Renée Poisson

Renée Poisson is an artist from the Courtenay area Vancouver Island. The first 33 years of her artistic practice were focused on sculptural projects. She exhibited internationally and was awarded grants by the BC Arts Council and Canada Council. In 1999 her practice began to focus primarily on video, soon expanding to include recording and experimenting with found sounds. Working as an independent producer/director, doing her own camerawork, sound and editing, Poisson has completed documentaries and experimental videos, one selected for the Festival International du Film sur l’Art in Montreal in 2003, and another received an award in Edmonton. Her newest film project is a documentary titled Owning the Slave (see http://www.movingimages.ca/new/new48.html

Her one-minute movie "Growth" is in the library: http://islandsinstitute.pbwiki.com/f/growth.mp4