Caroline Cloutier
Caroline Cloutier is researching light as both a medium and a subject to symbolize the metaphysical aspect of life. Her works delve into how perceptual phenomena impact our psyche through various artistic mediums such as painting, photography, installation, sculpture, and drawing. In her recent work, she incorporates saturated colors, sacred geometry, and repeated patterns to generate energetic vibrations that can be emotionally perceived by the viewers.
Her work reaffirms the timeless legacy of humanity's spiritual connection with abstraction and geometry since ancient history. Through her art, Cloutier offers a pathway to a post-patriarchal view of spirituality and to the collective consciousness.
Caroline Cloutier ( born in 1985, Amos, CAN) resides and works primarily in Montreal, Canada, and also has a second studio in Brooklyn, NY. She earned an MFA in Studio Arts (Photography) from Concordia University in 2022 after pursuing a self-directed professional practice for 10 years. Long before obtaining her MFA, her photographic and installation work had been featured in solo and group exhibitions in New York – notably at the Invisible Dog Center -, Austria, Italy, and Canada – notably at the National Gallery of Quebec -, as well as in art fairs like VOLTA and Untitled Miami. Since 2018, she has completed several permanent public art commissions including metalwork, concrete and glass sculptures, and photographic monumental murals.
In 2021, she was longlisted for the New Generation Photography Award by the National Gallery of Canada. Other recent honors include fellowships and residencies from the British School at Rome, Banff Center for the Arts, Molinari Foundation, Yvonne Bombardier Foundation Award for emerging artist, and Lande Award in Photography. Her works are amongst multiple collections as the National Gallery of Quebec, Google, Deloitte, Telus and Desjardins Bank. In 2024, she spent six months in residency at the NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, where she conducted new research in painting. Her projects have received funding multiple times from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Recent Exhibitions
Chapitre III - Inaugural Exhibition
From April 4 to May 25, 2024
Art Toronto
From October 26-29, 2023
Light Flow
From April 27 to May 27, 2023
Task Negative - Group exhibition
From October 1st to November 5, 2022
Lightswitch
From May 27 to July 4, 2020
Pliages
From February 2 to March 2, 2019
Contre-espace
From May 14 to June 23, 2016
