Émile Phaneuf is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Sutton, Canada, whose research focus on street skateboarding’s relationship to the city.
Building off an expanding portfolio of skateable artworks reminiscent of American minimalist sculpture, his recent creations highlight the unique mark-marking resulting from skater’s (re)claiming of urban space. All over town, they take mundane piece of architecture and turn them into sites of cultural significance.
In the last few years, Émile’s performances and sculpture works appeared at Somewhere Gallery, Art Matters festival, Art IC!, VAV Gallery, Galerie 2112 and many Concordia University student shows. In 2017, he was a resident artist for Les fenêtres qui parlent as part of the 375ft Anniversary of the city of Montreal celebrations.
His unbounded dedication to skateboarding got him a sponsorship from Beijing-based skateboard company Punk and Poet while studying in China in 2018-19.