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Guy Levesque is a self-taught Quebec artist who has developed a unique technique for working leather and metal over the past 25 years.
| exhibitions | |
| 2002 | SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art), Chicago |
| Dialogue entre formes et matières, Galerie des métiers d'art du Québec, Montréal | |
| 2000 | SIDIM (the Montréal International Interior Design Show), Limited Series category, Montréal, Que. |
| De main de maître, Palais des congrès, Paris, France | |
| 1995 | Solo exhibition of masks, Bar-galerie Fourmi Atomik, Quebec city |
| 1994 | Opening of the Atelier Boutique Guy Levesque, on 79, Sault-au-Matelot Street, Quebec city |
| Le masque : miroir de l’âme, in the workshop | |
| Une deuxième peau qui parle, Museum of Civilization, Quebec city | |
| Rencontre IV, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. | |
| 1993 | État de sièges, Solo exhibition, Maison Bellanger-Girardin, Quebec city |
| 1992-93 | Gens de métiers, Maison Bellanger-Girardin, Quebec city |
| 1992 | Art Expo New York, New York |
| 1991 | Art Expo New York, New York |
| Oeuvres récentes, Solo exhibition, Café-galerie Le Tango, Quebec city | |
| 1990 | Perles noires de Tahiti, Boutique Oblique, Quebec city |
| 1987 | Je t'aime, Eaton Center, Toronto, Ontario. |
| Invited artist for fashion show of great canadians fashion designers | |
| La petite galerie, Chibougamau, Que. | |
| City Hall, Chibougamau, Que. | |
| 1986 | One of a Kind Show, Toronto, Ontario |
| Socio-cultural center, Chicoutimi, Que. | |
| Gabrielle-Roy Library, Quebec city | |
| 1985 | Place des arts, Québec Winter Carnival, Quebec city |
| Château Frontenac Hall, Quebec city | |
| 1983-85 | Numbers of masks exhibitions, in Quebec city and Montréal |
| 1982-83 | Salon des métiers d'art, Montréal |
| 1978-81 | Salon des artisans, Quebec city |
other activities |
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| 2003 | Creation of a mask for the Théatre du Trident, Québec |
| 2002 | Creation of masks for L'Opéra de Québec |
| 2001 | Training of leather mask molding for Cirque du Soleil |
| 1999 | Collaboration with Tafisa International (laminating): creation of 13 masks under the theme Magie |
| 1998 | Creation of a mask for Robert Lepage’s movie Nô |
| 1987 | Teaching for Quebec Manpower Vocational Training Commission |
| 1985 | Selected work of art for Recherche 85, Salon des Métiers d’Art, Montréal |
| Quebec representative at the 5th festival of Acadian Art, Moncton, New Brunswick | |
| 1980-82 | Selection panel representative (leather craft section) of the Corporation des artisans de Québec |