PRESS RELEASE
(For immediate release, until Mai 30, 2025)
Ottawa, April 3 2025 — From April 17 to May 30, 2025, the Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle will host the 19th edition of its International Digital Miniprint Exhibition, curated this year by artist Dyana Ouvrard.
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 17 at 5 p.m.
IMPORTANT: We will take this festive occasion to inaugurate the Center’s new exhibition space. The public is invited.
Presented at the gallery as well as in virtual mode on its website, Déviations cartographiques highlights works by 55 artists from the following 11 countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Ukraine.
Déviations cartographiques
At the heart of landscapes lies a territory that we have marked out with our hands, by maps. Imbued with paradoxes, passions and ideologies, these maps have always attempted to give concrete form to the abstract thinking of our world. They tell subjective stories of curiosity and often domination.
Precise knowledge of our territory is not enough to ease our relationship with the world. Where the known banishes all adventure, where maps, GPS and other navigational techniques mark a path where mistakes are impossible, artists are invited to reintroduce the uncertainty of the route, the lines of movement, the singularity of the territory’s uses and the impressions left in memory, questioning, for example, the true nature of borders.
Thus, while the geographer relies on tangible data, the artist, freed from the constraints of accuracy, can decipher cartographic lines and negotiate their meaning. The artist’s work reveals not only lived or dreamed narratives seen from different angles, but also the flows of ideas that have traversed the history of art. This exhibition therefore invites us to reflect on the power of the images conveyed by maps, these representations that mould our imaginations of spaces and their outlines. Here, detours are suggested.
Déviations cartographiques invites artists to explore and reinterpret the notion of cartography, scale and relationship to territory through their digital prints, while simultaneously evoking the contemporary issues of the Anthropocene, decolonization and ecofeminist perspectives.
Dyana Ouvrard, curator
Participating artists :
A.Gutierrez Canada | A. Dworzak-Subocz Poland | A. Canau Portugal | C. Howard Donati Canada | C. Garcia Cournoyer Canada | C. Dahan Canada | C. Noreau Canada| C. Bezirgiannidou Greece | C. Lemay Canada | D. Robinson Canada | D. Leclerc Canada | D. Taman Bradette Canada | D. Lamontagne Canada | E. Whittaker Canada | E. Lisányi Hungary | F. Gauvry Argentina | F. Ikonomidou Greece | F. Caswell-Routhier Canada | G. Vallée Canada | H. Pouillon Belgium | I. Kobayashi Japan | I. Carozza France | J-P. Brazs France | J. Aird-Bélanger Canada | J. Graham Canada | J. Muscat Canada | J. Westrop Canada | J. Beauchemin Canada | L. Finet Canada | M. Boisvert Canada | M. Benhamou France | M. Hideg Canada Hungary | M. Périat Canada | M. Des Aulniers Canada | M. Lapointe Canada | M. Handfield Canada | M. Jassinthe Canada | N. Bourouaha Canada | N. Ross Canada | O. Golub Ukraine | P. Csaba Hungary | P. Erbelding France | P. Cavale Canada | Poupeline Canada | R. Aubin Canada | R. Jodoin Canada | R. Kempen Netherlands | R. Chevalier Canada | R. Robesco Canada | R. Sicard France | S. Lecorre-Moore Canada| S. Detourbet France | S. Marchetta Canada | S. Mandla Canada | T. Lassale France
Contact information:
[email protected] | (613) 748-6954
279 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1L 6C2
Opening hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday inclusive.
Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage, the City of Ottawa, AGAVF, Marcil Lavallée and Desjardins Ontario for their support.
PRESS RELEASE
(For immediate release)
Ottawa, April 1, 2025— VOIX VISUELLE: CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT POSITION
We would like to inform you of a change in the management of the Voix Visuelle Artist-Run Centre. Effective April 1st, Ms. Ruth Egue will serve as Interim Executive Director, replacing Ms. Shahla Bahrami.
It is with regret that we announce the departure of Ms. Shahla Bahrami, Executive Director, who has masterfully led the Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle for nearly 20 years, a place she co-founded in 2005.
Her expertise and experience in artistic and administrative circles fostered the creation and development of the Center. She successfully completed the start-up, registration, structuring, operational, and networking phases. As Executive Director, she handled administrative functions as well as all tasks related to exhibition management, including programming, artist training, and services provided to school clients and the public.
Holding numerous degrees (Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts, Bachelor’s degree in Science, and a diploma in Mathematics), she is also recognized as an artist engaged in contemporary art, where much of her work explores the issues of women’s imprisonment and political violence, which she captures in the form of images and installations open to other cultural dimensions.
We sincerely thank her for her exemplary commitment over the years and wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
Born in Quebec and originally from the Ivory Coast, Ms. Ruth Egue has over 15 years of experience in event management, where she has developed unique expertise in coordinating fun and engaging activities for schools across Canada.
Her management career also led her to lead a Francophone community organization serving families in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, where she played a key role in establishing strategic partnerships. Through the Ontario-Quebec partnership, she helped strengthen the service offerings to Francophone communities in this region. Perpetually striving for excellence and innovation and driven by the importance of promoting and enhancing the Francophonie, she continues to deepen her knowledge of business administration to maximize her impact in the sector.
We wish her the warmest of welcomes!
Contact information:
[email protected] | (613) 748-6954
279 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1L 6C2
Opening hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday inclusive.
Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage, the City of Ottawa, AGAVF, Marcil Lavallée and Desjardins Ontario for their support.
IMPORTANT: VOIX VISUELLE IS RELOCATING
We would like to inform you of a big change coming up for the Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle.
Our exhibition space on Beechwood Street, which has served to enliven the neighborhood for nearly twenty years, is about to move to a new location in the heart of Vanier.
This big news brings us a whole range of feelings linked to the wonderful memories we have made with the community over the years, and it also brings the excitement of new possibilities. Therefore, it is with a light heart and full of gratitude that we prepare to continue our mission in this new place of welcome.
We will get back to you with more details as soon as possible. Until then, stay tuned to discover our new address, the date of the inauguration as well as our 2025 exhibition’s schedule.
To enable us to transition, please note that our activities will be temporarily interrupted.
We thank all our partners for these many years of trust and collegiality, and we say… See you soon!
Information: [email protected]
The Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage, the City of Ottawa, AGAVF, Desjardins Ontario and Marcil Lavallée for their support.