About

 
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Jean-François Bouchard has worked in lens-based visual art since 2003, traveling the world and seeking out people whose interests and lifestyles are out of the ordinary. His visual focus is generally on marginalized, misunderstood, and often ostracized groups in our Western society. He sees his role as not only that of an activist but also of a witness who communicates the humanity he sees in his subjects.

His work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and festivals in Canada, the United States, and France. His projects have been shown at Arsenal Contemporary Art in New York, Montreal, and Toronto. The works are featured in a book published by The Magenta Foundation. Artnet selected the In Guns We Trust exhibition as one of the ‘Must-see shows in NYC” while ArtForum selected his Exile from Babylon exhibition as an “Editor’s Pick” in early 2023.

His photographs have been published in The Washington Post, Stern Magazine, Wired, British Journal of Photography, and many other publications.

Bouchard lives in New York City and Montréal.

 

Exile From Babylon
Arsenal Contemporary, New York - January 2023
Contact Photography Festival (Toronto), May 2023 - UPCOMING

In Guns We Trust
Arsenal Contemporary, New York - March 2019
Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal - September 2019
Contact Festival Feature, Toronto / Online Exhibition - April 2020

Transpose
Art Souterrain, Montréal - February 2016
Arsenal Montreal, March 2014
Arsenal, Toronto, May 2015

Still Life
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke, June 2012
Art Souterrain, Montréal, February 2011
Galerie SAS, Montréal, March 2010

Secret Societies
Fonderie Darling, Montreal, February 2008

Volvere
Blowup Gallery, Montreal, 2005

SOLO
EXHIBITIONS

 

Haute Photography
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 2022

Secret Societies
Contrast, Toronto
May 5th to May 31st, 2011

Inside Studio E1 Gallery

Cité des Arts, Paris
June 29th to July 12th, 2011 

Still Life
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto
October 1st to October 2nd, 2011

La Nuit Blanche de Paris, Paris
October 1st to October 2nd, 2011

Sleepless Night, Miami
November 5th to November 6th, 2011 

Still Life
Centro Manuel Alvarez Bravo,
Day of the Death exhibit, Oaxaca
October 28th to November 25th 2011

Aqua Art Miami, Miami
December 6th to December 9th, 2011 

Secret Societies
Pop-Up Store Exhibition, New York
October 28th, 2010

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

AWARDS

Life Framer
Night Life - Winner - March 2021

Dallas Center of Photography Portrait Award
Second Place - December 2020

Head On Photo Award
Finalist, Transpose—May 2018. Australia.

Nannen Prize
Prize winner, Transpose—April 2017. Germany.

Pride Photo Award
Transpose—2015

Concours Lux
1st prize—2010. Montréal.

The Big Book
Shortlisted work, Secret Societies—June 3rd to June 9th, 2011. Cannes.

 

PRESS

Artforum
Exile from Babylon: A Must-See Exhibition (Editor’s Pick)—February 2023

Artnet news
Here Are 22 Unmissable Spring Gallery Shows in New York, From Joan Mitchell’s Big Moment to Jeff Wall’s Spooky Surrealism—May 2019.

Whitehot Magazine
”Normally Invisible”- April 2023

ARToronto
“Jean-François Bouchard at Arsenal Contemporary” - July 2023
Also published in dART and Art Fuse

FeatureShoot
”Lightpainting Photography from a Squatters’ Camp in California” - February 2023

Fisheye Magazine
”In Guns We Trust”: Immersion en plein champs de tirs
2023

The Washington Post
A photographer explores American gun culture deep in the Arizona desert—April 2019.

British Journal of Photography
In Guns We Trust—May 2019.

WIRED
Meet Americas’s Biggest Machine-Gun Enthusiasts—April 2019.

Urbania
In Guns We Trust : Immersion dans les champs de tirs de machine guns—May 2019.

Il maschile del Sole 24 ORE
Qui crediamo molto nelle pistole—May 2019.

Stern Magazine
Transpose win a prize at the Nannen Prize—April 2017. Germany. Stern Magazine dedicated a 10-page feature to the Transpose series—July 2016.

FRAMES Magazine
Beauty and Despair - February 2021

METAL Magazine
A Witness of the Human Condition - May 2019

Advocate
The Bare Truths of Trans Men—May 2015.

The Georgia Straight
Montreal photographer highlights transgender men in Transpose—June 2015.

National Post
Transpose captures the personal stories of trans men—May 2015.

La Presse
Critique of the exhibition at Arsenal in Montreal in the digital edition of La Presse Plus—April 19th, 2014.

Voir
Still Life, Vague de scandales—June 2012.

Actuphoto
Still Life—August 2012.

Miami New Time
Still Life, Jean-François Bouchard Brings Portraits of Sex Toys to Sleepless Night—November 2011.

Checkout Art
Still Life, One less lonely man—February 2010.