Artwork

Located on Toronto’s Lake Shore Boulevard, under the Gardiner Expressway, Mitosis Courtyard is composed of a series of laser-cut light columns, ranging from 6′ to 14′ high, large public seating featuring incorporated LED lighting systems and hand-drawn ground shapes using vibrant asphalt traffic paint. The biological cell motif serves as an abstract expression of the city’s state of growth and movement, completing its waterfront location and paying tribute to the city’s shoreline at the turn of the century, which once spanned this current space.

Pierre Poussin is a Canadian-Mauritian artist based in Toronto. After completing a bachelor in biochemistry at the University of Ottawa, he graduated from the Furniture Design program at Sheridan College. Today, he specialises in public art installations that draws from the natural world, as well as urban communities and their diverse histories, largely inspired by abstract concepts with practical functionality, which helps him create meaningful and monumental artworks.