What’s Happening

The IOTA Gift Guide is here!

The IOTA Gift Guide is here–everything under $200!
We’re highlighting our wishlist of books, stickers, tote bags, colouring books, flags, jewelry, and small fine art prints from the IOTA Studio Gallery, our collaborators past and present, and artists we admire. Many of these projects donate proceeds to various solidarity efforts & mutual aid initiatives, from our artistic network and beyond.

Welcome New IOTA Artist Amy Malbeuf

We are beyond thrilled to welcome new IOTA Artist Amy Malbeuf ( @amy.malbeuf ). Amy Malbeuf is a Métis visual artist from Rich Lake, Alberta, Treaty 6 territory currently living on unceded Mi’kmaq territory in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia. Through mediums such as animal hair tufting, beadwork, installation, performance, and tattooing Malbeuf explores notions of

Bio Art Kitchen Hangout Series

IOTA Institute and the Incubator Lab present the Bio Art Hangout Kitchen Series; a virtual hangout with an invited bio artist or scientist, who will perform an art/sci protocol, performance or show and tell. We are thrilled to announce the IOTA Institute Bio Art Hangout’s BioArt Kitchen series, co-presented with the Incubator Lab. A 60-minute

Meet Mondays Series on Instagram

Our IOTA community is growing so we are kicking-off our new get-to-know us series #meetmondays where each week you will get to meet someone from our IOTA Team. We’re starting off with Artistic Director and Founder, Mireille Bourgeois of @iotainstitute and Studio Gallery HERE. Thanks for following us!

Welcome Carrie Allison to IOTA!

IOTA is thrilled that we have another new partnership announcement to share! Artist Carrie Allison is a Nêhiýaw/Cree, Métis, and European descent visual artist based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia). She grew up on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. Her work seeks to

Welcome Meagan Musseau to IOTA!

IOTA Studio Gallery is excited to announce our new partnership with artist Meagan Musseau! Meagan is a Mi’kmaw (L’nu) artist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands, NL). She nourishes an interdisciplinary practice by working with customary art forms and new media, such as basketry, beadwork, land-based performance, video and installation. Meagan is currently working on the third piece in her performance triptych, titled

Welcoming New Curatorial Research Assistant

So pleased to share that IOTA is welcoming Curatorial Research Assistant Amanda Shore to work on the IOTA Bio Art Curatorial Research project. Follow us @IOTAinstitute on all forms of social media to hear about our visits to bio art labs, discussions with artists and curators of bio art, and as we feature researcher Dion

Events Archive

Jennifer Willet “When Microbes Dream” at i3S

Jennifer Willet @ the IOTA Institute Bio Art Kitchen Hangout

Immersive Infinite at Nocturne

Jennifer Willet “When Microbes Dream” at Ectopia

Mireille Bourgeois presentation at FEMeeting

Home Economics, a Dance Installation

Jens Hauser @ the IOTA Institute Bio Art Kitchen Hangout

Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr IOTA Institute Bio Art Kitchen Hangout

Announcing IOTA: Gallery, a pop-up event

Performance + Interactive Public Exhibition: StickMan by Stelarc

Artist Talk: Stelarc + Andrew Pelling

Public Exhibit + Artist Talk: Nina Sellars and Jennifer Willet

Meet the Artist: Ruth Marsh

Bio Art Workshop: Halifax Yeast with Jennifer Willet

Cyberhive: Immersive Film Screening

Earthline Tattoo Demonstration and Discussion

Artist Talk: WhiteFeather Hunter

IOTA: Gallery Pop Up (Deux)

Artist Talk: Earthline Tattoo Collective

Cyberhive Premier Screening

The wide sky: An Opening Launch in Second Life

Bacterial BioPigments Master Class

CYBERHIVE by Ruth Marsh