ABOUT

Set against the backdrop of Canada’s capital city, OPABF pays particular attention to art publishing as an act of “making public”, as well as a medium for responding to today’s challenging social, cultural and political landscape.



Launched in 2025 by Possible Worlds, Object//Project Art Book Fair (OPABF) is a new multi-day gathering in Ottawa which celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing artists’ publishing.

OPABF offers fair visitors the unique opportunity to discover the work of forward-thinking artists and publishers, and engage with a dynamic program that explores art publishing at its fullest.  
OPABF aims to be a vital platform for exhibitors and programs that is rooted in knowledge sharing, community and expression. We believe in the power of publishing to amplify and connect underrepresented and emerging voices, as a democratic discipline that transcends physical spaces and time, and as a catalyst to reshape longstanding narratives and worldviews.


Land Acknowledgement



We humbly acknowledge that Possible Worlds is located on unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.


Press Release


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Programming Partners and Supporters




   






Special  Thanks


We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mara Brown and the entire dedicated staff at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Kelly Sirett and staff at the Ottawa Public Library-Rosemount Branch, Ainsley Walton and Dominique Taylor at the National Gallery of Canada, Blair Swann and Tess Davey at Art Metropole, Ottawa Art Gallery staff, Jason St-Laurent of SAW, Kiran Niet and Becca Yates of tbczines, Alice Holland and the Ottawa Trans Library, Louis Rastelli of ARCMTL, Andrew Hill of the Halifax Art Book Fair , and artists James Hewitt and Alexandra Finkeldey for their generous contributions to the fair.



Possible Worlds is an independent platform specializing in graphic art, electronic music and publishing. Based in Ottawa, we present and produce works and programming that amplify the voices of underrepresented, emerging and experimental artists from Canada and internationally.  Through our outreach arm, we operate a physical studio and shop, as well as design community-driven art and music programming at different sites in Ottawa and beyond. Possible Worlds celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025.


Object//Project Art Book Fair 2025 Team




Fair Directors
Melanie Yugo and Jason Pelletier

Team Leads (Day of Fair)
Alex Brovkin, Jason Dai, Simone (Coco) Finken,  Joe Gibson-King, Matt Pygott  + our fabulous volunteers