As former curator-director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; former curator of Canada's largest and most important corporate art collection, the Lavalin Collection, since acquired in its entirety by Montreal's Museum of Contemporary Art; as independent curator of significant Canadian and international exhibitions; as former art critic for Montreal's major diaries (English and French); as writer for art magazines (In USA, Germany and Canada) and exhibition catalogues; as two terms President of the Association of Quebec's Museums, it is my pleasure to state that the artist Cerj Lalonde, whose work I have followed for some twenty years, qualifies as a major artist, both nationally and internationally, on account of the quality of his work and the recognition it has received. His work is highly valued for its original content, as well as for the integrity of its execution. His artwork and paintings have been acquired over the years by both public and private collections; they have also been chosen for exhibitions organized to show new and significant trends in visual art and painting.