Josée
Aubin
Ouellette
Performance
The Shape of the Cutlet
Imposter Syndrome
Extreme Unction
Phantom Limb
Exhibitions
Bone Meal (2018)
Body Blocks (2016)
There is no There (2015)
Sick Room (2015)
Stage Hand Tropisms (2013)
MILK (2014)
Sérieux Solides (2014)
The Circulation of Fluids: and other exchanges (2012)
Painting
Oral Fixation (ongoing)
Flower in Danger (2022)
Object Theatre Paintings (2011)
Writing
How to Soften Slime
Five Stories for MILK
The Desperate Diner
D
Sound Directions
Art Teacher
Teaching Portfolio
Tablecloths
Info
CV
Touch Talk, 2023, 60 x 106 cm archival print below: (installation view) table, perspex, soundtrack with headphones, and chairs.
BFA (Uof A, 2007)
MFA (GSA, 2012)
PGCE Secondary Art and Design (UCL, 2023)
MFA (GSA, 2012)
PGCE Secondary Art and Design (UCL, 2023)
Josée Aubin Ouellette is a visual artist, chef, and qualified teacher who works between food and art. After completing an MFA at The Glasgow School of Art, her practice has examined unsettling conditions of contemporary embodiment and collective sensorial experience through food in performances, exhibitions, texts, and exhibitions such as MILK (2014), Extreme Unction (2016), The Shape of the Cutlet (2017 and 2023), Feeding Times (2018), and Flower in Danger (2022). In addition, she has worked as a chef at De Superette (Ghent), Alchemilla, Gloriosa, owned and operated Flower Bakery at 287 Langside Road, (Glasgow) from 2020-2021, and more recently Sessions Arts Club (London). She is currently pursuing the Alternative M.A. in Food & Art with The Gramounce.
Madame Soleil began as a series of Pop-Up dinners, Inspired by Mediterranean travels, hosted at legendary Glasgow cafés, Malacarne, Pot-Luck, and Sunny Acre. My pursuits in table dressing led me to design tablecloths that combine my skills as a chef and artist to create an ongoing series of uniquely appetising and visually satisfying tables to gather around. I launched my first three designs with a dinner at David Dale Gallery in August 2019, supported by my friends chef Aysha Abulhawa and Stephanie McSeveney. The concept of creating tableaus rather than repeat or solid patterns drives my creativity and makes for unique functional and decorative works that can be displayed on the wall or used everyday as tablecloths. Madame Soleil took a back seat as I ran my bakery, Flower in Glasgow, but since relocating to London inspiration has struck, new designs have been flowing, and I look forward to regularly releasing new works this year.
Madame Soleil began as a series of Pop-Up dinners, Inspired by Mediterranean travels, hosted at legendary Glasgow cafés, Malacarne, Pot-Luck, and Sunny Acre. My pursuits in table dressing led me to design tablecloths that combine my skills as a chef and artist to create an ongoing series of uniquely appetising and visually satisfying tables to gather around. I launched my first three designs with a dinner at David Dale Gallery in August 2019, supported by my friends chef Aysha Abulhawa and Stephanie McSeveney. The concept of creating tableaus rather than repeat or solid patterns drives my creativity and makes for unique functional and decorative works that can be displayed on the wall or used everyday as tablecloths. Madame Soleil took a back seat as I ran my bakery, Flower in Glasgow, but since relocating to London inspiration has struck, new designs have been flowing, and I look forward to regularly releasing new works this year.