Blouin Division
Montreal
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CAROLINE MONNET
A multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Quebec, Monnet has presented films at TIFF, Sundance and Cannes. Her work resides in several prestigious collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (Montreal), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Quebec City), and in 2019 she was invited to participate in both the 2019 Whitney Biennial (New York) and the Toronto Biennial of Art. Monnet is currently completing Bootlegger, her first feature-length film.
Caroline Monnet’s recent body of work grapples with colonialism’s impact, updating outdated systems with indigenous methodologies. Using contemporary building materials, and incorporating patterns transmitted across generations, Monnet creates hybrid objects respectful of tradition and alert to change. Resembling city maps and bar codes as much as they do traditional weaving and beading, the patterns she prints on, weaves into, or cuts from insulation of various types blends the traditional and the new, offering a glimpse back and a path forward.
In operation since 2008, Galerie Division is one of Canada’s largest and most respected galleries, representing important contemporary artists from Canada and abroad. Based in Montreal, the gallery operates in conjunction with Arsenal Contemporary, a private art center with locations in Toronto, Montreal, and New York.
Galerie René Blouin and Galerie Division are pleased to announce their new partnership as Blouin Division. The new collaboration grows out of a ten-year friendship between the galleries and a shared desire to support and promote their artists.