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DIANE COLLET-LARICHELIERE
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Diane Collet-Larichelière produces narrative work which explores the absurdity of life with respect to human relations and the sociological inequality of the sexes. She toys with philosophies that perpetuate stereotypes and produces puns inspired from everyday language.
Diane Collet-Larichelière was born in 1948 in Shawinigan, Quebec. She received a certificate in Plastic Arts from Sir George Williams School of Art in 1996, her BA in Plastic Arts (1996) and MA in Visual Arts Education (2003) from Concordia University.
Collet has exhibited throughout North America and internationally, and her works are found in both public and private collections in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan. She has also received several awards and mentions throughout her career, as well as a grant from the Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Québec in 1990.