Yoakim Bélanger "Black Lives Matter"
Mixed media on steel
60" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "Prism I"
Plexiglas on mixed media & aluminium
60" x 40"
Yoakim Bélanger "Exit"
Mixed media on aluminium
96" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Flow I"
Mixed media on aluminium
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "Verticality I"
Mixed media on aluminium
96" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Endangered species"
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Oath"
Plexiglass on mixed media & rusted steel
72"x 36"
Yoakim Bélanger "Verticality II"
Mixed media on aluminium
96" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Interstice"
Plexiglas on mixed media & aluminium
60" x 40"
Yoakim Bélanger "The Dreamers V"
Plexiglas on mixed media & rusted steel
72" x 36"
Yoakim Bélanger "Respect"
Plexiglas on mixed media & oxidized steel
72" x 36"
Yoakim Bélanger "Flow"
Plexiglas on mixed media & aluminum
32" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Act"
Plexiglas on mixed media & aluminum
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Will Ever"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Will Ever II"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Will Ever III"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Enlighten"
Mixed media on paper
32" x 43"
Yoakim Bélanger "Lady in a Shell"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Lady in a Shell II"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Lady in a Shell III"
Mixed media on paper
43" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Keeper IV" SOLD
Mixed media on rusted steel, plexiglass
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Dust" SOLD
Plexiglass on mixed media & aluminium
66" x 50"
Yoakim Bélanger "Untitled" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Flow II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior III" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "The Next Movement" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Stand" SOLD
Mixed media on stainless steel mirror
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "Polaris" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
96" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "The Dreamers IV" SOLD
Plexiglas on mixed media & oxidized steel
72" x 36"
Yoakim Bélanger "Nuée" SOLD
Mixed media on paper
32" x 43"
Yoakim Bélanger "Will Ever IV" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Dogma XX" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Sum" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 40"
Yoakim Bélanger "Oracle I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
96" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "La Puberté" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior II" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior V" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Oracle II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
96" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Amphibien III" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Quête de sens V" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Persona I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Persona II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "The Dreamers V" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
71" x 36"
Yoakim Bélanger "Quête de Sens II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "#Moiaussi" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "#Metoo" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Black Lives Matter" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
96" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "Anima" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
96" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "First Print" SOLD
Mixed media on chromed stainless steel
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Quête de Sens I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Quête de Sens III" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Midas" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior I" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Ingénue" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior IV" SOLD
Mixed media on oxidized steel
48" x 32"
Yoakim Bélanger "Amphibien I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Amphibien II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Là-bas" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Miroir" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
60" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Light Warrior II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminium
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Coévolution I" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
48" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "Émergence" SOLD
Mixed media
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Coévolution II" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
48" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "Départ" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
48" x 68"
Yoakim Bélanger "Icône" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
60" x 40"
Yoakim Bélanger "Archétype" SOLD
Mixed media on aluminum
72" x 96"
Yoakim Bélanger "Inside Revolution Ed. 2/5" SOLD
Silkscreen
43" x 30"
Yoakim Bélanger "Inner Sun" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "Dogma XII" SOLD
Mixed media on steel
72" x 60"
Yoakim Bélanger "Inside Revolution CIII" SOLD
Mixed media on metal
48" x 48"
Yoakim Bélanger "Inside Revolution XCVI" SOLD
Mixed media on metal
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger "Inside Revolution XCIV" SOLD
Mixed media on metal
72" x 72"
Yoakim Bélanger's art focuses on the human form. He is fascinated by movements, expressions, plasticity, and their universality. Across various media (painting, drawing, photography and video Yoakim Bélanger sublimates the physical appearance of humanity and celebrates its strength, passion, and grace. In his paintings, through a work of removal, sanding, and alterations on metal plates, Yoakim Bélanger reaches a vibrant and textured brushwork that merges the abstract and the figurative, order and chaos, shade and light. With this work, the artist achieves his ultimate goal of portraying both body and soul.
Yoakim Bélanger works with oxidized steel and aluminum, raw materials that have not yet been affected by human contact but that hold the traces of passing time. These traces consist of varying textures and patterns, which to any other individual would appear arbitrary and meaningless. But, to the artist, these traces hold the primitive blueprint of his work. With his brush, he begins to bring forth an image so entwined with the medium on which it is painted that one could not exist without the other. The result is a juxtaposition of the intangible human spirit with the solidity of the metal.
Born in 1977, Yoakim Bélanger is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Montreal. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada. In 2016, he exhibited in London to a great critical and popular success. He has also participated in several international fairs worldwide, including Miami, New York, Hamburg, and Toronto. His artwork can be found in many private and public collections throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. He also holds a degree in graphic design and has directed two short films (If I Can Fly and Ces femmes qui marchent) that have been acclaimed by critics in international film festivals. He is represented by galleries in Canada and in the UK.
ARTICLE IN FRENCH - La passion selon Yoakim Bélanger dépasse la dualité et les considérations matérielles, puisqu'elle s'exprime à travers l'art.