Isabelle Hayeur is a Canadian photographer and video artist based in the Montréal area. Her work examines the environment, urban development, and social issues—particularly the intersections and conflicts between nature and human activity. She employs large-format digital montages, experimental videos, site-specific installations, and artist books to evoke feelings of alienation, disenchantment, and ecological transformation, while probing how neoliberal economies and contemporary societies reshape landscapes and communities. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein in Berlin, Today Art Museum in Beijing, Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain, and Les Rencontres internationales de la photographie in Arles.
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Which ’hood are you in?
Rawdon, Quebec (about an hour from Montreal)
What do you do?
I am a photographer and video artist whose work explores the complex relationships between the environment, urban development, and social conditions, focusing on the tensions that arise where nature meets human intervention. Through large-format digital montages, experimental videos, site-specific installations, and artist books, I create immersive narratives that evoke alienation, disenchantment, and ecological loss. My practice seeks to reveal how neoliberal systems reshape landscapes and communities, questioning the ways in which progress continually redefines our sense of place and belonging.
What are you currently working on?
I continue to produce photographic series and video works that engage with pressing contemporary issues, including the environmental impact of large-scale industrial farming, immigration and border dynamics in the American West, and the social movements shaping our times. Through these projects, I aim to capture the human and ecological dimensions of these realities, revealing the subtle connections between power, place, and identity. By combining documentary approaches with poetic visual strategies, my work invites viewers to confront the complexities of a rapidly changing world and reconsider their role within it.
Where can we find your work?
