The Expansion project is a major initiative celebrating UQAM’s 40-year contribution to the arts and university life in Québec. With this inclusive project based on the idea of the expansion of matter, of art in our lives, of the university in the city, and of UQAM in Québec society over four decades, the Galerie de l’UQAM intends to showcase the visual and media arts, art history and museology at UQAM. Expansion includes works by a number of artists who graduated from UQAM, as well as professors and lecturers who have contributed and continue to contribute to the artistic life of the institution.