The notion of space is always present in Catherine Barnabé’s writing and exhibition projects. She is interested in the relationships that we build with the space in which we evolved or with appropriated space, and in the movements and the actions of the artist in his or her environment. This interest begun with Barnabé’s thesis where she explored the notion of the “flaneur” as an artist who walks in the city and develops a relation to it through three approaches: the collect, the trace and the mark. She is also interested in exploring the notions of geography, temporality and different types of passage.

Catherine Barnabé is an independent curator and author based in Montreal, Canada. She is the co-founder and the curator of Espace Projet, a non-profit organization that shows the work of artists and designers. She received an MA from Université du Québec à Montréal in studies of arts in 2011. Since then, she has written texts for magazines and art spaces including Esse Arts & Opinions, Spirale, and Art mûr. In addition to exhibitions at Espace Projet, her curatorial projects have been presented in exhibitions spaces in Montreal, Toronto and New York, including Salle Alfred-Pellan, Centre Lethbridge, Gallery 44, and DE:FORMAL. In 2012, Barnabé participated in a curatorial residency at Est Nord-Est, Quebec, and in 2015, she was a curatorial resident at Linea de Costa, Spain.