Cynthia Coulombe Bégin

CCB was born in Miami and grew up in Quebec City, where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006. Her understanding of performance helped develop her personality and an aesthetic outlook, which is closely linked to the image of the body. Through her work, she successfully expresses her understanding of the soul and matter, conscience and the universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Miami in 1984, the artist holds dual North American nationality. CCB grew up in Quebec City where she earned her Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from Laval University in Quebec City. Cynthia was also trained as a dancer and for several years, she has taken part in many different dance/animation performances throughout Quebec. Starting when she was very young, her parents focused a great deal on both artistic and athletic expression, which helped her to develop her own language. She has been especially interested in dance, which has helped her develop her personality, and an aesthetic perspective closely linked to the body, which she has explored through the practice of painting. CCB began her professional artistic career at the Marius Barbeau Museum with her first solo exhibition, Traces corporelles, in 2006. She has continued to gain experience through...

DEGREES

2006 - Laval University - Bachelor of Visual Arts
2003 - Cégep de Ste-Foy - College Diploma in Visual Arts


OTHER TRAININGS

2008 - Seminar on Performance and virtual characters in the theatre space, directed by Renée Bourrassa
2006 - Self portrait in a theatre space, workshop with Ludovic Fouquet

SOLO EXHIBITIS
2019 Rêve moi, Centre Boréart, Granby, QC
2019 Feel Moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2017 Wildest Dreams, La nuit des Galeries, Québec
2017 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Invited artist, QC
2016 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Invited artist, QC
2015 Polyphonie, Palais Montcalm, Québec
2015 - Passage, Élysée Fleurs, Québec
2012 - Le feu à la bouche, Restaurant SSS, Québec, QC
2011 - Esprit bionique, Le Moulin La Lorraine, QC
2010 - Les yeux de l’amour, Lunetterie du faubourg, QC
2010 - Les futures Déesses désirées, Le Cercle, QC
2010 - Trafic d'organes, Clocher penché, Quebec, QC
2010 - Corps et Corporalités, Studio Party Time, Quebec
2007 - Mehurt Passus, performance et installation multimédia, Centre d'art Diagonale, Montreal, QC
2006 - Traces corporelles, Marius-Barbeau Museum, QC


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Scope Art Show, Arteria Gallery, Miami Beach 2018-2019 Affordable Art Fair, Arteria Gallery, New York
2018 Affordable Art Fair, Arteria Gallery, Hong Kong
2018 Art Market San Francisco, Arteria Gallery, California 2018 Art Palm Spring, Arteria Gallery, California
2017 Clio Art Fair, New York
2016-17 The Artist Project, Toronto
2016-19 Le Luxart Art Gallery, Montreal
2016-17 Ga...