About

Pauline Petit is a Vancouver based artist. Her art focuses on the relation one engages in with the world and how one relates that experience. She concerns herself with the historical, cultural, and often unacknowledged narratives inherent to language. To her, language is both the main tool to relate our engagement to the world and the instrument that shapes our engagement to the world.

Pauline was born and raised in France, and moved to Canada in 2007. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia in 2013. Since then, she has worked as a professional studio assistant for a number of established Vancouver artists.

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Education

2013 Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC

Exhibitions

2015 Selection of Viv(r)e la République, YVR Airport, Richmond BC
2014 LoL ((Lots of Love)), in conjunction with SWARM15, Skylight Gallery, Vancouver BC
Douglas Coupland Works Harder Than You, public art piece, Vancouver BC
2013 The PRINTS show, Lynn Valley Village, North Vancouver BC
Processed, TAXI CAFE, Vancouver BC
Raw, private appartment, Vancouver BC
Is It Happening?, BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition, Dorothy Somerset Studio and B.C. Binnings Studio, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
Vagasquerade, with UBC V-Day, Access Gallery, Vancouver BC

Awards

2017 The Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward Award

Publications

  • Killas, Harry. Is There A Picture. Extended cut of Killas' 2011 movie Picture Start. Appeared and received thanks in credits, 2017.
  • Mirzaghitova, Zoya. “LoL ((Lots of Love)) at Skylight Gallery”, review, Issue Magazine, September 2014, Vol. 3.
  • Cho, Theo Nee. “The Persistence of Process: Group Exhibition”, decoy magazine, online magazine, August 23, 2013.
  • is it happening?, BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition 2013 catalogue, 2013.
  • Professional Services

    2017 Volunteer, Richmond Art Gallery Association Gala Organization Committee, Richmond BC

    Relevant Experience

    2013-present Studio assistant to Dana Claxton, Christos Dikeakos, Barrie Jones, and Harry Killas
    2016-present Owner of Studio 26 Artist Services
    Production manager on project led by Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson