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Jocelyne Alloucherie
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| Born | February 8, 1947 Mont-Apica, Quebec, Canada
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| Known for | Sculpture |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Jocelyne Alloucherie (born February 8, 1947) is a talented Canadian artist. She is famous for her sculptures and for creating art installations. Her work often explores how sculpture, architecture, and photography connect with each other.
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Alloucherie's Artistic Journey
Jocelyne Alloucherie was born in Mont-Apica, Quebec. She spent her younger years in Chicoutimi before moving to Quebec City around 1961. She briefly studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Quebec from 1961 to 1965.
She later studied visual arts at Laval University, earning her first degree in 1973. In the same year, she had her very first solo art show at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Starting in 1974, she began teaching art part-time at Laval University. This allowed her to spend her free time creating her own art.
In 1981, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University. Over the years, she has taught visual arts and art history at several universities. These include Laval University, the Université du Québec à Montréal, Concordia University, and the University of Ottawa.
Jocelyne Alloucherie once shared her thoughts on her art. She said that her artworks are like pieces of music. They can change how they are seen depending on where and when they are shown. The main idea of her art stays the same, but how it is displayed can be different each time.
Solo Art Shows
Jocelyne Alloucherie has had many solo art shows, where only her work is displayed. Here are some of them:
- Her first solo show was at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (1973).
- Inside Out was shown in Venice, Italy (2005).
- Occidents was displayed at the Grand Palais in Paris, France (2008).
- Sirens was featured at 511 Gallery in New York, USA (2009).
- Lames, Sirene, Poussieres was shown at Palazzo Brandolin Rota in Venice, Italy (2009).
- Climates was at the Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa, Canada (2010).
- Una realta flutuante was in Verbania, Italy (2011).
- Boreales was at the MuMa (Musee Andre Malraux) in Le Havre, France (2012).
Group Art Shows
Jocelyne Alloucherie's art has also been part of many group exhibitions with other artists.
- Anninovanta in Bologna, Italy (1991).
- Differentes natures in Paris, France (1993).
- Libera mente at Palazzo del Capitano in Cesena, Italy (1998).
- La Disparition at the third Biennale de Liege (2002).
- Camere con vista at Centre II Filatoio in Caraglio, Italy (2002).
- Species d'espays at Tinglado 2 in Tarragona, Spain (2003).
- Il Velo in Turin, Italy (2007).
- Tout ce qui bouge ne se voit pas at Transphotographiques in Lille, France (2008).
- Chambres d'Echo at Musee Reattu in Arles, France (2009).
- L'arbre et le photograph at the gallery of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2012).
Awards and Recognition
Jocelyne Alloucherie has received many important awards for her contributions to art.
- The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts (1988).
- The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) award (1997).
- The Louis-Philippe Hebert Award from the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste (1997).
- The Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2000). This award recognized her as a very important artist of her time.
- The Quebec government's Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas (2002).
- The Prize of the Association of Canadian publications Artist Project in Canadian Art (2004).
- The Prix Jean-Paul Riopelle from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (2006).
- She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (2008). This is one of Canada's highest honors. It recognized her as an "internationally renowned sculptor."
Her sculpture called Porte de jour is a main feature of the redesigned Dalhousie Square in Old Montreal. This design was honored by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects in 2006.
See also
In Spanish: Jocelyne Alloucherie para niños
