Célia Beauchesne

Célia Beauchesne’s uses the intricate relationship between craft and problem-solving as a metaphor to unravel the complexities of fragmented validation—a necessary yet elusive element for inclusion. Along various mediums including drawing, needlework, printmaking and ceramics, her work blurs the boundaries of materiality, challenging expectations through function and subversion serving both decorative and autonomous purposes. Using materials as a means of communication, freeing constraints, and working with the process of production, she is setting her own boundaries and through its determined limits. Through craft, her practice progresses as a reflection of the D.I.Y movement resulting as a sharing aptness of care itself. Each piece becomes a testament to the construction of trial and error, navigating the delicate equilibrium of a handmade representation of an inclusive approach to creation.

Célia Beauchesne is an artist based in Tiohtià:ke-Montréal. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts visuels et médiatiques from Université du Québec à Montréal (2023). In 2022 and 2023, she was a nominee for the Prix Albert-Dumouchel for emerging artists. She has participated in many collective exhibitions, including Première impression at Arprim, Passage à découvert at Galerie de l’UQAM and Artch (2023). Recipient of the Arprim production grant (2023), she has also collaborated with Arprim as a printing artist for the À l’affiche project. Célia Beauchesne is featured in the Espace art actuel magazine (no. 133) for her work on neurodiversity.

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Work by Célia Beauchesne