Guy Tremblay practises his art for now more than forty years.
Professional artist for about thirty years, he is an autodidact and
holds a Superior Study Diploma in Contemporary Art Practices. He also
took part in several workshops with Masters of contemporary photography
such as Mary Ellen Mark, Arnold Newman and Bruce Davidson. He also much
involved himself in the artistic community, initially in Ottawa with
Gallery 101 then as of his arrival in the Eastern Townships with the
P'tit Bonheur of St-Camille, he organized the Mois de la Photo à
St-Camille during seven years. In the last years, Guy Tremblay as also
committed himself with young people by teaching on a volunteer basis his
art to teenagers in collaboration with the Association des groupes
jeunesse de l'Or Blanc and the Coalition Sherbrookoise pour le travail
de rue. He received up to now, four grants from the Conseil des arts et
des lettres du Quebec. The art of Guy Tremblay was presented in more
than 30 solos or of group shows. Its photographs belong to several
public and private collections in Canada, the United States, France and
Cuba.
The art of Guy Tremblay alternates between the landscape and the
portrait. He generally concentrates on a single series at once. Certain
series can however spread out over several years such as its series of
landscapes. He chose black and white photography for aesthetic reasons
and because he controls the process from the shooting until the
processing of the final prints. With a direct and meticulous style, he
avoids distracting with special effects. The black and white allows him
a level of abstraction from the reality which leads the observer to
consider the world in a new way. Its work is sober, contemplative and
meditative. It is a research of extraordinary in the ordinary, of the
true beauty. It is not so much the decisive moment than the environment
and the quality of the light which inspires him. In a time of the
digital photography, he still uses the gelatine silver print for its
unequalled qualities. In addition to traditional gelatine silver print
photography, he has been specializing for several years in platinum and
palladium printing.
Exhibitions (Sélection)
Solo:
2023 Centre d'art de Frelighsburg
2017 Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier,Valcourt
2016 Galerie R3, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Duo avec Roger Gaudreau)
2013 C... la galerie, Sherbrooke
2012 Galerie Goncourt, Montréal
2011 Espace Hortense, Mois de la photo à Saint-Camille
2011 Musée Populaire de la photographie, Drummondville
2008-2013 Installation à ciel ouvert à Ascot, Sherbrooke
2008 Musée Beaulne, Coaticook
2004 Maison des Arts et de la Culture, Brompton
2003 Galerie Quarc, Sherbrooke
1998 Espace Hortense, St-Camille
1994 Galerie de l'Université de Sherbrooke
1994 Bibliothèque Municipale Memphremagog, Magog
1992 Musée Uplands, Lennoxville
1987 Galerie de l'Alliance Française, Ottawa
1980 Université Laval, Québec
Group:
2017 Riverin-Arlogos, Eastman
2016 Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
2015 Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal
2014 Université de Sherbrooke
2013 Université de Sherbrooke
2001 Espace Hortense, St-Camille
1998 CPW, Woodstock, NY, USA
1997 Maison Amsden, Stanstead
1997 Espace Hortense, St-Camille
1997 Poudrière de Windsor, Windsor
1996 Espace Hortense, St-Camille
1995 Galerie Art-Thé, North-Hatley
1995 Centre d'Art d'Orford, Orford
1993 Espace Hortense, St-Camille
1989 Galerie Rodrigue Lemay, Ottawa
1988 CPW, Woodstock, NY, USA
1983 Galerie 101, Ottawa
Grants & prize
2021 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

2013 Mérite estrien
1997 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec
1995 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec
1993 Ministère de la Culture du Québec
Collections
Musée McCord Stewart,
Collection Loto-Québec,
Museo Irureta, Tilcara, Argentine
Musée des Beaux-arts de Sherbrooke,
Alliance Française d'Ottawa,
Université de Sherbrooke,
Center for Photography at Woodstock
ainsi que plusieurs collections au Canada,
aux États-Unis, en Europe et en Asie.
Catalogs
2006 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2005 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2004 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2003 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2003 Photo Americas Auction Catalog, Portland, OR
2002 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2001 Photo Americas Auction Catalog, Portland, OR
2001 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
2000 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
1999 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
1998 Friends Without a Border (Howard Greenberg Gallery), NY
1998 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
1997 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
1995 Center for Photography at Woodstock Auction Catalog, NY
Book:
2023
À LA VITESSE QUE POUSSENT LES ARBRES – Guide de survie en temps de morosité , January 2023
2018
Ton visage me dit quelque chose , January 2019
Vidéo:
2018
Choix incontournables de Nicolas Tittley à Formule Diaz ,
January 2018
2017
La Fabrique Culturelle , December 2017
2017
Exposition de Guy Tremblay au Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier ,
December 2017
2012
Ton visage me dit quelque chose (DC) , February 2012