About
Josée Brouillard is a new media artist working with light as the main medium. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University (2012) and has previously completed a Diploma of College Studies in Theater Production (2009) and in Photography (2003). She has presented her work in Montreal (OBORO, Ada X, International Digital Art Biennial, Eastern Bloc, La Bande Vidéo and in four Maisons de la culture) and globally (InShadow, Lisbon, Portugal). Her artwork Video Sequence for Prepared Monitor (2013) is part of the collection of the City of Montreal. Since 2014, she regularly offers art workshops for kids and adults. These workshops lead participants to create a work of light while learning notions of electricity, electronics and optics. For over ten years, she has been working as a technician and technical director in artists-run centers. She lives and works in Montreal.
Josee Brouillard’s artistic concerns explore the different ways of presenting a still or moving image made of light. She has a particular interest in video technologies and light materials used in commercial displays: video projectors and monitors, light emitting diode arrays, backlit displays, neon lights, and fabricated devices. These interests lead her to work with video, electronics, programming, and photography.
In her research, Josée Brouillard avoids using available technological innovations. Instead, she opts to create her own presentation devices. She deconstructs video devices to understand how they work and decodes how the image is produced. Sometimes, she modifies the electronic components to transform the rendering of the display. The result of the images displayed in these modified or fabricated machines is sometimes low-tech in appearance. Thus, it offers the viewer a visual experience that is different from that offered by widely used imaging technologies.
Contact
josee.brouillard <a> gmail.com
Resume
Solo shows
TBD
2021
2019
2018
2016
2014
Brouillard : corps et lumière, Espace F, Matane
Apocalypse : Ouvert * jusqu’à la fin, Maison de la culture de Rivière-des-Prairies, presented by Ada X, Montreal
5 4 3 2 1, HTMlles Festival, presented by Eastern Bloc, Montreal
Brouillard : corps et lumière, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal
Brouillard : corps et lumière, Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal
Brouillard : corps et lumière, Maison de la culture de Verdun, Montreal
Séquence vidéo pour moniteur préparé, International Digital Art Biennial, Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto (Frontenac), Montreal
À l’∞, Ada X (Studio XX), Montreal
Group shows
2021
2017
2014
2012
5 4 3 2 1, Mutek Festival, Le Livart, Montreal
VOYONS VOIR la Collection de la Ville s’expose, Maison de la culture de Côte-des- Neiges, Montreal
Séquence vidéo pour moniteur préparé, Data : Salon, Eastern Bloc, Montreal
Le Corps de la mémoire, Festival InShadow, Lisbonne (PT)
Résonance visuelle, Les journées de la culture, OBORO, Montreeal
2000 Watts, Eastern Bloc, Montreeal
Artist Residencies
2019
2017
2014
La Bande Vidéo, Quebec
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
Signal Culture, Owego (US)
Ada X (Studio XX), Montreal
Grants and Prizes
2021
2019
2018
2017
2015
2012
2011
Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Acquisition and Marketing Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Research-Creation Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Professional Development Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Acquisition and Marketing Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Research-Creation Grant
Quebec Council for the Arts, Research-Creation Grant
OBORO, New Media Creation Grant
Education
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2012
2009
2003
Master of Visual and Media Arts candidate, creation profile, Université du Québec à Montréal
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Intermedia / Cyberarts, Concordia University
Diploma of College Studies, Theater production, Lionel-Groulx
Diploma of College Studies, Photography, Vieux-Montréal
Collections
2021
2016
Push, private collection
Séquence vidéo pour moniteur préparé, City of Montreal collection