MFA student wins emerging artist award

Vincent Routhier, a student in the MFA in Studio Arts program, was recently awarded the 2016 Sylvie and Simon Blais Award for Emerging Visual Artists.

Chloë Charce and Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, also from Concordia, were also nominated.  

Routhier, a conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary practice finds its bases in philosophical thinking and a science-based approach, examines the possible complementarity of art and science. Considering translation a creative act, he develops systems that find expression in large geometric drawings, mathematical formulas, and contextual performances. Taking mathematical concepts—the Pythagorean theorem, duplication of the square, or homothety (geometric transformation)—as his starting point, Routhier creates drawings using graphite powder.  

An exhibition of works by Routhier will be held at Galerie Simon Blais in August.