Presentation of Hypnagogique
by artist Jean-Denis Boudreau
Thursday, May 28,
starting at 5:00 p.m.
Currently
QUEBEC-ACADIA
RESIDENCIES
Jean-Denis Boudreau (Moncton, N.-B.)
May 15 - May 31
© Jean-Denis Boudreau
Jean-Denis Boudreau, also known as Jean LeGenou, is an Acadian artist whose practice is rooted in the cultural and geographical fabric of Moncton, Le Coude, and the Village of Petkootkweăk. His interdisciplinary work encompasses installation, public art, as well as explorations in performance, circuits, electronic media, and software.
QUEBEC-ACADIA
RESIDENCIES
La douceur des gens v nature © Jean-Denis Boudreau
The Quebec-Acadia Residencies project will enable some fifteen artists to create and share their work from Montreal to Cap-Pelé, via Matapédia and Moncton, between August 2024 and June 2027. Gare de Matapédia - Pôle artistique et communautaire has joined forces with Fonderie Darling (Montreal), Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton) and Projet Borgitte (Cap-Pelé) to launch this unique initiative.
TRANSATLANTIC RESIDENCIES
Second hand métamorphose (Flashing Light), Baptiste Eybert, February 21, 2026 public presentation © Gare de Matapédia
INTERNATIONAL
RESIDENCIES
Absolute Treshold, Kate Power, December 20, 2025 public presentation © Gare de Matapédia
Dans les entrailles du ravin
Valérie Cain Bourget
November 15, 2025 - April 1, 2026
Aube, 2025 © Gare de Matapédia
ACTIVITIES
ARTIST RESIDENCY
The Matapédia station is a heritage building whose initial architecture is intact. It evokes the development of the regions by train and multiple journeys, witnesses of different eras. The Matapédia station becomes a studio for creations offered to visual artists.
EXHIBITIONS
The waiting room two artworks by the Rimouski artist Fernande Forest, a mural and a tondo made from archive photos of the station and the surrounding railway courtesy of railroad enthusiasts, who admirably make the link between the old and the new vocation of the place while underlining its great heritage value.
EVENTS
Various community events and activities take place at Matapédia Station. It is a new place of expression in the heart of the municipality where presentations take place from time to time in the premises outside of the artist-in-residence presentations.
