Biography
Jerome Havre is French artist based in Canada. He completed his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
His work interrogates issues of identity, territory and community through the representation of nature. That is, the manner in which it is presented and yet can be more readily perceived through our cultural filters. According to him, “nature is deliberately altered in order to deceive us and keep order.”
He develops in his creation reflexive spaces through immersive processes. He looks for ways to do this through presentation, creation of situations, or setting the stage with his sculptures and extending it to the public who take part “in the show.”
He is inspired by the production of dioramas of natural history museums and zoos and reappropriates the method in his artistic work. He presents “a second nature” which encourages a careful reading.
To design these “shelters,” Jerome Havre uses textiles, sculpture, digital prints, photographic images, murals, sound recording, and videos to create scenographic installations.
Since 2001 Jerome HAVRE has exhibited his works in Europe, Africa and North America. He is represented by the Donald Browne Gallery in Montreal.
