BIO /CV+
Paper sculptor
Originally from Quebec City, Karine Demers devotes her artistic career to the Laurentians region. Karine Demers studied spatial design and building design before developing her artistic output in visual presentation. Since 2018, several cultural venues and events have hosted her work, including Plural-Montréal, Art Toronto, EXPO CHICAGO, Future Fair in New York, the Maisons de la culture de Montréal, and the Centre national d'exposition de Jonquière, to name a few. The patiently crafted works of this self-taught visual artist reflect her personality through their creative vitality, as well as the delicacy of some pieces. They can be found in several public and private collections.
Karine Demers is represented b
Galerie Robertson Ares, Montréal, Canada
ALFA GALLERY, Miami, New York, USA
Approach
Navigating the work of repetition and the healing process through meditative acts, Karine Demers's creations are the result of an intimate creative process, addressing the constraints inherent in habit disorders (obsessive-compulsive disorder), anxiety, and the rhythm of life. Each work is composed of a large number of pieces of paper, folded or in strips, rigorously arranged on a surface like a painting, or suspended in space in a sculptural manner. The delicate calibration required by the complex composition of each piece balances the impression of excess caused by the impulse to repeat.
Demers draws part of her inspiration from the healing aspect of art, which articulates issues specific to identity and self-transformation. Through the accumulation of gestures, she proposes to sublimate the shame of psychological imbalance into a creative force. The punctuation of shapes and colors refuses any disorder and engenders the aesthetic satisfaction specific to catharsis, allowing the liberation and sublimation of troubled states into a restorative outcome.
Equally inspired by architecture and the observation of nature, Karine Demers has a particular penchant for the effects of light and shadows resulting from the three-dimensional aspect of her works. The light falling on reliefs of varying heights (and their inherent shadows) brings an important dimension to the work. These are parts of the work that must be considered. Demers observes the natural effects that occur within the work and attempts to accentuate their ability to change with the atmosphere.
The work is dependent on its habitat. Depending on its location, it reveals its multiple facets. In compositions of clean or organic shapes, this artist fascinates with the repetition of abstract elements, calling for simplicity and the eloquence of a meditative approach rooted in complexity.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Karine Demers
514.953.2230
E-mail: karine.demers@gmail.com
Web: karinedemersarts.ca
www.instagram.com/karine.demers.artiste/
EXPOSITIONS SOLOS
2025 SOEURS, Pavillon Monkland - Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, MTL, Canada
2024 SOEURS, Centre des arts et des loisirs Alain-Larue, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Canada
2024 SOUS LES PLIS LE BRUIT, Centre d'exposition Raymond-Lasnier, Trois-Rivières, Canada
2024 DES CARROUSELS DANS LA TÊTE, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada
2023 CONVERSATIONS D’ALCÔVES ET PETITS SALONS, Robertson Arès Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2022 DES CARROUSELS DANS MA TÊTE, TOHU | Cité des Arts du Cirque, Montréal, Canada
2022 DES MOTS DANS LES MAINS, Centre culturel Peter B. Yeomans, Dorval, Canada
2022 DES MOTS DANS LES MAINS, Centre ATOLL | ART ACTUEL, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
2021 PAYSAGES CROISÉS, HORIZONS INÉDITS, Galerie Bernard, Montréal, Canada
2021 DES MOTS DANS LES MAINS, Salle de Diffusion Parc-Extension, Montréal, Canada
2019 ARCHITECTURE DES FORÊTS, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
2018 SÉQUENCE I Karine Demers, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES ET FOIRES
2025 FUTURE FAIR NEW YORK, Art Fair, Galerie Robertson Arès – New-York, USA
2025 ART TORONTO Art Fair, Galerie Robertson Arès, Toronto, Canada
2025 EXPO/CHICAGO Art Fair, Chicago, USA
2025 PLURAL Art Fair, (Galerie Robertson Arès), Montréal, Canada
2025 PLIER LES MONDES, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, Canada
2024 NOUVELLE ÈRE: CINQUIÈME ANNIVERSAIRE, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, Canada
2024 ART TORONTO Art Fair, Galerie Robertson Arès, Toronto, Canada
2024 XL-6, Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, Canada
2024 L'expo deux cinq zero, Site historique Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Montréal, Canada
2024 EXPO/CHICAGO-THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF CONTEMPORARY & MODERN ART, Chicago, USA
2024 PLURAL Art Fair, Galerie Robertson Arès), Montréal, Canada
2024 PAPERHOLIC I OBSESSION PAPIER, Villa Bagatelle, Québec, Canada
2023 TORONTO ART FAIR (Galerie Robertson Arès), Toronto, Canada
2023 BLUE MONDAY, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, Canada
2022 PAPERHOLIC I OBSESSION PAPIER, La Guilde, Montréal, Canada
2022 Espace I Perspective I Space, Galerie Jano Lapin, Verdun, Canada
2022 BATTEMENTS, Centre National d’exposition, Jonquière, Canada
2022 Variations sur l’art d’ici, Écomusée du fier monde, Montréal, Canada
2021 PAPIER 21 (Galerie Bernard), Montréal, Canada
2020 LES MONDES DE PAPIER de Karine Demers et Mégan Herwig, Galerie d’Esté, Montréal, Canada
2020 PAPIER 20 (Galerie d’Este), Montréal, Canada
2020 FAC de St-Lambert (Foire d’art contemporain), St-Lambert, Canada
2020 Variations sur l’art d’ici, Écomusée du fier monde, Montréal, Canada
2020 Nuit blanche à Montréal I VERT, Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
2019 Gala Découvart, Fondation Proaction, Galerie Gora, Montréal, Canada
2019 FAC de St-Lambert (Foire d’art contemporain), Saint-Lambert, Canada
2019 ON BOARD!, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
2018 BLANC, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
2018 Confluence, Galerie 175-b, Montréal, Canada
2018 ON BOARD!, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
2018 Contemporary Canadian artists and historic masters, Canadian Fine Arts Gallery, Yorkville, Canada
2018 Nuit blanche à Montréal I MIXTES, Atelier I Galerie Marc Gosselin, Montréal, Canada
ENCANS-BÉNÉFICES
2025 Fondation Jordi Bonet | Art contemporain, Montérégie, Canada
2024 Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides, St-Jérôme, Canada
2024 Artiste-marraine, Encan Parle-moi d’amour-Les Impatients-Rive-Sud, Montérégie, Canada
2021-2022-2023-2024-2025 Moi m’aime-cent autoportraits, Le Cap (Centre d’apprentissage parallèle), Montréal, Canada
2020-2021-2022-2023-2024-2025 Encan Parle-moi d’amour-Les Impatients-Mtl, Montréal, Canada
2023 Encan-bénéfice Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Montréal, Canada
2023-2024-2025 Encan Parle-moi d’amour-Les Impatients-Lanaudière, Centre d'art Diane-Dufresne, Canada
PRIX ET BOURSES
2023 Lauréate, prix Arts visuels; 32e édition des Grands Prix Desjardins de la culture de Lanaudière
2023 Bourse volet; Création, production, rayonnement, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec et le partenariat territorial de Lanaudière
2021 Bourse volet; Diffusion, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2019 FAC de St-Lambert, Prix du public, Saint-Lambert, Canada
2019 Prix du public «Galerie Jean-Tal 2019», œuvre «Dreamers»
COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES
2022 Google Canada, Montréal, Canada
2021 Ville de Joliette, Québec, Canada
ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES ET IMPLICATION
Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec RAAV, Catégorie artiste professionnel
Culture Lanaudière- membre artiste visuel
Artiste responsable des ateliers, Les Impatients | Rawdon, 2021-2022
FORMATIONS
2012 Dessin de bâtiment, École des métiers du Sud-Ouest, Montréal, Canada
1997-1998 Technique d’aménagement intérieur, mention distinction, Académie Julien, Montréal, Canada
1996-1997 Études collégiales en Arts plastiques, Cégep de Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada