U-Hull

To mark the opening night of AXENÉO7's 2025 summer programming, the artist-run centre is presenting U-Hull, an ephemeral silkscreen production workshop led by four local artists: Rosaura Guzman Clunes, Rodrigo Medrano, Geneviève L. Richard and Javier Tejeda. This special activity coincides with the opening of the sixth national conference of the Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference (ARCA), hosted this year in Ottawa-Gatineau by AXENÉO7 and the SAW Centre, in partnership with the Indigenous Curators Collective (ICCA) and the Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones (AGAVF).

On 11 June 2025, the backyard of La Filature will be transformed into a convivial creative space with the installation of a U-Haul truck converted into a mobile studio. In pairs, the artists will occupy the production space for hour-long sessions, offering the public a direct immersion in the creative process.

The productions produced will be distributed for free throughout the evening, highlighting the rich local know-how, Hull's alternative DIY spirit, and the centre's role as an incubator for artistic practices rooted in their community. U-Hull is a celebration of printed art, encounters and shared creation — a fun, engaging and accessible showcase for the local arts ecosystem.

Rosaura Guzman Clunes
Her creative work echoes the practices of photographic artists and graphic designers who value experimental uses. She is interested in the relationship that individuals maintain with their environment and the structures that frame them, through collages, superimpositions and photographic and graphic juxtapositions.
As a photographer, she has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Gatineau (AXENÉO7, Galerie Montcalm), Montreal (Dazibao, Vox), Quebec City (VU), Toronto (Gallery 44), Chicoutimi (Séquence) and Ottawa (Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography).
She holds a master's degree in visual and media arts and a bachelor's degree in art design, and teaches graphic design, publishing and screen printing at the École des Arts et Cultures at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

Rodrigo Medrano
Born and raised in Mexico City, Rodrigo discovered his passion for printmaking over a decade ago. After taking several printmaking courses at the Ottawa School of Art, he was introduced to silkscreening through a 101 class at Possible Worlds, which further deepened his interest in the discipline.
Rodrigo is an active member of his community, contributing through volunteer work and serving on committees such as Debaser, Project WARP, and, most recently, radio host at CKCU radio station.
By day, he works as a technician at the Annie Pootoogook Studio at SAW Centre and assembles effect pedals at Fairfield Circuitry. Outside of work, he enjoys sharing music by spinning B-sides on vinyl wherever he can.

Geneviève L Richard
Geneviève L Richard is a multidisciplinary artist from the Outaouais region who studied visual arts and graphic design at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. In addition to her personal practice in painting, drawing and photography, she has been involved in numerous collective and solo projects in the capital region, and has worked mainly in cultural mediation and public art for various local clients and organisations for over 15 years.

Javier Tejeda
Javier Tejeda is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice evolves between graphic design and the visual arts. Originally from Mexico and now based in Gatineau, Canada, he transforms ideas into visual compositions that combine intuition, technical mastery and a keen aesthetic sense. A 2019 graduate of the Université du Québec, his training in graphic design gives him structure, visual clarity and conceptual precision, enriching his artistic language with a solid foundation in visual communication. His work is also deeply influenced by his experience of living in Mexico, as well as by spontaneous exchanges with Mexican designers, whose visions, aesthetics and forms of resistance have shaped his way of conceiving and practising design.
In 2023, with the help of the Les Ateliers du Ruisseau cooperative, he moved into the temporary Ateliers at 135 rue Eddy, where he set up his own screen-printing studio, which he named Atelier Parcoeur. This became both a graphic laboratory and a space for personal creation. Here he developed original works in limited editions, combining traditional processes with a contemporary approach. Through Atelier Parcoeur, he seeks to share his passion for screen printing as an act that is both poetic and physical: a way of suspending time, printing with intention, and creating a tangible link with the viewer through material, gesture and colour. Atelier Parcoeur is both a creative refuge and an extension of her visual universe: intimate, symbolic and handmade.

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