Amélie Bélanger creates art in a manner akin to embarking on a transformative grieving process. Her work is an ode to the horrific and magnificent wonders we will encounter tomorrow, today, yesterday, and beyond. She crafts words and materials in various forms, notably by collaborating with earth, fire, and plants to create fabrics, papers, and plant-based dyes. The resulting sculptures form installations that highlight the narratives arising from the materials and their interactions. The artist lives and works on the traditional, unceded territory of the W8banaki Nation, known as Ndakinna, in the village of Frelighsburg. In collaboration with local farms, she collects agricultural by-products to incorporate them into her practice. Bélanger is the co-founder and a former active member of the feminist publishing collective Les Bêtes d'Hier. She holds a MFA from Concordia University. Primarily research-based, her practice has been supported by the SSHRC, the FRQSC, Concordia University’s Sustainable Action Fund, and the CALQ. Her recent work has been shown at the Centre Adélard (2025), as part of the MAC Montréal’s online program (2023), and at the Centre Clark (2022). She devotes most of her time to sharing her knowledge and teaching children as well as students at CEGEPs and universities.
Amélie Bélanger has been selected by Vaste et Vague as part of the PRÉSENCES project. Following her residency at the Centre SAGAMIE, she will take part in a group exhibition at Vaste et Vague in the summer of 2026.
