Artistic Approach

Guided by themes of memory, mourning, and imagination, Sonia Plourde is interested in the transformation and disappearance of spaces, nurturing the utopian idea of preserving their traces. Inspired by urban wastelands and the objects that make up a home, she weaves connections between the vegetal and the human, attributing intangible value to the wild and the useless. A desire for coherence and eco-responsibility drives her to explore natural pigment extraction and alternative photographic techniques. Encounters, wandering, writing, and the observation of the living and non-living are integral parts of her practice. Her background in clothing design brings textiles into her work, which moves between printmaking and the reappropriation of objects.