In addition to completing an MFA at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Rusdi Genest attended California State University in Long Beach and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts and École Nationale Supérieure des arts appliquées et métiers d’art in Paris. He has produced a vast body of work alongside his teaching career: using an intuitive approach, he juxtaposes sculptural elements in intricate and enigmatic poses, particularly through symbolic, surrealist bronzes and mural reliefs made from paper pulp. His architecturally integrated works include pieces at the Centre d’accueil MGR Victor-Tremblay, the Centre d’accueil Beaumanoir in Chicoutimi and the Centre d’accueil Cité des Prairies in Montreal. A member of the Syndicat National des Sculpteurs Créateurs Professionnels de France and of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he has earned medals at the Salon des Arts et des Lettres de Paris Sud and at the Monterey and Mill Valley Festivals of the Arts in California.
SEE:
« Repères », ESPACE, vol. 4 #4, p. 30.
« À faire : Une oeuvre de Rusdi Genest », ESPACE, vol. 5 #2, p. 22.
