Richard Martel

"God is an American", Asitopia festival, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003 photo credit: Paisan Plienbangchang

"God is an American", 8th Bienalle de Habana, Cuba, 2003 photo credit: Nathalie Peneaut

"God is an American", Thailand, 2003 photo photo credit: Paisan Plienbangchang

Richard Martel, (Quebec, Canada) is a Quebecois multi-disciplinary artist living in Quebec City for more that 20 years. Appearing regularly at events there and internationally, he is active in many domains. His practice includes visual art, installation, performance, video, radio, writing, publishing and producing and organizing events. A founding member of Editions Intervention, Mr. Martel established the revue Inter, art actuel. and is the director of Le Lieu, centre en art actual, where he organizes the biennial Recontres internationale d'art performance de Quebec. Engaged in the practice and theory of art, he is interested in art as a means of experimentation and transgression …art as a poetic behavior.