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Roland Poulin

Roland Poulin
Roland Poulin, winner, 2005 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (photo: Martin Lipman)

Artist Profiles and Success Stories

Roland Poulin’s career spans more than 40 years. His sculptures and drawings have been exhibited in 26 solo and over 70 group exhibitions across Canada, as well as in Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany and the U.S. His work is found in many Canadian collections, including those of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Nickle Arts Museum in Calgary and the Canada Council Art Bank. Roland Poulin also created several major public commissions. He taught at Laval University and the University of Ottawa, the latter for 15 years. For his body of outstanding work, he has received the prestigious Prix Paul-Émile Borduas (2001), the Prix Ozias-Leduc (1992), the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award (1996) and the Jean Chalmers Award (1998). Roland Poulin was born in St. Thomas, Ontario and now lives in Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, not far from Montreal.