Jeanne Letourneau

Montreal, Québec, Canada

My artistic practice is a collection of everything I love and hate, what evokes emotions in me and makes me vibrate. My inspiration can be found everywhere: in a forgotten street corner, the silhouette of a building, or in the human interactions that shape our daily lives. At the heart of my creations lies the city and its temporal evolution, a perpetual fascination with its raw beauty and organized chaos.

The brutalist movement of the 1950s and 1960s has had a significant influence on me. Brutalism doesn't care about seduction: it simply is. I find resonance in its raw and unadorned nature, in its direct and unpretentious expression. Rather than seeking to charm, I aim to provoke, to question, to challenge the established perceptions of beauty and ugliness that surround us. My creations aspire to simplicity and purity, both infused with the life that surrounds them and the imprint we leave on our environment.

My medium of choice is glass. I chose it for its transparency and fr