Foyer Gallery
Nepean Sportsplex
1701 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario

Wednesday to Friday:
3:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday:
11 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Phone: 613 580-2424 x42226
NVAC: 613 580-2424 x3

Doris Lamontagne

Cutting edge - Point de vue tranchant

Artist's statement

Nature, how humans interact and affect nature or the environment is my inspiration. I use photography to explore the intricate relationship between human actions and their effects on the immediate surrounding. My desire is to open a dialogue between the observer and the image. From the juxtaposition of images, a story emerges. At a minimum, the need for a narrative becomes obvious. Sometimes the message is uneasy, sometimes it is funny and more than often, it exposes the unnoticed.

Winter square, Diptych: 11 in. x 15.5 in.

Exhibitions

2008 The Studio Gallery, September 16 to October 13
       NVAC Photography Instructors show
      
       Focus on 4 artists at the Foyer Gallery, July 2 to July 13
       Doris Lamontagne, Margaret Chwialkowska and Terry Cowan
      
       Foyer Gallery Group Exhibitions:
       January: Here I am
       February: Carnival
       March: Transformation
       May: Whee!

2007 Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, "To see and not see", November 9 to December 12
       Juried City of Ottawa Exhibition
       http://ottawa.ca/residents/arts/galleries_exhibit/centrepointe_fr.html

       Frederic Remington Art Museum, 303 Washington Street, Ogdensburg, NY 13669
       October 20 to January 6, 2008. Photography selected for the 2007 "International
       Juried Art Exhibit"

       Ottawa Women’s Credit Union, November 2 to December 2
       "Bank on Arts!" Group show

       Red Wall Gallery, at the Ottawa School of Photographic Arts (SPAO
       "Females" Group exhibition, September 2007
       http://www.spao.ca/specialevents.html

       Foyer Gallery, Focus Show: Elemental Perceptions
       May 23 to June 10       

       Jean Piggott Hall, Ottawa City Hall, April 21 to April 27
       Juried group exhibition for the Mayor’s Art festival
       (Cancelled by the City Council on February 2)

       2007 Foyer Gallery Group Exhibitions:
       January: Colour Full,
       February: The Kiss
       March: Wottizzit
       June: Splash
       July: Dreamscape
       September: Arts In Camera
       October: Wodunit
       November: A beautiful thing

2006 Circumstantial Evidence, solo exhibition, September 2006
        Red Wall Gallerry at the Ottawa School of Photographic Arts (SPAO)
        Curator: Khalia Scott

2006 Ottawa Tulip Festival, Juried group exhibition, May 2006

2006 Foyer Gallery, Group Exhibitions:
        August: Symbiosis
        July: Prime time
        May: Urban edge - City tree, Homesick, Deceleration
        March: Inner expressions - Water garden, Graffiti, Cabin fever
        January: Sparks - Elixir

2005 Foyer Gallery, Group Exhibitions:
        Cool Comfort
        Reflections
        Sporting Chance
        Heat

2004 Natural Inspiration, exhibition at the National Press Club, Ottawa

2004-2005 RA Photo Club Gallery, Ottawa
        Group Exhibitions   

2003 Point Omega, diptyches, solo exhibition at the National Press Club, Ottawa

Competitions and Prices

2007 Photography selected for the 2007 "International Juried Art Exhibit"
        Frederic Remington Art Museum, 303 Washington Street, Ogdensburg, NY 13669

2006 Ottawa Tulip Festival juried photo exhibition: ‘Of a different beauty’ and ‘Sweet apricot’

2005 Nature in Focus, The Nature of Things, CBC, Toronto
        Finalist for ‘Winter morning’

2004 Photography Interclub Competition, Ottawa
        Best of Show for ‘Sisters’

2003 Nature in Focus, The Nature of Things, CBC, Toronto
        Best of Category for ‘Recycled treasures’

2003 RA PhotoClub, Ottawa
        Best Shot Competition for ‘Meisha’

2002-2005 RA PhotoClub, Ottawa
        Awarded 15 prices and awards in different competitions

Collections

'Vortex', Private Collection

Prejudices', Private Collection

‘Gatineau Park’, Autoskill, Kanata

‘Flowers’, Private Collection

‘Winter Morning’, Private Collection

‘Elixir’, Private Collection

‘Sisters’, Private Collection

Education

Cegep de Sainte-Foy, Quebec: DEC in Fine Arts and Photography

Laval University, Quebec: BFA in Design and Photography

University of Alberta, Edmonton: one year exchange program in Visual Communication Design
and Photography

Carnegie Mellon University: Master in Design and Interaction (uXDesign)