Celine Cardineau

Celine Cardineau is a sharp intellectual writer. Her art criticism has been published by local galleries and magazines, including Montreal Theatre Hub. She was Online Editor and Head Writer for Yiara Magazine, an undergraduate feminist art history journal. See her critical work below.

She also writes, illustrates, and binds picture books. The first picture book she ever made was a short fairytale she invented to help her baby sister fall sleep. A papyrophiliac, Celine loves giving her books a sensual tactility, emotional profundity, and elegant simplicity.

SELENE SPHERE

Personal blog, where Celine explores symbolism as the intersection between art and spirituality ~ between creativity and consciousness.

ART BOOKS

"Is My Body Me?" 2019

Original text and illustrations by Celine Cardineau

Printed with Concordia University's FASA Grant

How can we teach compassion, critical-thinking, and self-awareness to the next generation? Something as simple as how we understand where the Self ends and the Other begins, defines how we relate to ourselves, to others, and to our environment.

"Is My Body Me?" explores the perceived boundaries of the physical body, as well as identity, subjectivity, consciousness, or Self — and the ways in which these simultaneously limit, transcend, and (in)form each other.

The picture book includes a "Bibliography," a collection of excerpts drawn from intersectional feminist theory, queer theory, puppet theory, psychoanalysis, art history, phenomenology, xenofeminism, gender-fluid parenting, child psychology and other academic sources.

Social change depends on what we transmit to the next generation. Embracing the fluidity, permeability, and subjectivity of the individual’s boundaries is the first step in fostering inclusivity and interconnectivity on a social and political level.

"The Serpent on Saturn" 2021

Original story and illustrations by Celine Cardineau

Hand-drawn accordion book (white gel pen on black paper)

"Pochsy in Ink" 2018

Original illustrations (5-minute life drawings) and book binding by Celine Cardineau

Text: Excerpts from the play "Pochsy's Lips" by Karen Hines, published by Coach House Books

ART CRITICISM

Montreal Theatre Hub

CONTRIBUTING WRITER - Over 30 reviews of theatre and dance productions, including coverage of the Montreal Fringe Festival 2017, Montreal Fringe Festival 2019, and the Festival TransAmériques 2019.