Ceramic artist · sculptor · emeritus artisan

Where matter
comes alive.

From Val-David, Alain-Marie Tremblay shapes work where ceramics, architecture and landscape meet.

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Alain-Marie Tremblay in the garden of sculptures at Val-David — Image : collection de l’artiste

A living practice

Between art, craft and place.

More than six decades of making: ceramic pieces, monumental sculpture and works integrated with architecture.

His studio garden in Val-David extends this work outdoors, among art, materials and landscape.

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Portrait de l’artiste parmi les Ruines pour le futur — **Bétonique garden**Val-David · photo by Ève K. Tremblay

Cônes, cylindres et œufs au miroir, Palais de justice de Québec — **Public art · 1% program**Palais de justice de Québec · 1983

Sculpture bleue dans le jardin — **Garden sculpture**Bétonique and landscape

Chérubin en bétonique posé sur un rocher — **Chérubin**Bétonique on stone

Vases de céramique — **Ceramics**Thrown and assembled forms

Banc sculptural en bétonique — **Bétonique bench**Art for everyday use

Clefs et Figures, œuvre intégrée à l’École Saint-Louis de Terrebonne — **Clefs et Figures**Terrebonne · 1984

Sculpture en céramique Elora — **Elora**Ceramic sculpture

La course du soleil, école Val-des-Monts, Prévost — **Course of the Sun**Prévost · 1991

Sculpture posée sur une roche — **Outdoor sculpture**Bétonique, stoneware and landscape

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Ceramics studio

Pottery, one-off pieces and sculpture from the Val-David studio.

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Bétonique garden & Ruins for the Future

Outdoor sculpture, the Bétonique garden and works shaped by the landscape.

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Architectural integration, 1% program & murals

Public commissions integrated into buildings and shared spaces.

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Ceramic sculpture

Sculpture in stoneware, porcelain and mixed media.

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Recent exhibitions

Exhibitions, updates and recent projects by the artist.

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CV highlights

Selected education, exhibitions, public commissions and publications.

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About

A life shaped by material.

Born in Montreal in 1941, Alain-Marie Tremblay is a ceramic artist, sculptor and materials researcher. After studying ceramics in Montreal and printmaking in Paris, he settled in Val-David and built a practice spanning pottery, monumental sculpture and public art.

Between 1980 and 1985, he developed bétonique, a material made with kaolin clay and a hydraulic binder. His work brings ceramic thinking into architecture and the northern landscape.

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Milestones

1941Born in Montreal, Quebec.

1961Diploma in ceramics from the Institut des arts appliqués.

1962–65Printmaking studies and internships in Paris.

1967Exhibits at Expo 67 with the Quebec Handicrafts Centre.

1980–85Develops bétonique.

1985–91Serves as president of Ceramists Canada.

A material developed in Val-David

Bétonique

At the meeting point of ceramics and concrete, this material developed by Alain-Marie Tremblay makes it possible to create sculpture and installations for outdoor life in a northern climate.

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