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Karen Blanchet

Blanchet Fine Arts

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Affiliate Active Member
First name
Karen
Last name
Blanchet
Organization
Blanchet Fine Arts
Phone
780-977-3450
Affiliate Photograph/Avatar
Image 1
Image Title 1
Presence/présence
Image 2
Image Title 2
Power/puissance
Image 3
Image Title 3
Lazy Loops/passages paresseux
Services Available
  • Commissioned Artwork
  • Commissioned Mural
  • Workshop Instruction
  • Technique Demonstration
  • Balanced Critique
Media Used
  • Acrylic
  • Charcoal
  • Collage
  • Color Pencil
  • Graphite
  • Metal
  • Mixed media
  • Printmaking
  • Watercolour
Studio Location Street Address
12936 108 Street NW Edmonton AB T5E 4X3
Studio Hours and Contact Information
By appointment only
708-761-7262
blanchet.fine.arts@gmail.com
Artist Statement
We live in a fractured world. Wars, famine and power games are forcing people to abandon their homes and their way of life in hopes of finding peace. For lack of education or specialized skills, the poor are not accepted into our northern communities. They stay in the camps on the borders of turmoil, separated from local community. Animals are caught in the crossfire. Even the trees and the rocks suffer the agony of imbalance. This chaos is evident in my work. In between the rivulets of paint and the textural accidents I choose colours and forms to suggest a landscape where beauty continues to reign. We can still change the tide and build a new world harmony. Certainly, contemporary will focuses on gold instead of beauty. Yet, beauty is essential to the wellbeing of the planet. She is essential to the survival of humanity.
Biography
Introduced to poverty at the age of twelve, Karen became acutely aware of the plight of others. Her involvement with the Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) Development and Peace-Caritas Canada has broadened her understanding about the widening gap between rich and poor and the abuse wreaked upon our lovely planet Earth. Having settled in Edmonton in 2011 she has concentrated on bringing awareness to others through her mixed media paintings, installations and poetry. A founding member of Devenir, DDK and Duo, she enjoys the dynamic of working in tandem with other artists as well as within the more traditional solo model. Her studio/gallery, in her backyard, and is open to the public by appointment only.
CV Highlights
EDUCATION
2024 Professional Workshops: ISEA symposium, Grand Haven
2022 Professional Workshop: ISEA symposium, St Albert AB
2019 Professional Workshop: RAFA, mentorship, Serge Murphy
2018 Professional Workshop: SNAP, Edmonton, silk screen printing
2017 Professional Workshop: Entr’ARTS, Banff Centre
1979-80 Professional A Teaching Certificate: University of Saskatchewan
1972-76 Bachelor of Arts (Honours French): University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
1969-71 Foundation for Visual Art: Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia

EXHIBITION WORK
Solo (selected)
2023 VASA, Main Gallery, St. Albert, AB “Wanderings”
2022 VASA, Corridor Gallery, St. Albert, AB "Challenge"
2021 The Carrot, Featured Artist, Oneing, Edmonton, AB
2020 ISEA 29th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, St. Albert, AB (virtuel)
2020 Mezzanine Gallery, Glenrose Rehab Hospital, Edmonton, AB “One/Essence”
2019 VASA, St. Albert, AB “The Veil”
2019 Three Sisters Gallery, Canmore, AB “Sacré”
2018 Mezzanine Gallery, Glenrose Rehab Hospital, Edmonton, AB “Wildwood”
2017 VASA, St. Albert, “Sacred”
2015 VASA Gallery, Saint Albert, Alberta, “Kindred”, mixed media on canvas
Collectif Devenir
2024 CAVA-vitrines-“Petites sagas”
2023 Galerie de Grande Prairie, Trex, “Petites sagas”
2022 Alberta Legislature, Edmonton, AB Exposition d’un jour.
2022 GM Western Art Gallery, Drumheller, AB “Greening”
2021 Cspace, Alliance française, Calgary, AB Cinq.5.Cinq.
2020 VASA, St. Albert, AB “Ephemeral Obsessions”
2019 SAAG, Salmon Arm, BC “Devenir”
2019 Three Sisters Gallery, Canmore, “Abondance”
2019 Feb-Mar, Multicultural Heritage Cntr, Stony Plain, AB “Devenir”
Collective DDK
2024 CAVA-Espace exploration-“Contradictions”
2023 ASA, Calgary, AB, “Le sauvage dans l’urbaine”
2022 VASA, St. Albert, AB “Urban Surprises”
2022 “World View-Art Inspiring Art” Lowel!Arts, Michigan, USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYYxQrGqy0&t=5s
2020 CAVA, Edmonton, AB “Le sauvage dans l’urbain”
2020 ISEA 29th Open Juried Exhibition, online "Urban surprises"
Collective DUO
2025 Stone’s Throw Café, Crowsnest Pass AB
2024 ASA-Boundaries traveling exhibition, “Intersecting Moments”
2023 ISEA-Utterly Profound “Kin”- won 3rd prize
Group (selected)
2022 ISEA 31st Innovations symposium, "Looking Back"
2020 ISEA 29th Open Juried Exhibition, "Alarm"
2012-2024 Federation of Canadian Artists, several juried shows, w/c, mixed media, drawing
2009-2024 VASA, Saint Albert, Alberta, Member Shows
1998-2024 CAVA, Edmonton, Alberta, Member Shows, JazzArt
2005-2024 Harcourt House, Edmonton, Alberta, Member Shows and Naked Shows

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