Courage (2005) Sculpture by Dominique Plastre

EVERY PIECE BECOMES AN ADVENTURE, A LEAPTH OF FAITH IN CREATION, A DISCOVERY IN BOUNDARIES NOT TO CROSS AS MUCH AS AN INVITATION TO THOSE TO PUSH THEM ASIDE, TO DARE CHALLENGE.

From a simple piece of colored glass this artist recreates a whole different world. She likes to draw on a piece that does not achieve its original intentions and pursue new avenues, guided by an unusual assemblage of parts. To attain at a final creation it can take several successive firings that will add color, transparent or alter the texture of the glass. It has technical requirements. If it supports up to 6 times or more firings, other times it will not tolerate certain juxtapositions of colors. Moreover, what could be a failure, an error, often produces the discovery of a beautiful texture, a new way of thinking, to treat the glass. It leads to new ways of creation.
BIOGRAPHY
The artist has participated in several group exhibitions and competitions where she won awards and honors.
The exhibition in September 2001 to the gallery ART-image, Maison de la culture of Gatineau, this event was the artist first solo exhibit and gathered works from 1997 to 2001.
In 2002 the Arts Council of Canada awarded her a research grant and for creation to professional artist in crafts. Since the artist has also received several training grants and support for her work. With the second solo exhibition of 2005 the artist shifted her creative process which enabled her to present these new works at the international level competitions such as the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial (2005), Estonia or the IV Bienal of Internaciaonal artes PLASTICAS in Madrid (2006). Some of her works are now exhibited in art galleries, private collections in Canada and Chile as well as the permanent collection of Lotto-Quebec and the Economuseum of fused glass in Quebec.

In late 2002, she launched her first collection of utilitarian art with dishes and serving trays in fused glass.
Since 2007, the artist has shifted her development towards the integration of 2D and 3D design in the image and object. She now does commission works to integrate glass in daily environment.

ART EVERY DAY REMAINS FOR THE ARTIST THE ESSENCE OF HIS WORK.

• Nationality: CANADA
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Canadian Artists