Projects 2010-2015

Projects 2016-2019

*Permaculture, artistic practice and decolonization, shaking ideas with food

Projects 2020-2026

arkadi lavoie lachapelle was born in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. After growing up in the countryside, the artist moved back to the Quebec metropolis, earning a Bachelor’s degree in visual and media arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Since 2011, the artist’s works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and festivals in Canada and Europe. lavoie lachapelle was a board member for the festival VIVA! Art Action from 2013 to 2020. The artist was also a finalist for the Prix Pierre-Ayot in 2020, for the Sobey art prize and the Monique-et-Robert Parizeau pour l’innovation en arts imprimés au Canada prize in 2023. They have received several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Their multidisciplinary works are rooted in performance and bring together action, object, and poetry, creating complex images that address transitions in many forms. The artist uses objects from pop culture and the everyday, like an egg, a rocking chair, a woven rug, a snake, or a boyband, and addresses topics like childbirth, postmortem care, and masturbation. These “common-places” are then empathetically witnessed, explored, and contextualized within a queer, feminist and (non)intoxicated imaginary.