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Corno (artist)
Canadian artist
Joanne Corneau (22 November 1952 – 21 December 2016), better known by the pseudonym Corno, was a Canadian artist from the Saguenay region of Quebec.[1][2][3] She achieved international recognition for her large-scale paintings of women's faces and bodies in a "post-pop" style.[4]
Early life
Corno was born in Chicoutimi, Canada, and enjoyed drawing and sketching from a young age.
She moved to Montreal in the early 1970s and studied for a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Career
Corno held her first exhibition at the Clarence Gagnon Gallery in Montreal[when?][5][6] and also exhibited in Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver.
In 1986, she presented her work at the Quebec Pavilion at Expo 86 in Vancouver. During this period she was represented by the Yves Laroche Gallery in Montreal.[7][8]
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