Launch on January 28, 2026, at 5 p.m.
At the Foyer du Diamant, 966 Saint-Jean Street, QC.
This publication presents the tree structure of a career spanning nearly 50 years. A painter, draftsman, and engraver, as well as a scrutinizer of the invisible, Paul Béliveau is guided by his passion for history, which enriches his life and his work. His ability to discern philosophical, spiritual, cultural, and artistic currents, as well as political and ecological movements, makes him a seismograph sensitive to the slightest vibrations in the world. He immerses himself in the beauty of nature, its order and its mysteries, drawing inspiration from all the elements that compose its grandeur and arouse his fascination. He thus renews the classical codes of art with a resolutely contemporary approach that highlights the loss of cultural reference points, the fragility of knowledge, and the symbolic value of archives.
Over the decades, Béliveau's various series have revealed the fruits of his reflections through sometimes disconcerting staging: think of projects such as Les Apparences, Captures, Homo Homini Lupus Est, Les Autodafés, and Drone. For him, painting becomes an act of resistance to social issues as well as an ode to celebration, as seen in the large Vanitas series, among others.
Through constant and lucid observation of the world in which he lives, and through his exceptional talents as a draftsman, painter, and designer, Paul tames and revives the echoes of a complex humanity subjected to an eternally repeating history. His works remind us how much memory is a faculty that forgets, and his paintings become a light that filters through a crack, proving that nothing is lost, provided we remain vigilant and open to wonder.
