Michelle
Caron-
Pawlowsky


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Biter Gallery
Finishing Holds, in progress

Finishing Holds questions the transformation of rituals and asks what forms a modern ritual can take. Finishing Holds, a title alluding to both the final move of a wrestling match and the final instance of holding a loved one, uses the language and visual universe of pro-wrestling as a metaphor through which to explore complex networks of care, absence, loss, touch, fragility, and grief. This project considers personal experiences with grief and reimagines the mourning ritual through the lens of pro-wrestling, drawing on the history of public combat as an ancient commemorative funeral ceremony.  


Performers: Emma Dal Monte and HD Chevalier. 
Three hour durational performance for Sweat it Out, duo exhibition with Abi Hodson, at Bâtiment 7 in Montreal, October 2026. 
Performers: Emma Dal Monte and HD Chevalier. 
Three hour durational performance for Sweat it Out, duo exhibition with Abi Hodson, at Bâtiment 7 in Montreal, October 2026. 
Performers: Emma Dal Monte and HD Chevalier. 
Three hour durational performance for Sweat it Out, duo exhibition with Abi Hodson, at Bâtiment 7 in Montreal, October 2026. 
Performers: Emma Dal Monte and Abi Hodson. 
Eight-minute performance repeated once per hour for Ignition at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery in Montreal, May 2025. 
Photo: Iñigo Lasheras Cobos.
Performers: Emma Dal Monte and Abi Hodson. 
Eight-minute performance repeated once per hour for Ignition at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery in Montreal, May 2025. 
Photo: Iñigo Lasheras Cobos.



Broken Chairs Collected from Wrestling Matches, 2026. Photography. Installation for Sweat it Out, duo exhibition with Abi Hodson, Bâtiment 7, October 2026.



In Between, 2026. Two-channel video, ceramic (left TV), papier mâché clay (right TV), computer monitors, installed on dissassembled staged pieces. Installation for Sweat it Out, duo exhibition with Abi Hodson, Bâtiment 7, October 2026.



Installation view of the exhibition Ignition at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, 2025. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro



Pull Them in Close, duo exhibition with Claudia Goulet-Blais, at Alliance Française Vancouver for Capture Photography Festival. April-May 2026. Photo: Claudia Goulet-Blais