Edith Brunette is an artist, a writer, and a researcher interested in the discourses which make and break power as well as the range of modes of political engagement, particularly in the field of art. Her recent projects, created in collective forms of practice, have focused on the entrepreneurial ethos, the political agency of artists and the act of speaking out in times of social crisis. These projects have been exhibited in many galleries and art centres in Canada. She is currently conducting doctoral research in political studies at the University of Ottawa, looking at conceptions of freedom and political engagement among Canadian artists.
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NEWS
Winter 2021
Book launch of Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Co-edited with François Lemieux.
Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same, exhibition at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. With François Lemieux.
Fall 2020
Public discussion The Other Side of the Fence: Racialized Geographies and Gestures of Reappropriation, at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, as part of Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same. (Online)
Summer 2020
Artist residency at Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Preparing the exhibition Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same. With François Lemieux.
July 2019 – February 2020
Artist residency at LUX offered by Vidéographe, Mainfilm, Oboro and PRIM (Montreal), for the project Vases communicants. With François Lemieux.
March 2019
Public presentation of Esquisses pour une comédie musicale entrepreneuriale at Dazibao, as part of Session 21 (Montreal).
November 2017
#ownit performance during the event On ne répond pas à la question - contre toute attente, on procède, at Musée d'art des Laurentides (Saint-Jérôme).
With Marine Gourit, Pablo Rodriguez et François Lemieux (collectif Journée sans culture).
September 2017
#ownit performance during the event Flottille (Charlottetown, IPE).
With Marine Gourit, Pablo Rodriguez et François Lemieux (collectif Journée sans culture).
February 2017
Project for Nuit Blanche at Espace Projet (Montreal).
2016-2017
Artist residency at Optica (Montreal).
June 2016
Artist residency at the Banff Centre (Banff, Alberta).
February 2016
Screening of Cuts Make the Country Better and artist residency at La Chambre blanche (Québec).
September 2015
Monument aux victimes de la liberté
Group exhibition at Axenéo7 artist-run centre (Gatineau).
Curators : Entrepreneurs du Commun.
June 2015
June 18th – Screening of the video Cuts Make the Country Better at Cineworks (Vancouver).
June 17th – Publication launch of art magazine Espace at Port de tête (Montreal). This last issue includes an interview realized by author Josianne Poirier about my research at DARE-DARE art centre.
March 2015
Cuts Make the Country Better
Exhibition at articule, artist-run centre (Montreal). In collaboration with François Lemieux.
February 2015
February 10th – Panel discussion on the exhibition Le désordre des choses.
Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal).
January 2015
Le désordre des choses
Group exhibition. Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal).
Curators: Marie-Ève Charron and Thérèse St-Gelais.
October to december 2014
La liberté des Médicis
Artist residency at art3, contemporary art center (Valence, France), in collaboration with Optica art center (Montreal).
September 2014
Cuts Make the Country Better
Travelling in the Netherlands with François Lemieux for a research project about drastic cuts in public funding for the arts.
De Rotterdam
Exhibition. De Aanshouw art gallery (Rotterdam). In collaboration with François Lemieux.
August 2014
August 13th – Art in Public Space : When Politics Meet Practice. Presenting the results of my research residency at DARE-DARE artist-run center (Montreal).
May 2014
Art in Public Space : When Politics Meet Practice.
Research residency at DARE-DARE artist-run center (Montreal).
April 2014
Sortir des alternatives infernales.
Conference at Journée Paroles et Manœuvres: sur le démoniaque, Skol (Montreal). In collaboration with Clément de Gaulejac.
Winter 2021
Book launch of Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Co-edited with François Lemieux.
Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same, exhibition at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. With François Lemieux.
Fall 2020
Public discussion The Other Side of the Fence: Racialized Geographies and Gestures of Reappropriation, at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, as part of Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same. (Online)
Summer 2020
Artist residency at Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Preparing the exhibition Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same. With François Lemieux.
July 2019 – February 2020
Artist residency at LUX offered by Vidéographe, Mainfilm, Oboro and PRIM (Montreal), for the project Vases communicants. With François Lemieux.
March 2019
Public presentation of Esquisses pour une comédie musicale entrepreneuriale at Dazibao, as part of Session 21 (Montreal).
November 2017
#ownit performance during the event On ne répond pas à la question - contre toute attente, on procède, at Musée d'art des Laurentides (Saint-Jérôme).
With Marine Gourit, Pablo Rodriguez et François Lemieux (collectif Journée sans culture).
September 2017
#ownit performance during the event Flottille (Charlottetown, IPE).
With Marine Gourit, Pablo Rodriguez et François Lemieux (collectif Journée sans culture).
February 2017
Project for Nuit Blanche at Espace Projet (Montreal).
2016-2017
Artist residency at Optica (Montreal).
June 2016
Artist residency at the Banff Centre (Banff, Alberta).
February 2016
Screening of Cuts Make the Country Better and artist residency at La Chambre blanche (Québec).
September 2015
Monument aux victimes de la liberté
Group exhibition at Axenéo7 artist-run centre (Gatineau).
Curators : Entrepreneurs du Commun.
June 2015
June 18th – Screening of the video Cuts Make the Country Better at Cineworks (Vancouver).
June 17th – Publication launch of art magazine Espace at Port de tête (Montreal). This last issue includes an interview realized by author Josianne Poirier about my research at DARE-DARE art centre.
March 2015
Cuts Make the Country Better
Exhibition at articule, artist-run centre (Montreal). In collaboration with François Lemieux.
February 2015
February 10th – Panel discussion on the exhibition Le désordre des choses.
Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal).
January 2015
Le désordre des choses
Group exhibition. Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal).
Curators: Marie-Ève Charron and Thérèse St-Gelais.
October to december 2014
La liberté des Médicis
Artist residency at art3, contemporary art center (Valence, France), in collaboration with Optica art center (Montreal).
September 2014
Cuts Make the Country Better
Travelling in the Netherlands with François Lemieux for a research project about drastic cuts in public funding for the arts.
De Rotterdam
Exhibition. De Aanshouw art gallery (Rotterdam). In collaboration with François Lemieux.
August 2014
August 13th – Art in Public Space : When Politics Meet Practice. Presenting the results of my research residency at DARE-DARE artist-run center (Montreal).
May 2014
Art in Public Space : When Politics Meet Practice.
Research residency at DARE-DARE artist-run center (Montreal).
April 2014
Sortir des alternatives infernales.
Conference at Journée Paroles et Manœuvres: sur le démoniaque, Skol (Montreal). In collaboration with Clément de Gaulejac.