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Since the late 1990's, Claudette Lemay has been developing a body of work comprising videos, sound installations, photography and drawing. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally (Mexico, France, Finland) and presented in numerous events worldwide, including the International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal), Instants vidéo (Marseille), and IMPAKT (Utrecht, Netherlands). In 2011, she completed an MFA in Visual and Media Arts at UQAM. She is a member of the artist-run centre Perte de Signal, Lezarts cooperative/La Chaufferie and La traversée, atelier de géopoétique. She lives and works in Montreal. |
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ARTISTIC STATEMENT
Through her video and sound work, and recently photography and drawing, Claudette Lemay proposes poetic explorations of nature and landscape. She is interested in the connection between body and nature and how they resonate with one another. She is also continuing investigations on language, voice, and translation. These include a poetic research of bird calls whereby she looks at the gaps, shifts in meaning and inventiveness which any type of translation entails. Thus, real, imagined and fictional spaces meet and overlap, putting into perspective the incongruities between reality and its reproduction.
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EXHIBITIONS
2019 |
Réencodages, group exhibition (Perte de Signal), Musée régional de la Côte-Nord, Sept-Îles, curator : Claudette Lemay |
2018 |
Panorama aérien, work of public art for Ville de Laval (2018-2021) |
2017 |
Ascenseurs avec vue, group exhibition, maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal |
2016 | Pur dessin, group exhibition, Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal |
2015 | Appropriations, group exhibition, La Chaufferie, Montreal |
2014 | Réencodages, group exhibition (Perte de Signal), L'Imagier, Gatineau |
2013 |
Tsi! Tsi!, audio installation, La virée des ateliers, La Chaufferie|Lezarts, Montréal |
2012 |
Tsi!, audio installation, Journées de la culture, La Chaufferie|Lezarts, Montréal |
2011 |
Analogie du repli : une oeuvre paysage, group exhibition, Maison des arts de Laval |
2010 |
CUBE, parcours d’interventions artistiques dans des cubes d'entreposage, group exhibition, La Chaufferie, Montréal |
2008 |
Je ne sais jamais où je suis, solo exhibition, HIAP, Helsinki |
2007 |
Observatoires, solo exhibition, Galerie sans nom, Moncton |
2006 |
Observatoires, solo exhibition, Galerie Donald Browne, Montréal |
2005 |
Cubicules, group exhibition by Perte de Signal, Centre d’exposition Mont-Laurier |
2004 |
Red Light, performances, Coopérative Lezarts, Montréal |
2003 |
Journées de la Culture, group exhibition, Coopérative Lezarts, Montréal |
2002 |
Les Hivernales, group exhibition, Perte de Signal, Bain Saint-Michel, Montréal |
2001 |
En rond-rond-rond... Échange Québec/Niagara, group exhibition, Niagara Artists Company, Niagara |
2000 |
Je ne bouge plus d'ici, Chroma : The Audiovisual Art Universe, duo exhibition, Guadalajara, Mexique |
1999 |
En rond-rond-rond..., Galerie de l'UQAM, «Translation », group exhibition, Montréal |
1998 |
J'voulais parler, Artifice 98, Les arts visuels contemporains à Montréal, une infiltration du paysage urbain, group exhibition, Montréal |
FESTIVALS
2011-1999 Présentation de vidéos dans près d’une centaine d’événements et de festivals à travers le monde, dont Le festival international du film sur l’art (Montréal), Les instants vidéo (Marseille), Loop Video Art Fair & Video (Barcelone), Split Film Festival (Split), WRO, Biennale internationale des arts médiatiques (Wroclaw), Impakt Festival (Utrecht).
ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2016 |
Research and creative residency in Nunavik, CALQ, Avataq cultural institut and Kativik |
2015 |
Travel grant, Iceland, Canada Art Council |
2010-2009 |
Bourse de réintégration à la recherche (maîtrise), FQRSC |
2008-2002 |
Some projects have benefited from CALQ and CAC support |
2007 |
Atelier-résidence de la Fondation finlandaise de résidences d’artistes, Espoo |
2005 |
Thematic residency Optic Nerve, Banff Centre, Alberta |
2004 |
Artistic residency, Terra Nova National Park et The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland |
2001 |
Bourse de recherche, PRIM, centre d’arts médiatiques, Montréal |
1998 |
J'voulais parler, prix de la meilleure vidéo professionnelle et universitaire |