Artist
Luc Pouliot
About
July 3 to September 10, 2026
2001, boulevard de Rome(itinerary)
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Description
The MACROCOSME: insects in my garden exhibition invites us to take a fresh look at the world around us. Using macrophotography, Luc Pouliot plunges us into the tiny world of insects. Through the textures, colors and shapes of this kingdom of the very small, the photographer shows us the unsuspected beauty of this ecosystem.
About the artist
Since 2017, Luc Pouliot has devoted his photographic practice to insect macro-photography, a universe where every detail, invisible to the naked eye, becomes a discovery. Through his lens, he reveals the wealth of textures, colors and shapes that make up the tiny world around us. Photographing only the insects found in his own garden, he shows just how close, numerous and essential these species are-while pointing out their worrying decline, estimated at almost 60% in less than twenty years in several ecosystems.
His work is as much about wonder as it is about awareness: each image invites the viewer to linger, to look differently, and to reconnect with a fragile but fundamental nature.
Born in Sainte-Thérèse in 1967, Luc Pouliot discovered photography at Cégep Lionel-Groulx in 1986, but it wasn’t until he returned to his hometown in 2015 that it became a true passion. Self-taught and curious, he experimented with different styles before fully devoting himself to macro photography, attracted by the subtle beauty of the infinitely small. His work has since been presented in several exhibitions, where he shares this fascinating universe with the public.
The short insect season in Quebec also leads him to create in the studio during the winter, exploring soap bubbles, splashes and ephemeral physical phenomena. This duality between nature and experimentation enriches his outlook and nourishes a practice where technical precision, curiosity and visual poetry meet. His works invite contemplation, the rediscovery of living things and a renewed sense of wonder at what surrounds us.
