Shelley Ouellet

special projects

2011 Tea for Tales
2011 SOUP
2010 SOUP
2006 - 2008 Carpet 'N Toast Gallery

solo exhibitions

2011 Johnston Falls
2009 Johnston Falls
2008 This old thing?
2007 All That Glitters…
2006 Tag (with Erin MacMillan)
2006 Talk Back
2006 Shoes
2004 Friday, February 13th, 2004
2001 - 02 Wish You Were Here...
2000 Bonjour, Je m’appelle Shelley Ouellet
1999 Marilyn
1999 Aviary
1997 - 99 Entomology
1997 Quilt
1995 Entomology
1994 Entomology
1994 Bunnies

group exhibitions

2011 The Directors' Show/Role
2011 Tea for Tarts
2009 Radiant
2005 Stride 20th Anniversary
2002 Alberta Biennial
2002 Art Throb
2002 ACAD Faculty Exhibition
2000 Coffee Break@instant coffee.com
1999 Light a Match
1996 Alberta Biennial
1996 Numbered Company
1995 Mysteries of the Flesh
1995 Copy

other diversions

2006 - 2008 Carpet 'N Toast Gallery
1996 - 2006 vanitygallery.com

Bonjour. Je m'appelle
L'Oeill de Poisson

Québec City, Québec
Feb 25 - Mar 2000

www.vanitygallery.com/l_oeil

Bonjour. Je m'appelle Shelley Ouellet is a web-based project incorporating technology through and online translation service, real-time chats and web camera performances. The project explores the strained relationship between Québec and Alberta and seeks to address political alienation and division with new technology.

A website was developed in English and translated to French in order in introduce the artist to a francophone audience. Throughout the run of the exhibition visitors to the gallery in Québec could access a live video feed of the artist in her Calgary studio and join her in a chat session. Conversations were translated from English to French and back again using the www.altavista.com Babelfish tool. Translations are word by word and not by context and online chats quickly get confusing. Only the simplest sentences translate well, but a that's all it takes.