Bio

Caroline Monnet is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist of Algonquin ancestry from Outaouais, Québec. Using film, video, painting, photography and installation, her work demonstrates a keen interest in communicating complex ideas around Indigenous identity and bicultural living through the examination of cultural histories. Monnet has exhibited in Canada and internationally. Monnet lives in Montréal and is also a founding member of the Aboriginal digital arts collective ITWÉ.

Works

The Black Case

  • 2014
  • Caroline Monnet, Daniel Watchorn

An eight year old girl experience a series of traumatic events while quarantined in the infirmary of a residential school for Native children in Canada.

Photo of The Black Case

DEMI MONDE

  • 2013
  • Caroline Monnet

A distinct world – that is often an isolated part of a larger world – is viscerally envisioned in this uniquely hand- processed film.

DEMI MONDE

Gephyrophobia

  • 2012
  • Caroline Monnet

The fear of bridges.

Gephyrophobia

Kwoni

  • 2010
  • Caroline Monnet

A young Aboriginal man's thoughts and emotions iterate his personal growth through this lyrical story.

Kwoni

Tashina

  • 2010
  • Caroline Monnet

A young Aboriginal girl's hopes and dreams are re-negotiated within the walls and tunnels of the institution of education.

Tashina

IKWÉ

  • 2009
  • Caroline Monnet

The re-imagination of the generational passage of traditional knowledge between a woman and her grandmother moon.

IKWÉ