Biography
Caroline Mousseau (born in 1989 in Winnipeg) 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.
Selected Works
Caroline Mousseau
Untitled (Pink), 2023
Caroline Mousseau
Untitled (Blue), 2023
Caroline Mousseau
Untitled (Orange), 2023
Curriculum Vitae
BORN
1989 in Winnipeg, MB
Lives in Winnipeg, MB
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
2025 Touchy — 226 Main, Winnipeg, Canada [upcoming]
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
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
2024
Love, Craig. “Caroline Mousseau.” Border Crossings, Vol. 43-1, Issue 165 (2024): 142-143.
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
Fresh Paint and New Construction: 8th edition. Art Mûr Gallery, Art Mûr, Vol. 7 no 6, p. 7.