Biography
Cynthia Touchette (born in the Eastern Townships, Qc where she lives and works) is a mixed‑heritage artist whose work examines liminal identity, ancestral inheritance, and the emotional landscapes of family memory.
Her paintings included in the exhibition “In the Space Between” transform photographs of her late parents — including images from Haiti, her mother’s birthplace — into contemplative paintings that explore the thresholds between loss, belonging, and becoming.
Cynthia Touchette received her BFA from the Université du Québec à Montréal and her Master’s degree from L’Université Laval.
Exhibitions
July 4 - July 25 - 2026
Cynthia Touchette “In The Space Between”
Upcoming July exhibition for Quebec painter Cynthia Touchette
MoreCurriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2009 Master’s degree in visual arts Thesis title: Self-portrait, narration and identity, Laval University 1998-2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Creative Stream, University of Quebec in Montreal
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 “In The Space Between”, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2020 “Les delicatesses”, Maison des Arts et de la Culture de Bromptonville, Sherbrooke, QC
2004 “Dialectique Hematique”, Galerie Horace, Sherbrooke, QC
2003 “Dialectique Hematique”, Collectif Regart en salle 2, Levis, QC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Autumn’Art Auction”, Cegep de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
2022 “Foire en Arts Actuel de Quebec”, Espace Quatre Cents, Quebec City, QC
2021 “Telephone exquis”, Galerie G de BR, Danville, QC
2021 “Telephone exquis”, Galerie Antoine-Sirois Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
2017 “BU/CRC Collective Art Exhibition”, Uplands Museum, Sherbrooke, QC
2009 “Le Salon du printemps”, Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts, Sherbrooke, QC
2006-07 “Je ne suis qu’un dessin, l’outil dicte la forme”, Horace Gallery, Sherbrooke, QC
2006 “Illumination escapade”, Galerie Foreman de Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, QC
2002 “Oeuvres de chair, oeuvres de sang”, Downtown Art Gallery
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2008 “Atelier d’Estampe Sagamie”, Alma, QC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 to Present – Visual Arts Teaching, Champlain College, Lennoxville, QC
2010 – Teaching contract at Cegep de Sherbrooke
2009 – College teaching contract at Cegep de Granby Haute-Yamaska
2007-2008 – Contract in teaching visual arts at the college level at Champlain College, Lennoxville, QC
PUBLICATIONS
2021 – Telephone exquis, Monograph
2006 – Illumination Escapade : Self Guided Tour Booklet. Published by the Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University
SCHOLARSHIPS
2007-2008 Bourse aux artistes et aux artisans d’art ambassadeurs de la ville de Sherbrooke
2003-2004 Bourse Soutien à la relève du fonds de stabilisation et de consolidation des arts et de la culture du Québec
Selected for the R.A.C.E. and the Conseil de la Culture de l’Estrie companionship project which took place from September 2001 to March 2002.
2001 Cover of the book entitled La bulle d’encre by Suzanne Jacob published by Éditions du Boréal (reprint).
