About
Stéphane Alexis is an artist based in Ottawa, Canada. His work stems from his personal experiences, demographics, and sub demographics in which he belongs, focusing his attention both on conceptual design with aesthetic quality. His desire is to bring attention, focus, and transparency to people and communities that are tucked away due to the hardships they face and the unwillingness we have as people to acknowledge those hardships. He uses these qualities as a bridge to give insight on issues and circumstances facing these communities both locally and globally through subject matter. He believes that we can only come to solutions if we identify issues, and we can do this by communicating openly with each other and allow the negativity and difficulties to come to the surface. He uses the print, screens, projections etc. as the surface in which these narratives are displayed.
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Last updated: January 2026
EDUCATION
2021 Artist in Residency Program - School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa - Ottawa, Canada
2020 Photographic Arts and Production Diploma - School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa -
Ottawa, Canada
2016 Business Administration Diploma - Major: International Business, Algonquin College -
Ottawa, Canada.
EXPERIENCE
2025 Juror - The Excellence in Visual Arts Awards - NL
2025 Board of Directors - Gallery 101 - Ottawa, ON
2024 Expert Advisor - Ward 1 Studios - Toronto, ON
2024 Panelist - Black History Month Community Showcase - Ottawa, ON
2024 Key Speaker - Black Performing Arts Showcase - Ottawa, ON
2023 Panelist - Caregivers Summit - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Artist Talk - Caregivers Summit Gala - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Artist Talk - Enriched Bread - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Grant Writing Workshop for Black Artist - City Hall - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Juror - City of Ottawa Cultural Funding Program - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Juror - City of Ottawa Direct Purchase Program - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Artist Talk - Forest City Gallery - London, Canada
2023 Artist Talk - FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) - New York, USA
2022 Lead Artist - Carlington Community Health Center Workshop - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Artist Talk - Karsh Continuum Exhibition - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Artist Talk - SPAO Center - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Artist Talk - ARTEAST Ottawa - Ottawa, Canada
2019 Lead Promotion and Curation - Exhibition No. 14, SPAO - Ottawa, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Deep Cs (Chains & Crowns/The Collection) - Abbozzo Gallery - Toronto, Canada
2022 Chains & Crowns - Forest City Gallery - London, Canada
2022 Chains & Crowns - Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain Inc - Montréal, Canada
2021 Chains & Crowns - Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe - Ottawa, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Inviting The Conflict - Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe - Ottawa, Canada
2023 We Do Not Dream of Labour - Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Crépu: Our DNA, Black Hair Art Show - SAW Gallery - Ottawa, Canada
2023 Black History Month Presentation - The Canadian Embassy - Washington DC, USA
2023 In Living Colour: The Creative African, Caribean, Black Experience in Ottawa - City Hall - Ottawa, Canada
2022-2023 Metamorphosis - City Hall - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Workman Arts: Rendezvous With Madness - Toronto, Canada
2022 Festival Art SouTerrain - 10 King Street - Montréal, Canada
2022 Karsh Continuum Selected Artist - City Hall - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Artist in Residency Exhibition - SPAO Centre - Ottawa, Canada.
2021 Holding Pattern - City of Ottawa Art Collection - Ottawa, Canada.
2021 Fresh Voices - Abbozzo Gallery - Toronto, Canada
2020 Galerie Annex Collection - Ottawa Art Gallery - Ottawa, Canada
2020 Exhibition No. 15 - SPAO Center Gallery - Ottawa, Canada
2019 Open House - SPAO Center Gallery - Ottawa, Canada
2019 Exhibition No. 14 - SPAO Center Gallery - Ottawa, Canada
COLLECTIONS
2022 Global Affairs Visual Art Collection - Ottawa, Canada
2022 City of Ottawa Art Collection - Ottawa, Canada
2022 Canada Council Art Bank - Ottawa, Canada
2021 City of Ottawa Art Collection - Ottawa, Canada
2020-present Various Private collections - Canada
GRANTS/AWARDS
2022 Exhibition Assistance - Ontario Arts Council
2022 Project X Photography Award Finalist - Ottawa Arts Council
2021 Concept to Realization - Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Creation and Production Fund for Professional Artists - City of Ottawa
2021 Spectrum Bursary - SPAO Centre
2021 Recommenders Grant for Writers - Ontario Arts Council
2020 Albino Pescatore Book Art Award - SPAO Centre
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 Lovebound - Ward 1 Studios
2022 Ottawa Art and Artists: An Illustrated History - Art Canada Institute
2022 Chains & Crowns: Identity Through Hair - Jano Lapin
2022 Stephane Alexis: la photographie comme exutoire - Le Droit
2022 Karsh Continuum Artist Stephane Alexis on photographing…chicken feet - CBC Radio: All in a Day with Alan Neal
2022 Stéphane Alexis, Shelby Lisk, and Neeko Paluzzi: 2022 Karsh Continuum - Akimbo
2021 Winter Edition Cover & Spread 2021/2022 - PhotoEd Magazine
2021 Karsh Continuum Selected Artist - The City of Ottawa
2021 Seeing Me On TV - CBC: All in a Day with Alan Neal
2021 Ottawa Art Gallery Presents Stéphane Alexis: Chains & Crowns - apt613
2020 Exhibition No. 15 artist interview - CBC: All in a Day with Alan Neal
2018 Caring For Tor - CBC: The National Documentary