Sophie Jodoin

Sophie Jodoin
Born	1965 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education	Concordia University
Known for	Drawing
Website	Sophie Jodoin

Sophie Jodoin (born 1965) is a Canadian visual artist based in Montreal. Jodoin is known chiefly for her figurative, drawing-based practice in traditional media as well as collage, video, and altered found objects. ^[1]

Education

Jodoin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1988 in Visual Arts from Concordia University in Montreal. ^[2]

Work

Jodoin has worked almost exclusively in black-and-white since 2004, and first showed works integrating drawing and collage in 2009, ^[3] sourcing images from magazines, the Internet, personal photos and books. ^[4] In Jodoin's drawing, the lack of objective figures gives people a feeling that there is no narration. One exception that contains didactic intent is Yesterday and Tomorrow, which consists of a series of drawings. ^[5] Those pictures showed a young girl wearing a white silk dress walking through a corridor.

John A. Parks described Jodoin's work as having "a rich and sensual language of mark and gesture to build images suggestive of horror and violence in a fashion that is curiously affecting." ^[6] In 2015, Jodoin described her works as linked to "the monstous," and that it had shifted from "themes of pain, violence, mortality or innocence despoiled" to "a sense of disquiet." ^[7]

In 2017, Jodoin was awarded the Prix Louis-Comtois by the Association des galeries d'art contemporain . ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Solo exhibitions

• d’un seul souff, Artexte, Montréal, Québec 2023 ^{[10] [11]}
• Room(s) to move: je, tu, elle, Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme, Québec 2018 ^{[9] [12]}
• une certaine instabilité émotionnelle, Battat Contemporary, Montréal, Québec 2015 ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Volta NY Fair, New York, NY 2012 ^[15]
• close your eyes, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia 2012 ^{[1] [16] [17] [18]}
• Small Dramas & Little Nothings, Union Gallery, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario 2012 ^[19]
• Small Chronicles of Everyday Violence, Musée d’art de Joliette, Québec. Curated by Marie-Claude Landry 2011 ^[20]
• I felt a cleaving in my mind, Battat Contemporary, Montréal, Québec. Curated by Susannah Wesley 2011 ^[21]
• You have to kill a whole to get a little, Oboro, Montréal, Québec 2011 ^{[3] [22]}
• Small Dramas & Little Nothings, Invited Artist, Ottawa School of Art, Ontario 2010 ^{[23] [24]}
• The Cherished Ones, Newzones, Calgary, Alberta 2010 ^[25]
• De peine et de misère, Centre Clark, Montréal, Québec 2010 ^[3]
• Nous sommes en manque, National Center for the Arts - French Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario. Invited by director Wajdi Mouawad 2009 ^[26]
• Sophie Jodoin: Head-Games: hoods, helmets & gasmasks, Battat Contemporary, Montréal, Québec 2009 ^{[27] [28] [29]}
• Vigils, Newzones, Calgary, Alberta 2009 ^[30]
• Small Dramas & Little Nothings, Maison des Arts de Laval, Laval, Québec. Curated by Danielle Lord 2009 ^[31]
• Sophie Jodoin: Head-Games: hoods, helmets & gasmasks, Connexion Gallery, organised by UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, New-Brunswick 2008 ^{[32] [33] [34]}
• Regiment, McClure Gallery, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal, Québec; travelled to Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C. 2007 ^{[28] [35] [36] [37]}
• Regiment, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2007
• Diary of K.: a journal of drawings (part II), Newzones, Calgary, Alberta 2005 ^{[38] [39]}
• Diary of K.: a journal of drawings (part I), Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2005 ^{[28] [38] [40]}
• Drawing Shadows; portraits of my mother, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2004 ^{[28] [41] [42]}
• Figures Undressing, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2003
• Sophie Jodoin, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Québec 2000 ^{[5] [43]}
• Architectures, Centre d’exposition des Gouverneurs, Sorel, Québec 1997
• Centre d’exposition l’Imagier, Aylmer, Québec 1996
• Portraits, Observatoire 4, Montréal, Québec 1995 ^[44]
• Portraits, Galerie d'Art d'Outremont 1995 ^[45]
• Galerie 101, Ottawa, Ontario 1994
• Centre Clark, Montréal, Québec 1992

References

1. Laurence, Robin (3 July 2012). "Sophie Jodoin's drawings are charged with the spectres of trauma". The Georgia Straight . Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
2. Gruwel, Marieke (23 November 2017). "Two winners, five Concordia finalists for Prix Pierre-Ayot and Prix Louis-Comtois". Concordia University . Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
3. Campbell, James D. (Spring 2011). "Sophie Jodoin". Magenta Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 2. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
4. Kosilova, Darya (21 March 2012). "Sophie Jodoin". The Lab Magazine. No. 5. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
5. De Facendis, Dario (2000). Sophie Jodoin (Exhibition catalogs) (in French and English). Translated by Jill Corner. Westmount, Québec: Galerie de Bellefeuille. ISBN   2922173127. OCLC   46616035.
6. Parks, John A. (Spring 2009). "Depicting Troubling Events Artistically". American Artist: Drawing. 6 (20): 28–37. ISSN   1941-8140 – via Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson).
7. Jodoin, Sophie (March–May 2015). "The Disquieting Strangeness of Being Human". Border Crossings . 34 (1): 83–87. ProQuest   1667167740.
8. "2017 Awards for excellence in visual arts - Celia Perrin Sidarous receives the Prix Pierre-Ayot and Sophie Jodoin, the Prix Louis-Comtois". Canada Newswire . 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
9. Dubois, Anne-Marie (Fall 2018). "Je est une autre Room(s) to move : je, tu, elle de Sophie Jodoin" [I is another Room(s) to move: I, you, she by Sophie Jodoin]. Esse (in French). 94: 80–83. ISSN   0831-859X. ProQuest   2413214387. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
10. Lamarche, Bernard (Winter 2024). "Sophie Jodoin: d'un seul souffle" [Sophie Jodoin: in one breath]. Esse (in French). 110: 90–91. ISSN   0831-859X. ProQuest   2921221187. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
11. Boutin, Sarah (24 October 2023). "Jeudi vendredi il pleut : dialogues à partir de l'exposition d'un seul souffle de Sophie Jodoin" [Thursday, Friday, It's Raining: Dialogues from Sophie Jodoin's Exhibition of a Single Breath]. Vie des Arts (in French). No. 272. ISSN   1923-3183. Archived from the original on 7 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
12. Clément, Éric (20 July 2018). "Sophie Jodoin: raffinement et profondeur" [Sophie Jodoin: refinement and depth]. La Presse (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
13. Genda, Dagmara (13 May 2015). "Sophie Jodoin Turns a Forensic Eye to the Poetic". Canadian Art . Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
14. Charron, Marie-Ève (16 May 2015). "Le dessin comme processus ouvert" [Drawing as an open process]. Le Devoir (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
15. "Sophie Jodoin @ VOLTA NY". Art PR Wire. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
16. "Artist draws human condition in black & white". The Review. Richmond, B.C. 21 June 2012. p. 1. ISSN   1490-5027. ProQuest   1021740866.
17. Piper, Julia (28 June 2012). "The E-list". The Province . pp. C6. ProQuest   1022740105.
18. Rattray, Michael (2012). Sophie Jodoin - close your eyes (PDF). Richmond Art Gallery. ISBN   978-1-926594-22-4. OCLC   1408116130. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
19. Louie, Mark (16 October 2012). "Detachment in black and white: The message portrayed in Sophie Jodoin's minimalist exhibit evokes uneasiness and intrigue". The Queen's Journal . Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
20. Landry, Marie-Claude (2011). "Small Chronicles of Everyday Violence". Musée d'art de joliette. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
21. "Formal Intimacies". Border Crossings . 32 (4): 18. December 2013 – February 2014. ProQuest   1548424982. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
22. Kenoyer, Jane (29 November 2012). "Sophie Jodoin – You have to kill a whole to get a little". Hi-Fructose. ISSN   2642-0112. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
23. Gessell, Paul (11 November 2010). "The art of war; Various exhibits show the different faces of war". Ottawa Citizen . pp. E1. ProQuest   763696162.
24. "The Calendar". Ottawa Citizen . 4 September 2010. pp. J10. ProQuest   748825401.
25. "Sophie Jodoin - "The Cherished Ones" - 2010". Newzones Gallery. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
26. "Wajdi Mouawad reçoit Sophie Jodoin et Diana Thorneycroft". National Arts Centre (Podcast description and link to podcast). 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
27. Campbell, James D (September–November 2009). "Haunted: The Uncanny in the Drawings of Sophie Jodoin". Etc (87): 51–53. ISSN   0835-7641. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via Sophie Jodoin.
28. Grande, John K. (Summer 2009). "Sophie Jodoin: Headgames: hoods, helmets & gasmasks" (PDF). Vie des arts. 53 (215): 9. ISSN   0042-5435. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025– via Sophie Jodoin.
29. Campbell, James D (September 2010). "jake moore". Border Crossings . 29 (3) (published September–November 2010): 148. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025. ...Sophie Jodoin' s inaugural exhibition at Battat Contemporary in Montreal last year, where her exotic headgear locked me claustrophobically inside with darkness all about.
30. "Sophie Jodoin - "Vigils" - 2009". Newzones Gallery. 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
31. "Exhibit catalog: Sophie Jodoin: Menus drames et petits riens - Curators: Lord, Danielle". Artexte Information Centre . 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
32. Eagan, Mireille (9 October 2008). "Exhibition investigates psychology of war; Check it out until October 17 at UNB's Memorial Hall". Here. Saint John, N.B. pp. A14. ISSN   1719-8704. ProQuest   434263990.
33. "Agenda". Telegraph-Journal . 13 September 2008. pp. G7. ProQuest   423327342.
34. "Today and tomorrow". Telegraph-Journal . 18 September 2008. pp. D9. ProQuest   423319441.
35. "The next 14 days". Nanaimo Daily News . 9 March 2007. pp. C3. ProQuest   361632431.
36. "Portraits map life experience". Nanaimo Daily News . 15 March 2007. pp. A34. ProQuest   374551801.
37. Burkholder, Carolynne (16 March 2007). "Go ahead and enjoy some great shows without me". Nanaimo Daily News . pp. C3. ProQuest   361630608.
38. "Portrait of the Artist as Her Subjects". Border Crossings . 24 (4): 13–14. November 2005. ProQuest   215548948.
39. "Fun Listings + Friday, Oct. 21 to Thursday, Oct. 27". Calgary Herald . 21 October 2005. pp. SW10. ProQuest   245326725.
40. Dault, Gary Michael (24 September 2005). "Do these ideas work? That's a stretch". The Globe and Mail . pp. R10. ProQuest   383613040.
41. Goddard, Peter (28 October 2004). "Top picks from fall's first crop". Toronto Star . pp. G7. ProQuest   438750475.
42. Dault, Gary Michael (21 May 2005). "Go ahead, try to find the brush strokes". The Globe and Mail . pp. R9. ProQuest   383658077.
43. Lehmann, Henry (2 September 2000). "New frameworks: It's the season of alternative art". The Gazette . pp. S13. ProQuest   433648629. ...Bellefeuille will feature work by Sophie Jodoin, a Montrealer known for her "smoky," almost totemic human figures and faces with eyes that look right through you
44. Liss, David (8 April 1995). "Dark, moody images give new life to portraiture". The Gazette . pp. H6. ProQuest   432816078.
45. "Larger than life". The Gazette . 16 March 1995. pp. F4. ProQuest   432802052.

External links

• Official site
• Sophie Jodoin Review
• Newzones
• Sophie Jodoin - The Cherished Ones