René Derouin

René Derouin (born April 28, 1936) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, known for revitalizing the print medium.

Career Since he was a student in the 1950s, René Derouin has spent time in Mexico as well as Quebec. The Americas, Mexico's archaeological sites and the murals of José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros have made an indelible impression on him. A major theme of Derouin's art is identity which he expresses through printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and installation.

Travels to the Northern Quebec territories in the 1970s led Derouin to turn his attention to the concept of "the north". In search of his roots, he also examined the concept of being American. Derouin meant to recall through creating it the crowds in Mexico's large public squares as well as the migrations of peoples that have occurred throughout history. the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and many other museum collections.

In 1975, René Derouin settled in a home-workshop he had built in Val-David in the Laurentians. In 1996, he created the Derouin Foundation which has organized major international art symposiums in the Jardins du Précambrien in Val-David.

René Derouin's contributions to culture have earned him many awards and honours, including the Order of Canada (2011), the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle (2006), as well as Québec's Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas (1999). His archival collection is in Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (P922).