PRESS / EXHIBITION ESSAYS
CBC PEI – Spring 2017 – Becka Viau earns Governor General Medal
Visual Art News – Winter 2016 – “ECHOES ACROSS TIME AND SPACE L’Acadie Mythique retraces identity and culture” written by Kathleen Higgins
G! Magazine – Winter 2015 – “A Bold Vision: Becka Viau is celebrated for bringing art to the community,” written by Katie smith
Somewheres Exhibition Catalogue – Winter 2014 – Curatorial essay Written by Pan Wendt
Visual Arts News – Summer 2014 – “Creative Dislocation: Somewheres’ Uneasy Impermanence,” written by Leonard Paul MacPherson
Modern Farmer – Spring 2014 – “High Art Hay” written by Karen Pinchin
The Guardian PEI – Winter 2014 – “Art for Thought,” written by Sally Cole
The Guardian PEI – Winter 2014 – “Reception to Celebrate Five New Exhibitions at CCAG,” written by Fraser MacCallum
Visual Art News – Spring 2014 – The Sovereign 01, Becka Viau 2011 – was featured on the cover of this issue. Visual Arts News, Spring 2014 Cover
Visual Art News – Spring 2014 – “Power,” Editorial written by Lizzy Hill
Visual Art News – Spring 2014 – Article about No Name Galleries, curated by Scott Saunders, which exhibited The Queen 2013 – “Pop Up Halifax: Scott Saunders’ Guerrilla Galleries,” written by Kathleen Higgins
Metro News Halifax – Winter 2013 – “Life behind the glass: Artwork looks to spruce up downtown Halifax,” written by Haley Ryan
CRIT NSCAD – Winter 2013 – “Sovereignty an Interview with Becka Viau,” written by Genevieve Flavelle
Visual Art News – Fall 2011 – Artist Profile – “Hope Horizon,” written by Laura Dawe
The Buzz PEI – Fall 2010 – “Energy to Burn, Profile Becka Viau,” written by Jane Ledwell
The Guardian PEI – Fall 2010 – “Centre Catalyst,” written by Sally Cole
Young Farmers Exhibition Catalogue – Spring 2009 – Curtatorial essay written by Mireille Eagan
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WRITING BY BECKA
Mellissa Peter Paul Honours Contemporary Quillwork in Epekwit, written by Becka Viau, Visual Art News Fall 2019
FEATURE – Songlines , written by Becka Viau,Visula Art News Fall 2016
CHRISTOPHER BOYNE BLURS LINES BETWEEN ‘ARTIST’ AND ‘NON ARTIST’ ACTORS, written by Beck Viau, Visual Art News Summer 2016
TRACING THE GESTURES: MARIE-LINE LEBLANC AND SARA DIGNARD FIND EVERYDAY WONDER ON THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS, written by Beck Viau, Visual Art News Summer 2016
Allison Hrabluik finds absurdity in the everyday / Review by Becka Viau, Visual Art News Spring 2017
Possibilities – A Bold Vision Essay, written by Becka Viau // Co-Authored by Diana Hosseini, Helaina Lalande, Merray Gerges, Josie Baker and Mireille Eagan, 2014
Major Feature – Essay by Merray Gerges – referenced in the essay Possibilities
Accessing Silence (Through Active Listening) as a Radical Feminist Practice – Essay written by Becka Viau 2014
ECSTATIC – MFA Thesis Statement, written by Becka Viau // Co-Authored by John Mackenzie, 2013
THIS IS CRIT’S CLIT: Zine Intervention in December 2012 Issue of CRIT by Artist Dalty Rose Cambell-Lemire – Review by Becka Viau 2013
Sovereignty Exhibition Catalogue – Essays “Sovereignty” and “Assimilation” written by Becka Viau, 2012