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, Scotland and Spain. A recipient of the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council grants, 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, she stages her images using real and constructed landscapes with custom built sets.  Working with digital and analog photography, Ann 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: 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)

  • 2022 - Photographic Arts Diploma, 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/Art Fairs:

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

  • 2024 - Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

  • 2023 - City Of Ottawa Creation and Production Grant

  • 2022 - LensCulture Editor’s Pick, Summer Open Awards  

    - LUX Prize for outstanding achievement in lighting, SPAO

    - Alumni Award for integrity of vision, SPAO                          

  • 2021 - LensCulture Editor's Pick, Black and White Photography Awards

    - Award for Visual Merit, SPAO

  • 2019 - PhotoLife Magazine - Winner of Architecture Competition

Artist Talks/Presentations

  • 2024 - “I don’t do math”(mathēmatica), 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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