PascalE Ouellet
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Pascale Ouellet aka bigoudi
Biography
My 'nom de plume” is Bigoudi and although my native province of Quebec has shaped the person I am, my adoptive Alberta has shaped the artist I became. Back in Quebec, I have attended the Visual Arts Program at the Université du Québec à Montréal after completing a two-year diploma (DEC) at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Fine Arts and Communications. Since moving to Alberta, I have been largely self-directed in my artistic pursuits – participating in artist-residencies, attending lectures by international artists, and teaching when time allows. Since 2004, I have held 19 solo exhibitions in Alberta galleries, participated in more than 25 juried group shows across Canada, and been awarded two Public Art Commissions by the Town of Canmore. I have also participated in four artistic residencies at The Banff Centre, and have been selected as a 2015 artist-in-residence with TRACS program on Fogo Island in Newfoundland.
Artist Statement
My work focuses on our largely unintentional relationships with livestock. This interest came into focus after moving to Alberta in 2002, when I found myself surrounded by the agricultural scenes that grace the Alberta landscape. My relationship with these strikingly strong, stubborn yet majestic animals has long been one of unease. I recognize that livestock are marked with traces of human manipulation from the creation of breeds to the control of every element of their life cycle – including the time and manner of their deaths. As sources of food, clothing and other consumer goods, we rely heavily on these animals in our daily lives. Yet, we generally give little heed to their existence or the conditions under which they live. In response, my work seeks to glorify farm animals (as opposed to promoting Western Culture). More recently, my work has been slowly shifting towards a more engaged message, serving to comment on the mass-production of these animals and their ignored daily presence in our lives through the products and by-products they are used to produce.
CURRICULUM VITAE
GALLERIES
Bugera Matheson
Elevation Gallery
Assiniboia Gallery
Gallery Odin
STUDIES, WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
* Sept-Oct 2015 6 week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions:
My 'nom de plume” is Bigoudi and although my native province of Quebec has shaped the person I am, my adoptive Alberta has shaped the artist I became. Back in Quebec, I have attended the Visual Arts Program at the Université du Québec à Montréal after completing a two-year diploma (DEC) at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Fine Arts and Communications. Since moving to Alberta, I have been largely self-directed in my artistic pursuits – participating in artist-residencies, attending lectures by international artists, and teaching when time allows. Since 2004, I have held 19 solo exhibitions in Alberta galleries, participated in more than 25 juried group shows across Canada, and been awarded two Public Art Commissions by the Town of Canmore. I have also participated in four artistic residencies at The Banff Centre, and have been selected as a 2015 artist-in-residence with TRACS program on Fogo Island in Newfoundland.
Artist Statement
My work focuses on our largely unintentional relationships with livestock. This interest came into focus after moving to Alberta in 2002, when I found myself surrounded by the agricultural scenes that grace the Alberta landscape. My relationship with these strikingly strong, stubborn yet majestic animals has long been one of unease. I recognize that livestock are marked with traces of human manipulation from the creation of breeds to the control of every element of their life cycle – including the time and manner of their deaths. As sources of food, clothing and other consumer goods, we rely heavily on these animals in our daily lives. Yet, we generally give little heed to their existence or the conditions under which they live. In response, my work seeks to glorify farm animals (as opposed to promoting Western Culture). More recently, my work has been slowly shifting towards a more engaged message, serving to comment on the mass-production of these animals and their ignored daily presence in our lives through the products and by-products they are used to produce.
CURRICULUM VITAE
GALLERIES
Bugera Matheson
Elevation Gallery
Assiniboia Gallery
Gallery Odin
STUDIES, WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
* Sept-Oct 2015 6 week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre
- June 2015 2 week self-directed residency in Titling, Fogo Island, NFL
- Dec 2014 Wood-cut printing workshop with Vancouver artist Richard Tetrault
- July 2014 2 week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre
- Apr.-June 2014 8-week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre
- Dec 2012 2 week self-directed residency at The Banff Centre
- Oct 2011 Encaustic workshop with artist Debra VanTuinen
- July 2007 Figure drawing workshop with Jamie Morris from ACAD
- Nov 2005 Encaustic workshop with artist Teresa Posyniak
- 1998-1999 College de Maisonneuve, Montreal Qc, Photoshop and Computer-assisted drawing
- 1996-98 Inter-Dec College, Montreal Qc, Interior design diploma (DEC)
- 1995 University of Quebec in Montreal, UQAM, Montreal Qc, BFA classes: Painting, Sculpture, Fibre arts, Figure drawing, Creative thinking
- 1993-95 College Jean-de-Brebeuf, Montreal, Fine Arts and Communications diploma (DEC)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions:
- May2016 Twist of Fate, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- April 2016 Seeking Horizons, Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton, AB
- April 2016 Field Study (with Terrence Osborne), Assiniboia Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- Jan-Feb 2016 Crated, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, AB
- July 2015 as.cen.sion, One White Wall project space, Canmore AB
- April 2015 Cow City, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- Sept. 2014 Untold stories of modern livestock, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- June 2014 New works, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- Nov. 2013 I am We, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- Oct. 2013 Udderly Urban, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- July 2012 Wanderings in an Untilled Field, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- April 2012 Ex Post Facto, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- May 2011 Depth of Field, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- April 2011 A Modern Twist, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- March 2010 Featured Artist, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, AB
- June 2009 Field Work in Wax, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- Sept 2008 Defined by Light, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- Sept 2007 Out of Wax, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, AB
- Dec. 2005 Colour Code, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, ABJuly 1996
- Des pieds et des mains, Cultural Centre of Maniwaki, QC