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Pascale Jean
I am a multidisciplinary artist who live and work in Canada. Trained in photography and painting in Paris and Vancouver, I have devoted myself to my practice professionally ever since, interested not only in leavinging my mark on the international art scene, but also in my locality.
My practice explores the intersection of the artistic language, iconography, personal experiences, and social commentary. My artistic practice incorporates diverse mediums, but remains centred around oil painting. My approach is somewhat reminiscent of collage, with its strong flat colours and its methodical, layered approach. Through my work, I challenge the duality between social norms, habits, and authenticity, while inviting viewers to engage with their own sensitivity and emotionality.
My work is characterized by the clash of a playful colourful palette, and gloomy, often unsettling figures. Through my art, I am is interested in finding balance between two extremes, such as the ugly and the beautiful, nature and the digital, vulnerability and strength. I find pleasure in incorporating in my work iconographic elements from art history, and strong visual elements from my own lived experiences, with a critical and humorous twist. My oil paints often explore femininity, displacement, and universal moments from the human experience, while leaning in vulnerability and discomfort.
My work encompasses a rich tableau of personal experiences, social reflections, and the paradoxical beauty of human nature, while my own philosophical interrogations, life observations, and family heritage are weaved within it. By blending these elements, I create a complex tapestry of lived experiences capturing contemporary culture and stong emotionality.
I am a recipient of two LOJIQ grants, the Friend of Emily Carr scholarship, the Brissenden scholarship, as well as the John M. Koerner Memorial Award, among others. My work has been published by award winning publications (Woo Publications, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) and covered by CBC Canada (Boulevard du Pacifique, 2018) and Suboart (2024).
I obtained a BFA in visual arts from Emily Carr University of Art & Design, and attended L'École Supérieure des Beau-Arts de Paris for spring 2020, joining the Eitel Studio.
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2021 Baccalaureate – Visual Arts – Emily Carr University of Arts + Design - Vancouver, Canada
2020 Exchange Program (spring) – Fine Arts – École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts - Paris, France
2018 DEC – Visual Arts – Cégep de Jonquière - Jonquière, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 El Sur Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico
2024 Studio Kura Gallery – Women, Mukade, and Little Deaths - Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
2022 La Galerie d’Art du Cégep de Jonquière – Critique sur l’Anthropocène – Jonquière, Canada
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Good Sport Gallery – Soft Bodies, Hard Gaze - London, Canada
2018 Francophone Cultural Center – Nouveaux Regards – Vancouver, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected exhibitions only)
2025 Aussenwelt – Collective show – Montreal, Canada
2024 Aussenwelt – Collective show – Montreal, Canada
2024 Sunday Village – 5th Edition – Montreal, Canada
2024 Aussenwelt – Exposition Collective d'Art Visuel et Sonore – Montreal, Canada
2021 Ho Tam Press – New and Noteworthy – Vancouver, Canada
2021 The Elbow Gallery + Online - The Show – Vancouver, Canada
2019 Rennie Hall – SAS – Vancouver, Canada
2019 Private venue – 4Ft Under – Vancouver, Canada
2018 La Galerie d’Art du Cégep de Jonquière – Hue Manos – Jonquière, Canada
2017 Centre National d'exposition – Symposium National d’art Multidisciplinaire - Jonquière, Canada
2017 La Galerie d’Art du Cégep de Jonquière – Le livre dans tous ses états – Jonquière, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2025 El Sur Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico
2024 Aussenwelt - Montreal, Canada
2024 Studio Kura - Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 LOJIQ Action Culturelle et Artistique
2023 LOJIQ Action Culturelle et Artistique
2020 Friends of Emily Carr
2020 John M. Koerner Memorial Award
2020 One World International Scholarship
2019 Brissenden Scholarship
MEDIAS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 RIVERA AMIN, Lakshmi for Hyperallergic - "A View From The Easel" Thursday August 8th, 2024
2024 Nr.23 – Suboart Magazine (May 2024 Publication) - p.124-125
2023 NICHOLE BROOKS, Kelsey for My Friend Frankie – “Feature Pascale Jean” Friday September 1st , 2023
2021 The Lonely Hour – Woo Publications (Some Time(s) April Publication) - p.44-45
2021 RANDALL, Meghan for Woo Publication – “Faces of Emily Carr” Tuesday March 2nd, 2021
2020 Midnight Snack - Woo Publications (Space(s) December Publication) - p.24
2019 One Could Have Been Enough - Woo Publications (Extra December Publication) - p.5
2019 Embouteillage - Woo Publications (Leak April Publication) - p.6
2018 Life Line - Woo Publications (Unbound December Publication) - p. 18-19
2018 DUSFRENE, Jacques for Ici Radio-Canada – Boulevard du Pacifique – “Exposition Regard au Centre Culturel Francophone” Wednesday November 7th, 2018
IMPLICATIONS AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS
2024 Aussenwelt.co – Art Battle Artist – Montreal, Canada
2024 Studio Kura – Artist Speaker – Itoshima, Japan
2022 Cégep de Jonquière – Artist Speaker – Jonquière, Canada
2021 Cégep de Jonquière – Artist Speaker – Jonquière, Canada
2020 Eitel Studio – Confinement Solidaire - Online charity auction – Paris, France
2018 Action-Reaction Festival – Volunteer at Performance art festival – Jonquière, Canada
2017 Nomad Creative Studio – Artist Assistant – Jonquière, Canada – For the 36th edition of the day against violence towards women