Stephanie Limage

Stephanie is a Canadian contemporary visual artist, director and producer with an international background in arts, marketing, communications, production & media. She is an active member of ACFC West Local 2020 Unifor's Art Department and is available for both union and non union productions. She has Co-founded, developed and managed a successful not for profit arts organization that has catered to marginalized and low income families in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as well as the BC Children's Hospital for the last nine years that she has since relinquished over to a new board of directors so she could focus on new ventures. Stephanie spent half a decade living in Port au Prince Haiti and the last eight years working in Haiti where she created a studio pilot project for marginalized street youth and adults. While living in Haiti she also launched Limage Media Group a social enterprise that provides training and jobs for marginalized artists in media. Within Limage Media Group Stephanie created "Conduits" through a partnership with the British Columbia Institute of Technology's (BCIT) Broadcasting Department to come alongside the Haitian film industry to provide tools and training and deepen the reach to create more jobs. In 2016 and 2017 Stephanie produced, directed and created a three part educational TV series titled ART TELEVISION. The show features artists and movements from around the world. Stephanie is also the producer and creator of an art therapy workshop titled "Accessible Art" that caters to special needs children and young adults. Stephanie works with the BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver while coming alongside the patients and families to provide Accessible Art.She is also the founder and editor of the "Ottawa Arts News", an independent online arts news source in Canada's national capital region she created to support local and international emerging artists. Her objective is to continually develop her networks in the profit and not for profit sectors and learn from those she encounters to develop into a stronger leader. Stephanie produces workshops, not for profit community events, live musical performances, open mic events, live painting events, live streaming (events + concerts), documentary films, TV spots in Haiti as well as Vancouver, Ottawa, Quebec and most recently, Argentina. In June 2015, Steph headed to Greece when she was awarded an artist residency to study painting and analog photography. While there she commenced the production of a series of historical paintings she has been painting on Human Rights for her international "Revelation" Series. In May 2017, Stephanie headed to Buenos Aires Argentina after being invited for a residency and solo exhibition. While in Argentina Stephanie created a short documentary called "THE PEOPLE OF LA PLATA" featuring three unique local Argentinian artists. Stephanie also produced a new body of work titled "Snakes and Ladders" in Argentina that was showcased in her solo exhibition "LEJOS DE CASA" which featured her paintings and screened the short film she created there during her residency. Periodically, Steph spends time in South East Asia as well as Mainland China producing music and art since 2008. She was born in Selkirk Manitoba Canada and has five sisters and five brothers. Steph moved to Vancouver British Columbia Canada at age 19 and has since branched out internationally. Stephanie's paintings and photography have been exhibited internationally and she has been invited for several international exhibitions. In addition Stephanie has been awarded with scholarships, artist residencies, published several times for her international photography, booked as both an instructor and public speaker. She has also obtained international award nominations for her humanitarian work via the arts.