Through her multidisciplinary practice, Clara Cousineau develops work within which the perception of distinct mediums is blurred. She simultaneously explores their limits and their distinctive wholeness. The domestic environment – including the symbolic charge of the familiar objects that compose it, and the bodies that interact with it – is what drives her research. Through games of camouflage and exchanging the roles of the elements she creates, she engages in a blurring of 2D and 3D, playing with the interpretation of the viewer. The chromatic neutrality of her work accentuates the silhouettes of objects: their initial use is evacuated, replaced by accumulation and repetition. Her pieces reflect acts of aesthetic détournement, which confer strangeness to the most banal.
Born in Quebec city, Clara Cousineau (elle/she) is now based Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. She holds a BFA from Concordia University and won the national prize in the BMO 1st Art! Competition (2018). Her work has been presented in several galleries and artist-run centers in Canada - in Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto - as well as in Europe - in Belgium and Paris. Her work is part of the Ville de Laval collection and Claridge Collection in Montreal.
