Carl Trahan
Born in Montreal, Carl Trahan has since 2011 been developing multidisciplinary work that explores the period between the Industrial Revolution and World War II. He uses certain events, literary works and historical texts—as well as the work of contemporary authors who analyze them—as a starting point to focus notably on the spiritual crisis linked to the scientific and technological advances of modernity, as well as its repercussions on the culture and politics of Europe that led to the great world wars. He lives and works in Montréal.
The artist has regularly exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since the mid-1990s. He has participated in group exhibitions in Havana, Berlin, Rome, Toronto, and Créteil (France) and has also carried out several artist residencies in Berlin, Paris, and Rome, among others, as well as in Espoo, Finland. In 2016, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec awarded him its biennial arts prize, and provided him the opportunity to present his first museum exhibition, in 2017.