GERALD WAS BORN IN 1990 AND IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN TORONTO, CANADA. HE IS ATTENDING RYERSON UNIVERSITY AND ENROLLED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES PROGRAM, AND WILL BE RECEIVING HIS BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN 2013. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY IS COMPILED OF A CONCEPTUAL AND SURREALISTIC NATURE, ADDRESSING ERUPTIONS OF HIS UNCONSCIOUS AND SUPPRESSED MEMORIES. HIS IMAGERY CONTESTS AND PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS, OR IMAGE PROCESSING. GERALD’S WORKS ARE DRIVEN BY A PAINTERESQUE LENS, MAINLY ROMANTICISM, CONFRONTING SUBLIME NOTIONS OF MYTHOLOGY, RELIGION, AND SPIRITUALITY IN TERMS THE IMAGERY IS A QUOTATION OF PAST ERA’S; BORROWING ASPECTS, CONCEPTS, AND STYLES, COMBINING CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES.
PUBLICATIONS
FUNCTION MAGAZINE, ISSUE 14. 2012-2013
RYERSON UNIVERSITY, ADMISSIONS HANDBOOK 2013
ZEUM MAGAZINE, ISSUE 4, MAY 2012
GLACIER MAGAZINE, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2, SPRING 2012
RYERSON UNIVERSITY, ADMISSIONS HANDBOOK 2011-2012
SHOTS DIRECTORY, DECEMBER 2011
OTM WEBZINE, ISSUE10, DECEMBER 2011
APPLIED ARTS MAGAZINE STUDENT AWARDS ISSUE, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011
FUNCTION.ZINE, ISSUE 2, NOVEMBER 2011
ZEUM MAGAZINE,ISSUE 1, AUGUST 2011
MOXEE MAGAZINE, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2011
GALLERIES AND SHOWS
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE 2013, THE BURROUGHES. TORONTO. MAY 2013
SNAP! ELEVATOR DIGITAL PHOTO COMPETITION, SILENT AUCTION, THE SNAP! FACTORY, TORONTO. FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013
FULL FRAME: HOLIDAY SHOW AND AUCTION, IMA GALLERY, TORONTO. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE PRESENTS: 3, GALLERY 1313. TORONTO. APRIL 2012
REAWAKENING IMAGE ARTS: FUNCTION EXHIBITION, IMAGE ARTS GALLERY, TORONTO, MARCH 2012
RENDERED: THIRD YEAR GALLERY SHOW, IMA GALLERY 310. TORONTO.MARCH 2012
RYERSON THIRD YEAR GALLERY SHOW, IMA GALLERY, TORONTO, HONORABLE MENTION. FEB/MARCH 2012
INTIMATE GESTURES, STUDIO 407, FEBRUARY 2012
APPLIED ARTS EXHIBIT SHOW, THE ARTSCAPE WYCHWOOD BARNS, TORONTO. OCTOBER 2011
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE/CONTACT SHOW, GLADSTONE HOTEL ART BAR. APRIL/MAY 2011
PUNCTURE: SECOND YEAR GALLERY SHOW, IMA GALLERY, TORONTO. APRIL 2011
RYERSON/BRIGHTON EXCHANGE, GRAND PARADE GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. JANUARY 2011
ONLINE FEATURES
PARAGRAPH MAGAZINE, ISSUE 05, FEATURED ARTIST. IPAD APPLICATION. FEBRUARY 2013
VOGUE.IT, VOGUE ITALIA, PHOTOVOGUE, ONLINE, JANUARY 2013
PHOTOGRAPHERANDMUSE.COM, FEATURED ARTIST, ONLINE, JULY 2012
JURIED.TUMBLR.COM, FEATURED ARTIST, ONLINE. JUNE 2012
1VIBE.COM, FEATURED ARTIST, ONLINE. MARCH 2012
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE, ONLINE GALLERY. 2011/2012
AWARDS
PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS COMPETITION, CORNWALL, ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE, CANADA. THIRD PLACE. MARCH 2008
EXPERIENCE
FUNCTION MAGAZINE: ISSUE 14, EDITOR AND DESIGNER, RYERSON UNIVERSITY, TORONTO. 2012/2013
ZEUM MAGAZINE: ISSUE 1-3, WEB AND PAGE DESIGN, TORONTO. 2010/2011
AGENCY CREDITS
ELITE, NEXT, FORD MODELS, SPOT 6 MANAGEMENT, PEGGI LEPAGE MODEL PLACEMENT.
IF INTERESTED IN ANY MODEL TESTS, PURCHASING PRINTS, ETC. PLEASE CONTACT GERALD VIA E-MAIL AT: geraldrenelarocque@gmail.com
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARK PECKMEZIAN