Fortin’s practice engages materiality, colour and process as a way of exploring the interrelationships that shape existence. Her process is to imprint residues of the past that influence the shifting conditions of the future. She works with forms and sites surrounding urban environments to reveal the intersecting relationship among human activity, non-living things, and ecologies.

Fortin holds a Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art degree from the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON), and completed an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University (Halifax, NS). Fortin has participated as a full-time artist-in-residence with Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, ON), Akin + Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA), La Maison des métiers de Québec in Quebec City and Est-Nord-Est, Saint-Jean-Port- Joli, Quebec as part of the 2021 Biennale de Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. She has been awarded grants from Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Craft Ontario, Harbourfront Centre and the University of Guelph. Fortin’s studio resides in Guelph, Ontario, on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabewaki Nation, Attiwonderonk, and Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

stephkfortin@gmail.com

Photo credit: Cindy Hill