opening reception | OUTSIDE with Karine Locatelli

Join us as we celebrate the opening of OUTSIDE with Artist Karine Locatelli.

“This project involves a series of landscape representations deployed on the wall, floor, and center of the exhibition. Drawings on canvas, ceramics, loom-woven textiles, woodcuts, embroideries, and photographs are presented by means of an installative approach. This approach allows me to recreate the sensation of one’s wandering along a trail, where the viewer is active, skirting through, bending down, or in a state of nearing, in order to perceive the intricate details occupying their environment. The exhibited pieces present landscapes observed in different regions of Québec, influenced by the various means of transportation that characterize my artistic practice, from sailboats, ferries, and cargo ships to bicycles, walks, pickup trucks, and more. The works present a contemplative approach valuing the nordicity of our land, its varied patterns, and the complexity of its issues. I want my work to reflect a poetic, benevolent, and feminist vision towards the territory.”

Outside is project in collaboration with the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul.

About the Artist:
Karine Locatelli lives in the region of Charlevoix in Quebec, Canada. Through the representation of landscapes in drawing, she continues the pleinariste tradition distinctive of her region.

She has held collective or solo exhibitions and artist residencies in Canada, United States, Portugal, and France. Her works can be found in public and private collections, including those of the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, the Musée BPS 22 (Belgium), the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée (Belgium) the TD Bank of Toronto, and Hydro-Québec.

IMA’s Public Gallery is supported by the Province of BC.