Donna Legault is an experimental artist based in Ottawa, Canada. Her work explores opportunities afforded by technology to acknowledge human/non-human relations through gesture and resonance. Her research is disseminated through modalities of motion and sound via electronic installation, sculpture, drawing, and performance.
2024 Doctor of Philosophy, Individualized Program in Fine Arts, Concordia University
2018 Masters of Fine Arts in Intermedia, Concordia University
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture and Installation Art), University of Ottawa
1998 Bachelor of Arts, Honours Art History, Carleton University
2018 DRONE. Produced by ELEKTRA at OBORO for the BIAN festival, Montreal, QC
2015 Transformations: Sonic Horizon, Subtle Territory, Resonant Variation. Paul Mesaros Gallery,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
2014 Subtle Territory. Produced by Send + Receive at The Cube, Winnipeg, MB
2013 Cymatic Imprints. Produced by Truck Gallery at Emmedia, Calgary, AB
2012 Symbiose. In collaboration with Veronique Guitard, DAÏMÕN, Gatineau, QC
2012 Cymatic Imprints. Espace F, Matane, QC
2012 Cymatic Imprints. City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2011 Cymatic Imprints. Meaford Museum, Meaford, ON
2011 Soft Transference: Impulse and Resonant Variations. Galerie Art-image, Gatineau, QC
2010 Cymatic Imprints. Galerie AXENÉO7, Gatineau, QC
2022 Living Paper from Dormant Life. In.site exhibition, 4th Space, Montreal.
2022 Living Paper/Living Fabric from Dormant Life. In-Tension, Produit Rien, Montreal.
2020 - 2021 DRONE. Agents for Change, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, ON
2019 - 2021 DRONE. Open Codes, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018 DRONE. Taking Care, Hexagram Network at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
2018 Subtle Territory. Àdisòkàmagan, The Ottawa Art Gallery, ON
2016 Subtle Territory. Museum of Modern Art, IVLA Conference, Montreal, QC
2015 Subtle Territories. Spazioersetti: galleria di arte sonora e spaziale, Udine, Italy
2015 Sonic Horizon. BIG BANG exhibition, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2015 Subtle Territory. 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Vancouver, BC
2015 Subtle Territory. Shaw Centre for the Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
2014 Subtle Territory. Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA), Dublin, Ireland
2014 Subtle Territory. Audio Fabric: Socio-Sonic Textures, National University of Ireland
2014 Subtle Territory. Open Culture/Urban Interventions, Paul Cocker Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Subtle Territory. Séjour Temporaire | Altération Provisoire, Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-mer, QC
2013 Cymatic Imprints. ArtSpace, Peterborough, ON
2012 Prototype: Subtle Territory. Electric Fields Festival, Arts Court, Ottawa, ON
2012 Interface (Minutiae, Resonant Variations and Transmission). Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2011 Cymatic Imprints. PDCON, Bauhaus University, Weimar/Berlin, Germany
2010 Cymatic Imprints. Kunstkammer/Wunderkammer, InterAccess, Toronto, ON
2010 imPulse (prototype). Prototypes Exhibition, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2007 Skin 1. Visual Arts Juried Exhibition, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021 Paper Making in Public Spaces. In collaboration with Alex Noel. Victoria Park. Montreal.
2018 Subtle Territories. Il Suono in Mostra, Spazioersetti: galleria di arte sonora, Udine, Italy
2017 Sonic Drawing. Leitrim Sculpture Centre. Manorhamilton, Ireland.
2013 Subtle Territory. Produced by Strangeloops Collective at Nuit Blanche, Ottawa, ON
2012 Symbiose. In collaboration with Veronique Guitard. Electric Fields Festival, Ottawa, ON
2011 Cymatic Imprints, Electric Eclectic Festival, Meaford, ON
2010 Wearable sculpture and performance video. In collaboration with Anna Frlan. Kitchen Anatomies.
Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Dress for Breathing. La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Room 205. Sound performance in collaboration with Roman Haefeli, 600 Cumberland, Ottawa
2006 Dialogue. Personae: Performance Art Festival, Gallery 115 in association with Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
Sept. 12 - 16, 2022 Speakers panel, Provocations on Sustainability, in.site symposium, 4th Space, Montreal.
Aug. 1 - 31, 2017 Professional Development Residency, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland
June 28 - 30, 2017 Presenter, IMDA (International Marketplace for Digital Art), Montreal, QC
June 11 - 18, 2017 Presenter, International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Manizales, Columbia
Oct. 5 - 8, 2016 Presenter, International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), Montreal, QC
Aug 14-18, 2015 Exhibition artist, ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art), Simon Fraser University
May 31-June 3, 2015 Exhibition artist, NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), Louisiana State University
Oct. 1-4, 2014 Exhibition artist, Send + Receive, Winnipeg, MB
Aug. 28-29, 2014 Exhibition artist, Irish Sound Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), Maynooth, Ireland
May 16 - 25, 2014 Exhibition artist, Subtle Technologies Festival and Symposium, Toronto, ON
May 23, 2012 - June 25, 2013 Production and exhibition residency, Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague and
Centre d’artistes DAÏMÕN
October 11 - 14, 2012 Exhibition artist, Electric Fields Festival and Symposium, Ottawa, ON
October 24 - November 18, 2011 Research and creation residency, DAÏMÕN, Gatineau, QC
August 7 - 15, 2011 Exhibition artist, Pure Data Conference, Weimar/Berlin, Germany
2021-24 SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral
2020 Concordia University Graduate Doctoral Fellowship
2017 Fine Arts Mobility Award, Concordia University
2017 Hexagram internationalization Grant for Students
2017 Hexagram Research and Creation Grant for Students
2016 Milieux Individual Research and Creation Grant from Textiles and Materiality, Concordia
2016 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2016 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2015 Concordia University Merit Scholarship
2015 Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship, Concordia University
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Media Art Professionals
2013 Ontario Arts Council Production Grant to Emerging Media Artists
2012 Exhibition Assistant Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2010 Suzanne Rivard-LeMoyne Award Recipient
2010 University of Ottawa Sculpture Prize
2009 Jaqueline Fry Scholarship Recipient
2007 Ineke Harmina Standish Memorial Scholarship in Visual Arts
1994 Jack Barwick and Douglas Duncan Memorial Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement
