{"title":"Isabelle Chouinard","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsabelle Chouinard is a Melbourne-based artist and musician born in Montreal, Canada, best known for her still life paintings. Initially interested in music, Chouniard graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal in 1995, and later pursued a Master of Music degree from Rice University (USA) in 1998. She then moved to Australia, where she spent several years in Sydney working as a musician. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving created paintings and drawings her whole life, Chouniard turned to the visual arts in 2006 and enrolled in the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney that year. Five years later, she furthered her formal training at the Atelier de Bresole in Montreal and at Studio Escalier in Paris between 2012-2017. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChouinard has held exhibitions of her works across Australia. She has been a finalist in several art awards and prizes throughout her career, including the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in Sydney and the Bayside Painting Prize in Melbourne in 2025. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chouinard-isabelle-butter-and-an-egg-cu-17734","title":"Isabelle Chouinard 'Butter and an egg cup'","description":"\u003cp\u003eIsabelle Chouinard is a contemporary Melbourne-based artist and musician born in Montreal, Canada. With a painting practice spanning twenty years, Chouinard is best known for her still life oil paintings, often involving arrangements of everyday objects, placed together to create visually harmonious compositions. Through her art, Chouinard strives for what she describes as “visual poetry”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ‘Butter and an egg cup’, Chouinard creates a layered composition that is instantly visually intriguing. The foreground is dominated by a classic still life arrangement, while a postcard pinned to the wall behind acts as a “painting within the painting.” Through this interplay, Chouinard constructs a scene rich with visual symmetry. As in many of her works, the elements, the sheets of paper, butter, and bowls, are carefully arranged to echo and mirror the composition of the postcard image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChouinard has held exhibitions of her works across Australia. She has been a finalist in several art awards and prizes throughout her career, including the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in Sydney and the Bayside Painting Prize in Melbourne in 2025. 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