Né à Montréal, Charlie Larouche-Potvin est un souffleur de verre et artiste designer. En 2020, il a obtenu son diplôme d’Espace Verre, où il fut membre de l’atelier Fusion jusqu’en 2022. Il a suivi des formations au Musée Corning du verre de et à Murano, en Italie, où il a débuté son apprentissage avec le Maestro Davide Fuin. Il a multiplié les voyages internationaux, en tant qu’associé en résidence au Jam Factory à Adelaide (Australie), ainsi qu’à titre d’artiste invité au ‘’Sheridan College’’ (Ontario) et au ‘’Chrysler Museum’’ à Norfolk (États-Unis). Son expertise lui a également valu plusieurs bourses, prix et mentions, incluant une position de finaliste pour le prix François-Houdé 2021, 2022 et 2023. En 2024, il a reçu le prix du verre RBC de la Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Il est présentement artiste en résidence au Harbourfont Centre de Toronto.
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Travailler le verre, c’est entretenir une relation avec la matière en fusion, une interaction qui m’a été enseignée et transmise à Murano, lieu à l’origine de ma croissance en tant qu’artiste.
Cet échange créatif avec la matière se manifeste dans mon travail par l’exploration de formes inspirées des traditions vénitiennes. Chaque pièce reflète l’harmonie de mon dialogue avec la matière. Les irrégularités de chaque objet, que ce soit dans les formes, les proportions ou le procédé, deviennent fondamentales dans ce cheminement, car elles témoignent de la constante évolution de cette union avec la matière.
Montreal-born Charlie Larouche-Potvin is a glassblower, artist, and designer. He graduated from Espace Verre in 2020 where he remained until 2022 as a member of the Fusion atelier. He has trained at the Corning Museum of Glass and in Murano, Italy, where he began his ongoing work with Maestro Davide Fuin. He has continued to travel internationally, serving as associate-in-residence at the Jam Factory in Adelaide, Australia and visiting artist at Sheridan College, Ontario and at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. His expertise has also earned him several scholarships, prizes, and mentions, including finalist placements for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 François Houdé Awards. In 2024 he was awarded the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery’s RBC Award in Glass. He is now artist in residency at the Harbourfront Centre.
To work with glass is to be in relationship with molten matter, an exchange that was taught to me in Murano and remains the source of my growth as an artist.
This creative correspondence with the material manifests in my work, which explores forms inspired by Venetian tradition. Each piece reflects the harmony of my collaboration with glass. Their irregularities – in form, proportion, or process – become central to this representation, as they testify to the constant evolution of this union with the material.
This critical reappraisal of traditional Muranese forms has also been fertile ground for imaginative play. The technical precision of these functional works necessitates my perfection of proportion, construction, and balance, while their fanciful adornments allow me to explore the aesthetic worlds of the supernatural films, books, and games that have always fascinated me. Whether it's in simplicity or extravagance, I am always exploring new ways to engage the material peculiarities of glass in articulations of traditional Venetian forms. By bridging the gap between function and fantasy, my works tell both new stories and stories of the past in order to simultaneously honour my predecessors and carry our art into the future.