exhibition at the Yarlow-Salzman Gallery, Toronto in 1984. A selection of his solo exhibitions in public galleries include the following: Autoportraits 1990-1994, Centre international d’art contemporain (CIAC), Montreal (1994); Pierre Dorion, Art Gallery at York University, Toronto (1995, touring); Pierre Dorion : Peinture et photographie, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (2010); Pierre Dorion, Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal (2012, touring). Group exhibitions: Aurora Boréalis, CIAC, Montreal (1984); Anninovanta, Gallleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna (1991); À ciel ouvert : Le Nouveau Pleinairisme, Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec (2012). In 1997, Dorion was awarded the prix Louis-Comtois from the City of Montreal in collaboration with AGAC (Association des galeries d’art contemporain). He lives in Montreal and is represented by Galerie René Blouin in Montreal, Diaz Contemporary in Toronto, and Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.