- Jocelyne Alloucherie
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awards =Order of Canada Jocelyne Alloucherie (born
8 February 1947 ) is a Canadian sculptor and academic.Born in
Quebec City , Alloucherie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree fromUniversité Laval in 1971 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1981 fromConcordia University .cite web|url=http://www.visualarts.uottawa.ca/faculty/alloucherie.html|title=Jocelyne Alloucherie|work=University of Ottawa|accessdate=2008-07-04] She has taught visual arts and art history at the Université Laval, theUniversité du Québec à Montréal , Concordia University and theUniversity of Ottawa .cite web|title=Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts|url=http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2000/wf127241960534531250.htm|accessdate=2008-07-04]Honours
In 2000, she was awarded the
Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in recognition for being a "seminal artist of her generation". In 2002, she was awarded the Qubec government'sPrix Paul-Émile-Borduas . [cite web|url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=213|title=Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas citation|accessdate=2008-07-04] In 2008, she was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada "for her contributions to the visual arts as an internationally renowned sculptor". [cite web|title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447|accessdate=2008-07-04]References
External links
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009298 Jocelyne Alloucherie] at
The Canadian Encyclopedia
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