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2011 Exhibition from July 6 to August 6 CAROL BERNIER: Récent works Captivated by light and transparency, Carol Bernier has developed a painting technique that resembles water colour but uses oils instead. Her technique calls for many superimposed layers of colours and varnish. This eclectic artist also readily incorporates unusual materials, such as tar, to add extra richness to her work. The result is all nuance and clever textures. Less concerned with outright illustration than with suggestion, Bernier’s work addresses painting’s eternal challenge: how to use the work’s inherent power to present the viewer with an internal reality. In Bernier’s master’s thesis submitted in 1994, she examines the notion of artistic solitude as a necessity to the creative process. Today, her self-imposed seclusion enables her to continue searching for the absolute, for authenticity, stripped of all preconceived ideas. The movements used in creating her work are revealed through a sequence that is neither logical nor linear, but rather natural and spontaneous. She is trying to find a language without restrictions or compromise, a language that is both gentle and violent, both light and textured. Carol Bernier was born in 1963 in Montréal, where she currently lives and works. She has studied art history and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her curiosity in respect to all forms of art led her first to Hungary and then to France, where she trained in printmaking. Since 1994, Carol Bernier’s work has been the subject of a number of solo exhibitions in Montréal, in particular at Galerie Simon Blais, and in Europe. It has also been on view in group exhibitions presented throughout Canada, as well as in New York City and Mexico.
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