Canada
www.helene-matte.com

Hélène Matte is a Québec-based poet, painter and performer whose practice investigates poetry and drawings as acts of presence. Her recent work is invested in the poetry of speech, word-matter, and image-gestures, and has been presented at numerous visual arts exhibitions and artistic events throughout Canada, and in Colombia, Italy, France and Belgium. Matte lives and works in Québec City, where she was involved for several years in Îlot Fleurie and contributes regularly to the magazine Inter. She is mother to six-year old Lionel and three-year old Aurélie.