Vézina, Andrée

Andrée Vézina was born in 1952, in Montréal. She completeda B.A. in Sociology at the Université Laval while studying drawing in cegeps, museums and various workshops. After she left university, she experimented more thoroughly in art. She 's selftaught. her major solo exhibitions were held at Pratt & Whitney in Longueuil (1986); Galerie la Corniche in Chicoutimi (1987); Alliance française in Ottawa (1988). She has also participated int he exhibitions:"Les femmes peintres du Québec" at the Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1989) and "Les Femmeuses". She won 2nd and 3rd prizes awarded by the Canadian Watercolour Society in 1984 and 1985. She was also nominated "Artiste de l'année" at Pratt & Whitney in 1986.