I would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation and Tiohtià:ke/Montréal on which we are learning, working and organizing today.
Joe Espada
Born 2000, Ilo-ilo Philippines,
Lives and works in Montreal, QC.
Solo Exhibition:
2025 Body-Subject/Le Corps Propre, Galerie Vav Gallery, Montreal, QC.
Group Exhibitions:
2026 PAROIS(SE), St-Eusebe Church (Public Space), Montreal, QC.
2026 Living, Breathing, Thing, Espace Transmission, Montreal, QC.
2026 Perverts, (with Renee Barnes), Whitewall Studio, Montreal, QC.
2026 Le Bruit (The Noise), A-flots, Parc Laurier (Public Space), Montreal, QC.
2025 Le Hasard (Chance), A-flots, Union Française de Montreal, Montreal, QC.
Screenings:
2024 Mala Noche, Concordia Film Festival, 51st Edition, “Visions: Spotlight on Underrepresented Voices”, Montreal, QC.
2024 Mala Noche, Serbest International Film Festival, Quarter-Finalist, Ukraine.
Curatorial Experience:
2026 Tout le bien du monde est à nous, Galerie VAV Gallery, Montreal QC.
2026 Held In Place, Galerie VAV Gallery, Montreal QC.
2026 After Contact, Galerie VAV Gallery, Montreal QC.
2026 Sediments, Art Matters Festival, Ada X, Montreal, QC.
Awards and Grants:
2026 Lise-Hélène Larin Scholarship in Drawing, Montreal, QC.
2026 SP 055, CCSL Winter Special Projects Fund, Montreal, QC.
Publications:
2026 A-flots Mag, No 5: ‘26, Le Bruit (Noise), Montreal, QC.
2025 A-flots Mag, No 4: Printemps ‘25, Le Hasard (Chance), Montreal, QC.
2024 Suko Vol. 3: Frontiers, Suko Magazine, Montreal, QC.
Professional Experience:
2026-27 Board Member, Fine Art Student Alliance (FASA), Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
2026-27 Technical Coordinator, Galerie Vav Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2025-26 Exhibition Facilitator, Art Matters Festival, Montréal, QC.
2025-26 On-call, Part-time Technician, Visual Arts Building, Painting and Drawing Department, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.
Education:
2027 Concordia University, BFA Major in Studio Art, Montreal, QC.
2021 Sheridan College, Art Fundamentals, Oakville, ON.
© spare this weary heart today... 2026. teleport to the top or hop back home