ELLEPHANT PRESENTS “The Look” From September 9 to October 21, 2023 Montreal, September 6, 2023 – As part of the 18th edition of MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, ELLEPHANT is proud to present The Look: Evergon, Emmanuelle Léonard and JJ Levine, an exhibition bringing together three generations of important photographers based in Montreal, whose work is presented together […]
ELLEPHANT PRESENTS “ASCENSION” From June 30 to July 29, 2023 Montréal, June 28, 2023 – ELLEPHANT presents Ascension, the very first solo exhibition by multi-disciplinary artist Rebecca Foon, featuring a series of sublime photographs captured in nature’s most peaceful and inspiring oases. During the entire month of July at ELLEPHANT, Rebecca Foon presents nine photographs […]
Emmanuelle Léonard’s exhibition “Deployment”, presented at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris in collaboration with the Galerie de l’UQAM. This work highlights a body of work initiated in 2018 during a research residency in Canada’s Far North, more specifically in the heart of Nunavut, as part of the Canadian Forces Arts Program. Emmanuelle Léonard undertook […]
ELLEPHANT is proud to announce the acquisition of Skawennati’s “She Falls for Ages” by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. This 21-minute machinima, a sci-fi retelling of the Hautenosaunee (Iroquois) creation story of the Woman Who Fell From the Sky, is the first machinima in the NMAI collection and a significant addition to […]
Marc-Antoine Côté aptly describes the artistic approach of Adam Basanta and his exhibition “The unknown future rolls toward us”, presented at Langage Plus, in Le Quotidien. […] Adam Basanta proposes a vision of a world that is neither quite present nor quite future, beating to the rhythm of a time that is anything but human. […]
The three works by George E. Russell donated by ELLEPHANT to La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines were put up for auction at a benefit evening held on May 3, 2023. The sale of these works has enabled La Chapelle to reach its fundraising goal, and will help the organization to better promote creative youth and multidisciplinary […]
ELLEPHANT PRESENTS “BIOPHILIA” May 13 to June 17, 2023 Montréal, May 11, 2023 – ELLEPHANT presents the group exhibition Biophilia bringing together four artists who explore our relationship to the environment and enhance our perception of the importance of respecting, protecting and preserving our biodiversity. The artists investigate our relationship to the environment through compelling […]
ELLEPHANT was delighted to be part of Plural 2023, the Montreal Contemporary Art Fair, an unmissable opportunity for our gallery. At the 2023 edition, we had the pleasure of presenting the work of Adam Basanta, Nathalie Bujold, Evergon, Rebecca Foon, Emmanuelle Léonard, Tomek Leszkiewicz, Sabrina Ratté, Shanna Strauss, Skawennati and Stanley Wany. Our participation in this […]
Evergon wins the 2023 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, the most prestigious distinction for artistic merit and outstanding contribution to the visual and media arts in Canada. Evergon is an artist, a teacher, an activist, and a cultural icon. Throughout a prestigious career spanning more than 50 years, he has been recognized […]
Eric Andrew-Gee has written a splendid portrait of Sabrina Ratté in the Globe and Mail. Excerpt: Ratté may have officially produced the most beautiful thing to ever exist in the metaverse. Against the grain of a Silicon Valley culture that is busy constructing online universes as sterile as they are profit-driven, Ratté injects an otherwise […]
ELLEPHANT PRESENTS “NITTY GRITTY: MALE TOILET ANGST” BY EVERGON February 25 to April 8, 2023 Montréal, February 14, 2023 – ELLEPHANT is pleased to present the exhibition Nitty Gritty: Male Toilet Angst, from the series Manscapes, by Montréal’s very own legendary photographer Evergon. Secret hook-up spots for gay cruising have been around since the beginning […]
Shanna Strauss’s “Maguy” was presented in the Senate Foyer in Ottawa on the occasion of Black History Month. Visitors to the Senate Foyer in Ottawa were able to enjoy Shanna Strauss’ work throughout the month of February as part of “Tales”, a visual art exhibition by the Afro-Canadian Cultural Centre of Montreal (CCAM) and Intercultural […]
The February 2023 issue of Maclean’s magazine featuring Montreal photographer JJ Levine is set out to document his own community in his Queer Portraits series: Chosen Family. Queer Portraits is a reference to the history of portrait photography, which usually meant going to a studio in your best outfit and having your picture taken—and, for […]
