An exploration of the sublime crosses over Marie-Christine Simard's work in various ways: through photographic and pictorial work on landscape, through a visual exploration of scent and in seeking epiphanies in everyday occurrences.

The series Héros presents a cast of characters searching for a state of contemplation that belongs to the experience of the sublime. Each of them refers to an archetypal representation of courage in History, art history, pop culture or in the biographies of mythic artists. The hero represented here carries an accepted singularity. Their actions are subtle feats that rest on a know-how rather than an emphatic display of strength or excellence.The subjects expand our preconceived ideas of heroism without presenting antiheroes.

Biography

Marie-Christine Simard lives and works in Montreal. She graduated from the Master's Program at Concordia University in 1996. She has exhibited her work in several group shows across Canada. A residency at Est-Nord-Est in 2004 initiated collaborative work with painter Christine Major.The subsequent exhibition has been presented in St-Jean- Port-Joli and in Mont-Laurier. In 2002, she was part of Carte Grise at Dazibao curated by Raymonde April. Since 1995, she has taught photography at Concordia University where she has received a distinguished teaching award.