Featured artist
Catherine Beaudette
Montreal, Canada
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Cityscape
Pastel City
oil on canvas 36"x 42" $1200 |
Mirror City
oil on canvas 36"x 54" $1400 |
Funnel
oil on canvas 27"x 36" $1200 |
Painting/Drawing - Still Life
Butter
oil on canvas 42"x 42" $2200 |
Artifacts (handle)
watercolor 28" x 32" $1000 |
Artifacts (noxema)
watercolor 28"x 32" $1000 |
Painting/Drawing - Nature
Calvatia
oil on canvas 32"x 32" $1200 |
Ostreatus
oil on canvas 42"x 42" $2000 |
Amoena
oil on canvas 42"x 42" $2000 |
Artist Statement
My practice is rooted in the materiality of the everyday. Taking cues from my environment I combine non-human elements with evidence of human activity. For many years I have divided my time and art practice between urban and rural locales. My urban practice has focused on painting while my work in the rural is often installation based using scavenged local objects (History of Things, Cribbing, Abandoned Houses) and natural specimens (Specimen Collections, Seaweed Bouquets).
My most recent work 'Islands' explores the notion of island as site of displacement, renewal and imagination. Islands also signify the effects of climate change with rising water levels; they provide shelter from the storm and solace for the soul.
Bio
Catherine Beaudette is a Canadian artist, curator, and adjunct professor at OCAD University. She is the founder of Bonavista Biennale and 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects in Newfoundland; Loop Gallery and Howard Park Institute in Toronto, and GALLERY 202 in Pictou NS- grass roots initiatives designed to stimulate local economies and empower creative communities. Born in Quebec, she divides her time between Montreal, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Her art practice stems from these locales where she collects objects, artifacts, and specimens to form the basis of her paintings and installations. Beaudette has attended artist residencies in Spain, Serbia/Montenegro, Havana, Dawson City, Banff, and Fogo Island. She received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1998.
My practice is rooted in the materiality of the everyday. Taking cues from my environment I combine non-human elements with evidence of human activity. For many years I have divided my time and art practice between urban and rural locales. My urban practice has focused on painting while my work in the rural is often installation based using scavenged local objects (History of Things, Cribbing, Abandoned Houses) and natural specimens (Specimen Collections, Seaweed Bouquets).
My most recent work 'Islands' explores the notion of island as site of displacement, renewal and imagination. Islands also signify the effects of climate change with rising water levels; they provide shelter from the storm and solace for the soul.
Bio
Catherine Beaudette is a Canadian artist, curator, and adjunct professor at OCAD University. She is the founder of Bonavista Biennale and 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects in Newfoundland; Loop Gallery and Howard Park Institute in Toronto, and GALLERY 202 in Pictou NS- grass roots initiatives designed to stimulate local economies and empower creative communities. Born in Quebec, she divides her time between Montreal, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Her art practice stems from these locales where she collects objects, artifacts, and specimens to form the basis of her paintings and installations. Beaudette has attended artist residencies in Spain, Serbia/Montenegro, Havana, Dawson City, Banff, and Fogo Island. She received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1998.
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
Upcoming Exhibition:
'The Cost of Living' Ice House Gallery, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada
Self-represented, open to commercial representation
'The Cost of Living' Ice House Gallery, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada
Self-represented, open to commercial representation
