Nicolas Ruel Photographer

Nicolas Ruel

Born in Montreal (Canada) in 1973.

education

1995 Études en scénarisation cinématographique
Université du Québec à Montréal

1993 Relations internationales – concentration en photographie
Cégep du Vieux-Montréal

Solo Exhibitions

201212 ans / 12 years, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada.
Soundtrack, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.

2011Micro-métrages, Lacerte Art Contemporain - Montréal, Canada.
Until Now, Shore Club, Toronto, Canada.
City Scape, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.

2010Carnaval, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.

2009Projet 8 secondes, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Projet 8 secondes, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Projet 8 secondes, Galerie Seine 51, Paris, France.

2008Recent Work, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.
Œuvres récentes, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Elements, Decca 77 - Montréal, Canada.
Refraction, Hôtel Nelligan - Montréal, Canada.

2007Inox, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Elements, Galerie Lacerte - Québec, Canada.
Elements, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.
Œuvres choisies, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Le Québec au Japon, Ambassade du Canada à Tokyo - Japon.

2005Inox, Parquet de la Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec (CDP) - Montréal, Canada.

2004Moscou Metro, Galerie Galri - Montréal, Canada.

2003Travel, Studio Galerie Mont-Royal - Montréal, Canada.

2001Polynesia, Galerie TM - Montréal, Canada.

1999Bali Indra, Galerie TM - Montréal, Canada.

1998Sens Contraste, Studio Galerie Mont-Royal - Montréal, Canada.

1996Terre de feu, Mois de la Photo, Galerie Harrison - Montréal, Canada.

group Exhibitions

2012TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Stand Galerie de Bellefeuille – Toronto, Canada.

2011Collectif d'été, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
My Favorites, Lacerte Art Contemporain - Montréal, Canada.

2010Art Toronto, Toronto international art fair, Stand Galerie Orange – Toronto, Canada.
From Quebec in New York, Relative Space, 2 Bond Street, New York, USA.
Art Basel Group Exhibition, Seine 51 in Wynwood Art District, Miami, USA.
Collectif, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Bois, encre, métal, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.

2009Collectif, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Photo Miami 09, Stand Galerie Orange, Art Basel - Miami, USA.
TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Stand Galerie Orange - Toronto, Canada.
Mori Tower Project, Nuit Blanche, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.
Périple, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Group Show, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.
Collectif, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.

2008Palm Beach3, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Seine 51 - Palm Beach, USA.
Collectif Photo, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Photo Miami 08, Stand Galerie Orange, Art Basel - Miami, USA.
Mouvements focalisés II – Chorégraphes/Photographes, Galerie SAS - Montréal, Canada.
TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Stand Galerie Lacerte - Toronto, Canada.
Photofocus, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Group Show, Thompson Landry Gallery - Calgary, Canada.
Collectif, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.

2007TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Stand Galerie Lacerte - Toronto, Canada.
INTERNATIONAL FLORA, Le festival de jardins de Montréal - Montréal, Canada.
Collectif, Galerie Lacerte - Québec, Canada.
Quatre-Quarts, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Collectif, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Group Show, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada.
My Favorites, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
L’Art du Japon au Québec, Palais des Congrès de Montréal - Montréal, Canada.
Art-Paris, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Seine 51 - Paris, France.
Palm Beach3, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Lacerte - Palm Beach, USA.

2006TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Galerie Lacerte - Toronto Canada.
Collectif, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada
Group Show, Thompson Landry Gallery - Toronto, Canada
Palm Beach3, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Lacerte - Palm Beach, USA.
Art Miami, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Lacerte - Miami, USA.

2005Collectif, Galerie Lacerte - Montréal, Canada.
TIAF, Toronto international art fair, Galerie Lacerte - Toronto, Canada.
Vicissitudes, Exposition duo présentée au Cirque du Soleil - Montréal, Canada.
Collectif Capic, Galerie Art Mûr - Montréal, Canada.
Lieux, Galerie Orange - Montréal, Canada.
Les Nues, Galerie Galri - Montréal, Canada
La La La Human Steps, Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau - Montréal, Canada.

2004Les Gagnants du Concours LUX, Galerie SAS - Montréal, Canada.
Collectif Capic, Galerie Art Mûr - Montréal, Canada.
Œil de la nuit, Galerie Blowup photogalerie - Montréal, Canada.
En Coulisse, Festival Montréal en Lumière - Montréal, Canada.

2003Collectif Capic, Galerie Blowup photogalerie - Montréal, Canada.

2002Collectif Capic, Galerie Gora - Montréal, Canada.

2001Rouge, Galerie TM - Montréal, Canada.

2000Nu, Galerie TM - Montréal, Canada.
Personnage Urbain, Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui - Montréal, Canada.

public art

2011Société des Arts Technologiques, Montreal, Canada.

2010Ville de Montréal, Espace Lafontaine, Montréal, Canada.

2008Société Loto-Québec, Casino de Mont-Tremblant, Canada.

catalogues

Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Montréal, Les Éditions du Passage, 2010.
Traces contemporaines, Montréal, Éditions Les Heures Bleues, 2010.
Carnaval, Québec, Éditions Lacerte art contemporain, Galerie Orange, 2010.
Le Moulin à images. The Image Mill, Québec, Éditions Robert Lepage/Ex Machina, 2008, 96 p.
INOX. Nicolas Ruel, Québec, Lacerte art contemporain, 2007, 144 p.
ELEMENTS. Nicolas Ruel, Québec, Lacerte art contemporain, 2007, 112 p.

collections

Arton Capital
Ashlar Urban
Baume & Mercier
Canadiana Fund State Art Collection
Cirque du Soleil
Colart Collection
East-West Investment
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Irving
Loto-Québec
MGM Grand
Microsoft
Ontario Power Authority
Power Corporation
RMG
The Rose Corporation
Rothschild Investment Banking
SITQ
Stonegate
Toronto Dominion Bank
Warner Brothers
Numerous private collections in Canada and internationally

biography

Nicolas Ruel has been working, for the last several years, on an ambitious body of work, 8 seconds, where he attempts to revisit the image of the world’s greatest cities. From Elements (2007) to Microscripts (2011), he has refined an in camera double exposure technique, where a sudden swivelling motion triggers the transfiguration of the visible. He travels in quest of familiar images in order to expose their hidden architecture: his sculptural compositions, crystallised in monumental stainless steel prints, seem to give access to the hidden dimensions of space and time.

Ever since its beginnings, Nicolas Ruel’s work has reiterated a double interest for the world’s diversity and its various mise en scène. Born in Montreal, he pursued college studies in photography and international relations before being trained in scriptwriting at Université du Québec à Montréal. His first published works were photographic essays in black and white on the Moscow Metro (2000) and Angkor Wat (2002). In parallel, he developed various series where he explored, with great structural acumen, the figures of architecture, light or industry. His work garnered the attention of important figures of the living arts: the choreographers Marie Chouinard or Édouard Lock, theatre director Robert Lepage or Cirque du Soleil, who all called upon his collaboration to capture their theatrical gestures.

Nicolas Ruel’s works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions and contemporary art fairs in Canada, Europe, and the United States. His photographs are part of numerous public and private collections. He has won eight LUX grand prizes over the course of his career and three monographs of his work has been published: Inox (2007), Elements (2007) and Carnival (2010).