Three Tenticle Forward Studios

Born in 1979 in Saskatoon, Jackie Morisette is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in watercolours, inks, and acrylics. First guided by her impressionist mother, she refined her affinity towards atmosphere and light through a series of independent studies and workshops in Florence, Barcelona, Brussels, Mexico City, and at home. Her education led by curiosity rather than curriculum. Her practice consistently seeks to carve out visual pauses amid daily noise, inviting viewers to stop, breathe, and reconnect with themselves.

A pivotal moment arrived with Scarcity, her 2023 exhibition at Le Fokus in Paris. In digital canvases that probed the environmental, economic, and psychological roots of food insecurity, Morisette discovered the powerful human connection her work could foster. The experience propelled her toward increasingly community-oriented projects.

Collaboration and public dialogue now define much of her output. Civic engagement is woven into every stage of her practice. Morisette supports non-profit organizations with donated pieces for fundraising efforts, has taught palette-knife painting for the elderly through her local arts council and serves as a public-at-large member on the Public Art Committee for her city. Her art resides in private collections across Canada and in Paris, Brussels, and Budapest.

Through expressive colour and subtle lines, Jackie Morisette offers viewers the quiet they need to remember themselves—a mission that guides each new brushstroke and every invitation to collaborate.