Since 2025, Atelier Circulaire has been developing a reciprocal residency project with the Gwangju Museum of Art in the Republic of Korea. This partnership led to a first exchange: the hosting of two Korean artists, Jisoo Kang and Hyesung Jung, in Montreal in May 2025, followed by the sending of two Atelier Circulaire member artists, Ariane Valade and Tucker Frederick Kapp, to Gwangju in January 2026 for a research and creation residency taking place in January and February 2026.
It is within this context that Ariane Valade will open the doors of her studio at the Gwangju Museum of Art’s International Residency Program to the public from February 20 to 22, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Over the course of these two months in residence, Ariane Valade develops a dialogue between traditional craft practices—hand embroidery, screen printing, weaving, and cyanotype—and single-use objects such as packaging, work gloves, and napkins. Her work seeks to blur the boundaries between manual gesture and industrial production, while revalorizing objects of low market value but high environmental impact. She also keeps a daily journal in which she records experiments, observations, and recipes.
Dates: February 20–22, 2026, 1:00–6:00 p.m.
Location: International Residency Studio
52 Haseo-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea
@ariane.valade
This international residency project is made possible through the financial support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
Atelier Circulaire also extends its thanks to the Gwangju Museum of Art and the Québec Government Office in Seoul for their collaboration and for making this first reciprocal exchange possible.
