About

Caroline Mousseau is an artist based in Winnipeg, located on Treaty One Territory. Mousseau has exhibited throughout North America, with presentations at the Art Gallery of Guelph, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Birch Contemporary, Art Toronto (Canada), CYDONIA (USA) and Zona Maco (Mexico) among others. She was the recipient of the prestigious Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting (2019) and several other awards including a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC 2019). In 2014, Mousseau was curated in the Thames & Hudson publication 100 Painters of Tomorrow with its accompanying exhibition in New York and book launch in London, UK. Mousseau holds an MFA from the University of Guelph (2020) and a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2012). Mousseau’s works are found in private collections throughout Canada, the United States, and South America.

Education

2020 Master of Fine Arts — University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts — Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Wrestling with Static — aceartinc., Winnipeg, Canada

2020

That Nagging Feeling — Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

2017

Surrounding Isolations — CYDONIA, Fort Worth, TX, USA

2016

Isolated Abstractions — Art Toronto, CYDONIA, Toronto, Canada

2015

Caroline Mousseau — CYDONIA, Dallas, TX, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

ART/CRAFT 2022 — The Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

2019

Preface — The Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada

Cognizance — Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

MFA Open Studios 2019 — University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

2018

New Energy — The Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Canada

2017

ab Next: Contemporary Abstraction by Emerging Canadian Artists — The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada

Another Chance to Do Right — CYDONIA, Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico

Célébration/Celebration — Beaux-arts des Amériques, Montréal, Canada

2014

100 Painters of Tomorrow — One Art Space Gallery, New York, NY, USA
#GIRLONGIRL — The Incubator, hosted by the Black and Yellow Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2012

Fresh Paint/New Construction — Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada

Degree Exhibition — Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada

Downstream: reimagining water — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada

2011

Painters ’11 — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada
Nomad First Opening — Nomad Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2010

Fabrication — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada
Metascope — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada
Space or Practiced Place — Stray Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada

2009

Grounded — Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Foundation Show — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada
Faculty Chosen Work: Foundation Show — Concourse Gallery (ECUAD), Vancouver, Canada

Auctions

2022

ART/CRAFT 2022, The Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

2020

16th Annual C Magazine Contemporary Art Auction, C Magazine, Toronto, Canada

Awards

2019

Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting, Joseph Plaskett Foundation

SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council CGS-M Award, University of Guelph

Dean’s Tri-Council Award, University of Guelph

College of Arts Travel and Research Grant, University of Guelph

2018

College of Arts Travel and Research Grant, University of Guelph

Graduate Tuition Scholarship (2018-2020), University of Guelph

University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph

Materials’ Bursary, University of Guelph

2012

Valedictorian, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Riel Prize for Community Development, Société Franco-manitobaine

2010

Brissenden Scholarship for Promise in Painting, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Visual Arts Major Scholarship, Namta Foundation

2009

Presidents’ Scholarship, Investors Group

Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Writing

2023

Mousseau, Caroline. (5 May 2023). Soundbites. Text in collaboration with the exhibition Sounding it Out by Larisssa Tiggelers, Norberg Hall.

Bibliography

2020

Tours: Caroline Mousseau and Mark-Making.” CYDONIA Blog, 7 May 2020.

2019

Hey, WYD?— An Interview with Caroline Mousseau.” CYDONIA Blog, 19 June 2019.

Caroline Mousseau Wins the 2019 Plaskett Award.” Canadian Art, 15 June 2019.

Caroline Mousseau Wins $30,000 Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting.The Joe Plaskett Foundation, 15 June 2019.

2017

Jansma, L., Raetsen-Kemp, D., Wharton, S., (2017). ab NEXT: Contemporary Abstraction by Emerging Artists, Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

2015

Smart, Lauren. (25 March 2015). “5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend.” Dallas Observer.

Simek, Peter. (6 March 2015). “Your Weekend’s Art Picks: Ice Edition.” D Magazine.

Morgan, Kendall. (6 March 2015). “Dallas Gallerist Renews Focus and More of this Month’s Essential Art Visits.” Culture Map.

Smart, Lauren. (4 March 2015). “5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend.” Dallas Observer.

2014

Beers, Kurt. (September 2014). 100 Painters of Tomorrow. Thames and Hudson: p 170-171.

2012

Downstream: reimagining water. Downstream Research Project. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, p 1-2.

Fresh Paint and New Construction: 8th edition. Art Mûr Gallery, Art Mûr, Vol. 7 no 6, p. 7.