{{Short description|Canadian artist (1942–2019)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Chantal duPont | honorific_suffix = | image = Chantal duPont.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1942 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. --> | birth_place = Montreal | death_date = 25 February 2019<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = Montreal | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | residence = | education = Montreal School of Fine Arts, Concordia University | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = 2005 Bell Canada Award in Video Art from Canada Council for the Arts <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Chantal duPont''' (1942–2019) was a multidisciplinary Canadian artist based in Montreal. She worked in multimedia, photography, painting, sculpture, graphics and writing. For much of her career, she was an associate professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eavm.uqam.ca/du-pont-chantal.html|title=UQAM - École des arts visuels et médiatiques - Chantal Du Pont|website=eavm.uqam.ca|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509162222/https://eavm.uqam.ca/du-pont-chantal.html|archive-date=2019-05-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is remembered in particular for her award-winning video art.
== Biography ==
Chantal duPont studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1964 to 1966.<ref name="espaceDictionaire">{{cite web|url=https://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/artistes/dupont-chantal-1942/|title=duPONT, Chantal (1942)|website=Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle|access-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510001031/https://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/artistes/dupont-chantal-1942/|archive-date=2019-05-10|url-status=live}}</ref> She did her master's degree at Concordia University from 1967 to 1969.<ref name="espaceDictionaire"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.corps.machine.uqam.ca/pages/artistes/dupont/dupont_entrevue.html |title=Chantal du Pont |access-date=2019-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040707063928/http://corps.machine.uqam.ca/pages/artistes/dupont/dupont_entrevue.html |archive-date=2004-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Her creative work builds on aspects of identity and memory of the body. It has been presented at many video festivals at home and abroad, earning awards in Belgium, Colombia, France and Portugal.<ref name=oboro>{{cite web|url=http://www.oboro.net/en/individus/chantal-dupont|title=Chantal duPont|publisher=Oboro|accessdate=|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193738/http://www.oboro.net/en/individus/chantal-dupont|archive-date=2019-05-09|url-status=live}}</ref>
She frequently attended Montreal's International Festival of Films on Art. In 2007, the year after she had received the Bell Canada Award, the festival presented a retrospective of her video art contributions. In addition to her own creative work, she trained and assisted many generations of artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfifa.com/en/news/tribute-to-chantal-dupont|title=Tribute to Chantal Dupont|author=Gingras, Nicole|publisher=Fifa|accessdate=10 May 2019|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193737/https://www.artfifa.com/en/news/tribute-to-chantal-dupont|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She is remembered in particular for her video ''Du front tout le tour de la tête'' which in 2001 won awards in Lisbon, Clermont-Ferrand and Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vitheque.com/fr/oeuvres/du-front-tout-le-tour-de-la-tete|title=Du front tout le tour de la tête|publisher=Vithèque|accessdate=10 May 2019|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510101705/https://vitheque.com/fr/oeuvres/du-front-tout-le-tour-de-la-tete|archive-date=10 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=oboro/>
Side by side with Martine Époque and Andrée Beaulieu-Green she was one of the outstanding women who contributed to digital art in the province of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hexagram.uqam.ca/content/un-dernier-au-revoir-%C3%A0-chantal-dupont|title=Un dernier au revoir à Chantal duPont|author=Dubois, Jean|publisher=Hexagram-UQAM|accessdate=10 May 2019|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193738/http://hexagram.uqam.ca/content/un-dernier-au-revoir-%25C3%25A0-chantal-dupont|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In connection with her Bell Canada Award, the assessment committee noted her "stunningly beautiful works", adding "With grace and elegance, she interweaves technical precision with performance to create potent meditations on identity and memory."<ref name=cbc/>
Chantal duPont died on 25 February 2019 in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.memoria.ca/avis-de-deces-chantal-dupont.html?disparuID=MTk4MTc%3D&version=2|title=Avis de décès|website=memoria.ca|language=fr|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
==Awards== *2005: Bell Canada Award in Video Art<ref name=cbc>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montrealer-wins-video-art-prize-1.611343|title=Montrealer wins video art prize|publisher=CBC|date=17 February 2006}}</ref>
== Collections == * Cinémathèque Québécoise<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/?operator%5B0%5D=+&q%5B0%5D=%22Chantal+duPont%22&field%5B0%5D=Realisation_r|title=Oeuvres – 19 résultats pour ""Chantal duPont"" - La Cinémathèque québécoise|publisher=}}</ref> * Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke * Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600001939|title=Dupont, Chantal - Collections - MNBAQ|website=Collections - MNBAQ}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://chantal-dupont.ca/ Chantal duPont website]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:duPont, Chantal}} Category:20th-century Canadian women artists Category:21st-century Canadian women artists Category:Canadian video artists Category:Canadian women video artists Category:1942 births Category:2019 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian artists Category:21st-century Canadian artists Category:Artists from Montreal