Debby Talbot

Biography

Debby Talbot was born in 1977 in Quebec. In 2013, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Visual and Media Arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal. For some years now, she has exhibited in Québec City, Toronto and Paris. She received a painting scholarship from the Fondation McAbbie in 2012. In connection with the BMO 1st Art! competition in 2013, she was chosen for the painting category as part of the university selection process (UQAM). In 2017, she was selected by the Canadian delegation for the Salon des beaux arts at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. In 2021, she was a finalist in a government project integrating art and architecture (1%) for the Centre récréotouristique de Saint-Constant. Her works are part of private collections, the Montréal artwork collection as well as the Colart collection. Debby Talbot lives and works in Montréal.

Artist’s statement

In my artwork, I seek to explore limits and barriers, and test the fragmentation of forms and the luminosity of colours (values and tones). Surveillance, appearance and camouflage are themes in my practice. My paintings become interactive in the sense that the coloured matter and its tactile aspect are a direct channel to the public; as a result, taking a step back will allow viewers to better observe the subject at a distance. Shifting, dissolution of reference points and reconstruction: this is the visual dialogue that challenges me in my practice.

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Education

2013	Bachelor’s degree.. Visual and Media Arts, UQAM, Montreal, QC
2008	Plastic Arts certificate, UQAM, Montréal, QC

Solo exhibitions

2021	Finalist for a government architectural integration project (1%) Centre récréotouristique de Saint-Constant
2018	Galerie du Vieux St-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
2017	Centre National d’Exposition, Ville de Saguenay, QC
2017	Centre d’exposition d’Amos, Amos, QC
2017	Galerie du Rift de Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie QC
2017	Galerie Renée-Blain, Brossard, QC
2017	Galerie d’art UNO, Ville de Québec, QC
2016	Galerie du Vieux St-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
2015	Repai(è)res, Centre culturel Vanier, Châteauguay, QC
2015	Repai(è)res, Galerie d’Art d’Outremont, Montréal, QC
2015	Repai(è)res, Gallery 1313 (Process Gallery), Toronto, ON
2012	Chair Mamy, Centre culturel Georges-Vanier, Montréal, QC

Group exhibitions

2017	Le Salon des beaux arts 2017 au Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FR
2016	Scènes de vie, L’espace contemporain de Montréal, QC
2016	Panorama-Naturel, L’espace contemporain de Montréal, QC
2013	Concours Annuel 2013, MACSF, Saint-Faustin, QC
2013	Complot X : Dégât, Grover Building, Montréal, QC
2013	La Maison des Arts et de la Culture St-Faustin, Saint-Faustin, QC
2013	Passage à découvert 2013, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC
2013	Exposition des lauréats de l’ÉAVM (UQAM), MACSF, Saint-Faustin, QC
2012	Paramètres 2012, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal, QC
2012	Et autres surprises en boîtes, Espace Jean-Brillant, Montréal, QC

Awards

2016	Finalist of the Baie-Saint-Paul National Painting Competition
2013	UQAM university selection for scholarship 1res Œuvres BMO
2012	McAbbie Foundation Excellence in Painting Scholarship

Bibliography

2013	Exhibition – Complot X : Dégât – Constat de décès, Le Devoir, Arts visuels, 25 mai 2013 (DELGADO, Jérome)
2013	Publication of Project Conspiracy X
2013	Passage à découvert 2013, Catalogue d’exposition

Collections

• Montréal city’s artwork collection
• Colart Collection
• Private collections