2024 - 2025 PROGRAMMING — Galerie VAV Gallery

GALERIE VAV GALLERY

2024 - 2025 PROGRAMMING

VESTIGES OF BELONGING: SUMMER RESIDENCY SHOW

The VAV kicks off the 2024-25 school year with our first show, "Vestiges of Belonging." This exhibition showcases the work of our 2024 Summer residents, who delved into shared histories of migration, otherness, and nostalgia.

EXHIBITION: SEPT 3 - 14, 2024
CLOSING RECEPTION: SEPT 12

GROUP
DELANEY FELLOWS
ANNA NOEL
LUCIA FOSTER
JULIA BELMORE
FELIPE COLMENARES BETANCOURT
KELLY DAY
JOSEPHINE CAMPBELL LASHUK

(Slide 1-6)

Julia Belmore, 2024.

(Slide 7-12)

Josephine Campbell Lashuk and Lucia Foster, 2024.

Julia Belmore, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

Julia Belmore, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

Josephine Campbell Lashuk and Lucia Foster, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

(Slide 1-7)

Kelly Day, 2024.

(Slide 8-14)

Anna Noel, 2024.

(Slide 15-23)

Felipe Colmenares Betancourt, 2024.

(Slide 24-28)

Delaney Fellows, 2024.

Kelly Day, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

Kelly Day, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

Anna Noel, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

Felipe Colmenares Betancourt, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

Delaney Fellows, Vestiges of Belonging: Summer Residency Show, 2024.

CARRÉ ROUGE

EXHIBITION: 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
INKA KENNEPOHL
JAMEEL MOOLANI
MAYA LABRIE-COLLETTE
SOTOUDEH MARIJI
MICHAEL PONTRELLI
ROBBY REIS
SKKANDALOZA
IGNACIO MENDIZÁBAL
EMMA THAIS HOLLAND

(Slide 1-10)

Skkandaloza

(Slide 11-13)

Ignacio Mendizábal

(Slide 14-15)
Inka Kennepohl

(Slide 16-23)

Ruby Reis

Skkandaloza, Carre Rouge, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

(Slide 1-7)

Sotoudeh Mariji

(Slide 8-10)

Maya Labrie-Collette

(Slide 11-13)
Jameel Moolani and Emma Thais Holland

(Slide 14-17)
Michael Pontrelli

Sotoudeh Mariji, Carre Rouge, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

BALLADS OF DISPLACEMENT

"The word remember evokes a coming together of severed parts, fragments becoming a whole"

- bell hooks

In every place, person, or phrase we leave behind lingers a fragment of identity and heritage, crystalized in time, ever-changing yet immobile. Too often, we part with these disjointed aspects of ourselves without mourning what once was or cherishing what has been.

Ballads of Displacement calls for a space to explore and reconnect with our collective challenges with displacement scattered across a physical, emotional, spiritual, or cultural landscape. Displacement acts as both a binding force and an isolating agent, distorting and rearranging our sense of self. We are left with snapshots of our fading memory and mnemonic imagination, tasked with remembering and connecting our previous selves to our present interpretation of our identity.

The participating artists and their works speak of the fragmentation of belonging, and a blurred contrast between variations of the self. They explore the transformative impact of uprooting and working through trauma and memory. Each piece becomes a ballad of survival and strength, a journey across time, generation, and geography. Through this exhibition, we can engage with artworks inspiring resilience and strength, allowing us to rethink how displacement affects our perception of self, community, and home.

Curatorial statement written by Emitees Tajdari.

EXHIBITION: OCT 7 - 18, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: OCT 10

GROUP
GRACE STAMLER
KELLY DAY
CIARA PREMI
MARIE KHEDIGUIAN
KELLY HALSETH
MAYA LABRIE-COLLETTE
NAZANIN MORADI

(Slide 1-12)

Maya Labrie-Collette

(Slide 13-22)

Nazanin Moradi

(Slide 23-29)

Kelly Halseth

Maya Labrie-Collette, Ballads of Displacement, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

(Slide 1-18)

Marie Khediguian

(Slide 19-22)

Ciara Premi

(Slide 23-26)
Grace Stamler

(Slide 27-32)

Kelly Day

Marie Khediguian, Ballads of Displacement, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

ORGANIC FORMS

Where does the beauty of an object lie? Is it the matter, the form, or somewhere beyond the tangible realm? How does nature—through its textures, patterns, and transformations—affect our experience with the piece?

Organic Forms is a call to introspection, urging the viewer to engage with the works' materiality while absorbing their emotional resonance. Grounded in the aesthetics of form and beauty, each piece provokes a visceral, somatic response.

Curatorial statement written by Emitees Tajdari

EXHIBITION:
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
NOLAN HENRY
CLARA OLIVIA LEVESQUE
MARIE BILODEAU
FREDERICK PLANTE
ALEXIA PAZ ESCOBAR
MELANIE CARLONE
STEPHANIE BOURGAULT
NEDJMA ZIARATI

(Slide 1-18)

Nolan Henry

(Slide 19-31)

Sabrina Maisonneuve

(Slide 32-43)
Melanie Carlone

(Slide 44-64)

Nedjma Ziarati

Nolan Henry, Organic Forms, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

(Slide 1-10)

Stephanie Bourgault

(Slide 11-21)

Marie Bilodeau

(Slide 22-29)
Frederick Plante

(Slide 30-36)

Alexia Paz Escobar

Stephanie Bourgault, Organic Forms, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

CAN’T FIND THE SUN

Can’t Find the Sun brings together twelve works from 8 artists to speculate possible lines of inquiry into the rift of vision and dislocation. In the exhibition’s context, the works will expand a constellation of perspectives pertaining to notions of extremity, dream, extravaganza, escape, and other manifestations of natural excess in vision and its slums.

-Emiliano

EXHIBITION:
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
MARGOT BOIVIN
QUINLAN GOLSON
SANDRINE LANOUETTE
EDEN AV-GAY
SABRINA PEROTTI
BOIIKO
JULIA MOBBS
SABRINA SCHMIDT

(Slide 1-12)
Julia Mobbs

(Slide 13-30)
Eden Av-gay

(Slide 31-42)
Boiiko

(Slide 43-47)
Sandrine Lanouette

(Slide 48-53)
Sabrina Perrotti

Julia Mobbs, Can’t Find The Sun, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

(Slide 1-4)
Margot Boivin

(Slide 5-12)
Quinlan Golson

(Slide 13-18)
Sabrina Schmidt

Margot Boivin, Can’t Find The Sun, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

A WILLINGNESS TO CONNECT

This exhibition invites viewers into a world of myths, memories, and lived experiences that converge, offering a deep reflection on the ways we construct and share our own stories. Whether through symbolic imagery, intimate portraits, or abstract forms, each piece opens a dialogue about the complexities of existence and the ongoing process of becoming.

EXHIBITION: N/A
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
N/A

A Willingness To Connect, 2024. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

CATALOGUE LAUNCH: FOFA X VAV

EXHIBITION: N/A
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
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EN
With the end of the fall semester approaching, the FOFA and the VAV galleries are happy to invite you to a celebratory evening to commemorate the 2024 cohort of writers, designers, dancers and artists that formed part of the Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition (USE), embodied urgencies! Join us in celebrating the official launch of the USE 2024 print catalogue and see all the amazing creative work compiled in it. This evening, the torch will pass to the next cohort of artists and writers who will be part of USE 2025 starting in January. Swipe through the carousel to find out their names!

About the 2024 catalogue: this publication is a companion to the annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition (USE) and contains four essays by Raviya Azad, Emiliano Guevara, Nicholas Linh, and Kioni Sasaki-Picou. It was designed by Myra Lintaman, Ayisha Thier, and George Teglas. It features the artworks of Katherine Barr, Cassi Camille, Catherine Desroches, Somaye Farhan, Lucy Gill, Maya Gasco-Gilmour, Levana Katz, Em Laferrière, Jorge Bernardo Lopera Doncel, Emma Mclean, Clara-Jane Rioux Fiset, Zebras Collective (Rianna Huynh and Yann-Marc Pignard), and the dance performances of Heather Anderson & Laura Borello Bellemare, Léa Bonenfant & Sage Fabre-Dimsdale, Anne-Marie Latulippe, and Aly Turgeon.

FR
Avec la fin du semestre d’automne qui approche, les galeries FOFA et VAV sont heureuses de vous inviter à une soirée de célébration pour commémorer la cohorte 2024 d’écrivain.e.s, de designers, de danseur.se.s et d’artistes qui ont fait partie de l’Exposition annuelle des étudiant.e.s de premier cycle (USE), urgence incarnées! Rejoignez-nous pour célébrer le lancement officiel du catalogue imprimé de USE 2024 et témoigner tout le travail créatif incroyable qu'il rassemble. Ce soir-là, le flambeau sera transmis à la prochaine cohorte d’artistes et d’écrivain.e.s qui feront partie de USE 2025 à partir de janvier.

À propos du catalogue 2024 :
Cette publication accompagne l’Exposition annuelle des étudiant.e.s de premier cycle (USE) et contient quatre essais de Raviya Azad, Emiliano Guevara, Nicholas Linh et Kioni Sasaki-Picou. Elle a été conçue par Myra Lintaman, Ayisha Thier et George Teglas. Elle met en avant les œuvres de Katherine Barr, Cassi Camille, Catherine Desroches, Somaye Farhan, Lucy Gill, Maya Gasco-Gilmour, Levana Katz, Em Laferrière, Jorge Bernardo Lopera Doncel, Emma Mclean, Clara-Jane Rioux Fiset, Zebras Collective (Rianna Huynh et Yann-Marc Pignard), ainsi que les performances de danse de Heather Anderson & Laura Borello Bellemare, Léa Bonenfant & Sage Fabre-Dimsdale, Anne-Marie Latulippe et Aly Turgeon.

OUR A(R)MOUR

This exhibition emphasizes two major points:
(1) One can only meet another as much as they meet themselves and
(2) the integration of the shadow ourselves into who we are is a deeply painful experience that is an individual journey but one that we must do together. The pain to be vulnerable with others is just the pain to be vulnerable with the self, however it is in being courageous that we find ourselves unconditionally and wholly loved by others and ourselves, as well as freedom and belonging.

EXHIBITION: DEC 2 - JAN 6, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: DEC 5

SOLO
ISABEL YONG

Isabel Yong, Our A(r)mour, 2025. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

Isabel Yong is a 22 year old student currently residing in Montreal, Canada. As a child of constant change, her exploration of her cultural/ethnic ambiguity and queerness has empowered her to connect with the people around her in a dynamic and multifaceted way, and find community in shared passion and kindness. Themes of impermanence, identity, and belonging, have consistently underlined her creative work, be it her oil paintings or her clinical work.

Isabel Yong, Our A(r)mour, 2025. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

EPHEMERAL ECHOES

EXHIBITION: JAN 30 - FEB 8, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: JAN 30

GROUP
MARIA LUZ JARAMILLO
SHANNON FEJK
ANNISA BURGOS
CAT LIPIEC
SYDNEY SHELTON
BREAGH GODIN
LILI SIMONE FAIER
GAIA CHAREST LÉVESQUE

(Slide 1-5)
Breagh Godin

(Slide 6-8)
Lili Simone Faier

Breagh Godin, Ephemeral Echoes, 2025. Click to expand the image and swipe for additional views

(Slide 1-5)
Lili Simone Faier

(Slide 6-15)
Gaia Charest Levesque

(Slide 16-23)
Annisa Burgos

(Slide 24-29)
Shannon Fejk

(Slide 25-30)
Cat Lipiec

(Slide 48-53)
Breagh Godin

MOSAIC OF US

EXHIBITION: FEB 20 - MAR 1, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: FEB 20

GROUP
KAT SUN
ZOE SCHIRA-HAGERMAN
EAMON MURNIGHAN
SOPHIE BRACKETT
ESTHER CLARKE
DAVID MORALES
MOLLY STURGE
CHANTELL JUANITA
CHAN JUAN

N/A

DISTORTED REVERIE

EXHIBITION: MAR 6 - 15, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: MAR 6

GROUP
TAJ D’SOUZA MUISE
KIRA-MADINA STORCH
SCOTT COWAN
SIERRA KORITKO
RACHEL KOHLER
KATHRYN FRANCES MCTAGGART
NATHAN VALLÉE

N/A

ANCHOR: ART MATTERS FESTIVAL

EXHIBITION: MAR 17 - 28, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION:

GROUP

N/A

OF SOIL AND SKY

EXHIBITION: APR 1 - 12, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: APR 3

GROUP
JO TRIANTAFILLOU
HAILEY FRASER
MARIANNE CHARLEBOIS
SADIE SEGRIFF
SHAN COLLAR
JUNES DREYFUS

N/A

THE WEIGHT OF FRAGMENTS

EXHIBITION: APR 17 - 25, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: N/A

GROUP
AMINA CHADDA-MALTI
NEDJMA ZIARATI
MARIE KHEDIGUIAN
DONA MARIA MOUANESS
LEEN JAAFAR

N/A

TOPOGRAPHIES OF LONGING

EXHIBITION: MAY 1 - 9, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: MAY 1

GROUP
MARIE KHEDIGUIAN
SOTOUDEH MARIJI
NOOR TARIQ
ROSE KAHHALI
HEDYEH VALIAN
LEEN JAAFAR
PERLA ELFASSI
MAAYAN BEN PORA

N/A

POST MORTEM: ART MATTERS FESTIVAL

A showmakers’ show, Post Mortem gives light and space to the artistic endeavours of the Art Matters 2025 staff. Spanning the mediums of scenography, sculpture, painting, drawing, and performance, this exhibition houses a sampling of the creative diversity each member brought to the team. Our broad range of artistic backgrounds and stylistic perspectives is part of what made this year such a success.

Working on the festival means pouring a lot of time, energy, and care into the work of our peers. This exhibition is our way of highlighting the simultaneous labour that goes into the dual role of artist/cultural worker. A celebration of our artistic practices and the success of our collaboration as a team, Post Mortem marks the end of a truly special year.

We can’t wait to see you all at the last Art Matters vernissage of the year!

A huge thank you to FASA and the VAV for making this show possible!

EXHIBITION: MAY 12 - 16, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: MAY 15

GROUP
TOM ADSHEAD (GLYPHBOUND)
DALIA ALLOCCA
JOSHUA AUGUSTO
ESTHER CLARKE
GEMMA ELSE
ALEXIA PAZ ESCOBAR
SARA GIROUX
INKA KENNEPOHL
CLAIRE LABRECQUE
CLAIRE LAMARRE-NIEMI
ISABELA MARKUS
RENÉE EDMONA MATHEWS

N/A

COMMENCEMENT SHOW

EXHIBITION: JUNE 2 - 14, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 11

GROUP
ANIKA YVETTE
ANNA BRUEY
ANNA NOEL
CAITLIN DIX
CHRISTY MONT-LOUIS
EDDEN AV-GAY
EMERY VANDERBURGH
FREDERICK PLANTE
HAIYAN WU
HEI LAM NG
KELLY DAY
LAS SABINAS (SABINA GAMEZ AND SABINA RAK)
LILY FAULKNER
LUC JOO BAYA
MYA WYNTER HEWSTAN-GATES
RACHEL JAMES CARRIERE
REBEKAH WALKER
SABRINA PERROTI
SABRINA SCHMIDT
SONYA KERTÉSZ
SYDNEY ALLEN
THOMAS GIACOBBE
YUKI LN

N/A