Visual Artist, Graphic Designer, b. 1970, Canada

Craig Le Blanc is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has long examined masculinity, its performances, armour, and the fragile space it inhabits. Since the late 1990s he has worked with sculptural objects, text, and the iconography of “male” culture; sports gear, cars, gaming, and other charged objects to explore how identity is performed and how these symbols of strength can just as easily reveal vulnerability.

His recent work moves toward connectivity using beauty, warmth, and craft. Natural materials, hand-finished surfaces, and reclaimed elements add texture and human presence, signaling a gentle step away from polished finishes toward something more grounded. These pieces invite closeness rather than spectacle, a distinct shift in his practice.

Le Blanc is also expanding his work through sport-based systems and data; drawing inspiration from graphic design, he explores how clarity, grids, and design logic can shape sculptural form and atmosphere.

He has exhibited across Canada, and has 3 major public art projects including an award-winning municipal commission in 2011. A long-time design educator, he holds a BFA from NSCAD and an MFA from the University of Calgary in Computational Media Design.

He lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta.