Bio

Born in Saskatchewan in 1947, Colette Balcaen has roots in France and Québec. She completed her Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba in 2005. Her passion for textiles, apparent in her artistic creations, serves to poetically and poignantly express her situation as a woman wanting to preserve her culture.

Works

Mère Terre, Taire

  • 2010
  • Colette Balcaen

Colette Balcaen set herself up in the middle of an ancestral field with her large red knitted art piece, to contemplate the prairie and all the generations of women who have seen the changes over the years.

Mère Terre, Taire

Pages

  • 2015
  • Colette Balcaen

Colette Balcaen’s artistic expression, transmitted through textiles, is informed by a passion for her language and culture.

Pages