Institutional Recognition

Recognition.

A multidisciplinary creative practice shaped through public art, institutional collaboration, community partnerships and international cultural initiatives.

02 · Institutional & Community Engagement

Building the first chapter of Product of My Environment.

A growing network of institutions, educational organizations and community partners exploring how creative practice supports people, places and collective wellbeing.

Founding Community Partner

Montréal Community Cares

Supporting the development of Product of My Environment through youth engagement and community leadership.

« Dino demonstrated exceptional leadership in bringing our youth together around a shared creative process. »

Founding Community Partner

Les Ballons Intensifs

Developed with Les Ballons Intensifs, ÉVASION was presented at La Société des arts technologiques (SAT), Montréal, gathering more than 200 participants around mental health, resilience and collective healing after the pandemic.

« A rare capacity to hold space for vulnerability while producing work of real institutional caliber. »

Community Partner

Équipe RDP

Long-standing collaborator strengthening neighbourhood engagement and collective identity through public art in Rivière-des-Prairies.

« A trusted voice in our neighbourhood, consistently building bridges between residents, institutions and youth. »

Community Partner

Catholic Social Services

Working alongside Kickstand Youth Hub and ArtWalk at ArtsHub Ortona to explore how creative practice supports youth wellbeing and belonging.

The environment forms the person before the person forms anything else.

Guiding principle of the practice
Educational Network Partner

Edmonton Public Schools

Introducing collective creative experiences to Edmonton classrooms to encourage participation, confidence and student dialogue.

Educational Network Partner

CSSPI

Bringing participatory art directly into the daily learning environment of students and educators across the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île.

Montréal Community CaresLes Ballons IntensifsÉquipe RDPCatholic Social ServicesEdmonton Public SchoolsCSSPI
03 · Institutional Recognition

Public art, permanent collections and peer-reviewed research.

Permanent Public Art Collection

Public Art Montréal

Work included in the Public Art Montréal Collection, entering the city's permanent public art ecosystem.

Public Mural · District Central

ÉVASION

Commissioned as one of three permanent public murals contributing to the revitalization of Montréal's District Central.

Peer-Reviewed Academic Research

Université du Québec à Montréal

Primary artistic and poetic contribution featured within peer-reviewed university research on territorial stigmatization, social inequality and community transformation.

Published by Izara Gilbert (doctoral researcher) and Jade Bourdages (professor).

Public Art MontréalVille de MontréalDistrict CentralUQAMCALQ
04 · Public Exhibitions & Interventions

Works installed in the public sphere.

Centre-Ville Montréal

EUPHORIA

Selected for EUPHORIA, a large-scale public installation presented at Place St-James within Montréal's downtown cultural programming.

Rivière-des-Prairies

Lanternes Lumineuses

Featured in Journal Métro for Lanternes Lumineuses, an outdoor cultural intervention on public space and neighbourhood participation.

05 · International Presence

Extending the conversation beyond borders.

Cultural exchange between Benin and Canada, developed through exhibitions, live performance and dialogue on memory and transmission.

Galerie Zato · Benin

Benin – Canada Collective Exhibition

Selected for a collective exhibition celebrating artistic dialogue between Benin and Canada.

JISTNA · Live Performance

Memory & Cultural Transmission

Live painting presented during the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition — a work on memory, dialogue and transmission.

06 · Selected Milestones

A chronology of turning points.

2026
  • Product of My Environment — national initiative launched
  • Catholic Social Services — Kickstand Youth Hub partnership
2025
  • Galerie Zato — international exhibition (Benin)
  • JISTNA — live painting performance
  • Festival of Masks — Porto-Novo, Benin
2023
  • Work entered the Public Art Montréal Collection
  • ÉVASION — permanent public mural, District Central
  • EUPHORIA — Centre-Ville Montréal
  • Supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
2021
  • Ici Loin d'Ici — public exhibition, Rivière-des-Prairies
2020
  • Black Lives Matter — collaborative basketball court mural, Don Bosco
A growing ecosystem

Creating bridges where they rarely exist.