Laurence Vallières

Laurence Vallières is a Canadian sculptor and artist. She is particularly known for her sculptures made of upcycling materials: Her often larger-than-life sculptures include cars, chimpanzees, rhinos, elephants and bears. She usually uses strips of cardboard as her medium, which she bonds into sculptures. The artist, who studied in California, among other places, now lives in Montreal and was already part of the Knotenpunkt Festival in 2014.