Chantal Lavoie

The Body in all its states
The heart has its reasons, as does the body... At least, this is what enters the mind of the viewer when confronted with Chantal Lavoie's work. The body has its reasons for aging and its reasons for dying. And if the fatality of our physical life is completely non-negotiable, what does that say about the rest of our existence. What about everything that happens between the time of our birth and the time of our demise ? It is certain that there will be a plenitude of transformations between these two poles. In fact, each and every one of our cells carries a few seconds of our lives, the dramas, the tragedies, and the happy moments, big or small. Most of all, they carry life... our lives from their most mundane states to their greatest moments.

This is essentially painter Chantal Lavoie's artistic concept. ''The creative process that leads an artist to the creation of a work of art constitutes the greatest of risks because creativity is in an of itself a risk. It is not as much the risk of making a mistake that is at issue, but rather the risk of not being accurate, of not being in tune with oneself, and thus with one's subject. To create is therefore to trust oneself because, in this universe of creat...

2002 Bishop University, Canada
2002 Studio Beaux-Arts, Canada
1999-2000 Académie des Arts et Beaux Arts, Canada
1993-1999 Artisans du meuble québécois, Canada
1984-1987 Marie-Victorin, College, Canada