Caroline Andrieux (born 1963) is the founder and director of the

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, which opened in 2002 in the

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district of

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Early life

Caroline Andrieux was born in Hyeres south of France. She moved to Paris in 1983 to study art history at the

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Career

In 1987 along with Christophe Pasquet she has created in the

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the art center Usine Ephémère, which they moved in 1990 in the disused Bretonneau hospital building (

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) and renamed . Andrieux moved to Montreal in 1992 and create the Montreal cultural organization Quartier Éphémère in 1993. Her aim is to use abandoned buildings for artistic events, exhibitions, and to open artist studios and residencies. She has curated many exhibitions among which ''The Silver Cord'' in 2018 at the

and ''Drinkers of Quintessences'' that took place at the Fonderie Darling (2018) and in

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at the

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(2019). Andrieux holds Ph.D. in

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from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris) jointly with

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Bibliography (selection)

* ''Le chiffre : multiples approches du chiffre dans l'art contemporain 1960 -1988'', Paris : Dare Dare, 1988. * ''Le cabinet anatomique de Daniel Spoerri,'' Paris : Ephémère Editions, 1994 * ''État des lieux,'' Montréal: Quartier éphémère, 1994. *''Gigi Perron,'' Montréal: Quartier éphémère, 1996. * ''Ultra vide,'' Montréal: Fonderie Darling Foundry, 2002 * ''Jean-Pierre Aubé : phénomènes = phenomena'', Montréal: Quartier éphémère, 2005 * ''Drinkers of Quintessences,'' Montréal : Quartier Ephémère, 2019

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