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The basics
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Intro
Glass artist
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
(Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Canada)
Education:
Cégep du Vieux Montréal
Quebec, Canada
The details
Biography
Introduction
Catherine Labonté is a Canadian glass artist. Her work appears in the Corning Museum of Glass, and in 2007 she received a Niche Award.
Biography
Labonté is from Montreal, Quebec. When she was young, Labonté sketched pictures of the cartoon cat Garfield, and started glassblowing as a way to create object based on her drawings. She studied glasswork at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, and graduated with a fine art diploma in 2001, and a glass art diploma in 2002.
Labonté received a 2007 Niche Award in the US for her work and Montréal's François-Houdé Award in 2008. Labonté has been a guest artist at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2016, 2017, and 2018.