Fortier Julie-Christine
born in 1973
videographer, sculptor, visual artist, performer, media artist, photographer
Julie-Christine Fortier is born in Sherbrooke (Québec) in 1973. She graduated with a MFA in Visual Arts from the University of Québec in Montréal in 2000. She lives in France since 2001 in a City of Rennes artist studio.
Her interest in playing and action is in keeping with the performance art tradition which she reinterprets through its modes of representation (video, installation, photography). Using various low tech solutions, she challenges the integrity of her image and her physical resistance within absurd situations which are derived from the comic cruelty of cartoons and burlesque cinema.
Since 1998, she has exhibited her installation works in North America and France. Her video works have been presented in numerous festivals, events and exhibitions such as Single Channel at the Blaffer Gallery (Houston,USA), Les Thés Vidéo in Le CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine (France), Trames horizontales / défilement vertical in the Museum of Québec (Canada).Her Julie in the Box video receive a mention at the second edition of the Young Quebec Artist Triennial and Mechanical Rodeo was awarded in three European festivals in France, Italy and Russia.
source:http://front.bc.ca/mediaarts/events/1419
