b.1986, Montréal, QC, Canada

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Maude Corriveau transfigures disposable and synthetic materials through a practice of pastel drawing and oil painting informed by an interest in the effect of light on matter. Her hyperrealist practice explores perceptual thresholds and reflects a post-screen condition, translating visual effects associated with digital interfaces into slow, analog gestures.

 

In her approach to still life, Corriveau intervenes digitally to intensify certain optical phenomena such as shadows or refracted light. Her complex yet minimalist compositions metamorphose the pictorial space into an ethereal world that plays with the line between the illusion and the real. Fabric folds, curtains, glass panes, mirrors, and windows are a constant presence in Corriveau's oeuvre, suggesting an expanded space beyond the flat surface and creating a flow between the interior and the exterior. The recurring motif of the curtain points to the dangerous allure of the screen serving as a faux window to the world, while underscoring technology’s ability to transport us to another dimension of feeling and existence.

 

In the artist’s own words: “I consciously use pastel and iridescent colors as a critical strategy. What is often perceived as purely feminine becomes a way to question hierarchies in art history, the status of the pastel medium, and the politics of softness. Craft, for me, is a form of resistance to digital flattening, inviting a contemplative, sensory, and haptic experience. Draped fabrics become almost immaterial surfaces, producing effects that evoke both classical painting and the visual language of digital screens.”

 

Maude Corriveau (b. 1986) is a Canadian artist based in Montreal. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Visual and Media Arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal. Corriveau’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art of Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme, Museum of Fine Arts in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, PLATO, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Galerie Cache Studio, Orama, and many others. She has received grants from the Conseil des arts du Québec (2024), the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship (2023), the Canada Council for the Arts (2021) and the Yvonne L. Bombardier Graduate Scholarship (2019). In 2024, she participated in the NARS Foundation residency in Brooklyn, NY. Corriveau’s work has been featured in numerous publications such as Le Canada Francais, Vie des Arts, Hypebeast, Le Devoir, Le Nouvelliste, Le Culte, La Presse and many more. The artist's work adorn museum, private and corporate collections, including those of Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, BMO Bank of Montreal, Desjardins and Ubisoft, among others.