Michel de Broin lives and works in Montreal. His public art works and commissions have included: Dendrites, 2017, Montreal; Thresholds, 2017, Montréal; Interlude, 2016, Québec city; Bloom, 2015, Calgary;  Possibilities, 2012, Mississauga;  Interlace, 2012, Changwong; Majestic, 2011, New Orleans; Revolution, 2010, Rennes; Arch, Montréal, 2009; La maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel, 2009, Paris; Overflow, 2008, Toronto; Encircling, Christchurch, 2006; Shared Propulsion Car, 2005, New York and 2007, Toronto; Révolutions, 2003, Parc Maisonneuve-Cartier, Montréal. Recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award, de Broin has also received grants from the Harpo Foundation (Los Angeles) and Krasner-Pollock Foundation (New York). He has been awarded a residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York City. A mid-career survey of his work was mounted by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. De Broin has had a number of solo exhibitions such as Reciprocal Energy, at Musée d’art contemporain Val-de-Marne, France; Reverse Entropy at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Disruption from Within at Plug In, Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada; Épater la Galerie at Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany. Group exhibitions include Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland; Acclimatation, Centre d’art Villa Arson, Nice, France; Untethered, Eyebeam, New York, NY; and Au courant, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.