Michèle Provost obtained a Diploma in Visual arts from the Ottawa School of Art, 2000; she has a background in woodcarving, photography and mixed media from the Artists’ Warehouse Studios, Norwich, England. Her work is characterized by assemblages and embroidery executed in a deliberate and conceptual manner. Provost has received awards from the the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, and was awarded the Prix de la Relève-Fondation pour les arts et lettres en Outaouais. She has exhibited her solo work at La Maison de la culture de Gatineau, le Centre des arts de Shawinigan, the Karsh-Mason Gallery, la Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges, and the Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario. Her upcoming exhibition entitled Une journée dans la vie de Maggy M. will premier at Galerie Montcalm in Gatineau, from November 3 to December 18, 2005.