BIO

Caroline Cloutier lives and works in Montreal, Canada. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts (Photography) from Concordia University (2022). Her work has been exhibited across Canada, the United States, Italy, and Austria, including presentations at international art fairs such as VOLTA and Untitled Miami. She has participated in residencies and received fellowships from institutions including the British School at Rome, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, NARS Foundation (NY), Stove Works (TN), and the Molinari Foundation (QC). Her practice has been supported by numerous grants from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts. Cloutier has completed several permanent public art commissions throughout Québec, working with materials such as metal, concrete, glass, and large-scale photographic installations. Her work is part of notable collections including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Scotiabank, Desjardins, Google, Deloitte, and Telus. Since 2014, she has been represented by Galerie Nicolas Robert in Montreal and Toronto.

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Statement / Démarche

Caroline Cloutier is a Montreal-based artist whose work explores light, perception, and the unseen forces shaping reality. Her practice has evolved from photography and installation, where she used architecture and optical illusions to shift perception, to painting, a more direct and fluid expression of light and energy.

Through painting, Cloutier engages with color and pigment to explore the vibratory nature of existence. Inspired by sacred geometry and natural movement, her compositions reflect what she calls the “architecture of life”—the invisible yet fundamental patterns that structure reality, from atomic arrangements to planetary motion. Her luminous, energetic paintings employ the full spectrum of color to evoke light as a living force. Layered brushstrokes, reminiscent of woven matrices or shifting veils, create optical effects that invite viewers to move around the work, experiencing its vibratory essence.

Thanks / Remerciements

Conseil des arts du Canada, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Longueuil, La Fondation J. Armand Bombardier, La Délégation du Québec à Rome, La Délégation du Québec à New York, Le Ministère de la culture et des communications du Québec.
Stove Works, NARS Foundation, Re-Sited, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Art Money, British School at Rome, Fondation Molinari, Banff Center, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Manif d’Art, Optica, Centre Clark, Centre Vu, Circa art actuel, Centre Diagonale, Centre d'exposition Plein sud, Centre Action Art Actuel, Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ, Théâtre Espace Go, Centre Sagamie, Atelier M. Séguin, PhotoSynthèse, Robocut, Post-Image Lab (Hexagram-Concordia)
Le Devoir, La Gazette, Espace art actuel, Esse art + opinions, Vie des Arts, Le Sabord, Plein Sud éditions