Josiane Lanthier

Born in 1989, Josiane Lanthier lives and works in Baie-Saint-Paul. A painter since 2008, she holds a bachelor’s degree in visual and media arts, completed at UQAM in 2014.

“I paint and sew. I study color, texture and light. Craftsmanship is important. ”

In other words, Josiane Lanthier’s practice is primarily focused on landscape painting. It is characterized by an insatiable research into color, through which the artist is interested in its treatment, its function and especially the energy and impression of vivacity that emanate from certain combinations. In addition to the originality of their vivid colors, her canvases stand out for their treatment of light, the superimposition of different textures and materials, and the occasional emergence of surprising, almost ghostly shapes, adding a touch of dreaminess and poetry to the scenes depicted. Through these various processes, Josiane Lanthier questions our habitual perception of nature, as well as the traditional representation of landscape.

“I pick out the minority colors in landscapes and transpose most of them into a painting. ”

Her work can be found in the corporate collections of Scotiabank and Hilton Québec, as well as in a host of private collections in Canada, the United States, Germany, Denmark and Italy.