Collection: Stephanie Morissette

Stéphanie Morissette holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Studio Art from Concordia University, and a Certificate in Film Scenario from UQAM University. She has taken part in several international residency programs, e.g. in Canada, Iceland, Finland and Germany.

Her works have been exhibited in galleries and festivals internationally such as MUTEK, International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music, Montréal, Canada (2021); 22e Rencontres Traverse Video, Toulouse, France (2019); the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), Hong Kong (2016); Women Make Waves Film and Video Festival, Taiwan (2011); and the 10th International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Istanbul (2007). In 2017, she received the Conseil des Arts du Québec (CALQ) Prize - Artwork of the Year - Eastern Townships, for her exhibition Troubled Forest. In 2018, she did a 3 months residency at the brain imaging company Imeka, which culminated with the creation of Meanders, a virtual reality artwork that was a finalist at the NUMIX Prize - digital arts in 2021. Stéphanie currently lives and works in Sherbrooke, Qc. Canada.

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My research approaches conflict relationships between humans, nature elements, and technologies by looking into the past, present, and future. From politics, psychology, biotechnology, theories on postcolonialism, and on decolonization of nature, I propose a critical gaze on domination relationships. Pursuing an ecofeminist approach in a narrative form tinted with dark humor, I multiply the points of view, avoiding a dominant position in order to invite dialogues. 

For each of my projects, I propose an environment where I try to tell in fragments or in a set, the pervert's effects of anthropocentrism. Inspired by ecofeminism using a plurality of points of view to equilibrate the power of the gaze, I combine empathy with narrative forms. The goal is to create conversations between diverse elements of a system to reevaluate relationships. 

Using a diversity of mediums, I am constantly searching to create movement in my work, either with an evolutive aspect, serial or sequential, with a journey into the physical space of the work, or with technology and speed. With an aesthetic that can seem simple and naive, I underline the absurdity of certain subjects or situations to reveal they're troubling aspects.

Within the framework of specific projects with themes or during residency and events, I will be interested in the place of exhibition or residency, looking to enter in dialogue with its history, its community, and its mission.