Claire Beaulieu
Artiste en résidence / Artist in Residence
Committed to a multidisciplinary approach in painting, sculpture and installation, she creates narrative spaces inspired by biology, botany, astronomy, sacred and profane. Recent works are vested with issues related to the use of glass and lighting. The human figure is treated as an archetypal icon. Social or religious codes are reinterpreted to make room for reflection on our humanity. In this space, a glass bead can be seen as part of a necklace, an atom, a cell, a star, a meeting place, a mark of passing time ... These different visual scales merge to create a space that glorifies and transforms the real space metaphorical and poetic.
His work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions in Quebec, Canada and abroad, most recently in Chicago, San Francisco and the Roswell Museum in New Mexico. She also presented her work through exhibitions duets and groups, including New York, Mexico City, Paris, Basel, Montreal. Claire Beaulieu holds a Master of Arts University of Quebec at Montreal. She made several training courses in France, the United States and Mexico. Fellow repeatedly Council of Arts and Letters and the Quebec Council of Arts, she was also selected to participate in many international artist residencies, including the prestigious Villa Montalvo in California and spent one year Quebec studio in Basel, Switzerland.
The artist has made works in the context of Quebec's policy of 1% for public art. His work has been the subject of several recent publications, 25th Years of New Glass Review, published by the Corning Museum of Glass (New York). His works are in numerous public and private collections in Canada and abroad.
native of Arvida, she lives and works in Montreal. In addition to teaching at Cegep du Vieux Montreal since 1996, she taught at Cegep André-Laurendeau, University of Hull and University of Montreal.
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Claire Beaulieu
Artist in Residence
Employing a multidisciplinary approach which combines painting, sculpture and installation, she creates narrative spaces inspired by biology, botany, astronomy, the sacred and the profane. These last works confront the challenges of working with glass and its response to light. The human form is treated as an archetypical icon. Fresh reflections on our humanity ensue from a reexamination of social or religious codes. Within this space, a glass pearl may be variously perceived as part of a necklace an atom, a cell, a star, a point of confluence, an indication of the passing of time… These different visual levels combine to create a space which magnifies and transforms what is real, a space of metaphor and poetry.
Her work has been featured in several solo exhibitions in Quebec, Canada and abroad, most recently in Chicago, San Francisco, and at the Roswell Museum in New Mexico. She has also presented her work as part of group exhibitions in cities such as New York, Mexico City, Paris, Basle, and Montreal.
Claire Beaulieu completed a Master’s degree in visual arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She went on to perfect her craft in France, the United States and Mexico. She has been the recipient of grants from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts and was selected to participate in several international artist residencies, including the prestigious Villa Montalvo in California and the Quebec studio in Basle, Switzerland. This artist’s work has been featured as part of the Quebec 1% for public art initiative and has appeared in numerous publications, most recently the 25 Years of New Glass Review, published by the Corning Museum of Glass in New York state. Her work is also included in public and private collections in Canada and abroad.
Originally from Arvida, she now lives and works in Montreal. She has been teaching at the Cegep du Vieux Montréal since 1996, and has also taught at the Cegep André-Laurendeau, the Université du Québec à Hull and the Université de Montréal.
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