Monograph, a Yechel Gagnon retrospective

This art book and its binding echo the obvious materiality of the artist’s work

July 11, 2022

Monograph, a bilingual hardcover book, presents a retrospective of Yechel Gagnon‘s work and reveals the many facets of her artistic practice, from her public art installations to her large-scale ephemeral drawings, to her custom carved plywood. This object-like book and its exposed Smyth-sewn binding echo her work’s vivid materiality. The book is designed by Réjean Myette, a specialist in museum publications.

Three essays written by the American Architect, Mira Locher, the Canadian Curator, Virginia Eichhorn and the Quebecois Writer Jean-Marc Desgent, accompany and present nearly one hundred colour images. A chronology is also included, revealing an intimate look into the artist’s studio practice.

This custom-published book is among the winners of The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. It was conceived and printed in Canada and distributed via Kama Pigments. The book can be purchased online or in-store.

About Yechel Gagnon

Yechel Gagnon is a Canadian Visual Artist and holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree (Studio Arts) from Concordia University in Montreal and an AOCAD with Honours in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.

She is the recipient of numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Longueuil and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec who awarded her the prestigious CALQ Creator of the Year award.

Her works are exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. Her public artworks and exhibitions have attracted frequent reviews by noted critics and curators. Commissions of public artworks have been awarded to her by cultural institutions, medical centres, colleges and universities.

Yechel Gagnon is represented by Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art in Calgary, Carol Rubenstein Associates in Philadelphia and Cynthia-Reeves in New Hampshire. Gagnon’s current project is a 130-foot-long bas-relief mural awarded through the Art and Architecture Integration Policy of Quebec.

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