Rachelle Bussières is a French-Canadian artist based in New York, working at the intersection of photography and sculpture. Her practice explores human perception, time, and the construction of knowledge. Inspired by childhood memories of the wilderness in northeastern Québec and years spent living off the grid in northern California, she investigates how natural processes shape human experience and collective consciousness of the environment, sky, and cosmos.


Using lumen printing, an analog process with light-sensitive silver paper, Bussières documents atmospheric and ecological changes, blending scientific observation with a dreamlike, sublime interpretation. Her work engages with themes of astronomy and ecology, focusing on impermanence and the delicate balance between humanity and nature. By drawing on natural phenomena—water cycles, air quality, and light patterns—she reflects on the forces shaping our world.


Bussières holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has received multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts. She was a finalist for the 2021 Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize. Her residency experience spans institutions such as Brooklyn Darkroom, Banff Centre, Silver Art Projects, Penumbra Foundation, and Headlands Center for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Robertson Arès (Montréal), Equivalentbehaviour (London), the International Center for Photography, Penumbra Foundation, and Rubber Factory (all New York, NY), Melanie Flood Projects (Portland, OR), Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA), Robert Koch Gallery and the General French Consulate (both San Francisco, CA), the Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose, CA), Seattle Pacific University and Soil Gallery (both Seattle, WA), the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Galerie l’Inlassable (Paris, France), and Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA). Her work is held in public, corporate, and private collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL), the Four Seasons Hotel, The Wing, SFMOMA’s Library and Archives, and Facebook (Sunnyvale, CA). As founder of LUMIERE NYC, she fosters dialogue

on historical photography practices by bringing together the arts and science in the context of contemporary practices using lumen printing.