Sarah Bertrand-Hamel
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Media: Cyanotypes on handmade paper (abaca, flax and kozo), thread, Plexiglas boxes and plinth

Artist Statement:
This piece consists of an assemblage of four paper works encased in thin Plexiglas boxes allowing the light to go through these translucent papers. Not unlike computer windows, luminous, open simultaneously and overlapping each other on the screen, these images coexist without necessarily composing a straightforward narrative. Their materiality, reinforced by the creases and the sewing, contrasts with the flatness of the images filling our visual field in this period, when probably more than ever before, we are turning to our screens to communicate and share our realities. By referencing computer technology using an analog printing process, I reflect upon the impressive change in speed at which images are produced, reproduced, and consumed. 

Biography

Sarah Bertrand-Hamel lives and works in Montreal. She holds a Master in Fine Arts from Concordia University (2014). In 2017, she was the first prize winner of the Valcellina Award (Italy) and of the Paper in Particular annual exhibition (United States). Her work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally, recently in Japan where she also studied Japanese papermaking as part of two artist residencies. Her works are featured in public and private collections, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Canada) and the Museo national de la cerámica (Mexico).