Portrait courtesy of photographer Claude Brazeau

Biography

Originally from France, Sabine Lecorre-Moore has lived in Mohkinstsis – Calgary since the early 1990s, having previously studied decorative arts in Brussels. Her practice is rooted in collaboration and community engagement, often taking the form of large-scale, research-based projects.

In 2021, she participated in the 39th Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec. From 2022 to 2023, she was an artist-in-residence at the Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre (KOAC), where she developed Painting Alberta, a multi-year project based on memory, place and everyday stories. In 2023, she co-created Territories of Dreams with Patricia Lortie, a temporary installation selected by the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation to represent Alberta at the artist’s centenary celebrations.

Artist Statement

“To imagine, together, a better world.”

I create collaborative art projects that explore our shared humanity through research, experimentation and discussion. Drawing from personal experience and everyday encounters, I weave together diverse ideas to reveal common threads. These form the basis of large-scale projects ranging from installations and curating to painting and video.

Each project begins with a simple question or observation. I collect stories, materials and impressions, allowing meaning to emerge through the creative process. As a first-generation Canadian and a feminist, I often revisit themes of identity and belonging as in my video Where is Home? and the exhibition Women’s Presence, which brought together artists addressing ecology, care and women’s rights.

I see both the studio and the public sphere as spaces for exchange. I design projects that encourage honesty and reflection, using thoughtful forms shaped by the people involved and the contexts they inhabit. Ultimately, a work’s success lies in the stories it evokes and the possibility it offers us to imagine, together, a better world.

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