Gabriela Hébert is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal.
A composer of sound, stage, and gesture, she uses technology to amplify a state of presence, reveal invisible dynamics, transduce one artistic language into another, and activate space as a sensory experience. Through performance, installation, and interactive systems, she develops devices that combine design, programming, and electronics.
She holds degrees in electroacoustics and fashion design, a combination that shapes how she approaches gesture and expression in electronic systems, often developed in collaboration with dancers. Wearable interfaces sit at the center of her practice, where costume becomes part of the instrument itself.
Her Romanian heritage colours a musical palette that draws on classical, experimental, and traditional music, shaping a dark, textural sound marked by ruptures, micro-editing, escalating tension, shifting rhythmic dynamics, moving between atmospheric ambiance and heavy glitchy bass. Her compositions are always rooted in storytelling, often built around live-processed voice, spoken or sung, with or without words, drawn into the broader sound spectrum until the line between voice and synthesizer begins to blur.
Her projects have been presented at institutions and festivals including the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca (RO), Elektra (CA), PHOS (CA), SAT (CA), CIRMMT (CA), Phi Center (CA) and Sporobole (CA).