Maskull Lasserre was born in Alberta, Canada in 1978. He spent much of his childhood in South Africa before returning to Canada. He now works out of studios in both Montreal and Ottawa.

Lasserre’s drawings and sculptures explore the unexpected potential of the everyday through allegories of value, expectation, and utility. Elements of nostalgia, accident, humor, and the macabre are incorporated into works that induce strangeness in the familiar, and provoke uncertainty in the expected.

Lasserre has exhibited across Canada and in the United States.

Secret Carpentry (2011) Carved Axe 27 x 6 x 2 inches

Secret Carpentry (2011) Carved Axe 27 x 6 x 2 inches

Secret Carpentry (2011) Carved Axe 27 x 6 x 2 inches

Oracle (2011) carved wooden picture frame 19 x 23 x 2 inches

Oracle (2011) carved wooden picture frame 19 x 23 x 2 inches

Self Doubt (Macaque) (2010) Carved plywood plinth, Bell jar 13 x 13 x 58 inches

Self Doubt (Macaque) (2010) Carved plywood plinth, Bell jar 13 x 13 x 58 inches

Lexicon (2008) Carved newspapers, mechanical press

Lexicon (2008) Carved newspapers, mechanical press

Three Degrees of Certainty (2007) Carved computer software manuals, steel, hardware

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