Karina Bleau




Bio

KARINA BLEAU (puppet design)
Since 2001, Karina Bleau has melded sculpture, film, and puppeteering, resulting in visual theater which explores matter, light, and the body in motion. She examines our relationship with the world through underlying themes of life, death, and transmittance, using art to shed light on the connections between humans and their inhabited spaces. She co-directs an
interdisciplinary research space which promotes the in-depth study of marginal artistic practices, and is dedicated to teaching her art to young
people.

Her work has been shown at home and internationally: Petit nid (2009), Atlantis (2010), Haïku du dernier souffle (2011), Jean-Claude est un homme-Maison (2012), Haïku en trois temps (2012), and Grain dans’ tête (2014).
Her next show, Sacré sucre, will premiere in 2016 at the Théâtre les Écuries in Montreal.


She collaborates with artists whose work resists disciplinary boundaries, such as the Inuit circus artist Guillaume Saladin (Artcirq), the circus
artists Karine Delzors (France/Switzerland) and Jessica Arpin (Switzerland/Quebec), the electroacoustic artist Félix Boisvert, the
puppeteer Justine Macadouz (France/Quebec), Théâtre Incliné (Fils Blanc), and the geopoet Jean Morrisset. She has been recognized for
her innovations in theater, earning a diploma in contemporary puppeteering and a master’s degree in theater at the Université du Québec in
Montreal, and received the 2004 international Arlyne award for puppet design.

Karina Bleau selected for the Society for Arts and Technology Residency Program!

The Society for Arts and Technology is pleased to announce the artists who will join its 2023-24 residency program starting this April. Among its selected artists includes Envision’s Karina Bleau! 

"Between collective immersion, hybridization and interactivity, it is through 21 creative projects from SAT’s last call that these artists will have the opportunity to experiment, develop and advance the field of immersive arts alongside our teams, opening the way to new and striking experiences."

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📷: David Jean and Jérôme Scaglia


Karina Bleau wins the CALQ Prize - Laval Work of the Year

Congratulations to Karina Bleau, winner of the CALQ Prize - Laval Work of the Year, offered by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and to recognize the work of an artist, a writer or a collective of Laval artists. whose work has been the subject of a recent public presentation. Read more about Karina and watch a video about her work on here on La Fabrique Culturelle.


Karina Bleau nominated for Prix du CALQ - Oeuvre de l'année 2019 - Laval

Karina Bleau is a finalist for the Prix du CALQ - Oeuvre de l'année 2019 - Laval. Watch a video where she describes her practice as a chemical puppeteer. The CALQ Prize - Laval Work of the Year is offered by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and aims to recognize the work of an artist, a writer or a collective of Laval artists whose work has been the subject of a recent public presentation.