Caroline Monnet facts for kids

Caroline Monnet is a talented contemporary artist and filmmaker from Canada. She is known for her amazing work in sculpture, art installations, and movies. Caroline has both Anishinaabe and French heritage, which often inspires her art.

About Caroline Monnet's Early Life

Caroline Monnet is a modern artist and filmmaker who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She grew up in two different places: Douarnenez, France, and Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Her father moved to Canada from France, which is how Caroline has French citizenship. Her mother is Canadian and is a member of the Kitigan Zibi First Nation. Caroline is also the younger sister of another artist and writer, Émilie Monnet.

Caroline studied communications and sociology at the University of Ottawa. She also spent some time studying at the University of Granada in Spain. She has been part of special programs for talented filmmakers, like Berlinale Talents and TIFF Talent Lab.

Caroline Monnet's Career in Art and Film

Much of Caroline's art explores her background. She connects her Algonquin heritage from Quebec with her French heritage from France.

Starting Her Film Journey

Caroline began her career by making short films. In 2010, she released a short film called Warchild. It was first shown at the Présence Autochtone Montréal First Peoples' Festival in August 2011.

In 2012, Caroline released Gephyrophobia. This short film was about two people sharing the Outaouais River. It was even shown at the Talent Tout court section of the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2014, her short film The Black Case was screened at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. This film was inspired by real events. It showed the difficult experiences people had in residential schools.

Awards and Recognition for Her Films

Caroline was nominated for a Canadian Screen Awards for Best Short Drama for her film Roberta (2014). She was also nominated for Best Short Documentary for Tshiuetin (2016).

In 2015, she released another short film called Mobilize. For this film, she used old footage from the National Film Board of Canada archives. The film featured music by Tanya Tagaq. Mobilize won a Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival for Best Experimental Film.

First Feature Film and Other Projects

Caroline's first full-length movie is called Bootlegger. It was chosen for important film markets like CineMart and Berlinale Co-Production Market in 2016. She was the first Canadian filmmaker to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation residency in Paris. This was a big honor!

Caroline is also one of the people who started ITWÉ. This is a group of Indigenous artists who work with digital art. In 2017, she released a documentary called Emptying the Tank through CBC.

In 2019, Caroline was one of seven directors who worked on an anthology film. This means a movie made up of several short films. The film was called The Seven Last Words (Les sept dernières paroles).

Caroline is also a co-founder of daphne. This is the first art center in Quebec run by Indigenous artists. She started it with Skawennati, Hannah Claus, and Nadia Myre.

Caroline Monnet's Artistic Style

Caroline Monnet is mostly a self-taught artist. This means she learned a lot of her art skills on her own. This approach gives her a lot of freedom in her work. Even though she sometimes wishes she had gone to art school, she believes the most important lessons are learned outside of school. She is well-known for her sculptures, films, and art installations.

Caroline's art, whether it's film, painting, or sculpture, explores deep ideas. She often looks at Indigenous identity and what it means to live with two different cultures. She examines cultural histories to do this. She is very interested in themes like identity, how people are shown in art, and modern life.

Caroline often uses industrial materials in her art. She mixes ideas from popular culture and traditional art with modern art styles. This helps her create unique and interesting art forms.

Where Caroline Monnet's Art Has Been Shown

Caroline Monnet's artworks have been shown in many important places around the world. These include:

• Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
• Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin)
• Axenéo7
• Plug in ICA
• Arsenal Montréal
• Arsenal Contemporary NY
• Walter Phillips Gallery
• Winnipeg Art Gallery
• McCord Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Montréal)

Awards Caroline Monnet Has Won

• Canadian Screen Awards for Best Short Drama for Roberta (2014)
• Best Short Documentary for Tshiuetin (2016)
• Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival for Best experimental film for Mobilize (2016)

Caroline Monnet's Filmography

See also

In Spanish: Caroline Monnet para niños