Ann Piché is a photo-based artist in Ottawa, Canada.
Working in STEM since the early 1990’s, Ann is the first female civilian member to work in the RCMP as an electronic technician. In this role she experienced the disconnect that can exist between science and the arts. Her practice constructs visual links to build those connections, creating accessible entry points for conversations about the less familiar.
Ann’s images have been juried into solo exhibitions in Canada and group shows in Canada, the United States and Scotland. A recipient of the City of Ottawa 2023 Creation and Production Fund, her work was part of the 2023 Toronto Art Fair curated collections. She has been published in North American magazines including SHOTS and PhotoED. Her work is held in private collections across Canada and the United States.
Ann’s work is not software generated. Working with digital and analog photography, she stages her images using real and constructed landscapes with custom built sets. Incorporating light and motion in her work, she explores photographic abstraction and experimental camera techniques.
A graduate of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO) with recognition in lighting and integrity of vision, Ann has completed the artist residency at SPAO.
Contact info: apichephoto@hotmail.com
Ann gratefully acknowledges financial support from the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council.
Ann Piché - CV
Education:
2023 - Artist in Residence, School of the Photographic Arts; Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa
2022 - Photographic Arts Diploma, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa
1995 - Electronic Engineering Technology Diploma, Algonquin College, Ottawa
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 - structured water, Gallery 112, Ottawa (forthcoming)
2024 - beyond visible, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery, Toronto
Group Exhibitions:
2024 - Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2023 - Bent, Group Exhibition, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
2022 - Black and White Juried Photographic Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, United
- Ottawa Miniature Gallery, Ottawa
- Color Juried Exhibition, Online, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, United States
- Landscape Juried Exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
- Exhibition 17, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
- Finalist - APEX Juried Exhibition, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
2021 - Mosaic Juried Exhibition, Trinity Art Gallery, Ottawa
- Exhibition 16, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
- Arteast Ottawa Juried Awards Exhibition (AJAE), Ottawa
2020 - A+ Juried Exhibit, Shortlist, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
2019 - A+ Juried Exhibit, Longlist, SPAO Center Gallery, Ottawa
Art Fairs:
2023 - color planes, Toronto Art Fair Online (TOAF), juried
-Work included in TOAF curated collections by:
- Michèle Pearson Clarke’s Never Touch the Wild Animals
- Devyani Saltzman’s Summer Selection
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
- PhotoLife Magazine, August/September Issue
Grants/Awards
2023 - Recipient: City Of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund
- Honorable Mention, Abstract & Still Life, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2022 - LensCulture Editor’s Pick, Summer Open Awards
- Diploma Program - School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa
LUX Prize for outstanding achievement in lighting
Alumni Award for integrity of vision
2021 - Lensculture Editor's Pick, Black and White Photography Awards
- Diploma Program - School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa
Award of Visual Merit for outstanding achievement in portfolio production
2019 - PhotoLife Magazine - Winner of Architecture Competition
Artist Talks/Presentations
2024 - mathēmatica, Fifth International Conference FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and
Technology, Windsor (forthcoming)
- Workshop: Exhibiting Your Work, Orléans Photo Club, 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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