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coquillage, plage, biographie

Multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer, Janie McLaughlin hails from Rivière-du-Portage, New Brunswick, Canada.
She enjoys exploring a variety of mediums and techniques, including acrylic painting, digital creation, sewing, and textile art. By skillfully combining these diverse materials and creative approaches, she brings fluidity and movement to her work—allowing her to develop innovative textures and original pieces that merge her two passions: visual art and textile design. Creative intuition lies at the heart of her artistic practice.

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Born with a hearing impairment, creating art is artist Janie McLaughlin’s greatest passion.
The spiral shape of the cochlea (the source of her hearing condition) serves as a recurring inspiration in her artwork. Her interest in art became more defined during her fashion design studies, earning her a college diploma (DEC) in Fashion Design from Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy in 2013. She later completed a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design and Styling at the École Supérieure de Mode of UQAM, Quebec, in 2018.

In 2017, she had the privilege of interning at La Monnaie Theatre in Brussels, Belgium—an experience that inspired her final university project titled Anthropos.

Following this milestone, she created designs for numerous celebrities, collaborated with photographers, and contributed to various runway collections. Many of her creations have also been featured in magazines, including VOGUE Italy in 2019.

In 2023, she moved from Montreal to the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick, seeking to reconnect with her roots and continue nurturing her art.

Nature, humanity, traditional textile crafts, and ancestral origins are the forces that ignite her creativity—her inner flame.

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Portrait, Janie McLaughlin, biographie

Memberships

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  • AAAPNB – Professional Artist / 2025 

  • Centr’Art, Caraquet, N.B. / 2025 -

  • Les Arts Visuels de la Baie, Petit-Rocher, N.B. / 2025 - 

  • ArtsLink NB / 2024

  • Artist Registry, collection artnb / 2024 -

  • Course Instructor, Fashion Design and Sewing, La Fontaine des Arts, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2024 – 

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Exhibitions

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  • “Le voyage ancestral” – Espace Corridart, Centre culturel de Caraquet, N.B. / April 29 to August 31, 2025

  • “Le voyage ancestral” – Galerie ARTcadienne, Miramichi, N.B. / March 21 to April 24, 2025

  • “Retour aux sources” – Père-Zoël-Saulnier Public Library, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2024

  • Léo-Lecavalier Library, La Prairie, QC / December 2022 to February 2023

  • “Être dans le même bateau” – Vieux Moulin de Verchères, Verchères, QC / June to August 2022

  • Boutique Le coin des artistes, Caraquet, N.B. / 2021–22

  • Le corridor des artistes, Académie Sainte-Famille, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2013

  • Festival Moisson d’art, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2008

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Symposiums / Events

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  • Intervalles, Artist Residency: “Les Stella Marie de la mer”, Le Quai des artistes, Caraquet, N.B. / September 2025

  • Exhibitor, Les Arts Visuels de la Baie, Petit-Rocher, N.B. / August 2025

  • Exhibitor, FAVA – Festival des arts de l’Atlantique, Caraquet, N.B. / June 2025

  • Community Project, creation of an outfit under the theme “Living Like a Tree.”

  • Intervalles, Sunset Creation, Le Quai des artistes, Caraquet, N.B. / September 2024 and 2025

  • Exhibitor, Symposium Le Rendez-vous des artistes, 100 artists – Paintings and Sculptures, St-Léonard, N.B. / 2024

  • Artists’ Tent, L’Aquafête de Tracadie, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / August 2024

  • Exhibitor, FAVA – Festival des arts de l’Atlantique, Caraquet, N.B. / June 2024

  • Live artwork creation during La Nuit des arts.

  • Fashion show: “Les astres s’enlignent” during La Nuit des arts.

  • Fusion Productions, Caraquet, N.B. / 2023, 2024, and 2025

    • Seamstress services – costume adjustments and repairs

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Fashion Shows and Displays

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  • “Les Stella Marie de la mer”, Intervalles, Caraquet, N.B. / September 2025

  • “Les astres s’enlignent”, La Nuit des arts, FAVA 2024, Caraquet, N.B. / June 2024

  • “Enjoy”, Spring/Summer 2020 Collection / October 2019

  • MAD Festival, Montréal, QC / 2019

    • Collaboration: “Essential – Fashion & Art Show.”

  • “It’s Time”, Fall/Winter 2019–20 Collection, Fashion Preview, Montréal, QC / February 2019

  • Showcase, École Supérieure de mode, UQÀM, Montréal, QC / 2018

  • Showcase, Montagne Boutique, Montréal, QC / 2018

  • “Anthropos”, Spring/Summer 2019 Collection, ÉSM18, Montréal, QC / April 2018

  • “Bossy Women”, Fall/Winter 2012–13 Collection, Ottawa Fashion Week, Gatineau, QC / February 2011

  • Graduation Fashion Show, CNDF, Québec, QC / June 2010

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Education

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  • Catapult Arts Accelerator Program, ArtsLink NB, Moncton, N.B. / 2024

  • Femme en affaires NB (FANB) | 2023 –

  • B.A. in Fashion Design and Styling, École Supérieure de mode, ESG UQÀM, Montréal, QC / 2015–2018

    • Intern, Théâtre de La Monnaie / De Munt workshops, Brussels, Belgium (2017)

    • Intern, Ève Gravel, Montréal, QC (2017)

  • D.E.C. in Fashion Design, Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy, QC / 2010–2013

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Workshops and Presentations

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  • Sewing Workshops (for adults and children), Café des Bonnes Sœurs, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2025

  • Workshop: “Living Like a Tree”, École La Villa des Amis, Tracadie Beach, N.B. / 2025

  • Workshop: “Upcycling”, École Le Tremplin, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2024

  • Workshop: “Christmas Painting”, Polyvalente W.-A.-Losier, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2023

  • Presentation: “The Fashion Designer Profession”, École de la Fontaine, Néguac, N.B. / 2019

  • Presentation: “The Fashion Designer Profession”, Café des Bonnes Sœurs, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. / 2012

  • Presentation: “Living with Hearing Loss” / 2011

    • École La Ruche, Tracadie-Sheila, N.B.

    • Polyvalente W.-A.-Losier, N.B.

© 2025 par Galerie Janie McLaughlin. 

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