Lately, I've been working on a series of suspended object-paintings halfway between architectural ornament and painting. These seemingly vitrified floral bouquets were created in collaboration with a jeweller (Marie-Maude Brunet @marmojewelry, the silver brackets and hanging device). In this way, I hope to give weight and permanence to techniques neglected by women in the history of art and culture: " her cut-outs of flowers create permanence in the ephemeral, [...] alluding to the feminine ritual of gardening and drying flowers and herbs. [...] The sign is clear (a bouquet of flowers), while the signified is numerous: friendship between women, traditions that are passed on between generations, the act of caring for living objects, the cultural history of gardens." (Dooley, 2023).

Véronique Chagnon Côté

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Véronique Chagnon Côté lives and works in Montreal. She is a professor of painting practice at UQAM and holds a master's degree in Studio Art from Concordia University (2016). Her work has been the subject of several solo and collaborative exhibitions, including S'Étreindre at Occurrence (with Chloë Charce, Montreal) in 2022, Sous ses yeux de pierre at Forest City Gallery (with Élise Lafontaine, London, On) in 2023, FOFA at CASA and Petites pièces at FOFA Gallery (Montreal) in 2020. Some works have been presented in group shows such as Paradis Liberté at the Foire d'art actuel de Québec, Material Remains at Young Space (NY, USA) 3D at Alfa Gallery (Miami, USA). Her work was published in VAST Magazine, Friend of the Artist and Le Sabord. She is a member of the Espaces Spéculatifs research group affiliated with UQAM's School of Visual and Media Arts.