BIOGRAPHY
Jacquelyn Hébert‘s is an interdisciplinary artist whose work stems from an interest in historical, cultural and imagined narratives. Her recent artistic focus deals with the complexity of Canadian and Franco-Canadian identities. She is interested in the spaces between cultural expectations and the reality of lived experience. With these works, Hébert seeks to challenge perceptions of what identity means and how memory and nostalgia play a part in understanding who we are. Hébert’s main focus is installation and experimental documentary. She also seeks to explore how digital media can intersect with the hand-made, found or obsolete.
In addition to a B.F.A in Film, Video and Integrated Media from Emily Carr University she holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Manitoba. In 2011-2012, Hébert was awarded a J.A. Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Science and Humanities’ Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada in support of her research creation project Francophone-hybride. She has presented her work both nationally and internationally, most recently at La Maison des artistes visuels francophones in Winnipeg, the FOFA Gallery in Montreal and L’Acropolis de Nice in Nice, France. She recently completed a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Concordia University in Montreal and now lives and works in Toronto.
Website: http://www.jacquelynhebert.com/