christiane frenay

Christiane Frenay, born on August 6, 1940, in France, has lived and worked in Montreal since 1970. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse from 1957 to 1962, later spending a decade in Tunisia before moving to Canada. Her artistic practice includes oil painting, collagraph printmaking, engraving, and sculpture.

She has been a member of the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels (RAAV) and ARPRIM since 1985, highlighting her long-standing presence in Quebec’s printmaking scene. Frenay has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions across Quebec, France, and Belgium, particularly in Montréal and Trois-Rivières.

Her work is characterized by subtle abstraction and rich textural surfaces, often exploring memory, silence, and form. Notable works include Traversée, Équilibre, Escaliers, and Rencontre, which reflect her commitment to visual poetry through material and gesture.