Rusdi Genest

Rusdi Genest
Born 1939
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Nationality Quebec, French Canadian
Known for Sculptor
Notable work Art integration to architecture

Rusdi Genest (RCA) (born 1939 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Quebec sculptor known for his symbolic surrealistic art bronzes by lost-wax casting process and for his hand-pressed mural reliefs in fine art papermaking. He was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 2013.[1]

Education and teaching

Genest earned an MFA from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He studied art at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art (ENSAAMA) in Paris, and at the California State University, Long Beach. He was a professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Saguenay and at the Sadie Bronfman School of fine arts in Montréal. He has taught courses at the California State College at Sonoma, at the Boston and the Cambridge Centers for Adult Education.

Genest has realized monuments of architectural integration and has been awarded creation subsidies and research grants by the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications.

Honors and awards

In June 2013, Genest was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2] He has received awards from the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Italy, from Art Credo, Toronto, Canada, from the Governor of the Province of Ravenna, Italy; he earned a Medal from the Salon des Arts et des Lettres de Paris Sud, France, and from the Monterey and the Mill Valley Festivals of the Arts, Ca., USA.

Art integration to architecture

Works in public collections

Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, Museo Dantesco of Ravenna in Italy, State Museum of Berlin, the British Museum of London (Medals), Museum of Wroclaw in Poland, Residence of the " Délégué Général du Québec " in Paris, the Canadian Cultural Center, Paris, National Archives and National Library, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, Canada and AMSA in New York.

Artworks

Genest 's works have been exhibited in Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, United States, Sweden and Switzerland.[8] He designed a medallion for the American Medallic Sculptural Association.[9]

Summary of solo exhibitions

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ New Members, 2014, retrieved 5 March 2014
  2. ↑ Subud Canada Culture News: Rusdi Genest, Subud Montreal, Inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, at Subud.ca; by Elfrida Shragen; published June 2013; retrieved 2 November 2013
  3. ↑ "Sculpture Image". Rusdigenest-sculptures.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. ↑ "Sculpture Image". Rusdigenest-sculptures.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Sculpture Image". Rusdigenest-sculptures.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Sculpture Image". Rusdigenest-sculptures.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Sculpture Image". Rusdigenest-sculptures.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Knight Gallery Featuring Genest", Moscow-Pullman Daily News, 24 July 24, 1997
  9. ↑ Pastimes: Coins, New York Times, 26 August 1990
  10. ↑ "Bibliographie du Québec | BAnQ | Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec". BAnQ. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  11. ↑ "The medal. – SearchWorks (SUL)". Searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  12. ↑ "Érudit | Vie des Arts v45 n183 2001, p. 53-55 | Les engrenages allégoriques de Rusdi Genest". Id.erudit.org. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  13. ↑ "Érudit | Espace Sculpture v5 n2 1989, p. 22 | À faire". Id.erudit.org. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  14. ↑ "Erudit : A faire : une oeuvre de Rusdi Genest" (PDF). Erudit.org. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
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