VÉRONIQUE CÔTÉ
Born in Quebec, Veronique Cote works in alternative textile and photography to create sketches of America as viewed by a foreigner. She perceives the mixture of traditionalism, corporate dominion, religious indoctrination, and kitsch that shapes American heritage as a truly surreal experience.
The juxtaposition of toys, childhood characters and artifacts with woodland creatures found in her art brings a comical tone to a capricious appraisement of our contemporary culture of war, discrimination, and violence. Cote sees America as a mix and match of the people that shape it, often eccentric, sometimes ethnocentric, but always as colorful as a granny square blanket.
Cote holds an MFA in Photography from SUNY Buffalo, a M.A. in Museum Studies from Harvard University, a BIA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, and a DEC in Science, Literature and Arts from the College de Jonquiere.
She is currently the Executive Director & Chief Curator at Bufalo's Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts (CEPA). She also teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs at various universities.
The juxtaposition of toys, childhood characters and artifacts with woodland creatures found in her art brings a comical tone to a capricious appraisement of our contemporary culture of war, discrimination, and violence. Cote sees America as a mix and match of the people that shape it, often eccentric, sometimes ethnocentric, but always as colorful as a granny square blanket.
Cote holds an MFA in Photography from SUNY Buffalo, a M.A. in Museum Studies from Harvard University, a BIA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, and a DEC in Science, Literature and Arts from the College de Jonquiere.
She is currently the Executive Director & Chief Curator at Bufalo's Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts (CEPA). She also teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs at various universities.
