Ann Piché is a photo-based artist in Ottawa, Canada.

Working in technology since the early 1990’s, Ann was the first female electronic technician hired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Experiencing the disconnect that can exist between science and the arts she constructs visual links to build those connections, creating accessible entry points for conversations about the less familiar.  

A graduate of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ann’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Canada and in group exhibitions internationally. Her collaborations include the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. A recipient of grants from the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto, the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council, Ann has been published in North American magazines such as SHOTS and PhotoED. 

Ann’s images are not software generated. Working primarily in digital photography, she stages her images using real and constructed landscapes with custom-built sets.  Her work explores photographic abstraction and experimental camera techniques, a visual acknowledgement of the anxiety we can feel when facing the unfamiliar. 

Contact: apichephoto@hotmail.com

 

Ann acknowledges financial support from the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council and The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

  • 2025 - “i don’t do math”, D.G. Ivey Library, New College, University of Toronto

    (forthcoming)

    - structured water, Gallery 112, Ottawa

  • 2024 - beyond visible, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery, Toronto

Group

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 and Awards

  • 2025 - Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

    - Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto

  • 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, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences,

    Toronto (forthcoming)

  • 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

Education

  • 2025 - Collaboration, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto

  • 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













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