b. 1968 Marc Lessard has a passion for painting, design, and music. An accomplished musician and composer for Cirque du Soleil, Marc composed the music for nine shows for the elite circus company of Quebec : Totem, Amaluna, Kurios : Cabinet des Curiosités, Toruk : Le premier envol, Paramour, etc. Today, Lessard’s artistic methods include inevitably music and painting, with one complementing the other. His creative methods are based as much on language as on expression. Works produced by Marc Lessard are especially based on the surrounding urban and industrial world. He strives to bring out the aesthetic side of these environments. Instinctive and dynamic, his plastic works are the result of a mixture of vibrant colors and many techniques, such as print-making, acrylics, oil painting, sanding, scraping, collage, graffiti, and the use of stencils. Marc Lessard’s artistic exploration takes shape, thanks to the help of canvas, handmade paper, wood, and metal. In his recent series “What’s Your Gold,” Marc Lessard sets a tone by bringing popular culture and business together. In this series, Lessard shows a particular interest in deconstructing brand images by introducing his own message that gold is here to stay; an idea that is reinforced by the word play of “In Gold We Trust” in the background instead of “In God We Trust”. Despite new types of virtual currencies, Marc uses a creative process to share the message that gold is here today and will always be here as he incorporates trace of this precious metal on many of his works.