Exhibition Walkthrough

Valérie Blass

“Valérie Blass studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal, earning a BFA in 1998 and an MFA in 2006. She has had notable solo exhibitions at the Darling Foundry, Montreal (2023); Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver (2024, 2020, 2015); the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2019); Oakville Galleries (2019); Artspeak Vancouver (2015); the Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary (2013); the Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal (2012); and MOCA Toronto (2009). Blass’s work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, Montreal (2023); Musée Zadkine, Paris (2021); the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California (2021); Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, France (2019); the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2017, 2011); La Biennale de Montréal (2016); the Vancouver Art Gallery (2016); the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2016); the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (2016, 2011); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2014, 2010); and Public Art Fund, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, USA. In 2017, she received the Gershon Iskowitz Prize.”

Dana Michel et Tracy Maurice

“Tracy Maurice is a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans film and video, sculpture, installation, and visual art. Her work merges analog craftsmanship with digital media to explore interconnected relationships between time, memory, and the ephemeral. Investigating the nature of reality and perception, Maurice engages with both visible and invisible forces found in the natural world. Drawing from a background in Art History, she references early cinema and the history of science to create hybrid, illusory works. Maurice’s work has been shown internationally, including at the 11th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Dana Michel.”

“Dana Michel is a live artist whose work interacts with the expanded field of choreography, sculpture, comedy, and poetry. Based in Montreal, she is currently touring four solo performance works: YELLOW TOWEL, MERCURIAL GEORGE, CUTLASS SPRING, and MIKE. In 2014, she was awarded the ImPulsTanz Award (Vienna) for outstanding artistic accomplishments and was highlighted among notable choreographers of the year by The New York Times. In 2017, she was awarded the Silver Lion for Innovation in Dance at the Venice Biennial. In 2018, she became the first ever dance artist in residence at the National Arts Centre, Canada. In 2019, she was awarded the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art (Kuopio, Finland). In 2022, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded her the Jacqueline-Lemieux prize in recognition of her contribution to dance in Canada. In 2024, she was awarded the Prix de la danse de Montréal for international touring.”