In my recent practice, I use color as an emotional response. I’m interested in the ephemeral nature happening in urban life. I aim to reveal the subtle encounter between natural and built environments, honing in on incidental moments and capturing their essence.
Sensitive to what is around me, I seek to find a poetic language in the often-overlooked details of urban atmospheres - frontage, parks & narrow gardens—inviting us to slow down and take notice. Alternating between controlled mark-making and blurred gestures, holding onto the after-thought, my painting are a reaction to the fleeting moments of temperature, seasonal changes in nature— the sweat, the humidity, the fogginess.
I work with thin layers of paint, gradually building them up and sanding them back down—constructing and deconstructing as I go. This process allows me to open up the surface of the painting, evoking a sense of time and nostalgia.
CV
EDUCATION:
BFA - Concordia University, Studio Arts with distinctions, Montreal, Canada
Certificate Metal and Sculpture - Central Saint Martins, London, UK
SOLO/PROJECTS:
2025 Narrow gardens, Psychic Readings Gallery, New York
2023 Clay court, Curated by Philippe Bourdeau, Espace Loulou, Montreal
2021 Colors Club Garden, Inshuti art Gallery, Rwanda
2021 La baie vitrée, 7905 Querbes, Montreal
GROUP SHOWS:
2024 Maybe Mapping Dissonance, curated by Dylan Seh-Jin Kim, NARS Foundation, New York
2024 Also a Good Place to Sulk, curated by Anaïs Castro, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto
2024 BAIR group show, Banff Centre of the Arts, Alberta, Canada
2023 Projet Tabloïd, Rue Mont-Royal, Montréal, Canada
2022 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
2022 Tianguis de cerámica, Projet Hoy, Montreal, Canada
2021 Transference , Galerie Le 1040, Montreal, Canada
2020 Passe-temps, Emerald Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2019 Cavity, 468 boul. St-Joseph, Montreal, Canada
2019 Snow Frolic, 6545 Durocher, Montreal
RESIDENCIES:
2024-25 Canopy Program, New York
2024 NARS Foundation International Artist Residency Program, New York
2024 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, Canada
2021 Galerie Arts Inshuti, Kigali, Rwanda
CURATED SHOWS:
2020 Salon d'Août, Co-curated with Léa Grantham, Anteism, Montreal
2019 Cavity, commissaire, exposition de groupe dans un sous-sol d’un cabinet de dentiste, Montreal
GRANTS:
2024 James Bernard Haggarty Scholarship
2022 Explore & create: Research & creation: Canada Concil for the Arts
2021 Research & creation for early career artist : Conseil des art du Quebec
2020 Finalist for BMO 1res Oeuvre! BMO Financial Group
PRESS:
2024 Hadrien Volle, Radio interview, Radio-Canada (prod.), Ya Pas Deux Matins Pareils
2024, Rashana Youtzy, https://www.artoronto.ca/?p=53126
2023 Art_works , studio visit, ,https://art-works.community/art-working/2023/05/30-beatrice-cote
2022 Passage Secret, https://www.passage-secret.net/beatrice
2020 Magazine ÉDITORIAL, http://the-editorialmagazine.com/jobair-jaber-passes-temps/
-
Share