Past exhibitions

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE RAMETTEODE TO TRAVELFrom May 28 to October 27, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor artworkTHE EXPOSITIONODE TO TRAVEL Éloge du pas de côté, Philippe Ramette’s iconic statue created in 2018 for Nantes, features a man standing on his plinth with one foot in the air, paying homage to the city’s audacity. In his Ode to Travel, the artist reinvents his own artwork and frees the statue from its pedestal, sending the figure off in search of greener pastures. After touring the streets...

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUABYSSESFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONABYSSES Alissa Bilodeau plunges us into the abyssal depths of a cavern seemingly dug into the Côte de la Montagne, a hillside in Old Quebec. The exhibition space is transformed into a phantasmagorical ecosystem of biomorphic creatures, flourishing plant life and mineral outgrowths. Working in her usual medium, the textile artist creates an immersive, sensory-rich world. Through...

MAKE PLACE FORALICIA MARTÍNCUL-DE-SAC – 2024From September 13 to October 27, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONCUL-DE-SAC - 2024 Alicia Martín is fascinated by the book, an everyday object that she loves for its formal qualities (colours, smells, textures) as well as its symbolic charge and many possible interpretations. The book is universal. It’s a vehicle for transmitting culture, memory and knowledge, as well as a means of expressing human creativity. Her piles of books...

MAKE PLACE FORJAY SOULE - CHIPPEWARBUILT ON GENOCIDEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONBUILT ON GENOCIDE A disturbing pile of fake bison skulls transforms the vaulted cellars of the Aire Publique into catacombs. Jay Soule’s hard-hitting installation, this dark crypt filled with anonymous bones evokes a sad correlation between the 19th century decimation of the Great Plains bison and the genocide of First Nations in Canada. A powerful artistic...

MAKE PLACE FORJÉRôme TRUDELLERESURGENCEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONRESURGENCE Jérôme Trudelle’s suspended installation is made up of thousands of shards of archeological glass and antique windows, artefacts of unknown origin shorn from their original context. The work’s overall configuration evokes domestic architecture, creating a sort of mise en abîme of the Maison Hazeur in which the work is exhibited. The artist’s engravings on the glass...

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUWONDERLANDOCTOBER 18, 2024, TO MARCH 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONWONDERLAND Inspired by the concept of ecological habitat, Alissa Bilodeau knits biological outgrowths that seem to proliferate like ground cover with features of carnivorous plants, anemones, and mushrooms. WONDERLAND appears to sprout from a dreamlike garden and invade the exhibition space. The tree-like structure layered with animal, plant, and aquatic textures and...

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE KATERINE MIGNONISTE EXHIBITION From June 20 to October 6, 2024QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONMIGNONISTE EXHIBITIONFrom the fertile mind of Philippe Katerine comes Mignonisme , an artistic movement that brings to life a universe as unexpected and delicate as the artist behind it. With wide-ranging and highly poetic influences, the movement embraces and promotes an aesthetic of “cuteness” in our physical and psychological environments Mignonisme at...

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE KATERINEMR. PINK TAKES FLIGHTFrom June 20 to October 6, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor circuitTHE EXPOSITIONMR. PINK TAKES FLIGHT From the fertile mind of Philippe Katerine comes Mignonisme an artistic movement that brings to life a universe as unexpected and delicate as the artist behind it. With wide-ranging and highly poetic influences, the movement embraces and promotes an aesthetic of “cuteness” in our physical and psychological environments. Simply put, Mignonisme...

MAKE PLACE FORDIETER MISSIAENBENCH INVASIONFrom July 5 to 11, 2024QUÉBEC urban interventionTHE EXPOSITIONBENCH INVASION Bench Invasion is a moving and participatory performance that fosters a sense of community in public space. A brigade carrying portable benches sets up daily in unexpected places in the neighbourhood, inviting passers-by to sit down and simply chat. Every day at 4 p.m., in a new location each time, participants and their interlocutors converge on a public square, and their...

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE RAMETTEODE TO TRAVELFrom May 28 to October 27, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor artworkTHE EXPOSITIONODE TO TRAVEL Éloge du pas...

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUABYSSESFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONABYSSES Alissa Bilodeau plunges...

MAKE PLACE FORALICIA MARTÍNCUL-DE-SAC – 2024From September 13 to October 27, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONCUL-DE-SAC - 2024...

MAKE PLACE FORJAY SOULE - CHIPPEWARBUILT ON GENOCIDEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONBUILT ON...

MAKE PLACE FORJÉRôme TRUDELLERESURGENCEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONRESURGENCE Jérôme Trudelle’s...

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUWONDERLANDOCTOBER 18, 2024, TO MARCH 30, 2025QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITIONTHE EXPOSITIONWONDERLAND Inspired by...

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE KATERINE MIGNONISTE EXHIBITION From June 20 to October 6, 2024QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONMIGNONISTE...

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE KATERINEMR. PINK TAKES FLIGHTFrom June 20 to October 6, 2024QUEBEC PUBLIC ART outdoor circuitTHE EXPOSITIONMR. PINK TAKES...

MAKE PLACE FORDIETER MISSIAENBENCH INVASIONFrom July 5 to 11, 2024QUÉBEC urban interventionTHE EXPOSITIONBENCH INVASION Bench Invasion is a moving...