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Caroline Monnet is a french Canadian Multidisciplinary artist who is known for her art installations and films with the National Filmboard of Canada (NFB)
Back Ground Caroline Monnet is a multi-disciplinary artist based out of Montreal Quebec Canada. She is a French Canadian artist who is known for her photography and art installations. Monnet is also known as a filmmaker with various films depicting her heritage as a person of European ancestry as well as First nations culture from her great grandmother who was a first nations woman of Algonquin descent from the Outaouais region of Quebec. Caroline Monnet is primarily a self-taught artist with no post-secondary training in art or filmmaking. Monnet is currently a filmmaker under the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and it is stated that she has over 700 films within the national film board.
Education Caroline Monnet has B.A in communications and sociology from the University of Ottawa and has studied at the University of Granada in Spain.
Career Recently Caroline Monnet released a short film named mobilize which is a film using old footage from the national film board archives, the footage from the films included Cree Hunters of Mistassini, Cesar et son Can't D'Ercorce (Cesar's Birch Bark Canoe), and footage of mohawk ironworkers. Mobilize is a part of a four part series named "Souvinir" that includes three other filmmakers such as Kent Monkman, Michelle Latimer, Jeff Barnaby.
Style Caroline Monnet's style in her art is heavily influenced by first nations culture in Canada mostly involving folklore, stories and cultural reference in her artwork and films.
Sources
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