Ariane Thézé

Ariane Thézé, a contemporary visual artist, graduated in 1981 from the École des beaux-arts in Angers, France. The following year, she moved to Montreal, where her research on the representation of the body quickly drew attention. She held her first exhibition in 1983 at Galerie Dazibao. In 1984, she completed a Master’s degree in visual arts at UQAM, then returned to France to earn a second Master’s at Université Paris 1 in 1986. Her debut series, Déportraitisation(1983), examines identity, desire, and memory through photographs of suspended human skin. During the 1990s, her career expanded internationally, with exhibitions across North America, Europe, and beyond. In 2003, she earned a PhD in art practice from UQAM, continuing to produce work that probes the human body, intimacy, and collective memory.