Collins Lefebvre Stoneberger

I start with a trace of a line, pencil upon paper. As I trace more lines, a form emerges from the white of the sheet that I begin to recognize as being familiar to me, such as daily sights of the shadows of the setting sun, of the morning light against the buildings. I seek to capture light- its reflections, shadows, moods, the different levels of its transparency, its silence, omniscience, and versatility. This light is created within transparent volumes: vessels, pods - entities that move submerged in matter that enclose or transport objects, or light- baring their innermost structures. I seek to capture the mundane from new perspectives - a glimpse of time that disappears, a taste of familiarity lost to our dulled senses. I want to build a world that is suspended or floating: fragile to the slightest wisp of air, yet sturdy, vulnerable and open, allowing shadows and light to flirt within and without. With a natural curiosity about architecture and geometry, I am fascinated by planes-the intersection of lines and simple curves. These planes have gradually evolved into volumes that have decidedly more organic and sensual forms, suggesting more movement in the wake of light, leading gently to the next drawing... This is my personal language. My work allows me to reach for a quiet force. I have chosen simple tools: black graphite, white paper. The simplicity encourages me to focus upon the image I create: nuances of gray forming volumes and transparencies cloaked by the mystery of black and white.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES

2003	Graphite Drawings. Galerie Luz, Belgo building, Montréal, QC
2002	Sillons. Graphite drawings.Gallery Yamane, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1999	Libellules. Graphite drawings and wire structures. Galerie Observatoire 4, Belgo building, Montréal, QC Nacelle. Drawings and wire structures from 1994 to 1999. Musée Pierre-Boucher, Trois-Rivières, QC
1997	Imago. Drawings and wire structure. Espace 414, Belgo building, Montréal, QC
1996	Amarres. Drawings and wire structure. Espace 414, Belgo building, Montréal, QC
1995	Les Capteurs d’invisible. Drawings and wire structure. Espace 414, Belgo building, Montréal, QC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES

2007	Après la pluie, les maisons poussent. Benoît Saito et Normand Hamel. Curators: Adele Weder and Sophie Gironnay. MONOPOLI Galerie d’architecture, Montréal, QC
2005	Defrost II: The Holiday Show. Gallery artists. Curators: Jennifer Winsor Zed and Alison Keller. Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC Outside In. John Barkley, Kevin Dubois, Benoît Saito. Curators: Jennifer Winsor Zed, Alison Keller, Julie Lee. Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004	Defrost: The Holiday Show. Gallery artists. Curators: Jennifer Winsor Zed, Alison Keller, Julie Lee. Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC Between the LinesBenoît Saito, Michael Merrill, Frank Mulvey, Alain Provencher. Curator: Joyce Millar. Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, QC
2003	Echo.Benoît Saito and Ron Ackroyd. Curator: Juno Youn S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, ON Le Salon du printemps des artistes des Cantons-de-l’Est. Benoît Saito and Ron Ackroyd. Curator: Juno Youn S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, ON Drawing Attention.Curator: Juno Youn S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002	Benoît Saito, D. Andrus, J. Lima, D. Shearwood, D. Velan. Galerie Luz, Belgo building, Montréal, QC
2000	Arts 2000.Royal Canadian Academy of Arts juried exhibition. Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
1999	La collection imaginaire de Dorota - Dorota’s Choice.Curator: Dorota Kozinska, art critic. Graphite drawings. Les impatients, Montréal, QC
1998	Benoît Saito, Annie-Lou Chester and Madeleine Dubeau. Galerie LUZ, Montréal, QC
1997	Eudice Garmaise 21st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Professional QC Artists. Dawson College, Westmount, QC
1994	Travaux récents: Photographies et dessins. Exhibition with Étienne Robert de Massy. Drawings. Centre Pierre Péladeau, Montréal, QC

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

	Musée Pierre-Boucher, Trois-Rivières, QC
	Canon/OE Canada, Montréal, QC
	Private collection of Michel Dallaire Design Industriel Inc. Montréal, QC
	UBC Dentistry Masset clinic, Masset, BC

FORMATION ACADÉMIQUE / EDUCATION

1988-1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Université du Québec à Montréal

BIBLIOGRAPIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY

	Kozinska, Dorota. “Benoit Saito & Normand Hamel: Après la pluie, les maisons poussent” Vie des arts No 207 Summer 2007 p. 105
	Hochereau, Alain. “Entre abstraction et architecture” .VOIR, April 19, 2007 VLV p. 5
	Crevier, Lyne. “Architecture: Virus virtuels”. ICI April 19, 2007 p. 54
	Weder, Adele. “Après la pluie, les maisons poussent”. Text written for exhibition at Monopoli Galerie d’architecture, Montréal, QC. April 12- June 10, 2007.
	Sakai, Tadayasu. “On Benoît Saito's Drawings”. Text written for the invitation to“Sillons” Gallery Yamane, Tokyo, Japan. November 1-29, 2002.
	Kozinska, Dorota. “Belgo shows are beacons amid visual clutter”. The Gazette, Montréal. Saturday, May 29, 1999. p. J6
	Chainé, Françoise. “Le Musée Pierre-Boucher présente Nacelles”. TV interview Production COGECO Câble, Trois-Rivières. March 21, 1999.
	Kozinska, Dorota. “Restless energy, need for challenges propel young artist”. The Gazette, Montréal. Saturday, November 16, 1996. p.I6