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Biography

Guylaine Cyr, fascinated by shiny things, and the infinite possibilities of metals, started her education with a certificate in Foundation Visual Arts at the New-Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) in Fredericton in 1998. She was attracted to larger scale work but decided tu pursue jewellery and small objects design at Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson, British-Columbia, where she also learned aluminium and bronze sculptural casting.

Her jewellery practice brought her to Montreal where she launched her collections of sterling silver jewellery. She received a grant from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres to perfect her technical abilities with a master silversmith. She was now ready to take on large scale work and this led her to the lower St-Laurence where she obtained welding proficiencies (DEP meaning diploma of professional studies) at the centre intègré de formation professionnelles en metallurgy in La Pocatière. She worked along side a master blacksmith as well as a specialized contractor of large scale public art works where she assisted the fabrication of multiple large sculptures of steel and aluminium destined for permanent installation at public areas around Quebec and Ontario.

In 2014 she was approached to create a sculptural piece for the World Acadian Congress. Since then she has created and fabricated public sculptural work for the city of Edmundston, and Dieppe in New-Brunswick. She has always kept up her jewellery practice.