Ann Piché is a photo-based artist in Ottawa, Canada.
Working in technology since the early 1990’s, Ann is the first woman electronic technician hired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), an experience that continues to shape her perspective on the relationship between science and visual art.
A graduate of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), her work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Canada and in group exhibitions internationally. Her collaborations include the Departments of Mathematics at the University of Toronto and York University and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Her work has been supported by the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto, the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council, and has appeared in publications including SHOTS and PhotoED.
Working in digital photography, Ann’s images are not software generated; she constructs them in-camera using light, movement and custom-built sets. Her work explores photographic abstraction and experimental camera techniques.
Contact: apichephoto@hotmail.com
Ann acknowledges financial support from the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto.
Education/Residencies
2026 - Artist in Residence, Friends of Fundy, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
(upcoming)
2025 - Collaboration, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto and York University
2023 - Artist in Residence, School of the Photographic Arts; Ottawa (SPAO)
2022 - Photographic Arts Diploma, SPAO, Ottawa
1995 - Electronic Engineering Technology Diploma, Algonquin College, Ottawa
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2026 - structured water, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick (28 July - 6 Aug)
2025 - “i don’t do math”, D.G. Ivey Library, New College, University of Toronto
- structured water, Gallery 112, Ottawa
2024 - beyond visible, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery, Toronto
Group
2025 - On The Shoulders Of Giants, Ottawa Art Gallery
- ABSTRACTS, Aird Gallery, Toronto
- SNAP Photographic Art Auction, Toronto
2024 - Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2023 - Bent, Group Exhibition, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
- color planes, Toronto Art Fair (TOAF)
2022 - Black and White Juried Photographic Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN,
- Ottawa Miniature Gallery, Ottawa
- Color Juried Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, United States
- Landscape Juried Exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
- Exhibition 17, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
2021 - Mosaic Juried Exhibition, Trinity Art Gallery, Ottawa< Canada
- Exhibition 16, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
- Arteast Ottawa Juried Awards Exhibition (AJAE), Ottawa, Canada
Publications
2024 - Illusions of Forms and Space, PhotoEd Magazine, The Light Issue
2022 - Epiphany: SPAO Annual 2021 - 2022, Cover Image
- Wandering Autumn Magazine, Issue 10 - Lines
- OPAL Magazine, Issue #4
2021 - Shots (The Quarterly Edition of Black and White Photography), Issue #150
2020 - ICM Photography Magazine (digital), September Issue
2019 - Craft and Vision Magazine, Issue #3
- Shots (The Quarterly Edition of Black and White Photography), Issue #145
Grants/Awards
2025 - Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto
- Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
2024 - Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2023 - City Of Ottawa Creation and Production Grant
2022 - LensCulture Editor’s Pick, Summer Open Awards
2021 - LensCulture Editor's Pick, Black and White Photography Awards
2019 - PhotoLife Magazine - Winner of Architecture Competition
Artist Talks/Presentations
2025 - “i don’t do math”, Artist Talk and panel discussions, Fields Institute for Research in
Mathematical Sciences, Toronto
2024 - “i don’t do math”, Fifth International Conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science
and Technology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
- Workshop: Exhibiting Your Work, Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa
2023 - Art Photography Workshops: structured water, Elementary Schools, Ottawa
2022 - Artist Talk: STEAM, Victoria Camera Club, Victoria, British Columbia
- Artist Talk: mathēmatica - a study, RA Photo Club, Ottawa
- Workshop: Seeing Black and White, Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa
2020 - Guest Speaker: Painting with Light - Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa
- Camera Club of Ottawa, Ottawa
2019 - Artist Talk: The Camera Moved, Arts Night, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
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