In the 1970s, Sylvie Rochette took her first foray into the arts with courses in metal casting at the workshop of Jean-Paul Garneau. During this period, she created works integrated into architecture, including at the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. She began exhibiting her work in British Columbia and Quebec in 1976 before returning to school to complete a Certificate in sculpture (1983), a Major in sculpture (1990) and a BA in art history (2005). In 1990, she co-authored Code d’éthique des sculpteurs (Code of Ethics for Sculptors) with Ninon Gauthier (an art critic and sociologist) and Luc LaRochelle (a lawyer and collector). In the early eighties, she began working as a career coach and consultant for artists in every discipline, then took up sculpture once more in 1999. In 2004, her creative style changed significantly as she began producing collages and cardboard high and low reliefs, usually incorporating some form of calligraphed or printed text.
SEE:
« Repères », ESPACE, vol. 4 #4.
