L’ART S’AFFICHE
Maude Arsenault
Maude Arsenault is currently on display for L’art s’affiche on the facades of the Ubisoft’s Mile-End studios
Art Souterrain is proud to present the 17th edition of L’art s’affiche, in collaboration with Ubisoft Montreal.
For three months, Ubisoft will host a solo exhibition of the works of artist Maude Arsenault in the Mile-End, on the exterior facade of her studio at the corner of Saint-Viateur and Saint-Dominique streets.
Maude Arsenault
Biography
Maude Arsenault (b. 1973) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal whose practice explores representations of femininity and their spaces. Her work has been presented in exhibitions and residencies across Canada, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the United States. She is the author of two award-winning photobooks, Entangled (2020/2023) and Resurfacing (2023), both published by independent publisher Deadbeatclub in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Hariban Grand Prize Award in Japan in 2020, Arsenault was shortlisted in 2024 for the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award. She has also received the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship (2023), the Yvonne L. Bombardier Fellowship (2021), as well as several grants from the arts councils of Quebec and Canada.
Artistic Statement
My artistic approach is rooted in my experience as a cisgender woman, mother, and photographer, which has led me for over twenty-five years to explore the representations and issues related to female bodies in their physical, psychological, social, and symbolic dimensions. My work questions power structures, performance systems, and the conditions of women’s visibility.
Initially focused on photography, my practice has gradually expanded to include a multidisciplinary approach incorporating printmaking, sculpture, performance, and installation. Photography acts as a point of origin and a tool for observation, while the performative and contextual dimension of my site-specific interventions extends this reflection by directly engaging the body, space, and the relationship to the site. The materiality of the works thus allows for a shift towards more sensory, embodied, and sculptural forms. My work, often fragile and textured, plays with folds, cuts, and interstices, and explores the dialogues between bodies, images, and materials.
