Thérèse Chabot
Thérèse Chabot uses the garden as a central motif in her installations of dried flowers, stems and seeds. Arranged in geometrical patterns on the floor, she evokes both natural cultivation and sacred space. Her portable gardens are ephemeral, lasting only the length of an exhibition. They variously suggest ritual creations such as sand paintings, the Garden of Eden and the traditional crafts of women.
| Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona, picante pero sabroso (detail); ORANGE: Contemporary Art Event in Saint-Hyacinthe, 2nd edition, exhibition theme COMO, COMO, based on issues around the food processing and agriculture industry. Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc, 2006; photo Guy L'Heureux. |
| Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona, picante pero sabroso; ORANGE: Contemporary Art Event in Saint-Hyacinthe, 2nd edition, exhibition theme COMO, COMO, based on issues around the food processing and agriculture industry. Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc, 2006; photo Guy L'Heureux. |
| Quand le coeur palpite (detail); Centre d'exposition de Val d'Or, Qc, 2006 installation-performance; photo Franck Michel.
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| Hiver Rouge; FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Qc, 2006 Selected Works by Lynn Beavis, gallery director, from performance at Centro Nacional de Las Artes, Mexico; photo Eva Quintas, Thérèse Chabot. |
| Une reine, 700 mâles, 26,642 ouvrières (detail) Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Qc, 2001, Installation, Video, (Catalogue); photo Denis Farley. |
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| ARTIST BIO |
| Thérèse Chabot has been teaching in the Studio Arts Department at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, since 1983. She has done research on formal Renaissance gardens in France and on the sacred rites around the Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico, as well as on the fiestas surrounding the religious calendar. Her installations and performances have been shown in solo exhibitions in Quebec, Canada, the United States, and abroad in France, Scotland, Italy, Germany, and Mexico. In May 2003, she was selected as one of the new members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. The recipient of several grants from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec (CALC), she lives and works in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec. |
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