Born in Montreal, Onno has always been passionate about design.
From the age of 16, he dares to take his passion further; he starts his business by investing in his own design company. At the same time, he is studying architecture in order to deepen his knowledge in the field of construction.
In 2014, he graduates in architecture.
He is then interested in the discovery of the world; he begins to travel to different countries with an object of his passion: his sketchbook. He thus comes to admire the beauty of the world and the cultures that surround it. His sketchbook then becomes an extension of his passion day after day, discovery after discovery.
His artistic momentum will not stop there. Guillaume Charbonneau, known under the artistic name of Onno, is also a painter. Drawing and painting have always been his means of expression since his childhood. After several years of experimentation on various media and mediums, he ends up developing his own technique: he uses his fingers directly on the canvas. He transmits his soul and emotion through each of his subjects to come to create stunning monochrome portraits. He becomes an artist painter of passion, diversity, beauty of the world. From then on, it is through his works that he shares with people, the many aspects of life emphasizing the beauty of every human being.
According to Onno, each person is unique. His painting has the ability to highlight the souls of his subjects and to extract a story, theirs, yours, a story of yesterday, a story of tomorrow.
Onno dreams of continuing his quest for discovering the world and his passions through painting. Through this, he hopes that each person who takes the time to admire his works is challenged by a feeling that will join him personally. Thus, he will fulfill his mission by sharing his life experiences through each of his works.
Dare the beauty of the world ... Dare Onno and let yourself be subjugated.
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Art Gallery
2018-2019 Galerie 203, 203 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H2Y 1T4
2021 Galerie ACT & ART, 367B, St-Paul Est, Vieux-Montréal, Québec, H2Y 1H2
2023 Maël Galerie, 364 Saint-Paul Ouest, Montreal, Québec, H2Y 2A6
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Museum
2015 La Turquie à Montréal, Invited Artist,“LIVE” performance, MAC Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Solo Exhibition
2021 SAVAGE 05.08.21, Galerie ACT & ART, Vieux-Montréal, Québec
2019 ONNO 12.12.19, Galerie 203, Montreal, Québec
2016 Liberté, Galerie d’Art Théâtre ACAC, Mascouche, Québec
2016 JE SUIS / I AM, Club Sportif MAA, Montréal, Québec
2015 BGC GALLERY, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2014 La naissance, La Maison Tataki, Montréal, Québec
Group Exhibition
2020 MOI M'AIME 2020, Beneficial auction for the CAP (Parallel Learning Center), Montréal, Québec
2020 ARTSIDAX, Vernissage at Les Grands Ballets, Montréal, Québec
2015 BOLD, performance “LIVE” et exposition, La Tulipe, Montréal, Québec
2015 Marinas, La galeria de artes “Leopoldo Romanach”, Caibarien, Cuba
Collections
Private collection of Maison St-Édouard, Maison de l'architecture du Québec, Montreal
Private collections
Humanitarian Activity
2019 Humanitarian Activity, Art class & Gift of Art Materials at School « The Ethiopian Childrens fund, ECF, Aleltu, Shewa, Ethiopia
2015 Activity & Live performance with the students of Notre-Dame school, St-Eustache, Québec
2015 Humanitarian Activity & Gift of Art Materials at School « FRANK PAIS GARCIA, Réforma. Caibarien, Cuba
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Press
2016 CLERMONT, Pénélope, « L’art, une quête de «liberté» » / Culturel - Journal La Revue, 27 janvier 2016