The work of emerging artist June Barry situates itself between the exploration of light, volume and the intricacies of reflective bodies. She explores the meaning of violence, reconstruction and history. Initially working in video and light installation, she has been employing glass as a medium for the last few years. Living in Montreal, Canada she has participated in group shows most recently sponsored by Joe Battat as well as being the highlight artist of Mural Festival 2021.
Thaïla Khampo is a Montreal-based illustrator who uses patterns, mystery, and caustic humor to create images that tell a story. Human beings and nature often occupy a central place in his works, and he has collaborated with festivals, brands, and restaurants around the world (Canada, France, Australia).
Franco E. is a visual artist living and working in Montreal, Canada. Raised by his single mother, he learned to hold a pen and trace a line before walking on his two feet.
His sensual and captivating drawings take us into a world where the body plays freely. Vibrant colours highlight curves and expressions, influenced by cubism and the aesthetic concept of Japanese Ma. In this way a range of emotions and ideas are offered, free to escape in his sublimated bodies.
A multidisciplinary artist born in Manawan, Meky Ottawa uses video, illustration and installation as mediums to deal with topics specific to Aboriginal worlds. In 2016, she was chosen to participate in the NFB’s creative media arts laboratory, Déranger. Then, in 2017, she became known as part of the Montreal Aboriginal Museum’s LES ELISES aboriginal project with her immersive installation Kushapetshekan / Kosapitcikan – Épier l’autre monde, produced in collaboration with Eruoma Awashish and Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush.
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Artwork description
The Lachine Canal, once a working class thoroughfare and industrial hub in the 19th century, now bears witness to a city shaped by the resilience of Irish labor and its inhabitants, on lands where indigenous peoples had been living since
time immemorial. Two centuries later, to celebrate its driving momentum and this bicentennial along its banks, Echoes is displayed along Peel basin.
Presented by Corridor Culturel and supported by Parks Canada, the project brings together the works of June Barry, Franco Égalité, Thaïla Khampo and Meky Ottawa, four artists, four unique voices blending recollection and contemporary
mythology. Taking shape in nine sculptures that explore heritage, their worlds tell us the story of the Canal in the many forms that brought it into being.