Email: joeespada04@gmail.com
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation and Tiohtià:ke/Montréal on which we are learning, working and organizing today.
Joe Espada
Born 2000, Ilo-ilo Philippines,
Lives and works in Montreal, QC.
Solo Exhibition:
2025 Body-Subject/Le Corps Propre, Vav Gallery, Montreal, QC.
Group Exhibitions:
2026 Living, Breathing, Thing, Espace Transmission, Montreal, QC.
2026 Perverts, (with Renee Barnes), Whitewall Studio, Montreal, QC.
2026 Le Bruit (The Noise), A-flots, Parc Laurier (Public Space), Montreal, QC.
2025 Le Hasard (Chance), A-flots, Union Française de Montreal, Montreal, QC.
Screenings:
2024 Mala Noche, Concordia Film Festival, 51st Edition, “Visions: Spotlight on Underrepresented Voices”, Montreal, QC.
2024 Mala Noche, Serbest International Film Festival, Quarter-Finalist, Ukraine.
Curatorial Experience:
2026 Sediments, Art Matters Festival, Ada X, Montreal, QC.
Awards and Grants:
2026 SP 055, CCSL Winter Special Projects Fund, Montreal, QC.
Publications:
2026 Upcoming, A-flots Mag, No 5: ‘26, Le Bruit (Noise), Montreal, QC.
2025 A-flots Mag, No 4: Printemps ‘25, Le Hasard (Chance), Montreal, QC.
2024 Suko Vol. 3: Frontiers, Suko Magazine, Montreal, QC.
Professional Experience:
2026-27 Technical Coordinator, Vav Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2025-26 Exhibition Facilitator, Art Matters Festival, Montréal, QC.
2025-26 On-call, Part-time Technician, Visual Arts Building, Painting and Drawing Department, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
Education:
2027 Concordia University, BFA Major in Studio Art, Montreal, QC.
2021 Sheridan College, Art Fundamentals, Oakville, ON.
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