Mégane Fortin, a 17-year-old abstract artist from Quebec, has been showcasing her work internationally since she was seven years old. Her unique style and talent have earned her recognition at prestigious art events like Spectrum Miami, alongside renowned artists.
This teen artist from Quebec is already showcasing her art around the world.Seventeen-year-old Mégane Fortin started painting at seven years old. She’s exhibited her work in Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She has a hands-on approach, sometimes using her fingers to create abstract works.As a child taking art classes, Mégane Fortin felt constrained by some traditional principles of painting.
'I didn't like that we have rules … All people did the same thing,' said Fortin, with a chuckle, standing in front of a dozen of her paintings displayed at a local Quebec City café. The 17-year-old abstract artist from Stoneham, Que., has now been painting outside the lines for the past 10 years. She says her creativity soared when her mom first signed her up for an abstract painting course when she was seven. 'It's liberating … Art is like therapy,' said Fortin, who presented her first collection at nine years old. Since then, she's painted pieces that have sold for thousands of dollars across Quebec, Canada and internationally.'I'm so happy to have my passion. And for some teenagers it will be sports, it will be music, but it's more rare to be an artist young,' she said. Fortin has showcased her work in New York and Los Angeles and was recently invited to her first event in Miami in December — Spectrum Miami.Eric Smith, the owner of Spectrum Miami, Red Dot Miami and the Redwood Art Group, says the exhibition overlaps with the Art Basel festival in Miami. With 15 fairs over the course of a few days, Smith says Miami's art week is 'probably the world's biggest art fair when you take all the people that fly in and visit.' Spectrum itself invites about 190 exhibitors but receives close to 700 applications, Smith estimates. 'There are artists that make their whole year by exhibiting at our event, and they'll sell anywhere from $100,000 to $400,000 worth of art,' he said
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