Marie-Eve G. Castonguay is a jewellery artist, writer and independent curator based in Montreal. She holds a diploma from the École de joaillerie de Québec (2011) as well as a BFA from NSCAD University (2013), after which she completed a four-year residency at Harbourfront Centre. She is currently pursuing a MA in Art History at Concordia University. She has received numerous grants and awards, notably the Jean-Cartier Award in 2020, and the Joya Award in 2015. Her work was included in many exhibitions throughout Canada and internationally.
An active jewellery and craft community member, she co-founded MetalAid, a Canadian contemporary jewellery network, and she is currently the Art Jewelry Forum Canadian Ambassador. Recently, she co-curated the touring exhibition Paysage de l’intime, and she acted as lead curator for the Quebec delegation that was featured at the biennial Révélations, which took place in Paris in June 2023. Her writings have been published in Bazzart, Metalsmith Magazine, Vie des Arts and Ateliers d’Art, and she has written several exhibition essays for Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h. She teaches in the college program at the École de joaillerie de Montréal.
Portrait by Alex Tran. Jewellery photography by Eliot Wright.