Michèle St-AmandIndigenous Arts Curatorial Residency
OBORO is pleased to welcome Michèle St-Amand for a new Curatorial Residency in Indigenous Arts. Over an eight-week period spanning spring 2026 to winter 2027, Michèle will develop a new exhibition project through in-depth research that brings her firmly decolonial and collaborative approach into dialogue with more focused theoretical frameworks related to power relations, feminism, and subjectivity. Through this residency, the curator will also have the opportunity to further develop her interest in the integration of new technologies within Indigenous artistic practices.
In addition to benefiting from a dedicated research space and sustained individualized mentorship, Michèle St-Amand will have access to the technical equipment and specialized studios of OBORO’s LAB, enabling her to test new practical approaches that will inform and resonate within her forthcoming exhibition.
This Indigenous Arts Curatorial Residency program is made possible through the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
Michèle St-Amand is completing her master’s degree in art history research and intervention at UQAM. She holds a master’s degree in clinical sexology (UQAM), a certificate in visual arts (UQAM), a graduate certificate in art therapy (UQAT), and a certificate in museology and art dissemination (UQAM). As a sexologist-psychotherapist, she has integrated art into her practice, mainly with women who are victims of sexual assault and in post-traumatic intervention. As part of her master’s degree in art history, she is interested in the decolonization of Indigenous women’s sexuality through artistic expression and curated the Oya’wih exhibition, which took place at Galerie B-312 from January 15 to February 28, 2026. This exhibition featured the works of seven Indigenous artists and sought to create an alternate universe in which the sexuality of Indigenous women had not been colonized. In her practice, she is committed to integrating Indigenous protocols into her research and curatorial work. Michèle St-Amand is a member of the Wendat Nation.
