Artist
About
- Discipline: Acrylics and embroidery
- Location: Espace Mur-mur des arts (Brossard Georgette-Lepage library) | 7855, avenue San-Francisco, Brossard
Description
Through the portrait of a woman, Marie-Josée Desjardins explores how identities are constructed, transmitted and transformed. Drawing on visual archives and digitally assembled photographic images, she creates hybrid portraits composed of fragments of female faces and bodies.
Combining acrylic paint and embroidery – a gesture rooted in a history long associated with women’s work – the artist creates a dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity. Her works become open narrative spaces where memory, heritage and transformation combine to question the richness and complexity of female identity.
About the artist
Originally from the Laurentians, Marie-Josée Desjardins holds a degree in visual and media arts from UQAM (2019). She has been represented by the Galerie du Vieux-Saint-Jean since 2021, and her works can be found in public collections including those of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Sorel-Tracy. His work, presented in various cultural venues, was awarded an honorable mention at a group show at La Prairie in 2024. Socially committed, she takes part in the Impatients charity auctions. She also passes on her knowledge by teaching for the City of Varennes.
