This spring and summer, Madeline M. LeBlanc, a playful artist who utilizes film, dress-up and painting, will be mentored by Les Ramsay, whose practice is rooted in methods of formal abstraction and material process that develop from both inside and outside the studio.
View insights into their one-on-one mentorship sessions by clicking through the slides below, and check back soon for more details about the pairing's public programming.
Madeline M. LeBlanc (b.1998 Edmonton, Alberta) is a playful artist, utilizing film, dress-up and painting.
“It’s childish” has been used by the mature to demean validity. Fundamental to our existence and our capacity for playfulness, wonder and vulnerability — is at the heart of childishness. The child, unacknowledged, takes place in all seriousness at all levels of society. Madeline's work aims to question sophistication as a consequential force. She explores human emotion, humor and imagination to invite reconnection to the child inside of ourselves.
Website: madelineleblanc.com
Les Ramsay was born in Vancouver and currently lives and works on the Klah ah men territory in the Qathet Region of the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. He received his BFA at Emily Carr University, achieved a 6 month exchange at Universitat de Bellas Artes in Valencia (Spain) and in 2015 completed his MFA in painting at Concordia University.
Ramsay creates his works by recycling the excess of everyday domestic objects using constructive and deconstructive strategies. With a layered multi-media studio practice, Les draws inspiration from domestic craft, textiles, folk art and digital drawing, forming groups of large oil paintings, fabric assemblages, sculpture, and framed needlepoint. His work has been exposed in Canada, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and in the United States.
