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Félicia Vollant-Dubé is a young Innu-Naskapi woman, from the Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac-John. Living on the autism spectrum, she transforms silence into a visual language. Her first solo exhibition reveals a deep sensitivity and a remarkable artistic commitment.

Since her early teens, Félicia showed a definite talent and a desire to use art as a tool for social commitment. At the age of 15, she designed the logo for a women’s shelter. The following year, she contributed to a book on the protection of children’s rights. At 18, Félicia takes part in the Onaki Fablab workshop, where she explores the connection between technology and Indigenous culture.

Her career continues with a series of noteworthy collaborations. At 19, she collaborated with renowned Indigenous artists, including Anatole St-Onge, Jacques Newashish, and Ingrid Desterres, to create a mural at the Shaputuan Museum in Uashat. Félicia also designed a Christmas card for Senator Michèle Audette and had the honor of presenting her works at the 40th anniversary of the Innu Nikamu Festival.

Her exhibition, Children of Silence, is a striking poetic response to the too frequent invisibility experienced by autistic children. Her characters have no mouths, an artistic choice charged with meaning that challenges our communication norms and celebrates non-verbal languages. For Felicia, silence is never empty; it is action, vision, existence.

Félicia Vollant-Dubé embodies a new generation of Indigenous artists, committed and daring, deeply rooted in their culture and open to the world. She blazes a trail with quiet strength and rare authenticity. Sacred Fire Productions’ Cultural Space presents Children of Silence until July 31, 2025.

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Sacred Fire Productions has received granting from FGM’s Indigenous Initiatives Support Fund.