Bertrand Carrière Bio
Bertrand Carrière is a photographer and video artist who actively exhibits and publishes his work across Canada and in Europe. His documentary work involves using time, memory and landscapes as starting points. He explores stories that are bound to the land, traces of which persist to this day. In a more intimate approach, he explores reality for its fictional potential and autobiographical echoes.
He is the recipient of many grants from the Canada and the Québec Arts Councils. Carrière’s work is included in numerous collections such as The National Gallery of Canada, Le Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec and The Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Texas.
He has published several books, the latests being Le Capteur (éditions du renard, 2015), a 10 year travelog project, Une poignée d'étoiles (Loco, Paris, 2023), Solstice: a 40 year retrospective of his work, and more recently Tout ceci est impossible with the Cinémathèque québécoise.
He has taught photography at André-Laurendeau College in Montreal and the University of Sherbrooke. He holds a master degree in communication arts from l'Université de Québec à Montréal.
Bertrand Carrière is represented by la Galerie Simon Blais in Montreal and the Stephen Bulger gallery in Toronto. He was born in Ottawa in 1957.
