Geneviève Dagenais

Sculptor Geneviève Dagenais explores notions of imprint and transmutation through ceramics and textiles. She considers the affective and sensory charges of these media to broach a carnal experience of objects. 

Inspired by somatic approaches, Geneviève draws on the psycho-affective and physical dimensions of form and materiality to establish a dialogue between the sculptural object and the body. Her work reveals a sensitive relationship between body and matter, in which the carnal and memory intertwine. She activates our sensory memories by eliciting tactile and kinaesthetic perceptions. By manipulating materials in their transitory states - between rigidity and malleability, permanence and ephemerality - she uses sewing and molding to capture the imprint of what has been, bearing witness to the passages between what transforms and what remains. 

Geneviève Dagenais is currently pursuing her master’s degree with the support of the Dale & Nick Tedeschi Studio Arts Fellowship and the Graduate Studio Arts Advisory Committee Award. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM (2022) where she received the Thomas Corriveau and Mario Côté Prize for excellence and a scholarship from the Fonds de la Faculté des arts. Her work has been shown at Galerie Cache and in various group show such as Artch (Coup de Coeur Loto-Quebec - 2021), Arprim (Albert Dumouchel Award -2022), Circa Art actuel, Centre d’art Diane Dufresne and Livart.

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