Philomène Longpré
The Art Collective welcomes emerging artist Philomène Longpré as an affiliated member.
Philomène, a multimedia artist who specializes in interactive art, has followed the collective’s progress and sent a message for our first Interactive Wall in November 2004.
Philomène did her BFA at Concordia, including several exceptional electronic-arts pieces that won awards in Montreal, just completed her two-year MFA from the School of Art Institute of cChicago, in Art and Technology Studies, where she studied after winning the school’s top scholarship, worth about $100,000 U.S.
Philomène says the school’s Thesis show was huge, involving 150 MFA students exhibiting on three floors, with more than 10,000 visitors. After graduating, the Chicago school offered her a teaching position, where she is working now. She also has two shows planned in Montreal in early 2007.
Images of her work are posted on our website, under Photos. To check out her website, go to: www.philox.net
You can read a story about Philomene and her work on the Fine Arts Chapter section of the Concordia University Alumni Association’s website,
Philomène Longpré is a multimedia artist who is engaged in exploring the intricate interactions between the physical and virtual world. Her artwork juxtaposes robotic video sreen, virtual characters, and abstract sound to generate new communication between visitors and their environments.
Currently, she is teaching and pursuing her research at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, developing a network where several virtual characters and their immersive environments will be able to communicate with each other and with the visitors.
Philomène Longpré received a MFA degree in Art and Technology Studies from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Her graduate studies were funded through two merit-based awards: the Art Institute’s Trustee Scholarship as well as the FQRSC Quebec grant for research in Society and Culture. She also completed a BFA degree specializing in Electronic Art at Concordia University in Montreal Canada awarded with the Alfred Pinsky Medal. Her interactive video systems have been shown at FILE Sao Paulo and Nexus Bangkok.
Her work also has been shown at the 19e International Festival FICFA-New Media Moncton, Digifest Toronto, Promo4.3 Montreal and exhibited in several contemporary art galleries in Canada and the United States. Her Interactive Video Systems received distinctive mentions with the Judith Hamel New Media Award, Hexagram's Prize of Excellence in art and technology, the Stanley Mills Prize Purchase and the 1999 Montreal Mérite Culture Prize.