Monique Régimbald-Zeiber (born April 24, 1947) is a Canadian painter.

Life and work

Monique Régimbald-Zeiber was born in Sorel,

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. From 1972 until 1973 she studied

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before returning to Canada to earn her master's degree in

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and literature at

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in 1975, followed by a

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in 1980. Two years later, she earned a

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s from

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. She lives and works in

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. In 1996, she co-founded a

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, Les Éditions les Petits Carnets, with Louise Déry. She was associate professor of painting at the

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from 1992 to 2012. In 2010, she was included in a group exhibition titled "Expansion" and in 2012, "The Body in Question(s)", both at the

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. In 2017, she participated in the

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's exhibition "That's how the light gets in" exhibition, which examined the use of light by artists. In 2020, the Musée Joliette held a

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of her work titled "Monique Régimbald-Zeiber. Of Works and Hours". Régimbald-Zeiber explores the "relationship between the image and the written word" in her work. She also examines

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, balancing between abstraction and figuration and combining literature and painting.

Notable collections

*''Les dessous de l’Histoire : Marguerite B., les écrits'', 2002-2003,

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*Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal *Galerie de l’UQAM

Awards

* (2022) Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

References

External links

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Les Éditions les Petits Carnets
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