Catherine Prince
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Thier work often explores history, knowledge and traditional practices. Through the use of her body and language, she speaks to the past, present and future. Cheyenne’s work is rooted in the strength to feel, express and heal. Bringing their ancestors with them, she moves through installation, photography, fashion, video, sound, and performance art.
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1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
I am a cartoonist and painter living in Montreal! Love to read, hang in parks and with my friends. Mostly just loafing around, drawing, painting. Not up to all that much really :~)
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2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
For "Let doves die", I was interested in the symbolism of the dove and how I could create an inner psychological landscape. The push and pull of the elements are what guide me through the importance I give them. I was also thinking of Prince’s song and wanted to tweak it.
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3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
Most of my pieces lately revolve around the feminine figure, often doll like, anime inspired, distorted, blurred to make feel surreal. The soft and sharp rendering with colour pencil really fits!
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4. Walk us through the creative process of creating your work!!
I start by drawing simple sketches on paper, figuring out the general shape of the structure and how I will assemble it. After collecting the materials needed I build the structure/skeleton of the sculpture. Lastly, waste material is attached to the skeleton.
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4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
If I was to choose, it would probably be a doll because its connotations are wide and sometimes creepy. I am also really obsessed with them and it's association to fragility in opposition to masculinity.
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5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
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6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Catherine Prince
JUNKO is an installation artist/street artist that creates large-scale sculptural installations out of reclaimed materials. Their work draws inspiration from both the natural world as well as fantasy and futurism.
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1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
JUNKO - I make sculptures from waste material.
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2. How do you see the relationship between relics and memory, and how does your work engage with this connection?
I think of relics as a link to the past. My work is based in fantasy/sci-fi, I imagine my work as relics of a fictional universe.
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3. Do you view the concept of relics as something that belongs solely in the past, or do you think there are modern-day relics?
I think anything can become a relic in time.
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4. Walk us through the creative process of creating your work!!
I start by drawing simple sketches on paper, figuring out the general shape of the structure and how I will assemble it. After collecting the materials needed I build the structure/skeleton of the sculpture. Lastly, waste material is attached to the skeleton.
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5. Imagine your artwork was placed in a time capsule for future generations, what do you think it would say about the present moment?
Overconsumption
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5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
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6. What are you reading right now?
Haven’t been reading much lately, the last book I read was Helter Skelter.
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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
9:18 PM
Prints of Urban Installation