ABOUT THE ARTIST

JONATHAN LABILLOIS

Born in 1971 in Listuguj, Que., Jonathan studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Montreal, earning a Certificate of Design. He also completed a pre-fine Arts program at Dawson College in Montreal and attended the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, pursuing a BFA major in painting and printmaking. Jonathan’s art has been on display throughout Eastern Canada and is on permanent display at the Gallery of Fine Art in Halifax. One of his most-memorable commissioned works is the Mi’gmaq Quill Pattern mural he created in 1996 for the Listuguj Art Gallery in his hometown. The Restigouche Gallery in Campbellton, N.B., with the participation of the Canada Council of the Arts, purchased several pieces of Jon’s artwork for permanent exhibition. Below is a selection of his most notable exhibits:

• Native Friendship Center of Montreal Annual Festival: Sept. 1990; Oct.1991, 1992

• Amherst Gallery of Art, Amherst, N.S.: 1993–94

• Listuguj Mi’gmaq Heritage Gallery, Listuguj, Que.: June to Aug., 1992; May to Aug.,1993

• Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Heritage Gallery, Halifax: 1994

• Restigouche Gallery, Campbellton, N.B.: July 1993, 1998 and 2000

• ”H2O Ma Terre,“Symposium international de creation in situ, Carleton, Que., 2002

• ”Journey,“Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 2002

• Contemporary Canadian Artists: The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Collection - Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, 2005

• First Nations Gallery, HRM Millenium Committee, Exxonmobil Canada Gallery, Sept. 2001 – ongoing

• Restigouche Gallery, Campbellton, N.B., Group Show and ”Stereotypes" solo show, 2011

• Eagle Feather Gallery, Victoria, ongoing display