Bio

Renée Brazeau (she/they) is an artist and educator currently living and working in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Her art practice combines a variety of media including painting, textiles (embroidery, sewing, quilting, rug hooking, crochet), collage, and drawing. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2019 and a Bachelor of Education in 2020 from Queen’s University. Renée moved to Kjipuktuk/Halifax in 2020 to pursue a Master of Art in Arts Education from NSCAD University which she completed in 2022. Renée has participated in multiple residencies in Atlantic Canada, including Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre (NL), Chester Arts Centre (NS), Centre for Craft (NS), and Parrsboro Creative (NS). In addition to making art, teaching art plays an important role in Renée’s growth as an artist. She has experience teaching university-level and extended studies classes at NSCAD University and has facilitated arts-based workshops in a variety of organizations around the city including the Centre for Craft and Wonder’neath Arts Society.

Artist Statement

My work is often autobiographical in nature, relating to my own experience through the recounting of personal memories, kind of like a journaling practice. I like to document specific moments in time through drawing, painting, collage and textiles. Currently, I am exploring themes of nostalgia, memory, identity, place, and ephemera, with a focus on the feelings of comfort, coziness and joy that can be found in quotidian objects and daily routines. Aesthetically I am drawn to lots of ornamentation, decoration, bright colours, and bold patterns.