BONJOUR CHIEN
Bonjour Chien, d’ici et d’ailleurs will be at Complexe Desjardins until September 10, 2026. Explore the world of Chien, an inquisitive, sensitive and ever-changing character, through a series of art installations on columns throughout Complexe Desjardins’s Grande-Place. Seen through the eyes of Montreal artist Chien Champion, Montreal is a colourful, vibrant, cartoonish place on the border of reality and fantasy.
Starting May 6, see Chien at Complexe Desjardins and discover the themed installation Les retrouvailles (the reunion). Spirits are high as Chien catches up with friends and family to celebrate—a nod to Complexe Desjardins’s 50th anniversary.
A guided walk through the art of Chien Champion
Presented in the Quartier des Spectacles and the downtown core, Bonjour Chien, d’ici et d’ailleurs is a multi-chapter odyssey that unfolds at various locations through sculptures, installations and video projections.
Through the character of Chien, the artist crafts a story inspired by his own journey between Montreal and Chile, where his family is from. Drawing on his love of culture and sports, as well as his fascination with the world around him, he tells the story of Chien and his quest to find a place he can call home. Each work explores a different aspect of city life by bringing collective memory to life and questioning what it takes to feel at home. Along the way Chien observes, plays, learns and makes memories.
About the artist
Chien Champion, whose real name is Felipe Arriagada-Núñez, is a Montreal-based visual artist known for his colourful, narrative-driven universe. Drawing instinctively since he was a child, he’s created a veritable archive of stories inspired by the people he loves, the cities he visits and popular culture. With his signature warm colours and imperfect lines, he focuses on emotions and storytelling over technical perfection.
Bonjour Chien, d’ici et d’ailleurs is an initiative of the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership in collaboration with Complexe Desjardins, Centre Eaton de Montréal, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Place Montréal Trust, Place Ville Marie, Montréal centre-ville and BAnQ. This project is made possible thanks to financial support from the Ville de Montréal and the Government of Quebec.
We use cookies
Respecting your privacy matters to us. We use cookies to personalize our content and facilitate your digital experience. Some cookies may be collected with your consent.
Essential
Essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Performance
These cookies enable us to analyze navigation on our sites and improve their operation.
Customization
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that modifies the behavior or appearance of the site, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.
Targeted advertising
These cookies help us limit the number of times you see an advertisement, personalize our offers and services according to your centers of interest, measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign, and so on. They may be shared with our partners.
We use cookies
Respecting your privacy matters to us. We use cookies to personalize our content and facilitate your digital experience. Some cookies may be collected with your consent.