Exhibitions

Jackson Slattery

Baroque 2 December 2021 - 19 February 2022 The gallery is delighted to present in partnership with Parc Offsite, this special project by Jackson Slattery. In this most recent body of work, Slattery is reducing his subject matter to light, providing a detailed visual diary that is devoid of context and recognizable subject matter. Using centuries old, traditional... Read More

Mr. Big

Geneviève et Matthieu 13 November - 18 December 2021 M. Gros [Mr. Big] Evolving and protean work, 2020- Do you have a special relationship with your sculptures? What if they were the ones performing? How would they do it? This new installation-performance by Geneviève & Matthieu is inspired by the Canadian investigative technique called Mr. Big which allows an... Read More

Portal 2

Mark Clintberg 11 September - 16 October 2021 'Portal 2 starts with a murder. The exhibition responds to oral history research by Kevin Allen: in 1979, a man making homophobic and violent advances was attacked and killed by a pair of men-who-have-sex-with-men cruising Central Memorial Park in Moh'kins'tsis (Calgary, Alberta) one night. Silver jacket is a facsimile of... Read More

Pour un herbier

Benny Nemer 11 September - 16 October 2021 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is thrilled to present as part of MOMENTA 2021 satellite program Benny Nemer for the first time at the gallery on Rachel with his solo exhibition: Pour un herbier. 'Tread lightly in the forest you have entered. Are you lost or have you searched to find... Read More

mes histoires courent, courent

Shahla Bahrami, Shabnam K. Ghazi, Leila Zelli 10 June - 14 August 2021 Through the meanders of this exhibition, three Iranian-Canadian artists - Shahla Bahrami, Shabnam K. Ghazi and Leila Zelli - patiently weave delicate intimate spaces. Their individual concerns echo one another in surprising ways as they set out to explore with sensitive lucidity the subtle materiality of things infused by gesture,... Read More

Ludovic Boney

NSPSLL! 16 April - 29 May 2021 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to invite the public to discover Ludovic Boney's installation NSPSLL! Taking into account his current preoccupations with the notions of pathways, immersive experiences, installations and devices, the artist suggests an elsewhere, another place that is not necessarily a physical and real place, and offers... Read More

"Dear family: twenty years was just yesterday"

An exhibition curated by Matthew Sanderson as part of ART MATTERS FESTIVAL 17 March - 3 April 2021 PFOAC hosts a curated exhibition by Matthew Sanderson as part of ART MATTERS - Concordia University's undergraduate visual arts festival. EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Quang Hai Nguyen Aja Palmer Le Lin Jay Krakower Jennifer Lee Dear family: twenty years was just yesterday This exhibition comprises five artworks, each of which a kind... Read More

LUC COURCHESNE : ANAMORPHOSIS

18 February - 13 March 2021 Congratulations to Luc Courchesne - recipient of the 2021 Governor General Award for the media arts! PFOAC is proud to have presented his work since 2003! OPENING HOURS The gallery is open to the public from Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 5pm, without appointment. We limit the number of... Read More

Ed Pien: Somnambulists

with Galerie Maurits van de Laar (The Hague), Birch Contemporary (Toronto) and Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir (Montreal) 18 February - 13 March 2021 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present Somnambulists - an exhibition of works by Ed Pien around the theme of wandering figures in silhouette. This exhibition represents a unique collaboration between PFOAC, Galerie Maurits van der Laar (The Hague), Birch Contemporary (Toronto) and Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir (Montreal). Somnambulists highlights... Read More