Biography

JBob opens the doors to a world where reasoning, reflection and emptiness take on their full meaning!

Empreintes

He loves abstract art

He is passionate about entrepreneurship;

Acrylic is his first medium;

Texture fascinates him;

The many Tests are part of his creative process;

In a fixed artwork, one can see the Movement;

Recovery: he draws inspiration from the objects around him to give them a second life;

Experimentation characterizes it quite well!

One day he will be ready to exhibit more…

Self-taught by training, he prefers to be guided by his intuition.

2005
Creation of his first canvas which opened a door to art for him.

2007
First opening – Urbanix in Montreal

2010
Creation of the jb-art.ca website which became jbob.ca
Simpler, shorter and it represents his full name: Jean-Benoit Aubé (JBob).

2011
Take on a challenge: paint a canvas in four hours while being filmed (see Escape in the video section).

2012
First virtual exhibition on Facebook and exhibition at TechnoHub St-Laurent.

2013
Discovery of steel and aluminum thanks to Marie-Josée Roy, sculptor and realization of my first work with this unique way.
Ephemeral exhibition in Laurier Park

2014
Creation of personalized and unique artistic business cards (fingerprint).
Participation in the collective exhibition on emotions – Galerie Crystal Racine.

2014
Participation in the Abribus competition with the work Inukshuk.

2015
Video: 10 years of creativity!

2016
New website (responsive)

2017
9-month exhibition at Le Soupesoup restaurant in Old Montreal.

2018
Integration of mathematical formulas in certain works.
Beginning of a first collection of 8 works (30X30 – 76.2X76.2 cm) at the same time. The series of 8!

2019
Beginning of discussions with an experienced art mentor.

2020
Beginning of participation in SéminArt at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), but the pandemic interrupted this program.
The work 360 is chosen for the cover of the book “Manifesto for an ambitious nation”.

2021
First official agreement based on the new concept of Accessible Art. This concept allows the purchase of part of the work.
Beginning of a series on the mountains in reference to an ascent of the base camp of Mount Everest.

2022
Endings of: The series of 8!
Art is a way to get out of the world of business, ideas, projects, to dive back into it with grace.

Good viewing,

JBob


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