Petit cadeau bleu (2009) Painting by Martine Birobent

Martine was first of all a sculptor who worked the material (…), she wanted to keep control over her body until the end. We were dealing with an artist whose life depended solely on her ability to create. From the moment she was no longer capable of it, she was no longer in life (Jean-Robert Bisaillon, quoted by Yvan Provencher, La Tribune de Sherbrooke, April 2016). Born in Mont-de-Marsan in France in 1955 and died at the age of 60 in Asbestos in Quebec, Martine Birobent had recourse to medical assistance in dying. A laughing and enthusiastic personality, able to mobilize and move easily, she managed to transcend a difficult past, which was the main driving force of her work. It was a jack-of-all-trades, going from paint to resin, from fiberglass to wood, from objects gleaned from knitting and crocheting, to assembling broken dolls, carrying a powerful narrative. She liked to "play" as musicians play, to improvise, to let her "superconscious" express herself. Every day, she invaded the corners of her studio and created new works with passion, always guided by the need to denounce censorship, the family, violence against women, men or children, stupidity and the lack of lightness. His work is meaningless, his memory is vital. In 2011, she founded La Galerie des Nanas to be able to show her work which was disturbing then, and still disturbing.

• Nationality: CANADA
• Date of birth : 1955
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Contemporary Canadian Artists Artists presented by a gallery