Michelle
Caron-Pawlowsky
Michelle Caron-Pawlowsky is a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal, Canada who primarily works with images. Michelle is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Arts, Photography, at Concordia University in Montreal. They have exhibited their work in Canada, the United States, Italy, and Scotland, and have recently shown their work at the Museo Spazzio Pubblico (Bologna, 2023), Maison de la Culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal, 2023), Artch (Montreal, 2021), and as part of a large-scale architectural projection with Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles (2021). They have completed artist residencies with Art Souterrain (Montreal, 2021), Franconia Sculpture Park (Minnesota, 2021), and Atelier Silex (Trois Rivières, 2023).
My work is primarily concerned with the material possibilities of images. Through the use of a multidisciplinary, installation-based approach that often combines image-making, text, and sculptural elements, I experiment with the meanings that arise when an image is given a re-established physical presence. My practice is both diaristic and informed by research into subjects such as geopoetics, queer ecology, folklore, species extinction, poetry, and ritual. It navigates the space between the human and the non-human, the real and the mythic, the individual and the collective. I am fascinated by the power of sentimental value and the ways humans write themselves into their natural environments. My current research interests include how folklore is used to decipher our cultural and natural environments and the manifestation of ritual in contemporary pop-culture.
Michelle Caron-Pawlowsky est une artiste multidisciplinaire de Montréal qui travaille principalement avec des images. Michelle poursuit actuellement une maîtrise en arts visuels dans le département de photographie à l'Université Concordia à Montréal. Elle a exposé au Canada, aux États-Unis, en Italie et en Écosse, et a récemment présenté son travail au Museo Spazzio Pubblico (Bologne, 2023), avec la Maison de la culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montréal, 2023), à Artch (Montréal, 2021), et dans le cadre d'une projection architecturale à grande échelle avec le Quartier des Spectacles de Montréal (2021). Elle a été artiste en résidence avec Art Souterrain (Montréal, 2021), Franconia Sculpture Park (Minnesota, 2021), et Atelier Silex (Trois-Rivières, 2023).
Mon travail porte principalement sur les possibilités matérielles des images. En utilisant une approche multidisciplinaire, basée sur l'installation, qui combine souvent la création d'images, de textes et d'éléments sculpturaux, j'expérimente les significations qui surgissent lorsqu'une image est dotée d'une présence physique rétablie. Ma pratique est à la fois diariste et informée par des recherches sur des sujets tels que la géopoétique, l'écologie queer, le folklore, l'extinction des espèces, la poésie et le rituel. Elle navigue dans l'espace entre l'humain et le non-humain, le réel et le mythique, l'individuel et le collectif. Je suis fascinée par le pouvoir de la valeur sentimentale et par la façon dont les humains s'inscrivent dans leur environnement naturel. Mes recherches actuelles portent sur la manière dont le folklore est utilisé pour déchiffrer nos environnements culturels et naturels et sur la manifestation du rituel dans la culture pop contemporaine.
Contact: michellepawlowsky@gmail.com
Education
2026 (in progress) MFA in Studio Arts, Photography, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2024-25 (in progress) MFA exchange, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2022 BFA in Studio Arts, Major in Photography, Minor in Sustainability Studies, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2016 DEC in Visual Arts, Certificate of Women and Gender Studies, John Abbott College, Montréal, Canada
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2023 Pour se tailler une place, exposition sur panneaux extérieurs de la Maison de la Culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles, Place du Village-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada
2023 Half of Everything, Atelier Silex, Trois-Rivières, Canada
2021 Here We Lay in a Beam of Bright Light, Our Hands Buried Deep in the Earth with Florence Pin, Espace Wednesday,
Montréal, Canada
2021 Créer des Ponts with Florence Pin, Espace Wednesday, Montréal, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Troubled Grounds, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland
2024 Maureen IX, Ateliers Belleville, Montreal, Canada
2023 Daydreams, MFA Exhibition, University of Montana (Online)
2023 Imagining Public Space with/for Her, curated by Carolina Anderson, Beatrice Ricci and Luisa Bravo, Museo Spazio Pubblico, Bologna, Italy
2023 Ici et là, exposition Espace Sensible commissariée par Carolane Lambert, coordonnée par Atelier Silex et Artch, Île Saint-Quentin, Trois Rivières, Canada
2022-23 The 2023 Collection, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Canada
2022 In Continuum, Colure Collective, Ada X, Montréal, Canada
2022 Object Talk, Atelier Retailles, Art Matters Festival, Montréal, Canada
2022 The Cake Stand Biennale, David W. Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, USA
2022 Things We Know, Things We Don't, Art Matters Festival, GalerieERGA, Montréal, QC
2022 Mélange, AZ Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
2021-22 The 2022 Collection, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Canada
2021 Altar for Thismia Americana, public art installation, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota, USA
2021 Les liens futurs, Art Souterrain, Montréal, Canada
2021 Artch: Art contemporain émergent, Dorchester Square, Montréal, Canada
2021 Projet Tabloïde, public art billboard, Montréal, Canada
2021 Hereafter, architectural projection, Quartier des spectacles x CPC, Montréal, Canada
2020 Absence of Another, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada (online due to COVID-19)
2020 Le Salon Virtuel, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada (online due to COVID-19)
2018 Dreamstate, Espace POP, Montréal, Canada
2018 Traces of Process, Glass Door Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2017 C-O-N-S-E-N-T: What It Means to Me - Bishop's University Community Art Lab, Sherbrooke, Canada
Residencies
2023 Artiste en résidence, Atelier Silex, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Canada
2021 Emerging Artist Residency, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota, USA
2021 Créer des ponts, Art Souterrain, Montréal, Canada
Awards and Grants
2024 Bourse LOJIQ (Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec), Québec, Canada
2024 Concordia Mobility Bursary, Concordia University, Québec, Canada
2023 Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQSC) Master’s Research Scholarship, Québec, Canada
2023 Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2022 Individual Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2021 Production Grant, Artch: Art contemporain émergent, Montréal, Canada
2021 Cultural Grant, City of Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield, Canada
2021 Third Place, Open Theme Category, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2021 Honorable Mention, Self Portrait Category, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2021 Honorable Mention, Still Life Category, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2021 Special Project Funding, Concordia Council on Student Life, Montréal, Canada
2021 Community Contribution Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2020 Second Place, Open Theme Category, Fine Art Photography Awards
2020 Nominee, Portrait Category, Fine Art Photography Awards
2020 Special Project Funding, Concordia Council on Student Life, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2019 Group Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2018 Individual Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2018 Group Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Artist talks
2023 Artist talk mediated by Artch and Atelier Silex, Atelier Silex, Trois-Rivières, Canada
Bibliography
2023 Imagining Public Space with/for Her, Mastering Public Space, Bologna, Italy
2023 Ici et là: art visuel émergent à l’île Saint-Quentin, Le Nouvelliste, Trois-Rivières, Canada
2022 Nature Installations: A Sense of Self, artist interview in Luxiders Print Issue 8, Berlin, Germany
2022 Object Talk, Art Matters, Montréal, Canada
2021 Erasing Hierarchies: Michelle Caron-Pawlowsky on Queer Ecology as Art, Cheng Huai, Montréal, Canada
2021 Artch expose 22 jeunes artistes, La Presse, Montréal, Canada
2021 Art Hole Magazine, Issue 12, London, UK
2021 Stonecoast Review, Issue 14, Maine, USA
2021 Mariposa Magazine, Issue 2, USA
2020 Yiara Online, Vol. 09, Montréal, Canada
2020 CYCLES, Concordia Queer Print Club, Montréal, Canada
2019 Starry Eyed Collective, UK
2018 L'Organe N. 13: Ensemble, Montréal, Canada
2016 Shabby Doll House (1) (2), USA
2016 BAD NUDES 1.1, Montréal, Canada
Writing
2023 On Hold (poem), Yolk Literary Journal Vol. 3.1, Montréal, Canada
Publications
2022 In Continuum, Colure Collective, Montréal, Canada
Collections
The Art Volt Collection
Stewart Hall Art Gallery (2022, 2023 Collections)
John Abbott College