Catherine De Abreu

My artistic path began with a love of printmaking techniques, explored during my bachelor's degree at Concordia University in 2004. During that period, the works I made brought out an engaged visual language that addressed my concerns at the time. Later, in 2008, I had the chance to explore the medium of ceramics and I was hooked immediately. It was with great enthusiasm that I deepened my knowledge of this material of endless possibilities through the three-year program at the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours. Since then, I have been a full-time ceramic artist offering tableware made with care and rigour, on a human scale. For several years I have used graphic elements such as decals to bring out ideas or emotions that live in me. The pieces presented at Puces POP will be true to my visual universe, which can be sometimes sober, sometimes colourful.