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Bio:
Born and raised in Brussels, Frédérique de Montblanc completed her BFA in Theatre at Concordia University in Montreal in 2004. She then obtained her MFA from the California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles in 2007.
Both scenographer and visual artist, her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles (Outpost Gallery for Contemporary Art, Highways Performance Space, BetaLevel Gallery, CalArts), Houston (Lawndale Art Center, Artstorm Gallery, Slab in Temporary Space, Nance Street Studios) and more recently in Brussels ( Nadine, Vasthouse, BAF, Art Asylum).
Her set design work includes Firebird and Titus Andronicus with the Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre Company based in Houston, TX. More recently, she has designed I Would Prefer Not To by Selma Alaoui (Theatre les Tanneurs, Brussels) as well as Les Buveuses de Cafe by Compagnie Mossoux-Bonte ( Theatre Romain Rolland, Paris | Internationales Figurentheater, Erlangen | Theatre des Brigittines, Brussels).
She currently lives and works in Brussels.
Statement:
The predominant subject of my work explores codes of behaviour and etiquette. More particularly, I examine the multiple facets of femininity when constrained to these specific codes.
Strongly informed by contemporary dance and an ongoing working experience in set design, space and body are key components to my work. Whether the body is photographed, drawn, collaged or video captured, it is always choreographed to respond to a given scenography. The female body becomes a mean of subversion within spaces that are usually interiors: whether opulent or raw, bourgeois or minimalistic, they remain somewhat intimate.
I poke fun at the ambiguities surrounding the concept of ‘normal’ or ‘expected’ femininity within society. Women are staged in such a way that they both embody their expected feminine attributes and sabotage their own image.
Website: www.frederiquedemontblanc.com
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