Founded in 1980 by Jacques and Helen Bellefeuille, Galerie de Bellefeuille is one of the largest and most recognized independently run art galleries in Canada. Quickly recognizing the underrepresentation of international art in the Canadian market, the directors worked to develop a relationship with a number of internationally acclaimed artists. As a result, Galerie de Bellefeuille played host to the first North American showing of British sculptors Nicola Hicks (1997) and Sophie Ryder (2001), as well as the first Canadian solo exhibitions of Jim Dine (1997), Damien Hirst (2010), Anne-Karin Furunes (2013) and Mel Bochner (2016). Now offering a total of 27,000 square feet of exhibition space, Galerie de Bellefeuille is unparalleled in Canada.