Contact
Catherine Benoit
Artiste verrier
514 238-5336
info@catherinebenoit.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1999 to 2002
Glass Technique at the Centre des Métiers du Verre du Québec à Montréal (affiliated to the Cegep du Vieux-Montréal).
1996 to 1999
Collegial Diploma in Arts at the Cégep de Sherbrooke
1991 to 1996
General High School Diploma obtained at the Collège du Sacré-Cœur in Sherbrooke.
OTHER TRAINING
2002
Graal Workshop with Morna Tudor.
2001
Glass Working Apprenticeship in France with Frédéric Guiot. Objective : to further my knowledge of glass.
1999
Blowtorch Technique with Gérald Collard.
1992
Intensive Pottery Workshop (40 hours) in St-Simeon, Quebec.
EXPOSITION
2002
Twelfth Annual Espace Verre Students Exhibition, Galerie Elene Lee, Montreal, Quebec.
2002
Batch 2002, Galerie Espace Verre, Montreal, Quebec.
2001
Eleventh Annual Espace Verre Students Exhibition, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Quebec.
2001 and 2000
End of Year Exhibition, Galerie Espace Verre, Montreal, Quebec.
1999
Quebec Inter-collegial Arts Exhibition, C.É.G.E.P. du Vieux-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec.
1999
Collège de Sherbrooke Arts Graduates Exhibition, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2001
Assistant to Frédéric Guiot (glass worker), Boisse, France.
1998
Assistant to Jacques Barbeau, Quebec Naïve Painter, during realization of two murals in down-town Sherbrooke Mural format : 15 x 30 ft
1995 to 1997
La Traversée internationale du lac Memphrémagog.
Main responsibilities:
Team Leader for the creation of floats for three consecutive years.
Creation of a painting on a stage floor. Format: 15x15 feet (Clown face)
Site decoration and planning
1995 to 1996
Teacher of an extracurricular course on leather engraving and enamel on copper
IMPLICATION IN THE GLASS SOCIETY
1999 to 2001
Organization of the Cultural Days at the CMVQ.
1999 to 2001
CMVQ Student Association Involvement.
2000 to 2001
Assistant volunteer in FUSION (transition workshop for CMVQ graduates)
EXPERIENCES AND ABILITIES
Spoken and written languages : French, English, Spanish
Very good teamwork abilities
Good leadership skills
Special abilities for creativity
Good with numbers
1997
Immersion in Chili
Objective : Learn Spanish and get to know another culture
1996
Trip to Dominican Republic
Objective : International assistance
Other countries visited :
Bermuda, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Sweden, Norway, Danemark, Western Canada.