Johanne's Biography

Johanne Hémond is originally from Montréal but has been a Victoria resident for over twenty years. She work as a Recreation Therapist with Island Health’s Wellness Monitoring Program and is an artist in her free time. Johanne brings compassion and empathy to her clinical practice, and ongoing support around her clients’ mental health. Johanne also brings the arts into her practice as a way of coping with emotional and physical pain. 

 Johanne loves to discover new ways of creating. She recently started to preserve her garden flowers to make resin art. She dabbled with encaustic art and has been practicing photography for over 30 years, also developing her own photos in the pre-digital age. She finds inspiration in the environment that surrounds her: 

 "My artwork is an outward projection of my internal landscapes. It reflects the range of emotional textures that I bring to my world. My work starts with a base that builds into lines and thick layers. Drips, splatters and wiped surfaces are all part of the process.” 

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2016-2018  CRD Arts Advisory Council member, Victoria, BC

2017  CNIB Eye Appeal Fundraiser, May 12th, Victoria BC, Canada

2018 Artsist Talk, Opus Art Supplies, Victoria, BC

EVENTS

2015-2016-2017-2018  Rifflandia Festival Photographer, Victoria, BC

2018  Phillips Backyard Photographer, Victoria, BC

2013-2014-2015-2017-2018-2019-2022 TD Moss Street Paint-In, Victoria, British Columbia

PROJECT/CURATOR

2014-2015-2016-2017-2018 Embrace Aging through the Arts and Community, CACGV, Victoria, British Columbia
http://www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca/vital-people/times-colonist-vital-people-june-28-2015

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024

Driftwood Brewery

2018

Caffe Fantastico

2016 

Discovery Café, Victoria, BC 

2013 

Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch, Victoria, British Columbia

CACGV Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Gallery at the MAC, Victoria, British Columbia

GROUP EXHIBITION

2023/2024

Cowichan Art Council Gallery

2022-2023 

Ministry of Casual Living

2020-2021-2022

Winter Small Works Show, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

2016-2019-2020-2021-2022

Summer Small Works Show,Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

2021, 2022

Sliding Room, Victoria, British Columbia

2018-2019

Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia

2017-2018

Gallery 5, Victoria, British Columbia

2015-2016

Ukama Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2015

Sliding Room Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Brentwood Bay Resort, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia

Gage Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2014

Brentwood Bay Resort Gallery, Brentwood Bay, Bristish Columbia

Gage Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's Christmas Small Works Show, Victoria, British Columbia

Gage Gallery-Backroom Group Show, Victoria, British Columbia

2013

End of Summer Show, CACGV, Cedar Hill Recreation Art Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2012

Sliding Room Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Habit Cafe, Victoria, British Columbia

MAC Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Cost Collective Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2009

Luz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2007

Gallery on Herald, Victoria, British Columbia

2006

On Canvas Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2005

Solstice Cafe, Victoria, British Columbia

On Canvas Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2004

On Canvas Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

Mulicultural Centre, Victoria, British Columbia

2003

MAC Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2001

Community Arts Council Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

2000 

Delta Hotel and Marche Bonsecours, Montreal, Quebec

1999

McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec

PUBLICATIONS

2016

Boulevard Magazine, Victoria, British Columbia

2015

Time's Colonist, Islander Section, June 6th, Victoria, British Columbia

2013

Behind the Scenes- Standard of Living, Victoria's Film Fest short movie, Victoria, British Columbia
http://vimeo.com/45918716

2004-2008 

Island Parent Magazine, Victoria, British Columbia

1999

Debranche, Montreal, Quebec

Voir, Montreal Quebec