(b. 1997)

Celt Duk [K-elt Duke] is an artist and adventure cyclist from Montreal, Quebec, working mostly in paint and sometimes in words. Her work is shaped by time spent cycling through remote places, drawing inspiration from the landscapes and encounters along the way.

Fascinated by colour and light from a young age, she began painting long before she started travelling. Celt started selling her work at the age of 15, drawn early on to the natural world and surrealism, painting imagined and real places before she could reach them. As her audience grew, so did her practice, leading to work as a muralist and illustrator alongside exhibitions and an expanding online presence.

In 2020, after the world slowed at the start of the pandemic, she felt a strong pull to leave Montreal and see new places. She purchased a bicycle and set out alone into the eastern wilderness, often camping off the road in the woods, carrying only what she needed to survive and to paint what she found. Over the years, that first journey grew into something much larger: cycling over 15,000 kilometres across the continent, from the easternmost point of Newfoundland to the end of the Dempster Highway in the Northwest Territories, reaching the Arctic Ocean.

Celt continues to paint from these journeys as she continues to plan her future adventures.

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-Exhibitions-

2023 Symposium - Lyst d’Art

2023 Group Exhibit - Festival Mtl en Arts

2023 Festivale d’Art Urbain - Mural 11th edition

2023 Montreal Home Expo Show - Olympic Stadium / Gallea

2022 Group Exhibit - Festival Mtl en Arts

2021 Nature’s Wonderland - Kefi Art Gallery

2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition – Montreal Art Center

2019 Artwalk – Galerie d’Art Pointe Claire

2018 Duo Exhibition – Café des Artistes Dorval

2018 Collective Exhibition – Foufounes Electrique

2017 Space Gathering Portal – Festival de Music Electronique

2016 Collective Exhibtion w/ Bbam Gallery – Café des Artistes Dorval

2015 October Exhibition – Dorval Artists’ Association

-Collaborative Projects-

2022Drylands Board Game - Collaborative Project with Montrose Biology

-Awards and Features-

2024 - 10Adventures - Podcast

2022 - Special Merit Award for the Marketer Magazine - TMAC 2021 competition

2022 - Winner for Artrepreneur’s Open Call -Botanicals

2022 - Wandering Autumn Magazine - Issue 7: Growth