About Marc

Gagnon began photographing New England scenes as well as worked commercially with technology companies, ad agencies and professional models. Gagnon was discovered by an Art Broker by the name of Richard Devereaux. Gagnon attributes his talent from his studies of the Masters like Renoir, Rembrandt, Monet, and DaVinci. His work encompasses architecture, landscapes, fashion, water scenes, the performing arts, figure work, the diversity of cultures that exist on this Earth, and has experimented with a new visual art, his Collages.

Gagnon has been nominated by the American Biographical Institute and the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England for his achievements in his artwork in bringing out the Humanity of mankind. In fact, Gagnon has been nominated for an International Peace Prize by the United Cultural Convention. Additionally, Gagnon has been nominated for International Visual Artist of the Year by the IBC. Gagnon's artwork has been accepted into 83 collections and his work can be seen at The Smithsonian, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, two at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library, National Library of Spain, National Museum of Photography at the Royal Library of Denmark, the Boston Public Library, International Museum of Peace and Solidarity in Uzbekistan, the White House, the Vatican to name a few. Gagnon's artwork has been praised and acclaimed by such people as Harold Koda, Curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pope John Paul II, President George W. Bush, President Jimmy Carter, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Steve Forbes, Donald Trump, Jack Welch, and Johnny Carson and many others. Gallery owners and patrons of Gagnon have referred to him as a Modern Master.

Gagnon's goal is to reach other museums across our oceans, such as The National Gandhi Museum in India, National Library of Jamaica, The Nelson Mandela Library in South Africa, The Peace Museum in Germany, the Louvre in Paris, the Hermitage in Russia, Musee D' Orsay in France, as well as additional museums in the United States as the Civil and Human Rights museums and cultural centers. Of special importance, is the use of visual images involving current events. Gagnon's collages of the 911 Collage, the Lady Liberty as Defender collage and the Face of Humanity are perfect illustrations of this. Gagnon has made proposals to house these pieces in the Pentagon, the United Nations Building and the World Trade Center Memorial. Gagnon is in the process of publishing a coffee table book that will encompass many subjects including his current events pieces. Other the pass year, Gagnon has been accepted by the State of Florida to exhibit his artwork in the State Capitol Building.

Finally, Gagnon's main goal is to build an International Multi-Cultural Center to house the arts of the world. The museum will have a unique design comprised of four domes that are connected by enclosed corridors. There will be a center dome which will comprise of exhibiting area, educational classrooms, labs, as well as a media center and conference area. A Foundation has been created in the State of Florida for the purpose of creating the center and will be to educate and celebrate all the richness of cultures and the diversity that this Earth is made up of. After all, the United States is a perfect place to house such an institution as the USA embodies the philosophy of what the Center will become.

To the left is the art work entitled Limitless, which permanently hangs in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The piece celebrates the President's philosophy that there are no limits in life. This is so evident when the walls of communism fell during President Reagan's term of office. The piece is also part of the World Unity Piece collage, which hangs in the country of Uzbekistan, where the Soviet Union once ruled. The museum where this piece hangs is the International Museum of Peace & Solidarity.

Below the piece is a letter from Nancy Reagan, the wife of President Reagan, who cared for him during the President's fight with Alzheimer's. Incidentally, Gagnon serves on Board of Directors of the Alzheimer's Family Center in Margate, Florida, and the piece is currently being considered for an Affinity Program where the piece will be on the front of a Credit Card of a National Financial Institution where funds will targeted to the National Alzheimer's Foundation.

Of concern to Gagnon, is that women, children and other minorities do not have the same access to freedom as others. This has motivated Gagnon to create artwork that brings to our consciousness this reality. There are people in the art world that have done the same but with other intentions. Famed producer Michael Moore has produced films to earn money at the expense of the tragedies of the less fortune. The scene of President Bush reading to children during the crisis of 9/11/01 is so evident. Mr. Moore appeared to want President Bush to jump up immediately and to alarm the children of the classroom.

Gagnon will continue to express his ideals of Peace, Unity and Cultural Diversity through his artwork.