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CCB was born in Miami and grew up in Quebec City, where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006. Her understanding of performance helped develop her personality and an aesthetic outlook, which is closely linked to the image of the body. Through her work, she successfully expresses her understanding of the soul and matter, conscience and the universe. BIOGRAPHY Born in Miami in 1984, the artist holds dual North American nationality. CCB grew up in Quebec City where she earned her Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from Laval University in Quebec City. Cynthia was also trained as a dancer and for several years, she has taken part in many different dance/animation performances throughout Quebec. Starting when she was very young, her parents focused a great deal on both artistic and athletic expression, which helped her to develop her own language. She has been especially interested in dance, which has helped her develop her personality, and an aesthetic perspective closely linked to the body, which she has explored through the practice of painting. CCB began her professional artistic career at the Marius Barbeau Museum with her first solo exhibition, Traces corporelles, in 2006. She has continued to gain experience through exhibits in various galleries and private companies, through awards and collective events between Miami and Quebec. CCB draws her inspiration from the body and the experience of humankind, using a creative approach that focuses on an organic reconstruction of the body through specific fragments. Her great sensitivity is based on her exploration of identity and existence. Her points of reference are the body and its evolution, including both corporal degeneration and mutation. Her visual work is also been developed through her interests in performance arts, the effects of space, organic form and interior strengths. Through her work, the artist has introduced us to her internal world that explores the soul and matter, conscience and the universe. Cynthia Coulombe-Bégin has participated in numerous live painting performances in Florida and Quebec and her works have been acquired by numerous private collectors in Canada, the United States, Europe, Brazil and Australia. ARTISTIC APPROACH “My creative work is based on the metamorphic interpretation of our internal identity in relation to the image we project.