Andes’ love story

 Supporting L’imprimerie is a concrete way of perpetuating an artistic space that dares and gives itself the necessary permissions to meet, create, dialogue, help each other and think.

Throughout the donation campaign, we’ll be introducing you to the team of workers, one precious person at a time, to showcase their respective expertise and include you even more in the heart of L’imprimerie.  

We are more than privileged to have Andes A. Beaulé on our team! Newly hired as a technician in the digital workshop, he brightens up the center with his endless puns and distinctive laugh. This funny sparrow has more than one trick up his sleeve to enhance your projects and support you in your work, believe us!   

We invite you to discover his love affair with L’imprimerie and his personal artistic practice in this article.    

 

Photo credit: Éliane Excoffier

 Supporting L’imprimerie is a concrete way of perpetuating an artistic space that dares and gives itself the necessary permissions to meet, create, dialogue, help each other and think. I’ve only been working here for a short time, and I can already see the inspiring impact it has had on the people who work here. I chose L’imprimerie because I believe in collective and committed spaces of transmission. The link I maintain with support, technical accompaniment and even a form of pedagogy are part of my practice as an artist; it’s a way for me to make a gesture in order to take part in my community and encourage our possible transformations through the prism of art. ” 

Photo credit: Katya Konioukhova


Biography

Andes A. Beaulé (they/them) is a digital workshop technician at L’imprimerie. They are a visual artist working in micro-publishing, drawing and printmaking. Their artistic practice attempts to thwart the codes of the visual arts, graphic design and writing through a feminist and queer stance. They holds a master’s degree in visual arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2023), focusing on queer autotheory and abstraction as a potential means of challenging norms. They were a finalist for the Bourse Plein Sud (2023) and have participated in various group and solo exhibitions in Quebec 

© L’imprimerie, centre d’artistes, 2024