Amélie Proulx
Amélie Proulx is an artist living and working in Lévis, Québec, Canada. She received a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal (2006) and an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax (2010). Her artwork has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Australia, Scotland and France. In 2013, she received the RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, and the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics in 2016 at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. In 2021, she received the Prix Videre Création en arts visuels awarded by Manif d’Art. Since 2019, she has been making public artwork for different public spaces in the province of Québec. Her public art practice allows her to work on bigger and more ambitious projects that are permanently installed in different public settings. She has also participated in several residencies, notably at the European Ceramic Work Centre (The Netherlands, 2014) and the arts/industry residency at Kohler Co. (Wisconsin, 2017). She teaches ceramics at the Maison des métiers d’art de Québec and Concordia University in Montréal. Her work is found in several public and private collections, most notably the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. She is represented by Chiguer Art Contemporain.
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