Biography

J̈osepha
Dumas

J̈osepha Dumas is a Haitian-French multidisciplinary artist. She was born and raised in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and later moved to Miami, Florida, USA, and Saarbrücken, Germany
before moving to Montreal, QC in 2013. She graduated from Concordia University with a
bachelor's of fine arts, majoring in Painting and drawing with a minor in film studies in 2018.

Her artistic endeavors revolve around themes of displacement, immigration, decolonization,
memory, dreams, heritage, language, emotions, identity, landscapes, time, and space,
particularly in the context of the Haitian diaspora in Montreal and beyond. She works in a variety
of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art, performance, animation, video,
photography, and music. Her overarching goal as an artist is one of continuous exploration and
growth. She strives to challenge conventional notions of time and space by manipulating and
reshaping these concepts. By merging disparate places into a cohesive whole, Dumas aims to
initiate a dialogue about how landscapes can serve as reflections of our multifaceted identities.

J̈osepha Dumas has participated in group shows in Montreal, QC, Canada, South Korea, and Spain and has been published in various magazines and books. She has recently released her debut album under her alias Mme. Blue on November 28th, 2023 consisting of 14 tracks, and three new singles on January 3rd, 2024. She has presented a sound piece in collaboration with MSHL’s visuals for Mapp Festival 2023. She has an upcoming group show Dekabès at la Maison d'Afrique due on February 16th, 2024, and a three-month art residency at Kunstraum LLC in Brooklyn NY from January to March 2025.

French below:

J̈osepha Dumas est une artiste multidisciplinaire franco-haïtienne. Elle est née et a grandi à
Port-au-Prince, en Haïti, puis a déménagé à Miami, en Floride, aux États-Unis et à
Saarbrücken, en Allemagne, avant de s'installer à Montréal, au Québec, en 2013. Elle a obtenu
un baccalauréat en beaux-arts de l'Université Concordia, avec une spécialisation en peinture et
en dessin et une mineure en études cinématographiques en 2018.

Ses projets artistiques tournent autour des thèmes du déplacement, de l'immigration, de la
décolonisation, de la mémoire, des rêves, du patrimoine, de la langue, des émotions, de
l'identité, des paysages, du temps et de l'espace, en particulier dans le contexte de la diaspora
haïtienne à Montréal et au-delà. Elle travaille dans une variété de médias, y compris la peinture,
le dessin, la sculpture, l'art numérique, la performance, l'animation, la vidéo, la photographie et
la musique. Son objectif primordial en tant qu'artiste est l'exploration et la croissance continues.
Elle s'efforce de remettre en question les notions conventionnelles de temps et d'espace en
manipulant et en remodelant ces concepts. En fusionnant des lieux disparates en un tout

cohérent, Dumas vise à initier un dialogue sur la façon dont les paysages peuvent servir de
reflets de nos identités à multiples facettes.

Dumas a participé à des expositions collectives à Montréal, au Québec, au Canada, en Corée du Sud et en Espagne, et a été publiée dans divers magazines et livres. Elle a récemment lancé son premier album sous son alias Mme Blue le 28 novembre 2023, composé de 14 titres, et trois nouveaux singles le 3 janvier 2024. Elle a présenté une pièce sonore en collaboration avec les visuels de MSHL pour le festival Mapp 2023. Elle a une exposition collective Dekabès à la Maison d'Afrique prévue pour le 16 février 2024 et une résidence artistique de trois mois au Kunstraum LLC à Brooklyn NY de janvier à mars 2025.

jojo_dumas (visual arts), impro. vie (experimental film), and mme. blue (music)

Josepha Dumas CV 2023 Education SEPTEMBER 2013 - JUNE 2018 Concordia University, Montreal, Qc - Bachelor in Fine Arts Majoring in Painting and Drawings with a minor in Film Studies. Work Experience January - April 2024 Upcoming. Art teacher at the Centre des arts visuels, contract job, Montréal, QC, Canada. September 23rd - December 9th 2023 Art teacher at the Centre des arts visuels, contract job, Montréal, QC, Canada. June 19th-August 18th 2023 Art monitrice for summer camp, Centre des arts visuels, contract job, Montreal, QC, Canada. March- June 2023 Artist assistant, Centre des arts visuels, contract job, Montreal, QC, Canada. March 2019- December 2021 Co-creator, co-creator, and artist for ArtIci, an art collective that made art accessible in public places such as parks throughout Montreal QC, Canada. I'm no longer a part of it due to personal reasons. February 2019- June 2021 Printmaking artist assistant, contract job, Le Studio P.M INC, Paul Machnik, Montreal Qc. August 22nd 2019 Videographer, Editor, Producer, and Director for In SPirit(ed), hosted by project 10, contract job, Centre Culturel Georges Vanier, Montreal Qc. July 2018- March 2020 Photographer and Editor, freelance, ONaturelOils, Montreal, Qc. July- August 2018 Ceramic artist Assistant, contract job, Pascale Girardin Ceramic Studio, Montreal Qc (July-Aout 2018) April 30th- June 2016 Filmmaker and editor, contract job, Imago Theatre ARTISTA, Montreal, Qc, Canada. Art residencies 2025 Three months residency at Kunstraum LLC. Upcoming January - March 2025. Brooklyn, NY, USA. Group Shows/Performance Art 2024 Dekabès. Upcoming, February 16th 2024. Presented by BAM.IND. Maison d’Afrique, Montreal QC, Canada 2023 Live performance of my second single "Come On" under my alias Mme.Blue at La Shop for AKT ii 1st edition. July 2023. Montreal, QC, Canada. "Masked", March 15th to April 2nd, 2023, CICA Museum, South Korea. 2022 "Portraits 2023", December 28th to January 15th 2023, CICA Museum, South Korea. Wonder Exhibition, Capital Culture House. Virtual. Madrid, Spain. 2022-2019 En Corps/Art Ici - Art collective, Montreal, Qc Minimum 3 events/art shows every year throughout various parks and communities in Montreal. 2021 Locating The Quixotic Tourist, painting by Paul Nadeau and Sean Wilson. Performed An Island Full of Ghosts. 2010 rue Cartier Montreal, Qc Le Dessin et Contemporain au-delà du réel de Réjeanne Lamothe, Documentary, 30min. Performance. Montreal,Qc 2020 Buscando Memoría, 5 min video. Performance art, 2 hours. Collaboration with Mauricio Aristizabal, in protest with Colombia, Movimiento Por La Vida. 2019 Show and Tell: A Night Of Performance, Props, and Anything Else. Hosted and directed Penina Simon. Co-director by Alo Azimov. Performed Voyage, excerpt of a Drunk-Short-Story-Poetry-Book/song/poem. Mainline Theater, Montreal, QC. All Over The World, Visual Arts, College Brebeuf, Montreal, QC Grants/Nominations/Awards 2023 Selected as a featured artist on Artinsquare website. 2022 Finalist Award from Art Show International Gallery for the "5th landscapes competition" Honorable mention for Dance and Movement open call by Artrepeneur. 2021 CALQ grant for En Corps/Art Ici. An art collective I co-created and I was a part of since 2018 to 2022 Events/Public Art/Collaboration September 28-29-30th 2023 Sound artist (under my alias improVIE) in collaboration with MSHL for Festival des arts numériques, Mile End skatepark, minute_MAPP, Montreal, QC, Canada. 2022-2019 En Corps/Art Ici - Art collective, Montreal, Qc Minimum 3 events/art shows every year throughout various parks and communities in Montreal. Temporary installations. 2021 Buscando Memoría, 5 min video. Performance art, 2 hours. Collaboration with Mauricio Aristizabal, in protest with Colombia, Movimiento Por La Vida. Temporary installations/performances. Workshops/Presentation 2023 "Le Dessin à travers la narration et l'improvisation", Presentation for Mascayiti, Vil Pam Orijinal Concours, online, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11 2023. 2020 Volunteered Printmaking - etching and monotype- Workshop for Inuit, Indigenous women, but not limited to Chez Doris (a shelter for homeless women) Managed to do 3 to 5 workshops March 2020 before the Covid19 lockdown. 1430 rue Chomedey, Montreal, Qc Music January 3rd 2024 Composer, songwriter, producer for three singles coming up. Tell me, As time passes, and Stay. Experimental, alternative, electro. Mme. Blue November 28th 2023 Composer, songwriter, producer for "Blue Reminds Me of You", Album, under my alias Mme.Blue. 14 songs. Experimental, alternative, electronic, classical, rock... September 29th 2023 Blue Reminds me of you, first single from my album under the same title, Mme. Blue. Experimental, alternative. 7:04mins. July 2022 Come On! First single with lyrics that I released. 4:00min. Experimental, alternative, punk rock. August 11th 2021 The Blue Lune's Glow is my first instrumental song to be released under my alias Mme.Blue and all the platforms. 15:28mins. Experimental classical tropical blues. Affiliations/ Judge 2023 Judge for Concours Vil Pam Orijinal de Masayiti, group 7-12 ans, online, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2022-2019 ● En Corps/Art Ici - Art collective, Montreal, Qc ● Member at Skol Gallery, Montreal QC Bibliographie/Publications 2024-25 •Some of my artworks have been selected to be featured in Renowned Magazine's next edition. The magazine will be split into four and will be printed starting December to 2025. •My painting “Blakawout Limyè” is going to be on the cover of Pierre Raymond Dumas’s upcoming book “Le Livre de la Démocratisation Chaotique d'Haïti”. 2023 •Three page interview "Josepha Dumas - L'art de dépeindre l'identité, l'immigration, la (dé)colonisation...." about my work featured in COM1 Magazine N°6 for the international day of women. Written by Jean Bart-Souka March 2023. Montreal, QC.b(Pg. 14-16) 2022 •One of my art is in 7500 copies of Concordia University's 2022-23 agenda. Student Union. "On The Edge Tilting vers La Lune" •“Six Portraits”, Six book covers, Collections Monographies by Pierre Raymond Dumas Press Files/Reviews 2023 ● COM1 N°6 By Jean-Bart Souka (Montreal) 2022 ● Sibelle Haiti by Lord Edwin Byron | IMedia Ayiti by Rosny Ladouceur ● Le Nouvelliste by Marc Sony Ricot | Le National by Schultz Laurent Junior