Ann Piché is a photo-based artist in Ottawa, Canada.

Working in STEM since the early 1990’s, Ann is the first female electronic technician in the RCMP. In this role she experienced the disconnect that can exist between science and the arts. Her practice constructs visual links to build those connections, creating accessible entry points for conversations about the less familiar.

Ann is a graduate of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Canada and in group exhibitions internationally, including the United States, Scotland and Spain.  A recipient of the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council grants, she has been published in North American magazines such as SHOTS and PhotoED. 

Ann’s images are not software generated. Working primarily in digital photography, she stages her images using real and constructed landscapes with custom-built sets.  Ann explores photographic abstraction and experimental camera techniques, a visual acknowledgement of the anxiety we can feel when facing the unfamiliar. 

Contact: apichephoto@hotmail.com

 

Ann acknowledges financial support from the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council and The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.

Ann Piché - CV

Education:

  • 2025 - Collaboration, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto (forthcoming)

  • 2023 - Artist in Residence, School of the Photographic Arts; Ottawa (SPAO)

  • 2022 - Photographic Arts Diploma, SPAO, Ottawa

  • 1995 - Electronic Engineering Technology Diploma, Algonquin College, Ottawa

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2025 - “i don’t do math”, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto

    (forthcoming)

    - structured water, Gallery 112, Ottawa

  • 2024 - beyond visible, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery, Toronto

Group Exhibitions/Art Fairs:

Publications:

  • 2024 - Illusions of Forms and Space, PhotoEd Magazine, The Light Issue

  • 2022 - Epiphany: SPAO Annual 2021 - 2022, Cover Image

    - Wandering Autumn Magazine, Issue 10 - Lines

    - OPAL Magazine, Issue #4

  • 2021 - Shots (The Quarterly Edition of Black and White Photography), Issue #150

  • 2020 - ICM Photography Magazine (digital), September Issue

  • 2019 - Craft and Vision Magazine, Issue #3

    - Shots (The Quarterly Edition of Black and White Photography), Issue #145

    - PhotoLife Magazine, August/September Issue

Grants/Awards

  • 2024 - Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

  • 2023 - City Of Ottawa Creation and Production Grant

  • 2022 - LensCulture Editor’s Pick, Summer Open Awards  

    - LUX Prize for outstanding achievement in lighting, SPAO

    - Alumni Award for integrity of vision, SPAO                          

  • 2021 - LensCulture Editor's Pick, Black and White Photography Awards

    - Award for Visual Merit, SPAO

  • 2019 - PhotoLife Magazine - Winner of Architecture Competition

Artist Talks/Presentations

  • 2024 - “I don’t do math”(mathēmatica), Fifth International Conference FEMeeting: Women in Art,

    Science and Technology,  University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    - Workshop: Exhibiting Your Work, Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa

  • 2023 - Art Photography Workshops: structured water, Elementary Schools, Ottawa

  • 2022 - Artist Talk: STEAM, Victoria Camera Club, Victoria, British Columbia

    - Artist Talk: mathēmatica - a study, RA Photo Club, Ottawa

    - Workshop: Seeing Black and White, Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa

  • 2020 - Guest Speaker: Painting with Light - Orléans Photo Club, Ottawa

    - Camera Club of Ottawa, Ottawa

  • 2019 - Artist Talk: The Camera Moved, Arts Night, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa














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