céline huyghebaert

Céline Huyghebaert is an artist and writer working at the intersection of literature and visual art through prints, books, exhibitions, and collaborations. In her own practice, she uses a broad range of techniques to tell stories that are part documentary, part fiction: traditional and digital printing processes, writing, collages, along with research tools like interviews or archives. She is particularly interested in collaborative gestures and “poor materials,” such as paper, photocopy, and risography.

Huyghebaert recently exhibited "Un cas particulier / A specific woman" at Occurrence, a Montreal contemporary art center, where she created a fictional artist from archival documents and correspondence with over 50 visual artists.

In 2019, Huyghebaert won the Governor General’s Award for her first novel "Le drap blanc" published by Le Quartanier, and was awarded the Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. She completed a PhD in Art from UQAM, where she also earned a Master’s degree in Literature. She is currently conducting postdoctoral research in Quebec and France, working on a new book and exhibition about the image and language of pain. Huyghebaert was born in France and has been living in Montreal since 2002.

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2023 | Diptyque composé de « la marque » + un moulage en exemplaire unique sur pâte d’argile, papier maché, glue et pigment