https://www.artsy.net/artist/christine-comeau
https://www.instagram.com/comocrie/
Statement and Resume
Since the beginning of my career, my creations have been rooted in an exploration of mobility as a metaphor for a quest for personal and collective identity. To this end, I design temporary shelters
inspired by the tents of nomadic peoples who, rather than putting down roots in one place, choose to roam, invest and inhabit the territory. The tent translates the idea of a house, a refuge, but also a portable shelter that accompanies us on our travels. From then on, it becomes both the reassuring symbol of a refuge and that of a shifting identity, forged by the time and space traveled. I also imagine and make “relational clothes” in which two people must often slip into. In doing so, they are encouraged to connect with each other, both physically and symbolically, in a relationship of intimacy, sharing and negotiation. These clothes also become camouflage, blurring the external markers of the participants’ individual identity. It results from it of the performed installations which induce an external as well as internal disorientation. Here again, the idea of a shifting identity is omnipresent.
Scholarship
2012 Master in Interdisciplinary art (MIA), Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
2007 Bachelor in Visual art, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
Art events and Exhibitions
Solo
- The Skinning of the Eel, Oeil de poisson Artist-Run-Center, Quebec, QC, Canada, 2023
- Inventer le pays, Centre d’exposition de Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada, 2021
- Inventer le pays, Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada, 2019
- Inventer le pays, Centre Materia, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 2019
- Rituels, L’Alternative, Panache Art Actuel, Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada, 2017
- Inventer le pays, Centre d’exposition de Val d’Or, Val d’Or, Quebec, Canada, 2017
- Rituels, Galerie du Rift, Ville-Marie, Quebec, Canada, 2017
- Wagon Blues, L’Arsenal, Joliette, Quebec, Canada, 2015
- Vagabond Stories, Steinstrasse 13, Wildwuchs art organization, Görlitz, Germany, 2013 Rituels, Festival Montréal en Lumière, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2013
- Récits Vagabonds, Galerie d’art de Matane, Matane, Quebec, Canada, 2013
- Récits nomades, Centre d’art l’Imagier, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 2012
- Errances, photography exhibition, Usine C, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2011
- Apparences, multidisciplinary poetic show, Printemps des poètes, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- Mondes et singularités, parade of the sculptural monumental over-garments, Centre MATERIA, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , 2009
- Mondes et singularités, parade of the sculptural monumental over-garments, Konstepidemin, Goteborg, Sweden, 2008
- Trois mille ans d’errance, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2005 Visions inexactes, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2003
Collective
- Exhibition of the finalists of the 17th edition of the Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy, 2023
- Projet HoMa, Maison de la culture Maisonneuve, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2015
- Wagon Blues, Art in The Open festival, Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince-Edward Island, Canada, 2014
- Biennal Roadshow, Marfa, Texas, USA, 2014
- Baltic Inspiration, Kunstverein Kühlungsborn Gallery, Kühlungsborn, Germany, 2012
- 3000 ans d’errance souterraine, Nuit blanche et art souterrain 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2012
- Interférences, poetry-video presented in different shops on St-Joseph street, Ex Muro arts publics, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 2011
- 33 ideas, Denver international airport, DIA art program & Colorado Art Ranch, Colorado, USA, 2010
- Saudade ou le manque habité, Le Moulin la Lorraine, Lac Etchemin, Quebec, Canada, 2009 Realidades transitorias, La Casa das onze janelas, Belem, Brazil, 2008
- L’art sur le territoire, Projet Blanc, Viva! International art action festival, Praxis arts actuels, Ste-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 2006
Art residencies
- Atelier Silex, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, 2023, 1 month
- Sagamie, Alma, Quebec, Canada, 1 week, 2022
- Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, 2 weeks, 2014
- Wildwuchs Projekt, Görlitz, Germany, 2 months, 2013
- Mecklenberg Inspiriert, Kühlungsborn, Germany– 5 weeks, 2012
- ARTErra Residências Rurais Artísticas, Libao do Bairra, Portugal, 1 month, 2011
- Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada – 2 months, 2011
- Caravansérail, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada – 1 month, 2010
- Colorado Art Ranch, Trinidad, Colorado,United States – 1 month, 2009
- Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden, Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes – 3 months
Grants and Prizes
- Travel grant, Canada Counsil for the art, 2023
- Finalist, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy, 2023 – International jury
- Award ‘Best Experimental’ for The Skinning of the Eel, Boston Independent Film Awards, Boston, 2023
- Award ‘Best Experimental’ for The Skinning of the Eel, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Chicago, 2023
- Award Best Experimental for The Skinning of the Eel, Chicago Indie Film, Chicago, USA, 2023
- Award Best Experimental for The Skinning of the Eel, Toronto Indie Shorts, Toronto, 2022 Explore and Create funding, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021
- Semi-finalist, Bombay Shapphire Artisan Serie Contest, Montreal, 2018
- Performance prize, Boston Biennal, Boston, USA, 2018
- First price, ArtVenice Biennial winners slide show,
- The Biennal Project, Venise/Boston, 2015 Performance prize Biennial Roadshow, Marfa, Texas, USA, 2014
- Travelling grants (4), Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), 2012-2017,
- Grant for the realization of the show Apparences, Premiere Ovation littéraire, Quebec, QC, 2010
- Travelling grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ) (2), 2009
- Travelling grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), 2008
- Grant Louis Garneau, Université Laval, Quebec, 2007
Collections
- Meduse, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- MoCa, Modern Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
- Several private collections
Editions
- Le dépouillement de l’anguille, Crie Edition, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 2022
- Inventer le pays, FRI Edition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2017
- Dialogue, anthologie du Printemps des poètes, Exit, poetry magazine #66, Édition Gaz Moutarde, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2012
- Mondes et singularités, poetry, Les croques mots, cellule d’édition du Tremplin d’actualisation de poésie, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 2009
- Slam ma muse, anthologie de poésie slamée à Québec, André Marceau et Anne Peyrouse, Éditions Cornac, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 2008
- Survêtement Multiversel, Le catalogue fondamental, independant publication, 2007
Involvement
- Administrative Assistant and project manager, Manif d’art, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, since september 2021
- Administrative director, Langage Plus, Alma, Quebec, Canada, 2019-2021
- Administrator, Board of directors, Culture Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, since August 2020
- Secretary, board of directors, Artists Run Center Dare-Dare, Montreal, QC, 2014-2019
- Executive assistant, Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec (RCAAQ), 2014
- Jury member, Programming Committee, Artists Run Center Dare-Dare, Montreal, QC, since 2015
- Executive assistant, Centre MATERIA, Quebec, QC, 2007-2008
Biography
Christine Comeau is a visual artist and cultural manager. Her practice includes contextual art, performance installation, sculpture and living poetry. Her research focuses on mobility, exile, constraint, and the physical and mental boundaries created by travel. She has completed a MFA degree in visual arts at Laval University, in Quebec city. In 2023, she was a finalist of the Arte Laguna Prize. Her art work has been presented in several individual and collective events and exhibitions in Canada, Brasil, United States, Sweden, Portugal and Germany. During the past years she took part in different artistic residencies in North America and Europe. She works and lives in Quebec city, Quebec.