Yanik Potvin

Yanik Potvin is an interdisciplinary ceramic artist and researcher who lives and works in Québec, Canada. Yanik holds a certificate in biology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, specializing in ethnolinguistics, from the Université de Montréal (UdM), and a master’s degree in arts from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). He worked as a professional archaeologist between 2004 and 2018. Since 2012, his work has been presented in several regions of Quebec, Alberta, France, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Greece and the United States. His work can be found in the collection of the Kohoutov Ceramic Studio in the Czech Republic, the Langage Plus art center, the Medalta center in Alberta, the Musée des Métiers d’arts du Québec (MUMAQ), the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, as well as in several private collections. He is a founding member of the METAceramique group (2019), focused on ceramic research, and a member of Hexagram, a research-creation network in arts, cultures, and technologies. He is part of the programming committee of the artist-run center Le Lobe, the editorial board of Zone Occupée magazine, and the program committee of UQAC’s arts module. Since 2014, he has been a lecturer at the undergraduate and graduate levels of UQAC’s Department of Arts, Letters and Language (DALL). He is currently pursuing a doctorate in art studies and practice at UQAM. He lives and works in Hébertville, QC, Canada.

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