Ann Karine Bourdeau Leduc mainly creates sculptural installations that combine printed images and drawings with found objects and repurposed construction materials. The installations she creates draw on codes associated with archeology, architecture and design, while taking on a specific context.
Through several cycles of transformation, she focuses on the reproducibility of objects and images, creating multiple iterations of them. The artist's environmental concerns have led her to constantly seek new strategies for recycling unconventional materials. This process enables her to question the nature of objects in terms of their origin, and explore their sculptural and pictorial potential. All the elements that make up her practice aim to create a singular and aesthetic experience, while hoping to provoke reflection on the material condition.
Having grown in a family of woodworkers and carpenters, she is fond of materials with which she is familiar. As a child, she was fascinated by the domestic world. For as long as she can remember, drawing and building cardboard houses with her sister has enabled her to create works rooted in her childhood memories of construction.
Ann Karine Bourdeau Leduc lives and works in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke. Since 2018, she has held solo exhibitions at Drac (Drummondville), Arprim (Montreal), Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton) and Engramme (Quebec City). Her career has been marked by several research residencies in Quebec, Italy, Belgium and Spain. Recently awarded a Master's degree in Visual Arts from Concordia University (2023), she will be taking part in two residencies in the coming months at Admare (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) and Atelier Circulaire (Montreal). Her next solo exhibition will take place at TOPO, digital creation centre (Montréal) in spring 2025.
