Elise Anne LaPlante (she/her) is an independent curator, author, and cultural worker. She flourishes in the grey areas, intrigued and driven by the political possibilities of the poetic. She explores affect and imaginaries while remaining acutely attentive to the dehierarchization of knowledge. She is currently working on the three-cycle project Le septième pétale d'une tulipe-monstre in partnership with La Maison des artistes visuels francophones (St. Boniface, MB, 2022), the Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen (Moncton, NB, 2023) and the Galerie de l'UQAM (Montreal, QC, 2023-2024).Some of her other recent exhibitions include Le murmure d’une empreinte (Arprim, Montréal, 2022, with Caroline Mauxion and Céline Huyghebaert), and Cultiver l’humilité | M8jagen piwihozw8gan (7th ORANGE triennial, Saint-Hyacinthe, 2022, with co-curator Véronique Leblanc). Her words have appeared in various publications and gallery texts, and in the magazines esse arts + opinions, Espace art actuel, and Vie des arts. Elise Anne holds an MA in art history and feminist studies from UQAM, and strives to develop and shape her thinking through writing and curating in a spirit of careful reconciliation between theory and practice. As an Acadienne currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, her thought often travels between different spaces and times. Since 2023, she is also codirector of l’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones (AGAVF).