Leadership and expertise

Principal: Catherine Sicot

Artistic director, Curator, Producer, and Arts Consultant

Catherine Sicot (she/her)  is an independent French/Canadian curator and cultural producer. She is the founder and artistic director of Elegoa Cultural Productions, a cultural entrepreneur with more than 20 years of international experience in the visual arts world. She is currently based in Canada (Montréal) and France (La Rochelle). She previously lived and worked in Paris, Toronto, and Havana (Cuba). Taking a place-based approach, Sicot advocates for the role of the arts in shaping the socio-economic and political dynamics that define the contemporaneity of a place and its future. Working collaboratively and in a partnership framework based in Indigenous-led decolonial practices, she co-produces visual arts and media works and promotes their diffusion through exhibitions, artists residencies, symposiums, events, and publications. Sicot is a member of the Interwoven Futures Collective along with Barry Ace, Lori Beavis, Michelle McGeough, and Adrian Stimson.

Elegoa combines strong expertise in the following areas:

• Commissionning and programming
• local to International partnership building 
• Leadership and administration 

• Art project and event management (local and international scales)
• Public and corporate fundraising
• Community building and outreach

View Catherine Sicot’s online professional profile at: ca.linkedin.com/in/catherinesicot.