Maude Corriveau: Between the Folds

What happened and why it matters: Maude Corriveau opens Between the Folds, a solo exhibition reported to run Sep 3–Oct 3, 2026 at PLATO gallery, bringing her study of drapery, reflected light and simulated surfaces into a single show. For anyone who follows visual design in music — album art, stage visuals or cover photography — Corriveau’s fusion of analogue painting, staged photography and generative AI maps directly onto how contemporary sonic projects shape their image.

Corriveau is based in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal and builds work from dry pastel, oil paint and carefully staged everyday objects; her practice layers photographic documentation and algorithmic image generation before returning to oil on canvas, producing surfaces that read as both tactile fabric and digital illusion (maudecorriveau.com).

The exhibition dates and venue are reported by Booooooom, which frames Between the Folds around Corriveau’s interest in folds, iridescent colour and the threshold between surface and image. That trajectory continues work shown recently at Galerie Nicolas Robert in Montréal — most recently the Chambers d’Echo project listed as on view through Apr 5, 2026 (Galerie Nicolas Robert).

Institutional records and artist materials outline the arc behind this show: Corriveau has taken part in residencies such as the NARS Foundation International Residency Season III (2024) and holds awards including grants noted in PLATO press materials (NARS Foundation, PLATO gallery).

What to look for in the work: expect canvases that mimic folds of fabric and surfaces that flip between glossy, synthetic sheen and painterly depth. Corriveau’s process—photographing staged objects, running source images through generative models, then translating results into oil paint—creates the sort of hybrid visual language increasingly adopted by musicians and designers wanting artwork that feels both human-made and digitally native (Booooooom, artist site).

Practical notes and credits: Corriveau is represented by Galerie Nicolas Robert (gallerynicolasrobert.com) and maintains portfolio and contact details on her website (maudecorriveau.com). Her public projects include a display in the L’art s’affiche x Ubisoft program through Art Souterrain (Art Souterrain).

Why music fans should care

Corriveau’s surfaces — where oil paint responds to photographic and algorithmic source material — offer a direct visual vocabulary for contemporary music packaging and live visuals. Between the Folds is a compact case study in how painting and AI combine to shape the textures audiences now expect from cross-disciplinary releases.