Artist: Samuel Choisy
Le Labo – studio 277 – 401 Richmond St W
October from 03 to 07, 2022
Courtoisie S.Choisy
For this 22-23 season, Le Labo is introducing a new space for Francophone artists in Toronto to explore. We are making our studio available for a week and organizing visits with curators and peers. In short, a space for feedback to feed the artist’s creation.
Samuel Choisy is the first francophone artist from Toronto to test this new concept. He uses photography as a platform for play and expression, and as a generator of surprises. He plays with photography’s ability to reveal what hides from the viewer: movement, psychic emotion, the inner essence of things. His exploration work which develops around the etymology of the word photography (drawing/painting with light) throws bridges towards other media such as painting, sculpture, sound and video in order to offer a singular approach of the idea of landscape in connection with identity and subjectivity in immersive installation proposals.
Le Labo is a space for artistic experimentation and production in the field of media arts, interdisciplinarity and digital art. Otherwise known as le Laboratoire d’Art, it is Toronto’s only artist-run center and Ontario’s only francophone media arts and new media production center.
To support the unique sensibilities and realities of Francophone culture, Le Labo cultivates multiple activities with a focus on research, innovation, collaboration and training. In addition to access to a beautiful incubator space at 401 Richmond and professional equipment, its programming includes residencies, workshops and talks, as well as screenings and exhibitions.
The objectives of the 2022-2025 programming are to welcome francophone artistic creation in the GTA and to bring together, in the same space, places of learning and artistic expression as a springboard to the future.
Samuel Choisy
Samuel Choisy is a visual artist who uses photography as a platform for play and expression, and as a generator of surprises. He plays with photography’s ability to reveal what hides from the viewer: movement, psychic emotion, the inner essence of things. His exploration work which develops around the etymology of the word photography (drawing/painting with light) throws bridges towards other media such as painting, sculpture, sound and video in order to offer a singular approach of the idea of landscape in connection with identity and subjectivity in immersive installation proposals.
Choisy graduated from l’École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (2001-France). He is the recipient of the 2016 Chamlers Arts Fellowship and other grants from the Ontario and Canada Arts Council. His work has been exhibited in Canada the US and Europe and is part of several private collections.Work available: www.samuechoisy.com and @samuel_choisy
This program is financed by our own funds supplemented by Ontario Art Council, Canadian Heritage and Toronto Art Council.