Fiona Annis

Al centro della pratica di questa artista canadese c’è un’esplorazione della natura enigmatica e misteriosa della fotografia. La sua pratica non è limitata a una singola tecnologia, metodo, processo o soggetto, ma indaga gli elementi fondamentali della fotografia, quali luce, carta, chimica e tempo. Con un impegno continuo nei confronti di materiali e processi fotografici arcaici, Fiona integra questa conoscenza storica con un approccio profondamente contemporaneo. Il suo è un percorso artistico che evoca sia l’eredità del passato che la promessa di un futuro. Fiona ha esposto in istituzioni artistiche mondiali, tra cui AC Institute (New York), Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montréal), Goldsmith’s (Londra), Low Salt Gallery (Glasgow), Museo Novecento (Napoli), Gallery44 (Toronto), e The Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton). Le sue opere sono presenti nella collezione permanente del Museo della Civiltà di Québec, nel Museo Nazionale di Belle Arti del Québec, nella collezione di arte pubblica di Ottawa e della Penumbra Foundation di New York. Nel 2018-19, Annis ha beneficiato del premio della Fondazione Brucebo per la sua residenza presso il Museo degli Strumenti Astronomici di Napoli, Italia. Fiona è una delle due co-fondatrice di The Society of Affective Archives (La società degli archivi affettivi), con progetti che includono la creazione di mostre e opere d’arte pubbliche permanenti. Fiona Annis ha conseguito un master presso la Glasgow School of Art e un dottorato interdisciplinare in Belle Arti presso l’Università Concordia a Montréal.

Collaboration
2010 – Co-founder of the artist collective The Society of Affective Archives / La Société des archives affectives

Education
2017 Postdoctoral Fellow – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2014 PhD in Humanities – Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, with a concentration in studio
arts, art history and philosophy – Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2008 Master of Research in Creative Art Practices – The Glasgow School of Art, UK
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2005 Apprenticeship – Nadia Myre, Montréal, QC

Solo show
2022 Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie – The stars are dead but their light lives on,
Gaspésie, QC (forthcoming)
2022 Arte Fiera – Fotografia e Immagini in Movimento (solo with Gallerie Riunite). Bologna, ITA (forthcoming)
2022 Gallerie Riunite – It Slips and Falls and is Reborn (Scivola e cade e rinasce). Naples, ITA (forthcoming)
2019 Intragallery – La Stanza del Tempo (The Room of Time). Naples, ITA
2019 Campbell River Art Gallery – A Portion of That Which Was Once Everything. Campbell River, BC
2019 Karsh-Masson Gallery – Mormorii. Ottawa, ON
2018 Galerie D’Este – The light that was never was, Montréal, QC
2017 Laval University Galerie des arts visuels – Mormorii, Québec, QC
2017 Occurrence – All the Wild Horses, collaboration with The Society of Affective Archives, Montréal, QC
2016 Rad’Art – Mormorii, San Romano, ITA
2016 Plein sud centre d’exposition en art actuel – Les révolutions sidérales, Longueuil, QC
2015 Gallery 44 – The stars are dead but their light lives on, Toronto, ON
2015 Ace Art – Outlines of Astronomy (the stars are dead but their light lives on), Winnipeg, MB
2015 Caravansérail – Mesures célestes, Rimouski, QC
2015 Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Library – The After-Image (Swan Songs), Montréal, QC
2014 VU Photo – Celestial Measures, Québec, Québec
2013 Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – Celestial Measures, Montréal, QC
2013 Eastern Bloc – Outlines of Astronomy, Montréal, QC
2012 AKA Gallery – The After-Image (Swan Songs), Saskatoon, SK
2011 The Harcourt House Arts Center – The After-Image (Swan Songs), Edmonton, AB
2011 The McClure Gallery – The After-Image (Swan Songs), Montréal, QC
2010 FOFA Gallery – The After-Image (Swan Songs), Montréal, QC
2010 Concordia University Library – RE: In Search of Horizons, with The Society of Affective Archives, Montréal, QC

Group show
2021 City Hall Art Gallery – Hindsight (Rétrospective), Ottawa, ON
2021 Intragallery – Fiona Annis, Eugenio Giliberti e Lapo Simeoni. Naples, ITA
2020 Artscape Youngplace – Dying, Toronto, ON
2019 Museo Novecento Castel Sant’Elmo – Incontri inediti: Eugenio Giliberti ed Fiona Annis, Naples, ITA
2019 RBfineart – Un’ombra su carta – The Art of Fixing a Shadow, Milan, ITA
2019 Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology – MilieuXbauhaus, Montréal, QC
2018 Elevator Mondays – Every Fibre of My Being, Los Angeles, USA
2017 City Hall Art Gallery – Longevity, City of Ottawa Art Collection, Ottawa, ON
2017 Teatro Dolcini – Patrimoni Sonori Italiani Negli Archivi, Mercato Saraceno, ITA
2015 Musée de l’Amérique francophone – Mutations, with The Society of Affective Archives, Québec, QC
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2015 Biennale internationale du lin – Work and Worth, with The Society of Affective Archives, Portneuf, QC
2014 The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba – Upshot. Brandon, MB
2014 Platform Gallery – Upshot. Curated by Anastasia Hare & Natalia Lebedinskaia. Winnipeg, MB
2014 Segal Centre – Constantine’s Condition, Montréal, QC
2013 CONTACT Photography Festival, Gallery 918 – Dark Room 2.0, Toronto, ON
2013 Rayko Photo Center – Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco, USA
2013 Canadian Centre for Architecture – ABC: MTL, Montréal, QC
2013 Main & Station – Real Things Do Not Dream Long, Parrsboro, NS
2012 The AC Institute – Still Life? New York City, USA
2011 Alfred Gallery – Family Matters, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2011 Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – Question d’espace : entre ambiguïté et fiction, Montréal, QC
2011 Concordia University Library – Lettres/Letters, Montréal, QC
2011 Nuit Blanche – Migratory Moments, with The Society of Affective Archives, Montréal, QC
2008 The Art Gallery of Alberta – Imagining Science, Edmonton, AB
2008 Lowsalt Gallery – UVP Worldwide, Glasgow, UK
2007 Goldsmiths University – Intimacy: Across Digital & Visceral Performance, London, UK
2007 Glasgow School of Art Assembly Gallery – Assemble: a gathering of performative gestures, Glasgow, UK
2006 Galerie Cdex, Université de Québec à Montréal – French Kiss, Montréal, QC
2005 La Centrale Galerie – Compositions for Lovelace, Montréal, QC
PUBLIC ART & IN SITU PROJECTS
2021 Planimetria Abitata (Living Blueprint), Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz, Rome, ITA
2021 Ad Astra, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, collaboration with The Society of affective archives
(Fiona Annis and Véronique La Perrière M), CHUM library, Montréal, QC
2019 L’Étreinte des temps, public art project for the park Tiohtià:ke Otsirà’kehne, Bureau d’art public de la Ville de
Montréal, collaboration with The Society of affective archives (Fiona Annis, Véronique La Perrière M and
Nadia Myre), Montréal, QC
2018 Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie – Perdre le nord, Gaspésie, QC

Grants/Awards 
2021/19/14 Canada Council for the Arts – Explore and Create Grant
2020/13 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research and Creation Grant
2019 Canada Council for the Arts – Arts Abroad Grant
2018 The Brucebo Foundation – The William Blair Bruce European Fine Art Travel Scholarship
2018 Jarislowsky Prize – Banff Centre for the Arts thematic residency scholarship
2018 Canada Council for the Arts – Professional Development Grant
2015-17 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016/4/3/2/1 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Travel Grant
2015 Museum of Civilization of Québec – Acquisition Prize
2015 Short-listed for the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art
2015/14/12 Société de développement des entreprises culturelles -Programme d’aide aux artistes en arts visuels
2013 The Magenta Foundation – Flash Forward Emerging Photographers
2013 Rayko Photo Center – Exhibition Award
2012 Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture – Concours pour stage de recherche
2010 In Transit Images – Dick and Gretchen Evans FOFA Gallery Exhibition Prize
2009 Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture – Doctoral scholarship
2009 Concordia University – Harriet and Abe Gold Entrance Scholarship
2008 Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture – Graduate studies scholarship
2007 Gouvernement du Québec – Jeunes Volontaire Project Grant
2007 Concordia University – Fine Arts Student Alliance Special Project Funding
2001 Art Gallery of South-Western Manitoba – Scholarship for an Artist Exhibiting Outstanding Potential
2001 The Freemasons Award – Outstanding Young Fine Artist Award

Collections
Brucebo Foundation (Sweden)
City of Ottawa Art Collection (Canada)
Collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Canada)
Main & Station (Canada)
Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz (Italy)
Museum of Astronomical Instruments (Italy)
Museum of Civilization (Quebec)
Penumbra Foundation (New York City)
Rad’Art Project (Italy)
Concordia University Library (Artist Book Collection)
Library and Archives Canada (Artist Book Collection)

Art Fairs

2022 Arte Fiera – Fotografia e Immagini in Movimento (solo with Gallerie Riunite). Bologna, ITA
2019 Intragallery – ArtVerona International art fair, Verona, Italy
2019 Atelier des Impatients de Verdun – Parle-moi d’amour, Montréal, QC
2018/17 Galerie D’Este – Foire Papier, Montréal, QC
2018 La soirée bénéfice de la Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf
2017 Plein sud – l’Encan Plein sud 2017, Longueuil, QC
2017 Gallery 44 – Salon 44, Toronto, ON
2016 Division Gallery – C Magazine Art Auction, Toronto, ON