It is by juxtaposing textures and patterns that Karine Léger reveals the subtle sensitivity of her paintings. Superimposed layers of images and transparent acrylics create geometric shapes that recall elements of nature. Each shape is fiercely independent and yet these elements come together gracefully to meet, to overlap, or perhaps to pass one another in a journey that continues off the canvas. While each work may appear minimalist at first glance, the accumulation of material and narrative allows the work to gain in richness and complexity. These moments and places - colours and textures - are collected by the artist outside the studio and are reshaped and reimagined. The first feelings are annotated on paper using watercolour or acrylic paint, which materialize in a collage work, once the artist is back in the studio. This process allows Karine Léger to gently lay the foundations for her next painting. It is possible to guess under each composition a visited landscape, a chosen memory that takes shape, as the artist adds colours and textures to the canvas. If Léger’s approach is one of intuitive addition of material, her intention nevertheless remains very refined. A precious balance is achieved, enabling our gaze to gently rest on the work to find appeasement and comfort. Léger lives and works in Sherbrooke (Qc), Canada. SOLO EXHIBITIONS2024 Found shapes, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2024 From one place to another, Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA (USA)2023 D’un lieu à l’autre, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2022 Recent work, Space Gallery, Denver, CO (USA)2021 Unmapped, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2021 Unmapped, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2020 Recent work, Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA (USA)2020 Artist Focus, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2019 Nouveaux paysages, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) 2018 Recent work, Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA (USA)2016 À ta rencontre, Midtown Sanctuary – Montreal, Qc (Canada) 2016 Where we met, Exhibit by Aberson – Tulsa, OK (USA) TWO-PERSON & GROUP SHOWS2025 Plier les mondes, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2025 London Art Fair, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2022 Foire Plural, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2022 Art Toronto, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2022 London Art Fair, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2022 Foire en Art Actuel de Québec, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2021 Papier 2021, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2021 Art Toronto, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2021 Tiny yet mighty, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2020 Art Toronto, Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal, QC (Canada)2020 Nouveaux paysages, Space Gallery – Denver, CO (USA)2019 Recent work, Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA (USA)2018 Unrestricted, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2018 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts Trunk Show, San Francisco, CA (USA)2018 Wonderland, Space Gallery – Denver, CO (USA)2018 Initial Sighting, The &Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)2017 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts Trunk Show – San Francisco, CA (USA)2017 Karine Léger and Jeremy Holmes – Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA (USA)2017 Modern Primitive, Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK (USA) 2016 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts Trunk Show, San Francisco, CA (USA)2016 Karine Léger & Jaeok Lee, Lanoue Gallery – Boston, MA (USA)2016 Salon du printemps des artistes des Cantons-de-l'Est, Museum of Fine Arts of Sherbrooke, Qc (Canada)2015 Bleu, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton – Sherbrooke, Qc (Canada)2015 Intervalle (with Patricia Barrowman), Galerie MX – Montreal, Qc (Canada)2014 Traits abstraits, Galerie MX – Montreal, Qc (Canada)2014 Karine Léger and Joanna Chelkowska, Galerie D – Montreal, Qc (Canada)2012 Le nord, le sud, Galerie Espace – Montreal, Qc (Canada) PUBLICATIONS2024 Art Radar – 5 questions2022 Galerie Robertson Ares – interview2022 The &Gallery – Artist focus2020 The Gathered Gallery – online article2018 Artscope Magazine, Layers of Beauty2017 Poetry book «The Cold and the Rust: Poems» by Emily Van Kley (USA) – book cover2016 Exhibit by Aberson, Where we met” – article2015 Mixte Magazine, Art in the Balance2013 Museum of Fine Arts of Sherbrooke – annual auction catalog of works of art 2013 Société Alzheimer du Canada – Catalog2013 Magazine Spirituality & Health (Michigan) – article illustration2012 Nous sommes les filles – article2011 Poetry book « Onun Çölünde » par Bejan Matur (Istanbul) – book cover 2011 Poetry book « Fake Book » par Tony Leuzzi (New York) – book cover2010 Slice Magazine No 7 (Brooklyn) – article illustration