Catherine Labonté

Catherine Labonté is a Canadian glass artist. Her work appears in the Corning Museum of Glass, and in 2007 she received a Niche Award.[1]

Biography

Labonté is from Montreal, Quebec.[2] When she was young, Labonté sketched pictures of the cartoon cat Garfield, and started glassblowing as a way to create object based on her drawings. She studied glasswork at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, and graduated with a fine art diploma in 2001, and a glass art diploma in 2002.[3]

Labonté received a 2007 Niche Award in the US for her work and Montréal's François-Houdé Award in 2008. Labonté has been a guest artist at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2016, 2017, and 2018.[1]

References
  1. "Catherine Labonté | Corning Museum of Glass". www.cmog.org. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. "Catherine Labonte: Mini Rabbit | Shops at the Corning Museum of Glass". shops.cmog.org. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. "Catherine Labonté". sydentelgalleries.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.


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