Jérôme Fortin works with a range of printmaking techniques, including screenprinting, lithography, linocut, and collagraphy. Some of his printing matrices are incorporated into large-scale permanent public art installations created as part of Québec’s policy for the integration of art into architecture.
He also works in sculpture. For his assemblages, Fortin transforms everyday objects—such as corks, plastic bottles, books, and matchsticks—into forms that evoke the flowers, shells, jewelry, and amulets once collected in the cabinets of curiosities of the fifteenth century.
Jérôme Fortin regularly participates in major national and international art events. He has presented solo exhibitions in Prague, Pretoria, Tokyo, Paris, Washington, and Toronto. In 2007, his work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Istanbul, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Paris, Havana, Barcelona, Beijing, Mexico City, and New York.
Recipient of the Pierre-Ayot Award in 2004, Fortin’s work is included in numerous public collections, including those of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d’art de Joliette, the Pretoria Art Museum, the National Museum of China, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, the Canada Council Art Bank, and the City of Montréal.