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About Me

A resident of Nova Scotia for almost 40 years, Paulette Melanson grew up in the village of Scoudouc, New Brunswick. Her father as well as her aunt on her mother's side were artistic. Although the visual arts had been close to her heart since childhood, Paulette decided to pursue secondary studies in science at the Université de Moncton, B.Sc. 1975. Paulette moved to Nova Scotia in 1985 to learn more about her Acadian ancestors and to pursue studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. In 1990, she graduated from Dalhousie University with an M.Ed. In 2002, she discovered that she was a direct descendant of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, founders of Melanson Settlement in 1664 near Port-Royal and that Pierre Melanson (Charles' brother) and his wife Marguerite Mius d'Entremont were the founders of Grand Pré.
“By knowing more about the history of my people, I have become very attached to Nova Scotia. Finally, for the first time in my life, I could better understand my habits, my family experiences, that is, my culture - the history of our people that we never learned in school or at home."
“My artistic approach reflects my heritage, my life experience, what I see, what I feel and my deep love of nature. I work mainly in acrylic, watercolor and mixed media. My works include landscapes and abstract paintings inspired by my Acadian heritage as well as the environment where I reside (southern NS and Grand Pré during the summer).”

A propos de moi

Résidente de la Nouvelle-Écosse depuis presque 40 ans, Paulette Melanson grandi dans le village de Scoudouc, Nouveau-Brunswick. Son père ainsi que sa tante du côté de sa mère étaient artistiques. Même si les arts visuels lui tenaient à cœur depuis l’enfance, Paulette décida de poursuivre des études secondaires en sciences à l’Université de Moncton, B.Sc. 1975. Paulette déménagea en Nouvelle-Écosse en 1985 pour en apprendre plus à propos de ses ancêtres acadiens et poursuivre des études au Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. En 1990, elle gradua de l’Université Dalhousie avec une M. Éd. En 2002, elle découvert qu’elle était descendante directe de Charles Melanson et Marie Dugas, fondateurs de l’Établissement Melanson en 1664 près de Port-Royal et que Pierre Melanson (frère de Charles) et sa femme Marguerite Mius d’Entremont étaient les fondateurs de Grand Pré.
“En sachant plus sur l’histoire de mon peuple, je suis devenue très attachée à la Nouvelle-Écosse. Finalement, pour la première fois de ma vie, je pouvais mieux comprendre mes habitudes, mes expériences familiales, c’est-à-dire, ma culture - l’histoire de notre peuple que nous n'avons jamais apprise à l'école ou à la maison.”
“Ma démarche artistique reflète mon patrimoine, mon expérience de vie, ce que je vois, ce que je ressens et mon amour profonde de la nature. Je travaille principalement dans l’acrylique, l'aquarelle et techniques mixtes. Mes œuvres incluent des paysages et des peintures abstraites inspirées par mon héritage acadien ainsi que l’environnement où je réside (sud de la N.-É. et Grand Pré durant l’été).”

One of my paintings is on permanent exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in France. Premier Tim Houston presented the painting to Amy Baker, Chargée d'affaires, as a gift from the province of Nova Scotia on May 16, 2022. / Une de mes toiles est en exposition permanente à l'Ambassade du Canada en France. Le premier ministre Tim Houston a remis le tableau à Amy Baker, chargée d'affaires, en cadeau de la province de la Nouvelle-Écosse le 16 mai 2022. (Click on the image / Cliquez sur l'image)

Featured in bid Music eMagazine, issue 8, 2016

Featured in East Coast Living Magazine, Spring 2017

L'Évangéline 1971

Online Curriculum Vitae/ Curriculum Vitae en ligne:
https://imprimo.ca/artists/paulette-melanson/cv

Collections:

-Canadian Embassy in France, Paris / Ambassade du Canada en France, Paris.
-Nova Scotia Art Bank / Banque d'art de la Nouvelle-Écosse
-Private collections / Collections privées (Canada): Halifax, Lunenburg, Moncton, Toronto, Ottawa.
-Private collections / Collections privées:  United States, Taiwan, France, United Kingdom, Denmark.

Galleries / galeries & Current exhibitions / expositions en cours:

-Argyle Fine Art, 1559 Barrington St, Halifax, NS, http://argylefineart.blogspot.ca/, (abstracts).
-Teichert Gallery, 1723 Hollis St, Halifax, NS, https://teichertgallery.ca/, (abstracts).
-Going Coastal Art Gallery, 41 Queen St, Chester, NS, https://www.facebook.com/GoingCoastalFineArtandFurnishings, (landscapes).
-Smith and Smith Gallery, 167 Lincoln St, Lunenburg, NS,  https://smithandsmithgallery.com/, (abstracts).
-Partial Art Gallery, on-line art gallery with purchase and art rental options, https://paulettemelanson.partial.gallery/
-Imprimo, on-line artist CV and artworks, https://imprimo.ca/artists/paulette-melanson/profile
-Artist's Lunenburg Studio by appointment, 902-483-3582, paulettemelanson@eastlink.ca, (landscapes & abstracts).

Current and upcoming exhibitions / exposition courante et à venir:
Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Pre-Shrunk 2024, juried group show, January 26 to February 20, 2024.

Past exhibitions / expositions passées:
-John B. Aird Gallery, 906 Queen Street West, B05, Toronto, ABSTRACTS 2023, Online juried slide exhibition with playlist and PDF catalogue, juried group show, September 2023.  https://airdgallery.org/2023/08/27/abstracts-2023/
-Lunenburg Art Gallery, 194B Lincoln Street, Lunenburg, NS, Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, solo show, Nov. 15th to Nov. 19th, 2023.
-Going Coastal Fine Art, 41 Queen St, Chester, NS, Coneflowers and Landscapes, solo show, Oct 1st to Nov 10th, 2023.
-Smith and Smith Gallery, Lunenburg, NS, Appreciating Our World, featured artist exhibition, May 2023.
-Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, ‘2022 Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchases Exhibition’, Sept 26-Oct 8, 2022.
-ARTSPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS, 'Paint the Town, The Exhibition', Sept 24-Oct 8, 2022.
-Visual Voice Fine Art, Truro, NS, The Turning Point - Le moment décisif, solo show June 14 to July 10, 2021.
-Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS, In search of meaning - A la recherche d'un sens, solo show Sept 26 to October 10, 2020.
-Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS, juried Group shows, August 2018, 2019, 2022.
-Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Pre-Shrunk juried group show:  2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
-Going Coastal Fine Art, Chester, NS, featured artist, Fall 2019, 2021.
-McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC, group show, April 2018.
-Chase Gallery, NS Archives, Halifax, NS, Abstract Studio Group Show, Nov 2017, Nov 2021.
-Lunenburg Art Gallery, NS, featured artist, Different Perspectives of the South Shore, Aug 2017.
-Lunenburg Art Gallery, NS, group shows, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
-Crouchers Pt Gallery, NS, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
-Gallery Nineteen Nineteen, Halifax Art Map group show, 2017.
-Accès Justice Access, NS, Halifax, solo show 2016.
-The Royal Bank of Canada, Upper Tantallon, solo show 2016.
-Teichert Gallery, Halifax Art Map juried group show, June 2015.
-Teichert Gallery, Halifax, juried Annual Member show, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022.
-Chester Art Centre, group exhibition, 2017, 2019.
-Halifax Central Library, Halifax, Crossroads: An Intersection in Time - Group Show, 2018.
-Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, Permafrost juried group show, 2015.
-Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, group show, 2015, 2016.
-Art Zone, Halifax, Intangible Thoughts Group Show, 2015.
-Art Zone, Halifax, Urban Construct Group Show, 2015.
-Art Zone, Halifax, Searching for Peace and Serenity, solo show, November 2015.
-Art Zone Halifax, Annual Members' Show, 2016, 2017, 2018.
-Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, student, staff, alumni group show, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023.
-Afterglow, solo show, Bridgewater, 2013, 2016.
-The Trellis Café, Hubbards, feature artist: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
-The Trellis Café, Hubbards, solo show, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
-Fireside Restaurant, Halifax, feature artist: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
-Seventy3, Canadian Fusion Restaurant, Dartmouth, feature artist: 2015.
-Aspotogan Arts and Crafts, group show, Blandford: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
-Crossroads Artists, group show, Upper Tantallon: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
-Tantallon Regional Library, solo show: 2013, 2014.
-Tantallon Dental Centre, solo exhibition: 2014, 2015.
-Swoon Fine Art, Winterscene, juried group show, 2013.
-Swoon Fine Art, Feast for the Eyes, juried group show for Dine By Design East, 2015.
-Montague Plein Air Festival, PEI, 2014, 2016 (honourable mention award 2016).
-Paint the Town, Annapolis Royal, 2016, 2017, 2018.
-Lunenburg Art Gallery plein air event, 2017, 2019, 2021.
-Lunenburg Art Gallery, A Brush of Autumn Colour, plein air event, 2016.
-Lunenburg Arts Festival Studio Tour, 2022.
-Paint Peggy's Cove, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022.
-Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts, Studio Tour, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
-Studio Rally 2014, 2015, 2016.
-Halifax Art map 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.

Media:
-RADIO-CANADA,  La mouvée, ICI Acadie, le 24 janvier, 2024, entrevue avec Nathalie Geddry, Les peintures de Paulette Melanson dans une exposition petit format, Pre-Shrunk 2024, Argyle Fine Art Gallery http://www.radio-canada.ca/util/postier/suggerer-go.asp?nID=5009273
-RADIO-CANADA,  La mouvée, ICI Acadie, le 5 juillet, 2022, entrevue avec Nathalie Geddry, Paulette Melanson (artiste participante) parle du Festival 'Peggy's Cove Area Festival of the Arts' https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/la-mouvee/episodes/638829/rattrapage-du-mardi-5-juillet-2022/2
-CKRH, Halifax, N.-É. le 18 mai, 2022, entrevue avec Sébastien Beltran, CKRH, Halifax, N.-É., "Les oeuvres de Paulette Melanson s'exportent à Paris". https://canada-info.ca/les-oeuvres-de-paulette-melanson-sexportent-a-paris/
-CKBW, Bridgewater, NS, May 17, 2022, interview with Evan Taylor, CKBW, Bridgewater, NS, 'Painting of Hirtle's Beach selected to hang on permanent exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in Paris.  https://www.ckbw.ca/2022/05/17/painting-of-hirtles-beach-selected-for/
-Several interviews with / Plusieurs entrevues avec: RADIO Canada Télé
-East Coast Living Magazine, eastcoastliving.ca/2017/04/paulette-melanson/
-bid Music eMagazine, www.paulettemelansonartist.com/uploads/1/5/5/6/15561352/feature_-_bid_music_e-magazine_issue_8_2016.pdf

Memberships and positions / adhésions et postes:

-Member, CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens), https://www.carfac.ca/
-Member, Copyright Visual Arts - Droits d'auteurs arts visuels, https://www.cova-daav.ca/en/
-President, Aspotogan Arts and Crafts 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
-Board Member, Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts, 2012.
-Co-Chair, PCAFA Studio Tour committee 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
-Member Lunenburg Art Gallery Society 2020, 2021, 2022
-Member, Visual Arts Nova Scotia http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/.
-Member, La Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse http://fecane.ca/.
-Member, Peggy's Cove Area Festival of the Arts http://peggyscoveareafestivalofthearts.com/.
-Founding Member, Abstract Studio Art Group, 2014 - 2022.

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