
Interview of Martin Rondeau in his studio, April 2017
Martin Rondeau, "Geiko"
Mixed media, collage, and woven archival paper
60" x 40"
Martin Rondeau,"Sapporo"
Hand embellished photography
31" x 22" | Framed: 39.50"x 30.50"
Martin Rondeau "Maiko"
Woven Photography
60" x 40"
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 24"
Woven steel
54" x 11" x 11"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombre 22"
Woven steel
61" x 9" x 10"
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 20"
Woven steel
57" x 12" x 10"
Martin Rondeau,"Chérie"
Arch paper, lead pencil, collage, paint
60" x 40"
Martin Rondeau, "Dantian"
Mixed media, collage, and woven archival paper
60" x 40"
Martin Rondeau "Natural Geisha 4"
Digital Print/Plexiglas
60" x 40"
Ed. of 3
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 21"
Woven steel
72" x 14" x 15"
Martin Rondeau, "Hong-Kong"
Collage, and woven archival paper
40" x 60"
Martin Rondeau "Androïde"
Woven Photography
57.5" x 37.5"
Martin Rondeau, "Kiss Me" Ed. 1/10
Lenticular print
31" x 47"
Martin Rondeau, "Kiss Me Kiss me Kiss Me"
Woven Photography
34.50" x 53.25"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombres 4"
Sharpie on paper
24" x 18"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombres 2"
Sharpie on paper
24" x 18"
Martin Rondeau, “Geiko Lips”
Print on archival paper
32″ x 24″
Martin Rondeau, "Geisha Kiss", Ed. of 8 + 2 A.P.
Print on archival paper
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau, "Spikes", Ed. of 8 + 2 A.P.
Print on archival paper
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau, "Candice As Geisha", Ed. of 8 + 2 A.P.
Print on archival paper
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau, "Death Kiss", Ed. of 8 + 2 AP
Print on archival paper
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau "Binary System"
Lenticular print
31" x 47"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombre 11"
Woven steel
18" x 5" x 3"
Martin Rondeau "Delta"
Woven Photography
36" x 54"
Martin Rondeau, "Autoportrait 15"
Woven steel
22" x 5" x 4"
Martin Rondeau "Lange"
Photography & collage
42" x 28"
Martin Rondeau, "Steal My Heart 1"
Woven steel
6" x 4" x 4"
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 5"
Woven steel
35" x 7" x 4"
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 1"
Hot printed ink on aluminum
65" x 48"
Martin Rondeau "Spectre"
Woven Photography
22" x 83"
Martin Rondeau "39ème Confession"
prem. gloss pp MHL gloss 3000
30" x 20"
Martin Rondeau "Beautiful Lips 1"
Digital Print / Diasec / Plexiglass
57" x 40"
Martin Rondeau "43ème Confession"
prem. gloss pp MHL gloss 3000
20" x 30"
Martin Rondeau "Cri"
Woven Photography
48" x 32"
Martin Rondeau "La Voie Lactée"
Woven Photography
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau "28e Confession"
Woven photography
30" x 20"
Martin Rondeau "Back to Black"
Woven Photography
36" x 53"
Martin Rondeau "Picasso II"
Woven photography
30" x 20"
Martin Rondeau "22ème Confession"
Woven Photography
44" x 89"
Martin Rondeau "Picasso I"
Woven photography
30" x 20"
Martin Rondeau "Forest_44"
Woven photography
30" x 60"
Martin Rondeau "Mohawk Tropic"
Woven photography
78" x 46"
Martin Rondeau "Where The World Begins and Ends"
Woven photography
48" x 32"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_2737_No More Distortion"
Woven photography
39" x 63"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_4656_I Lost My Bodyweight In The Forest"
Woven photography
46" x 92"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_9422 Sea of Teeth"
Woven photography
40" x 27"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_5240_Chasing After Deer"
Woven photography
23" x 15"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_9432 More Yellow Birds"
Woven photography
41" x 32"
Martin Rondeau, "The Young Geisha" SOLD
Woven Photography
72" x 48"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombre 10"SOLD
Woven steel
24" x 3" x 4"
Martin Rondeau "The Stranger's Tear" SOLD
Digital print on photo paper, steel cable, silver tape
66" x 44"
Martin Rondeau "Reset" SOLD
Impression numérique sur papier photo, câble acier, tape argent
66" x 44"
Martin Rondeau "IMG_5241_Dead Souls" SOLD
Woven photography
23" x 15"
Martin Rondeau "36ème Confession" SOLD
prem. gloss pp MHL gloss 3000
27" x 42"
Martin Rondeau "32ème Confession" SOLD
prem. gloss pp MHL gloss 3000
42" x 27"
Martin Rondeau, "Charlotte in Powder Geisha" SOLD
Woven Photography
27" x 40"
Martin Rondeau, "Geisha 21" SOLD
Woven Photography
60" x 40"
Martin Rondeau, "Ombre 7" SOLD
Woven steel
48" x 7" x 8"
Martin Rondeau "Brown" SOLD
Braided photography
33" x 50"
Martin Rondeau, "Border" SOLD
Woven Photography
40" x 60"
Martin Rondeau, "Suffocation" SOLD
Woven Photography
72" x 48"
Martin Rondeau, "Lucy 12" SOLD
Woven steel
69" x 12" x 8"
Martin Rondeau "Exotique Ombres" SOLD
Woven Photography
69" x 47"
Martin Rondeau "Rose" SOLD
Woven Photography
37" x 55"
Martin Rondeau "Ombre 13" SOLD
Woven steel
60" x 14" x 8"
Martin Rondeau "Geisha(Gee-Sha)Girl-1" SOLD
Woven Photography
58" x 39"
Martin Rondeau "Geisha(Geesha)Girl-2 Lips" SOLD
Woven Photography
39" x 58"
Martin Rondeau "12ème Confession" SOLD
Woven Photography
47" x 72"
Martin Rondeau "37e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
27" x 42"
Martin Rondeau "Automate" SOLD
Woven Photography
57" x 37.5"
Martin Rondeau "4e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
72" x 48"
Martin Rondeau "34è Confession" SOLD
Prem. gloss pp MHL gloss 3000
42" x 27"
Martin Rondeau "8e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
72" x 47"
Martin Rondeau "35e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
42" x 27"
Martin Rondeau "Icy Kiss" SOLD
Woven photography
24" x 36"
Martin Rondeau "3e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
96" x 62"
Martin Rondeau "9e Confession" SOLD
Woven photography
71" x 48"
Martin Rondeau "Nude in Studio 1" SOLD
Woven photography
36" x 28"
Martin Rondeau was born in 1970 in Joliette, Quebec, and currently lives and works in Montreal. From an early age, Martin Rondeau became fascinated with the world of photography. Recognized for his unique vision and creativity, he trained with a number of great photographers who provided him with the opportunity to travel the world and find his vocation.
Martin Rondeau is a conceptual artist who brings a fresh perspective to photography by breaking free from and its traditional two-dimensional nature. He does this by employing a process of cutting, weaving, and shaping to transform his initial images into a new artistic medium. The outcome is a distorted, sculptural, and painterly form that confuses the viewer's perception, creating visual ambiguity and a lack of reference.
Rondeau's main objective is to distort the impression left by traditional photography and create something entirely new. Drawing from his background in the fashion photography industry, he seeks to develop a new artistic medium by cutting and manipulating the images, much like a painter would mix colours on a palette. Through techniques such as slicing, tearing, scratching, slatting, and weaving, the material undergoes a transformation, resulting in thick, braided, and embossed sculptural forms.
This surgical reconstruction of different elements brings together themes of curved bodies and finely formed faces, presenting a fresh vision of beauty. Furthermore, Rondeau's collage-like manipulation of physical materials gives rise to Trompe-l'oeil illusions, inviting new interpretations and pushing the boundaries of what photography can achieve.
"Photography is not just a simple medium that translates into what I see. It doesn’t uniquely function as a mediator between eye and subject. To me, it is a material used to reconstruct a chosen work. I love to disrupt and art leaves no choice but to satisfy this desire."
With a background in fashion photography, Martin Rondeau has been immersed in the visual arts scene for the past thirty years, exhibiting his work in renowned galleries around North America, Europe and important international art fairs, such as Art Basel. His works are found in private and public collections around the globe.
ARTICLE IN FRENCH | Né en 1970 à Montréal, le photographe Martin Rondeau s’est taillé une place importante dans le milieu de la mode et des arts. L’originalité de sa technique d’assemblage lui vaut un style personnel remarquable qui parcourt le globe.
Dès son plus jeune âge, le monde de la photographie pique sa curiosité. Il plongera très rapidement dans le domaine en assistant de grands photographes qui lui feront parcourir le monde. À ce point, Rondeau a trouvé sa vocation.
Depuis les débuts du designer québécois Philippe Dubuc, Rondeau est le photographe officiel de la marque. Son interprétation artistique de la beauté conjugée avec l’esprit Dubuc retient l'attention particulière de la part du monde de la mode. Il réalisera par la suite la couverture du magazine Dress To Kill, le portrait de Denis Gagnon et différents projets pour de grandes entreprises québécoises comme Parasuco et Rudsak.
Outre ces contrats commerciaux, le photographe réalise plusieurs projets artistiques indépendants, notamment via une technique unique qu’il a lui-même inventée; la photographie tissée.