Nicole Jolicoeur

Nicole Jolicoeur is a Canadian artist from Quebec, best known for her work in photography and video. In the late 1980s, much of her work was inspired by research into Jean-Martin Charcot's theories on feminine "hysteria."

Life Jolicoeur was born in 1947 in Beauceville, Quebec. She received an MFA from Rutgers University.

Since the 1980s, Jolicoeur has developed a multidisciplinary practice that articulates image and text within installed devices, to which video was subsequently added. Her work examines modes of representation of the female subject, drawing on varied sources, including the history of psychiatry (particularly Jean-Martin Charcot's work on "female hysteria"), anthropology, religious iconography, and photographic archives. Jolicoeur is also interested in narration, self-representation, and the performative dimensions of the voice .

Her works have been presented since the 1970s in numerous exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and the United States. They are part of several permanent public collections, including those of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Canada Council Art Bank and the National Gallery of Canada. Musée-Château d'Annecy

Exhibitions

La Verite Folle (April 8 – May 7, 1989), Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia Image d'une ville. Corps de l'image (July 1 – September 30, 1997), Palais de l'Isle, Annecy, France; (March 13 – April 18, 1998), Galerie de l'UQAM, Montréal, Québec Nicole Jolicoeur (September 17 - October 15, 2009), Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan Archives Vagabondes (October 9 – November 8, 2014), Occurrence, Montréal, Québec

Works

Charcot: deux concepts de nature (1988) Stigmata Diaboli (1992) Aura Hysterica (1992)