Cynthia Coulombe-Bégin
brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity in
performance art. Her work draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul
and matter, conscience, and the universe.
Coulombe-Bégin’s textural
paintings often focus on large close-up portrayals of the mouth and eyes, which
are depicted with great contrasts of color and chiaroscuro. She directs her
attention to an abstract universe full of movement, symbolism, and eroticism.
Born in Miami, Coulombe-Bégin
grew up in Quebec City where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from
Laval University. She also trained as a dancer and has participated in numerous
performances throughout Quebec. Starting very young, her parents focused a
great deal on both the arts and athletics which helped her develop her own mode
of expression.
“I am
particularly interested in the fragmented corporal shell, which I emphasize through
spontaneous movement and vivid colors,” stated Coulombe-Bégin. “My experience
with painting has led me to see things differently, to self-discovery, and to
great astonishment. A movement begins to take shape, from the outside in,
resembling a quest for invisible energy and the total union between body and
mind. The notion of performance, the search for identity, and the exposure of
the body to an explosive universe are indicative of my desire to cast light on
all the beauty and vulnerability of our existence in a single image.”
Coulombe-Bégin
began her professional artistic career at the Marius Barbeau Museum with her
first solo exhibition, Traces Corporelles, in 2006. She has continued to exhibit
in galleries and art fairs in Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and
Quebec. Coulombe-Bégin’s works have been acquired by numerous private collectors
in Canada, the United States, Europe, Brazil and Australia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Inspire moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul
2021 Le
Corps à Coeur, Galerie Corno X Beauchamp, Montréal
2019 Rêve moi, Centre
Boréart, Granby, QC
Feel Moi, Galerie
Iris, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2017 Wildest Dreams, La
nuit des Galeries, Québec
Salon d’habitation d’automne, Qébec
2016 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Québec
2015 Polyphonie, Palais
Montcalm, Québec
2012 Le feu à la bouche,
SSS, Québec, QC
2011 Le Moulin La Lorraine, Lac Etchemin, QC
2010 Lunetterie du faubourg, Quebec
Les futures
Déesses désirées, Le Cercle, Quebec, QC
Trafic d'organes,
Clocher penché, Quebec, QC
Corps et Corporalités, Studio Party Time, Quebec
2007 Mehurt Passus, performance et installation
multimédia, Centre d'art Diagonale, Montreal, QC
2006 Traces corporelles, Marius-Barbeau Museum,
St-Joseph de Beauce, QC
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair, Arteria Gallery,
Hong Kong
2022 Affordable
Art Fair, Arteria Gallery, Singapore
2021 Affordable Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, New York
Affordable Art
Fair, Arteria Gallery, Battersea London
2019 Scope Art Show,
Arteria Gallery, Miami Beach
Le Luxart Art Gallery, Montreal
Affordable Art Fair, Arteria Gallery, New York
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
Beauchamp Art
Gallery, Quebec, Baie-St-Paul and Toronto
2018 Affordable Art Fair,
Arteria Gallery, Hong Kong
Art Market San
Francisco, Arteria Gallery, California
Art Palm Spring, Arteria Gallery, California
Le Luxart Art Gallery, Montreal
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
2017 Clio Art Fair, New
York
The Artist
Project, Toronto
Galerie d’art du Chateau
Frontenac, Quebec
2016 Le Luxart Art Gallery,
Montreal
Galerie d’art du Chateau Frontenac, Quebec
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
2015 Féminin Plurielle,
Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul
Beauchamp Art
Gallery, Quebec, Baie-St-Paul and Toronto
2014 Take Over, See-me,
Time Square New York
Las Olas Fine
Arts Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
Iris Art Gallery, Baie-St-Paul
Beauchamp Art
Gallery, Quebec, Baie-St-Paul and Toronto
2013 Contemporary Masters,
Las Vegas
The Story of Creatives, See-Me, New York
Factory Art Gallery, Quebec
2012 Beauchamp Art Gallery, Quebec, Baie-St-Paul
and Toronto
Ambiance Art Gallery, Montreal
2011 Ni Vu Ni Cornu art Gallery, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
2006
Exhibition of award winners 2006,
Gallery of Visual Arts of Laval University
Exhibition of
graduates in visual arts, the School of Visual Arts of Laval University
Les,
the Art Gallery of the Alphonse-Desjardins Building of Laval University
PRESS
2021 Journal de Québec
et Joural de Montreal, Inspirer les Autres
2019 TV interview,
Personnalité, Radio-Canada, Catherine Gignac
TV
performance and interview, Salut Bonjour (Morning Show), Gino Chouinard, TVA
TV interview, Pleins feux sur Québec,
Marie-Christine Leblanc, TVA
TV
interview for the visual work on The Voice (QC)TV show, Anouk Meunier, TVA
Pour
la voix, elle a fait du Cynthia! Journal de Québec & Journal de Montréal,
Cedric Belanger
2018 Artist honored
on the show of National Quebec day, Plaines d’Abraham
CCB,
une artiste authentique et éclatée, Journal Le Soleil, Claude Thibault
CCB
Amour fou, Sofa-Deco Magazine, hors serie, Sylvie Laberge p.292-293
2017 #2 The 30 most
exciting artists in Toronto right now, BlogTO
2015 Interview,
Quebec Scope Magazine
2014 Ses toiles de
Lady Gaga à la vue de la star derrière la scène, Journal de Québec et Journal
de Montréal, Cedric Belanger
2014 Article
in magazine 1608 (Summer 2014 edition)
2013 Newspaper
article in Le Soleil, weekend edition, October 5
2013 News
report, Radio-Canada, September 17
CBC
Radio-Canada 106,3 FM, radio interview with Ann-Josée Cameron, August 8CKRL
89,1 FM – radio interview, July 3
2012 Magazinart no98,
pp.57- 59 (French) pp. 84-86 (English) written by Michel Bois
2010 CKRL 89,1 FM,
interview Émission L'Aérospatial, April 7
2009 CKRL 89,1 FM,
interview Émission L'Aérospatial, April 22
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2019 Visual artist
for the TV show The Voice (Qc) Special commission
2019 Hotel
Suite Cynthia Coulombe Begin (#5) at La maison
Otis, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2014 Live painting at
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Québec
2009 Dancer-interpreter
for a Harold Rhéaume choreography Carrefour international de théâtre, Quebec
2007 Dancer-interpreter,
Karma Kameleon Show
2009 Rough
Draft, live demonstration– Miami
2008 Studio director
on the self-portrait for the Association of Visual Artists of the South Shore,
Quebec
2005 Practicum at the
Manif d'art 3 –International Art Manifestation of Quebec
COLLECTIONS
2010 Public
collection MRC Nouvelle-Beauce Award winning work at the 7th Art competition,
Marius-Barbeau
Museum Vie
en 3T: Tranche, Tronc, Trace
2008 Public
collection MRC Nouvelle-Beauce Award winning work at the 5th Art competition,
Marius-Barbeau
Museum Mouvance: Recherches et
apparitions
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
2017 Second prize
Birthday Competition - Artist Project Toronto
2012 First prize - Le
bal des yeux, Bursary provided by Opti Boutiq, Château Frontenac, QC
2010 Grand Jury Award
MRC Nouvelle-Beauce, 7th Art competition, Marius-Barbeau Museum, QC
2010 Moulin La
Lorraine Award, 7th Art competition, Marius-Barbeau Museum, QC
2008 Grand Jury Award
MRC Nouvelle-Beauce, 5th Art competition Marius-Barbeau Museum, QC
2006 Art Diagonale
Award, Exhibition of Visual Arts graduates of Laval University, QC
2006 Mention from
jury, 3rd Art competition, Marius-Barbeau Museum, QC
