Two Artists from the Méduse Collection Receive the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec 2025

On May 14, 2025, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), in collaboration with the Caisse Desjardins de la Culture and Le Devoir, unveiled the ten individuals who will be inducted into the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Daniel Bélanger, Lorraine Desmarais, Jacques Fournier, D. Kimm, Diane Landry, Michel Levasseur, Manuel Mathieu, Mireille Métellus, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, and Victor Quijada will receive the title of Compagne or Compagnon des arts et des lettres du Québec at an award ceremony hosted by Sophie Fouron, to be held on June 9 at Espace orange in the Édifice Wilder, Montreal.

Among them are Diane Landry and Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, both of whom have worked with Méduse member organizations, and whose work is part of the Méduse Collection.

Diane Landry
Visual artist Diane Landry has rooted her practice in Québec City. With a 40-year professional career and nearly one hundred solo exhibitions, she has sparked wonder on the international stage. Her works have circulated across four continents at major events and are part of significant public and private collections. She has received numerous accolades, including one of the prestigious fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York.

Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui
Writer, performer, historian, anthropologist, and visual arts curator based in Wendake, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Wendat Nation. In 2015, he co-founded Kwahiatonhk!, an organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and disseminating Indigenous literatures, notably through the First Nations Book Fair, which he now leads. His diverse body of work serves to share the wisdom and values of his ancestors, express his individuality, and offer both his community and the world a contemporary vision of Indigenous realities.

Congratulations to both artists! This well-deserved recognition is a true honor.