Laurent Craste

Of French origin, Laurent Craste has been living and working in Montreal for the past 23 years. His career has involved both a studio practice in contemporary ceramics and the teaching of ceramics at the college level.

His works are on display in many public and private collections such as the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Claridge collection, the Public collection of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, The Cirque du Soleil collection, the Musée de Châteauroux (France) and the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec permanent collections, the City of Montreal and the Loto-Quebec collections among others.
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Parade

An interactive art installation born out of the collaboration between interaction design studio Dpt. and ceramic artist Laurent Craste. 

The New Age of Ceramics 

Laurent Craste, Canadian artist of French descent and his work was just selected to be on the cover of the new compendium of all the relevant international contemporary ceramic artists. Nearly 40 ceramic artists have been gathered into this new book, each taking a dramatic approach and breaking into new areas of a craft that has existed almost as long as human civilization itself. The publication includes 180 photos of in-process details, intimate studio visits, and final works from the top ceramic artists of our time

 

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Biography

French-born artist Laurent Craste lives and works in the village of Saint-Damien in Quebec. Craste has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career (Winifred Shantz Award, grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Quebec Arts Council, Jean-Marie Gauvreau Award, etc.). His works are on display in many private and public collections (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Public Collection of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Claridge Collection, Majudia Collection, etc.). On the occasion of their entry into the permanent collection of the Musée des Métiers d’Art du Québec in 2018, 15 of his works have been recognized as of exceptional interest and of national importance by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board.

During his more than 25-year career, Laurent Craste has participated in more than 60 group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Among others, his work has been exhibited in New York (Museum of Moving Image), in Ottawa (Carleton University Art Gallery), as well as in Paris (Cité de la mode et du design). He has also had more than a dozen solo exhibitions, including at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Burlington in Ontario, as well as the Hohmann Fine Arts Gallery in Palm Desert, California.