Geneviève Castrée

Geneviève Castrée

Castrée performing as Ô PAON alongside Earth and Mount Eerie in Leuven, Belgium in March 2012
Background information
Also known as Geneviève Elverum
Born (1981-04-09)April 9, 1981
Loretteville, Quebec, Canada
Died July 9, 2016(2016-07-09) (aged 35)
Anacortes, Washington, U.S.
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2000–2016
Labels L'Oie de Cravan
Associated acts Phil Elverum

Geneviève Castrée Elverum, born Geneviève Gosselin (9 April 1981 – 9 July 2016) was a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec.[1] She once recorded under the name Woelv[2][3] and later switched to Ô PAON.[4]

Life

Geneviève Castrée was born in Loretteville, Quebec,[1] and later lived in the Pacific Northwestern United States.[3]

Castrée grew up reading Tintin comics from an early age, so much so that she eventually entered, studied for, and won a Tintin competition. From an early age, Castrée was drawing comics influenced by artists she loved such as Hergé, Renée French, Chester Brown, Julie Doucet, and Argentinian artist Quino.[5]

Castrée began her cartooning career in her teens publishing minicomics. Montreal publisher L'Oie de Cravan published her first book Lait Frappé in 2000,[6] followed by Roulatheque Roulatheque Nicolore in 2001, but it was Pamplemoussi in 2004[5] that launched her into the international spotlight in both the comic and music world. Pamplemoussi was an unconventionally large book at 12" by 12" as it also included an LP of music that accompanied her drawing. Pamplemoussi was Castrée's first musical release[7] and her first major movement to integrate her music and visual art into one cohesive practice.

After the release of Pamplemoussi, Castrée went on to release eight albums under the names Woelv (2004-2007) and Ô PAON (2007-2016), all with her own artwork, as well as collaborations with fellow northwest musical icons Karl Blau and Lori Goldston.

In 2013 Drawn and Quarterly released what would be Castrée's last image book, Susceptible--a memoir that chronicles Castrée's childhood growing up in Quebec and eventual movement to British Columbia. In November 2015 L'Oie de Cravan published her final book "Maman Sauvage" a book of poems in French, under the name Geneviève Elverum. In October 2016 she was posthumously included in The Best American Comics 2016, edited by Roz Chast.

She was married to musician Phil Elverum, who has released music as The Microphones and Mount Eerie.[8]

She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015, shortly after the birth of her and Elverum's only child.[9] In June 2016, a GoFundMe account was set up by Elverum to assist with their finances.[9] She died on July 9, 2016.[8] A concept album titled A Crow Looked at Me was composed by her husband to chronicle the end of her life and mourn her death.

Bibliography

Books

Discography

Collaborations and appearances

Woelv releases

Woelv compilation appearances

"Ô PAON" releases

"Ô PAON" compilation appearances

References

  1. 1 2 Adam Baumgold Gallery. March 20, 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Band To Watch: Woelv." Stereogum. October 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  3. 1 2 "True tales: Daniel Johnston, double-edged." guardian.co.uk. November, 26 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  4. ↑ "A WOELV Interview." The Lumière Reader. November, 19 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-18. Archived May 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 "Geneviève Castrée: 1981-2016 | The Comics Journal". www.tcj.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  6. ↑ Clough 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ô Paon". www.opaon.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  8. 1 2 Yoo, Noah. "Geneviève Elverum Has Died". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 Monroe, Jazz. "Phil Elverum Seeks Donations for Wife's Cancer Treatment". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

Works cited

Exhibitions

  1. PressPop (solo show), Tokyo
  2. Adam Baugmgold Gallery, New york
  3. Junc Gallery, 2006 (two person show)
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