Stéphanie Morissette

For each of her projects, Stéphanie Morissette creates a narrative environment. She explores or revisits a theme from different perspectives. Her work focuses on human behavior throughout history and on conflicts related to the use of technology in both our daily lives and the geopolitical sphere. The artist is also interested in the impact of technology on nature and the psychology of the various actors who use it. Formally, her installations consist of paper, motors, drawings, photos, animations, and videos. This hybrid approach seeks to transcend the mediums themselves. The introduction of volume and movement into her two-dimensional works gives her work a serial and sequential aspect that is reminiscent of cinema and comic books. Her aesthetic—which seems naive at first glance but is tinged with black humor—allows her to tackle disturbing subjects. Stéphanie Morissette lives and works in Sherbrooke. In 2017, she won the Conseil des arts du Québec Award for Work of the Year in the Estrie region for her exhibition L’inquiète forêt.Her paper and video works have been presented in Germany, England, Belgium, Canada, China, Spain, the United States, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Syria, Taiwan, and Turkey at major events such as Les Rencontres Traverse Vidéo in Toulouse (2019), Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois (2018), the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Hong Kong (2016), the Women Make Waves Film and Video Festival in Taiwan (2011), and the 10th Istanbul International Biennial of Contemporary Art (2007). Stéphanie Morissette has been involved with several arts organizations and festivals over the past 20 years.