Marie-Michelle Deschamps

On the rocks
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and fine silver thread
30.5 x 23 cm. (12 x 9 in.)
Charade
2020
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and sterling silver thread
36 x 27 cm (14 x 10.5 in.)
Parasols #2
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and sterling silver thread
30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in.)
Sans-titre
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet
23 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Untitled
2019
vitreous enamel on copper foil, stainless steel
116.8 x 91.5 cm (46 x 36")
Something Close
2019
Vitreous enamel on copper foil, painted steel
91.5 x 64.8 cm (36 x 25.5")
Swan #2
2019
Vitreous enamel on hammered roofing copper
53.3 x 48.3 x 17.8 cm (21 x 19 x 7")
Checklist
2019
Vitreous enamel on copper foil, painted steel
65 x 91.5 cm (25.5 x 36")
Notebook
2019
Jewellery enamel on roofing copper
26.5 x 35.5 cm (10.5 x 14")

On the rocks
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and fine silver thread
30.5 x 23 cm. (12 x 9 in.)

Charade
2020
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and sterling silver thread
36 x 27 cm (14 x 10.5 in.)

Parasols #2
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet and sterling silver thread
30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in.)

Sans-titre
2021
Porcelain enamel on copper sheet
23 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.)

Untitled
2019
vitreous enamel on copper foil, stainless steel
116.8 x 91.5 cm (46 x 36")

Something Close
2019
Vitreous enamel on copper foil, painted steel
91.5 x 64.8 cm (36 x 25.5")

Swan #2
2019
Vitreous enamel on hammered roofing copper
53.3 x 48.3 x 17.8 cm (21 x 19 x 7")

Checklist
2019
Vitreous enamel on copper foil, painted steel
65 x 91.5 cm (25.5 x 36")

Notebook
2019
Jewellery enamel on roofing copper
26.5 x 35.5 cm (10.5 x 14")

Instances
2018
Exhibition view
Parisian Laundry, Montréal (Canada)

7h31
2018
Watercolour and ink on paper, sandblasted UV glass
58 x 67 cm (22.75 x 26.25")

Pour C.R.
2018
Watercolour and ink on paper, sandblasted UV glass
157.5 x 122 cm (62 x 48")

15h37
2018
Watercolour, engraved UV glass, enameled steel, stainless steel
113 x 75.5 cm (44.5 x 30")

Coquilles
2017
Smoothing plaster and marble powder applied directly to the wall
53 x 53 x 5 cm (21 x 21 x 2") each

Harder Melody
2014
Smoothing plaster and marble powder applied directly to the wall
53 x 53 x 5 cm (21 x 21 x 2")

Company #1
2017
Steel, newspaper, ceramic magnets, enamel on steel
202 x 198 x 5 cm (79.5 x 78 x 2")

L * (with Bryan-K. Lamonde)
2016
Exhibition view
Darling Foundry, Montreal (Canada)

L* (ABCD chair)
2016
Steel
59 x 99 x 33 cm (23 x 38 x 13")

Biography

Marie-Michelle Deschamps’ work focuses on language as an inhabitable space – a veritable structure and place where aesthetic forms reside. Her practice is rooted within conversation, collaboration and translation, underscoring the transformative place of language within the formal dialect of architecture.

Marie-Michelle Deschamps holds an MFA in visual art from the Glasgow School of Art (Scotlant). She has exhibited at the Darling Foundry (Montreal, Canada), Ausstellungraum Klingenthal in Basel (Switzerland), MUDAM (Luxembourg), Occidental Temporary in Paris (France) and Galerie de l’UQO (Gatineau, Canada). Deschamps’ work is found in the permanent collections of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (Canada), Voorlinden Museum (Netherlands), the Lafayette Foundation Collection (France), the Glasgow School of the Arts Libraries (Scotland), and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada). Her work is also found in private collections in France, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Born in Montreal, QC, 1980

Lives and works in Montreal, QC