Sébastien Gaudette, La marguerite (She loves me), 2023, mixed media on aluminum, 28 x 22 x 5 cm, courtesy of the artist, photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro
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Sébastien Gaudette – Langage éphémère (Ephemeral Language)
April 17 to August 7, 2025
Opening: Thursday, April 17, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Joint opening with the 44.4 Mother/Artist Collective at City Hall Art Gallery.
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue after-hours entrance.
Artist tour: Sunday, July 20, 2 pm
Presented in French.
Sébastien Gaudette, exhibition view at Galerie d’art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, 2024, courtesy of the artist
Sébastien Gaudette’s artistic practice revolves around paper, a medium he explores through sculpture, installation and drawing. His approach seeks to establish a graphic dialogue in which the gesture leaves behind only the imprint of movement—a trace that gradually evolves into ever more complex forms. As a result, he questions the materiality of the medium and transforms our perception of it. Crumpled, folded or torn, the paper echoes the twists and turns of the creative process, becoming the narrative thread that drives his work.
The works in the exhibition unfold like a significant mise-en-scène where colossal paper assemblages intertwine with metal sculptures and drawings. These ephemeral installations are assembled directly on-site, allowing them to merge with the space they occupy.
- Excerpt by Sophie Lupien
Biography
Sébastien Gaudette is a Canadian artist based in Montréal. After studying visual and media arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), he has dedicated himself to in-depth research around the medium of paper. His artworks have been showcased in a variety of venues across Quebec, including the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Art-image exhibition centre in Gatineau. Internationally, he has exhibited at the renowned ArtHelix Gallery in Brooklyn and the Galerie Goutal in France. His work has also been featured in major art fairs, including art karlsruhe in Berlin, Art on Paper in Miami, the Seattle Art Fair, the EXPO CHICAGO Art Fair, the Toronto Art Fair, and the Plural Fair in Montréal. Gaudette has taken part in several research residencies in both Quebec and the United States, experiences that have greatly enriched his creative practice. His artworks are included in both public and private collections.
Emily Rose Michaud and Marie Drolet – Illuminated Seasons
August 21 to November 2, 2025
Opening: Thursday, August 21, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue entrance.
Emily Rose Michaud and Marie Drolet, Illuminated Autumn, 2023, porcelain, cherry wood, LED lights, 140 x 140 cm, courtesy of the artists
This exhibition unites research, experimentation and creation on our ecological reflections of the region. Porcelain tiles of plants from our local bioregion are backlit to form a beehive. Hexagons depict the water molecule, a powerful element that unites us as humans. Cyanotype drawings incorporating these same plants are layered with the lines of local rivers familiar to us. Dried plant specimens sit among the works, inviting a taste of this place indoors.
And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways
Curator: Remco Volmer
November 13, 2025 to February 15, 2026
Opening: Thursday, November 13, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Access is limited to the Laurier Avenue entrance.
Kira Xonorika, Deep Time Dance (video still), 2024, digital video, 8 minutes, courtesy of the artist
This exhibition explores science fiction as a critical methodology to challenge dominant narratives and reimagine futures untethered from linear time. It presents works that merge ancestral knowledge with speculative fiction, opening up space for alternative representations of identity and sovereignty. By inviting viewers to envision new possibilities, the exhibition fosters a collective reimagining of the present through the lens of emancipatory futurity.
2024-25 Exhibitions Peer assessment committee members
Gabriela Avila-Yiptong, Claudia Gutierrez, Carl Stewart