Carlos Barberena Second Prize of the 13th BIECTR

Carlos Barberena Second Prize of the 13th BIECTR, Galerie d'Art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, Québec.

"BIECTR 13"
​Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Riviéres
​OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1:30PM​
​Open to Public: JUNE 17 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The Biennale internationale d'estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (BIECTR) would like to congratulate all the recipients of the prizes awarded to artists for the quality of their works and their approach during the opening ceremony of its 13th edition on June 17, 2023.
The recipients:

• Grand Prize of the 13th  BIECTR : Cassandre Boucher – Canada (Quebec)
• 2nd prize of the 13th BIECTR : Carlos Barberena – Nicaragua / United States
• Télé-Québec Award: Hélène Latulippe – Canada (Quebec)
• Loto-Québec Prize emerging artist from Quebec: Cathy Bélanger – Canada (Quebec)
• UQTR Prize for emerging artists from Quebec: Michelle LaSalle – Canada (Quebec)
• Paperweight Invitation Prize: Ariane Fruit – France

Honorable Mentions:

• Olesya Dzhurayeva – Ukraine
• Cynthia Back – Portugal
• Carmen Isasi – Spain

La Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières (BIECTR) tient à féliciter tous les récipiendaires des prix décernés aux artistes pour la qualité de leurs œuvres et leur démarche lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture de sa 13e édition le 17 juin 2023.
Les récipiendaires :

• Grand prix de la 13e BIECTR : Cassandre Boucher – Canada (Québec)
• 2e prix de la 13e BIECTR : Carlos Barberena – Nicaragua / États-Unis
• Prix Télé-Québec : Hélène Latulippe – Canada (Québec)
• Prix Loto-Québec artiste émergent du Québec : Cathy Bélanger – Canada (Québec)
• Prix UQTR artiste de la relève du Québec : Michelle LaSalle – Canada (Québec)
• Prix Invitation Presse Papier : Ariane Fruit – France

Mentions honorables :

• Olesya Dzhurayeva – Ukraine
• Cynthia Back – Portugal
• Carmen Isasi – Espagne

Source : BIECTR

From left to right starting from the bottom: the artists Carlos Barberena, Carrie Phillips Keiser, Cathy Bélanger, Michelle LaSalle, Pamela Dodds, Marilyse Goulet, Lyne Bastien and Phillp Chen, Cassandre Boucher, Yannick De Serre, Hélène Latulippe and Tom Breynaert. © Etienne Boisvert

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ESSENTIAL: For Your Colonizer Comfort series by Carlos Barberena

ESSENTIAL Series by Carlos Barberena Second Prize of the 13th BIECTR

Barberena Statement
"I create to counteract great silences, demystifying “foreign” experience, bridging the distances and bringing awareness to the ways our lives are intimately connected through the lens of justice. Closest to me are ways migrants’ humanity—our memories, attachments, relationships and traumas— is swept aside leaving visible only our work value. In these prints, I honor the farmworkers, most undocumented, whom the US population & Federal government labeled “Essential” in the context of COVID, a so-called honor for their centrality to the food system, while doing little to alleviate their lack of basic rights and vulnerability to exploitation and imminent deportation".

"Strawberry Fields" Linocut by Carlos Barberena, - ESSENTIAL: For Your Colonizer Comfort -series

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2e prix de la 13e BIECTR : Carlos Barberena - Nicargua / États-Unis. Élisabeth Mathieu, Carlos Barberena et Valérie Morrissette Crédit photo: Étienne Boisvert