Through the use of image and text reproduction techniques, Étienne Tremblay-Tardif has developed a materialist research-based practice in which he articulates the opacities and transparencies of knowledge and vision. He highlights and outlines the contextures and visualities of different frameworks where institutions and infrastructures, new and ancient technical apparatuses, bodies and supersystems, intersect and interface with each other.

Étienne Tremblay-Tardif works as an artist and part-time faculty member of École des arts visuels et médiatiques at Université du Québec à Montréal. He completed a degree in Art History and Film Studies at Université de Montréal (BA 2006) before undertaking studies in Studio Arts at Concordia University (BFA 2009, MFA 2013). He was awarded the Albert-Dumouchel Award (2007), and many artistic research and creation grants (Concordia University 2009/2010, SSHRC 2010, CALQ 2014/2106/2018/2020, CAC 2017/2021). His work has been exhibited in numerous venues including Soulèvements (Galerie de l’UQAM, 2018), Open Edition (Carleton University Art Gallery, 2017), Monuments aux victimes de la liberté (AXENÉO7, 2015), L’avenir / looking forward (Biennale de Montréal / Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 2014), Collision 9 (Parisian Laundry, 2013) and Ignition 7 (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, 2011). His studio practice often extends into critical essay accompanied by elaborate visual presentations : Unsplash (Galerie UQO 2020, UAAC 2019), Notes (Concordia University 2018), Signage Matrix (School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2015, School of Visual Arts 2014). This Spring, he will exhibit Notes at Galerie Circulaire, a body of work which stems from a residency at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.