08/24/2026
🎨🌎 GLOBAL ART LEAGUE 2026 – INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 🌎🎨
The Montreal Art Center and Museum invites you to discover an exceptional international exhibition featuring talented artists from around the world.
✨ OPENING NIGHT – Exhibition Launch
đź“… Saturday, August 29, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
🏆 CLOSING NIGHT & AWARDS CEREMONY
đź“… Saturday, September 12, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
🗳️ Vote for Your Favorite Artwork!
Visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite artwork throughout the exhibition. Voting closes on September 12 at 12:00 PM (noon).
✨ MEET THE ARTIST ✨
🎨 Artist Name / 🖼️ Artwork Title:Catherine Blackburn
Sisterhood - Charcoal - 30X28
Sea of people - Charcoal - 24x36
What's up on the top? - Charcoal - 30X40
Bio:
Pastel artist Catherine Blackburn has been exhibiting her work since 1995. A graduate in interior design, she developed her signature technique of varnished pastel on wood, which she calls crystallized pastel.
In 2023, Catherine published EMOTIF, an anthology combining around 50 artworks and poems inspired by a decade of personal challenges. Through exhibitions, workshops, and lectures, she now shares the resilience and healing she has found through art.
Her semi-figurative style blends Expressionism and Symbolism and is defined by flowing curves, vibrant colors, and themes such as women, travel, the city, wine, and individuality. Catherine continues to pursue her career internationally, sharing her distinctive style and technique with a wider audience.
“In order to capture my feelings and the mood I wish to create, I feel the energy and let my inspiration flow onto the wood. I am completely fulfilled seeing the grain of the raw material blend with the pure colors of the pastels, discovering the form of my composition and bringing together lines that intertwine, touch, and blend together to reveal a beautiful, sensual and meaningful work of art.”