Art Toronto 2026: 24th participation

Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to participate in Art Toronto for the 24th consecutive year. This presentation coincides with the gallery's 25th anniversary!  

For Art Toronto 2026, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain brings together an intergenerational selection of artists reflecting several of the gallery’s strongest areas of engagement: a significant representation of artists of Asian heritage working in Canada, established Canadian practices recognized at the highest institutional level, and contemporary work addressing questions of identity, history, and representation.

A significant component of the booth brings together works by Ari Bayuaji, Ed Pien, Chih-Chien Wang, Bryan Beyung, and James Lee Chiahan. Spanning different generations, cultural histories, and media, these artists represent an important and sustained presence within the gallery’s program. Rather than proposing a shared experience or perspective, the presentation highlights the distinct formal and conceptual approaches through which these artists engage with questions of memory, migration, place, materiality, and the construction of images.

The booth will also feature a focused presentation of Marie-Jeanne Musiol and Luc Courchesne, both recipients of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Their inclusion brings together two highly distinctive practices: Musiol’s photographic investigations into the energetic properties of the living world and Courchesne’s pioneering exploration of interactive and immersive media.

A work by Wendat artist Ludovic Boney introduces another critical perspective on Canadian history. Tattooing the number “1876” directly onto moose hide, Boney invokes the year in which the Indian Act was enacted, bringing the physicality of skin, inscription, and memory into direct relation with legislation that has profoundly shaped the relationship between the Canadian state and First Nations peoples.

The presentation extends to other artists central to the gallery’s program, including Leila Zelli, whose work was featured in the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art. Across photography, painting, sculpture, installation, and media art, the booth emphasizes distinctive individual practices while foregrounding artists whose work contributes to broader conversations around cultural memory, identity, perception, and contemporary Canadian experience.

View a short video presentation on our participation produced by pinknet.studio

The gallery thanks SODEC for its financial support.