Biographie et démarche artistique
Isabelle Parson is a visual artist who lives and works in Pointe-Fortune, Québec. In her studio – set up in a small greenhouse in her hometown – Parson intuitively observes and explores the phenomena that occur, highlighting the relationship between matter, light, and the living. Notable solo and group exhibitions include De l’apparaître, Belgo, Galerie POPOP, Montréal (2024), Transparution, CACVS, Vaudreuil-Dorion (2023), L'érosion de la scène, Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal (2022), and Créer des ponts, Art Souterrain, MBAM (2021). Parson has received several awards and distinctions including The Mildred Lande and Margot Lande Graduate Scholarship in Photography (2022). Her work is included in the collections of CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest, MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, and numerous private collections. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Photography at Concordia University.
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In her ongoing project documenting abandoned greenhouses, Isabelle Parson guides her camera lens through light-filled environments that appear suspended in time. Here, plants and tiny creatures are transfixed somewhere between inert and alive, while cloudy sheets of plastic obscure our view and add to the eerie sense of stillness. In this space, calm and protective though imbued with a sense of death and dirt, the artist is afforded moments of introspection to ruminate on life experiences and the fragility of existence.