Rooted in industrial architecture, the landscape, the built heritage, and memory, Alexanne Dunn’s practice draws upon her childhood and adolescence in Thetford Mines, a town scarred by the remnants of mining. This intimate experience of the region fuels a reflection on the sense of belonging and the perception of the landscape, shaped by our sensory and emotional encounters.
Guided by these concerns, the artist photographs abandoned buildings and the lunar-like landscapes that once marked her daily life. She then works from these images, experimenting with framing and digital enlargement to isolate fragments of architecture, which she translates into painting. Straddling figuration and abstraction, Dunn is interested in the tension between subject and medium, between the represented image and the pictorial surface. The fleeting impressions she evokes, when placed in dialogue within the exhibition space, convey a sensory experience of ruin.
Originally from Thetford Mines, Alexanne Dunn lives and works in Montreal. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University and a Master’s in Visual Arts from Laval University. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and fairs throughout Quebec, and she has also taken part in artist residencies in both Quebec and France.
Dunn has received support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Première Ovation program.
Her work is included in the Quebec City collection, the Méduse collection, as well as in numerous private collections.
