Caroline Monnetshe/her

Caroline Monnet (Anishinaabe/French) is a multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Quebec. She studied Sociology and Communication at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and the University of Granada (Spain) before pursuing a career in visual arts and film.

Monnet’s work has been featured at the Whitney Biennial (New York City), the Toronto Biennial of Art, the KØS museum (Copenhagen), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Montréal), and the National Art Gallery (Ottawa). Her solo exhibitions include the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Arsenal Contemporary Art (New York City), Centre d’art international de Vassivière (Beaumont-du-Lac, France), and the Art Museum at University of Toronto. Her work is included in numerous collections in North America as well as the permanent UNESCO collection in Paris.

Her films have been programmed at film festivals such as TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), Sundance, Aesthetica, Palm Springs, and the Sydney International Film Festival. In 2016, she was selected for Cannes Festival's Cinéfondation residency in Paris. Monnet is the recipient of the 2020 Pierre-Ayot award, the Sundance Institute's Merata Mita Fellowship, and the REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards. Finally she was recently named Compagne des arts et des lettres du Québec. Monnet is based in Mooniyang (Montréal) and is represented by Blouin Division gallery.

Caroline has received numerous awards including the Best Experimental Film Award at the Yorkton Film Festival, being selected to join the UNESCO permanent collection in Paris, and receiving the Emerging Canadian Director Award at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival.