Festival Art Souterrain
After a brief encounter with the artwork Fiat Lux, artist Boris Pintado invites participants to experience a true process of artistic transformation.
Starting from a simple shape, each participant creates an anthropomorphic character by manipulating, assembling, and transforming materials. Through this hands-on and playful approach, the workshop encourages imagination and demonstrates how the ordinary can be transformed into something extraordinary.
Designed as both a creative and sensory experience, this activity reflects the theme of Duality, at the heart of the Festival Art Souterrain 18th edition.
Biographie
Originally from Spain, Boris Pintado is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal. His practice, centered on sculpture, illustration, and installation, draws on a dialogue between architecture, the natural sciences, geography, family history, and foundational myths. Across this constellation of influence, he develops narratives that interrogate the way in which humans inhabit the world, structuring, projecting, and transforming, while paying particular attention to the relationships between materiality, space, and culture.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design, and will be completing a master’s degree in Visual and Media Arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQÀM) in 2026. His work has been presented in multiple museums and exhibition centres across Québec, most notably at the Maison des arts de Laval, Centre national d’expositions de Jonquière, and Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, as well as in major public screening contexts such as Plural, Future Fair (New York), and Art Toronto.
Dates:
- Saturday, May 2 at 10:30 AM
- Saturday, May 9 at 11:00 AM
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Audience: Families and curious minds
Capacity: Maximum 20 participants
Pricing:
- $15 : adult
- $8 : child
A creative workshop where imagination transforms reality and reveals the extraordinary potential of everyday life!