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Prize kick-starts careers for emerging artists

Concordia’s Yannick Desranleau and UQAM’s Guillaume Adjutor Provost named 2016 winners of Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art

Montreal, April 21, 2016 — Two emerging artists have received career-changing support. Concordia’s Yannick Desranleau and Guillaume Adjutor Provost of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) are the winners of the 2016 Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowships in Contemporary Art.

Valued at $60,500 each, the two-year fellowships provide recognition and support for artists to develop their work and research as they transition from a university to a professional environment. Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowships in Contemporary Art are awarded annually to two students graduating from a master’s or PhD program in visual or media arts — one from UQAM and the other from Concordia.

“A prize like this brings a certain level of stability that will enable me to take more risks, implement more daring ideas and push further creatively,” says Desranleau, who graduates this spring with an MFA in sculpture from Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

“We are very proud of our fellows,” says Claudine Bronfman. “The journey from emerging to established artists is a challenging one.”

“Participating in the early stages of these young artists’ careers is a way to bolster the Montreal art scene, ensuring that our city retains its image as a major cultural centre,” says Stephen Bronfman.

Yannick Desranleau
Desranleau works in collaboration with Concordia graduate Chloë Lum, BFA 15. They’ve collaborated as multidisciplinary artists since 2002, until recently under the name Seripop. They work in installation, sculpture, photography, dance, print and video. A current focus is on the lifespan of materials, where objects perform through their decay, constantly changing and wearing the traces of past use. Their work is collected by the Victoria and Albert Museum and by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Guillaume Adjutor Provost
Provost is the first-ever Bronfman fellow graduating from a doctoral program. The multidisciplinary artist will receive his PhD from UQAM’s Faculty of Arts this spring. His recent projects employ hybrid propositions that borrow from the languages of visual art, curation and literature. Provost’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland.

“We are grateful to the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation for establishing one of the most comprehensive and visionary awards in Canada that supports studio production, exhibition, publication, and teaching opportunities over two full years for each of the artists,” says Rebecca Duclos, dean of Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

“The highly competitive fellowships attract exceptional individuals to our two universities and reaffirm Montreal’s status as a major artistic hub,” says Jean-Christian Pleau, dean of UQAM’s Faculty of Arts.

An exhibition of Concordia’s 2014 laureate Brendan Flanagan, entitled “Dense Hands, Thick Clouds,” continues at Concordia’s FOFA Gallery until May 27, 2016.


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