Bio & artiste statement
Laura Sasseville was born in 1980 in Montreal, where she currently lives and works.
She studied at the glass school Espace Verre in Montreal from 2004 to 2007, working with glass for several years before finding it too restrictive. Her creative freedom truly emerged through jewelry, a medium she discovered allowed her much greater artistic expression. In 2017, she graduated with honors from the École de joaillerie de Montréal, receiving several awards: the Collection Privé prize, the Artistic Process Quality award, and the Barbara Cohen prize. She was also a finalist for the Prix François-Houdé in Montreal and the 14th Annual Student Competition at L.A. Pai Gallery in Ottawa.
What Laura finds compelling about jewelry is its material freedom. She has developed a distinct creative vocabulary through her explorations of diverse materials and techniques. While she frequently works with silver and copper, she also embraces polymer, porcelain, textiles, pearls, liquid enamel, and electroforming in her pieces. Curious and dedicated to craft, she continuously seeks new knowledge to deepen her artistic practice.
A multidisciplinary artist, she also works in drawing, sculpture, and installation. In 2020, she received a Research and Creation grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for her series Emotional Hoarder (La compulsion de la mémoire émotive)—a body of work that marked a significant step in her artistic journey. Supported and mentored by glass artist Susan Edgerly and gallerist/curator Noel Guyomarc’h, this series led her to a deeper understanding of her artistic identity.
Since then, her work has continued to explore the theme of emotional memory, examining its impact on herself and her experience as a woman. Her pieces have appeared in various publications and have been exhibited in Canada and the United States.
