HEYVAERT, Pierre (1934-1974)

Pierre Heyvaert moved to Quebec in 1957. He represented Canada at the 1965 Forma Viva International Sculpture Symposium in Kostanjevica (in what is now Slovenia) and was among the artists invited to participate in the 1966 International Sculpture Symposium in Quebec City. The following year, he created a sculpture for Expo 67 entitled Acier, a piece which appeared to rest upon the surface of the water surrounding the Quebec Pavilion. Heyvaert worked in wood and metal to form abstract geometric sculptures, some of which are referred to as “espaces triangulaires” (“triangular spaces”). His pieces have been exhibited both in Canada and abroad, notably at the Galerie Cheval de Verre (Brussels, 1964), the Calgary Allied Arts Council (1968), the Musée du Québec (1969), the Deson-Zaks Gallery (Chicago, I969) and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (1970).