Staff
Executive and Artistic Director
Dyana Ouvrard (elle / she /her)
Dyana Ouvrard | Toronto/Tkaronto | emerging curator and cultural worker, questions the way the world works alongside artists. Geography influences the way she thinks about space, places, distances and connections. As director of Le Laboratoire d’Art of Toronto since 2020, she questions the tyranny of artistic productivity, favoring long time and collective research. Her intellectual signature is distinguished by its defense of artistic exploration.
Community Engagement and Member Services
Sawsan Borges Da Moura (elle/she/her)
Sawsan studied sociology and gender studies. She has always been interested in the diversity of artistic practices, particularly photography and videography. Her master’s thesis focused on Afro-Parisian artistic and cultural collectives and how they subvert French norms. She is committed to bridging visual arts and social sciences as two inseparable entities, through a decolonial geographic approach as well as through print media.
Project Manager / Partnerships
Alexane Couture (elle/she/her)
Alexane is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice blends contemporary dance, interior design, and immersive storytelling. Originally from Drummondville, Quebec, she completed her professional dance training at The School of Dance in Ottawa (2015) and then joined the Tara Luz Danse team until 2019. During this time, she also pursued interior design, exploring how environments can evoke emotions and tell stories. Now based in Toronto, she creates interactive installations inspired by nature, movement, and narratives, placing community, space, and collaboration at the heart of her artistic approach.
Community Engagement and Communications
Gabriel Córdova (il/he/him)
Gabriel Saúl Córdova is a Canadian pianist, double bassist, and composer, originally from Toronto and now based in Montreal. Trained in classical music at the University of Toronto and in jazz at the University of Montreal, he has developed an artistic practice rooted in the encounter between musical traditions and intercultural dialogue. Gabriel Saúl is distinguished by a refined musical sensibility and a constant curiosity for hybrid and transversal forms. He is particularly interested in the connections between European art music, jazz traditions, and Mexican music. Alongside his instrumental practice, he is interested in music mediation, sound creation, and community engagement through art, in order to actively contribute to the promotion of inclusive and intercultural artistic practices in Canada and beyond.
Governance
Board of Directors
Mathilde Brillu, Chair of the Board
Katia Café-Fébrissy, Vice Chair
Evan Clemence, Treasurer
Fanny Seguin, Secretary
Nicolas Kia, Hélène LE HÔ et Joséphine Adegnon, Board Members
To contact them: ca2025@lelabo.ca
Programming Committee
Sophie Dumesny
Jocelyn Poborsky
Zile Liepins
Katia Café-Febrissy
Dyana Ouvrard
Eco-responsibility Committee
Christine Beaudoin
Evana Gaitanis
Sophie Dumesny
Dyana Ouvrard
Mathilde Rousseau