Marie-Josée Roy "Le roi de la Forêt"
Bronze & wood
74" x 12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le Voyage de Xylan" - Collaboration avec Jérôme Prieur
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate, engraving | 48" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose XX" - collaboration avec Jeff Allarie
Steel, stainless steel and bronze | 31" x 22" x 22"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose XXIX"
Forged steel, welded roses : stainless steel (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
73" x 27" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose XXVIII"
Forged steel, welded roses : stainless steel (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
35" x 12" x 8"
Marie-Josée Roy "Lumière"
Photo transfer on painted and ground steel
48" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "Borée"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate
36" x 18"
Marie-Josée Roy "Forêt identitaire"
Photo transfer on aluminium, stainless steel, bronze, 925 silver, Shibushi : alloy consisting of 85% copper and 15% silver (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
25" x 64" x 11"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le PSI"
Bronze, electric burin engraving (Collaboration with Jérome Prieur)
36" x 12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Sous l'aile d'un ange"
Unique piece, bronze
14" x 10" x 10"
Marie-Josée Roy "L'insoutenable Légerté de l'être"
Forged steel, welded (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
66" x 16" x 9"
Marie-Josée Roy "Dassine"
Cast bronze
18" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Metallic gray
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Glow in the dark
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Matte Black
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Fuchsia
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Orange
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Gold
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Stained wood fiber
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 White
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "La Boussole"
Oil, photo transfer on cut stainless steel
58" x 24" x 3"
Marie-Josée Roy "Et dans la cendre des papillons jaunes, j’ai fais voler l’hiver en éclat"
Oil and photo transfer on aluminum
48" x 72"
Marie-Josée Roy "Magnétisme XIV"
Steel
Marie-Josée Roy "Geoflore"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
30" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "Sur les épaules de Darwin"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
48" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "Magnétisme XII"
Steel
80" x 34" x 4"
Marie-Josée Roy "Déjà vu"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminium
96" x 48"
Marie-Josée Roy "J'aurai reculé"
Mixed media on aluminium
30" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "La fille aux yeux d'or"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
25" x 20"
Marie-Josée Roy "Qualia"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminium
60" x 72"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le fil de Cassiopé"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminium (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
60" x 48"
Marie-Josée Roy "Transcendance" (collaboration with Yann Normand)
Steel
144" x 30" x 30"
Marie-Josée Roy "Dans les entrailles"
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Marie-Josée Roy "L'Île aux 5 sens"
Cast bronze
32" x 14" x 3"
Marie-Josée Roy "Nous 2"
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 48"
Marie-Josée Roy "Nous sommes un"
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérome Prieur)
60" x 30"
Marie-Josée Roy "Glowing" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate
60" x 60"
Marie-Josée Roy "Didi" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le Graal" SOLD
Oil and photo transfer on aluminum
60" x 60"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en Rose XVI" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, bronze (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
75" x 34" x 32"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose XXII" SOLD
Cast aluminium, stainless steel roses, steel (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
38" x 14" x 10"
Marie-Josée Roy "Je suis aux Anges" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate
30" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Patinated blue SOLD
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Liesse" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminium plate
24" x 28"
Marie-Josée Roy "Réceptif" Edition 1/10 Yellow SOLD
3D Printed
17" x 5" x 5"
Marie-Josée Roy "Ça me Colle à la Peau" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate
36" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "Gemmule" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
48" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le Soleil dans la Tête" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum plate
36" x 36"
Marie-Josée Roy "La Vie en Rose" SOLD
Steel and bronze (Collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
60" x 24" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "Toute la mémoire du monde" SOLD
Oil and photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
24" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "Reinicio" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum (collaboration Jérôme Prieur)
36'' x 48''
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en Rose XI" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, bronze
66" x 20" x 14"
Marie-Josée Roy "Transcendantalisme" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
36" x 48"
Marie-Josée Roy "Eva" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
24" x 48"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose VI" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, roses : stainless steel (collaboration Jeff Alarie)
90" x 33" x 35"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose VII" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, roses : stainless steel (collaboration Jeff Alarie)
84" x 35" x 28"
"Le point zéro du dedans" SOLD
Steel and Bronze
36" x 16" x 3"
Marie-Josée Roy "Les ailes du désir" SOLD
Cast aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
30" x 8" x 7"
Marie-Josée Roy "Les ailes du désir"(Detail) SOLD
Cast aluminum (collaboration with Jérôme Prieur)
30" x 8" x 7"
Marie-Josée Roy "Guttural" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminium
60" x 72"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en rose III" SOLD
Steel and bronze (collaboration with Jeff Alarie)
Marie-Josée Roy "Diadema" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum (collaboration with Jérome Prieur)
24" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "Aux ti-zoizeaux" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, roses : stainless steel (collaboration Jeff Alarie)
37" x 12" x 13"
Marie-Josée Roy "Cambrure de l'aile" SOLD
Cast aluminum
64" x 25" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Cambrure de l'aile" (Detail) SOLD
Cast aluminum
64" x 25" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Structure identitaire III" SOLD
Steel (suspended sculpture)
84" x 24" x 24"
Marie-Josée Roy "L'amour Coquelicot" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
36" x 48"
Marie-josée Roy "La vie en roses I" SOLD
Forged steel, welded, bronze roses by Jeff Alarie
62" x 12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "La vie en roses I" (Detail) SOLD
Forged steel, welded, bronze roses by Jeff Alarie
62" x 12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "Le PSI femme" SOLD
Bronze
64" x 12" x 12"
Marie-Josée Roy "L'éléctron" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
60" x 72"
Marie-Josée Roy "Lumen" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum
84" x 60"
"Fondamentalement 1/8" SOLD
Bronze
65" x 13" x 13"
"Fondamentalement" (Detail) SOLD
Bronze
65" x 13" x 13"
"Entrelacs III" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum, engraving by J. Prieur
48" x 36"
"Le cantique des cantiques" SOLD
Steel and aluminum (wall mounted sculpture)
42" x 16"
"Le nid" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum, engraving by J. Prieur
30" x 24"
"Le paien" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
36" x 36"
"Penelope" SOLD
Wrought steel
25" x 7" x 5"
"L'ascension mystique" SOLD
Steel
63" x 16" x 16"
"Lumière" SOLD
Oil, photo transfer on aluminum, engraving by J. Prieur
24" x 24"
Born and working in Trois Rivières, Québec, Marie-Joseé Roy has established herself as a successful artist on the Canadian scene after first gaining popularity within Montreal’s underground art scene. Marie-Josée Roy works as both a painter and sculptor employing metal as her primary material. She has focused her artistic approach on breathing life into this otherwise inert medium.
In her latest body of work, the artist explores transitions and transformations, where unlikely unions are formed. Continuing her long-lasting dialogue with metal, the acclaimed Marie-Josée Roy plays on the strength of her chosen medium, using its permanence to depict the transitory nature of existence. Seemingly as light as a feather, her works illustrate life as movement, in the process, sculpting the genesis of mankind.
This newest series employs techniques ranging from image transfer, painting, etching, plating, welding, and engraving. Within their grey chrysalis, the artist masterfully depicts their struggle to emerge from being bound by metal, leaving behind their protective cocoons. Marie-Josée Roy’s figures metamorphose into magnificent metallic human-butterflies.
Marie-Josée Roy received her bachelor of fine arts at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières in 1992. She is actively exposing to Canada, New York, Boston, and Miami.
Marie-Josée contributed to this 8th edition of The Voice by creating 4 artworks for the 4 members of the jury. Using her technique of photo transfer on an aluminum plate and a grinder, she wanted to highlight their personalities. You can see the video on TVA in the link below, and move to 7"14 to see the 4 artworks discovered by the jury.
Marie-Josée Roy won the Arts and Humanities Award at the Gala des Pythagore. Organized by the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, the Gala des Pythagore wishes to promote exceptional graduates. Six categories come from the major fields of study: health sciences, administrative sciences, social sciences, sciences and engineering, arts and humanities, and finally, education, letters, and languages. Congratulations Marie-Josée!
ARTICLE IN FRENCH | Marie-Josée Roy's artwork was chosen for the cover of Éric Lapointe's new album Délivrance, on sale since May 4th 2018.
ARTICLE IN FRENCH
[ARTICLE IN FRENCH] Il n'y a pas beaucoup de journées aussi chaudes au Québec. Quatre ou cinq, tout au plus. Mais ce jour-là, sur l'autoroute 40, entre Montréal et Trois-Rivières, au volant de ma Honda Civic, je remerciais l'inventeur de l'air climatisé! Après un trajet d'environ 135 kilomètres, j'arrive à la forge. La porte, légèrement entrouverte, laisse voir une grande pièce sombre. Tout au fond, Marie-Josée Roy, portant blouson de cuir et bonnet de laine callé jusqu'aux oreilles, est en plein travail. Une bouffée de chaleur m'envahit. «Je n’ai pas le choix, je dois me protéger des flammèches», me dit-elle tout en venant vers moi.
Photos © Marie-Josée Roy