Michelle
Caron-Pawlowsky
Contact: michellepawlowsky@gmail.com
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, and Italy, 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). They are the co-founder and co-director of Colure Collective, a group working to create exhibition and publication opportunities for emerging artists in Quebec. Colure’s first publication, In Continuum, was released in 2022.
Michelle’s work concerns itself with the material possibilities of photography. Through the use of a multidisciplinary, installation-based approach that often combines photography, alternative printing processes, textiles, and natural materials, they experiment with the meanings that can arise when a photograph is given a re-established physical presence. Drawing on individual and collective histories as a point of departure, their work often centres on long-term processes of healing, the sentimental value we ascribe to objects, and ongoing reconsiderations of our relationships with the natural world and outdoor spaces. These themes lend themselves to a practice that is both diaristic and informed through research into subjects such as geopoetics, queer ecology, and environmental studies.
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, et en Italie, 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). Elle est cofondatrice et codirectrice du collectif Colure, un groupe qui travaille à créer des opportunités d'exposition et de publication pour les artistes émergents au Québec. La première publication de Colure, In Continuum, est sortie en 2022.
Le travail de Michelle porte sur les possibilités matérielles de la photographie. Par le biais d'une approche multidisciplinaire basée sur l'installation, qui combine souvent la photographie, des procédés d'impression alternatifs, des textiles et des matériaux naturels, elle expérimente les significations qui peuvent apparaître lorsqu'une photographie retrouve une présence physique. S'appuyant sur des histoires individuelles et collectives comme point de départ, son travail est souvent centré sur les processus de guérison à long terme, la valeur sentimentale que nous attribuons aux objets et la reconsidération de nos relations avec la nature et les espaces extérieurs. Ces thèmes se prêtent à une pratique à la fois diaristique et alimentée par des recherches sur des sujets tels que la géopoétique, l'écologie queer et les études environnementales.
Education
2026 MFA in Studio Arts, Photography, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
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
Duo Exhibitions
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
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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Pour se tailler une place, exposition extérieure de la Maison de la Culture de Pointe-aux-Trembles, Place du Village-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, 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
2023 Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQSC) Master’s Research Scholarship, Québec, Canada
2023 Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship, Concorida 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