Valérie is the Director of École multidisciplinaire de l'image (ÉMI) de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais (Canada), professor-researcher, registered graphic designer (DGA/SDGQ). She has a Ph.D. in semiology from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). In 2014 she created and became President of la tribu grafik, an NGO dedicated to develop and promote graphic design in the field of social or cultural changes and innovations. Originally from France, she has been leaving in Quebec for the past 20 years and loving it.

Through 2014-2015 she was responsible for the project: Cinégrafismo. The project is a unique dialog between the new generation of graphic designers and film directors from Quebec and Cuba. She directed and curated an international poster exhibition, films screenings and a book shown in diverse movies festival. La Cinémathèque de Montréal and Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma québécois (RVCQ) were it first host in February 2015.

In 2016 she is curating the exhibition Pendant ce temps-là en France, Galerie UQO, Québec, showcasing 5 independent graphic designers and 2 collectives.

She is currently working on a research creation project « Graphisme citoyen: le lien social » implementing social design in primary and secondary schools.

SPECIALITES
Teaching/Art direction/Graphic design/Advertising/Media Planning.
Reseacher in Semiology and Visual Anthropology.

CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE
Membre de la Chaire René-Malo en cinéma et productions culturelles :
http://www.chairerenemalo.uqam.ca/

SDGQ / Société des designers graphiques du Québec
Membre et designer agréé.

EXPERIENCES
Art director/Graphic Designer

Consultant at School of Photographic Arts:Ottawa (SPAO)
September 2005 –- 2013

Professeur
École multidisciplinaire de l'image (ÉMI)
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais (UQO)
Educational Institution; Higher
September 2001-Present

la tribu grafik, OSBL
Présidente,
Septembre 2013-Present

YOBÉ
Owner, art director
September 2001-Present
studio de création graphique versé vers le domaine artistique et culturel.

Media planner
Paul Martel
Media Production industry
September 1994 – December 1997

Chef de publicité/Account executive
Dufresne Corrigan
September 1990 – December 1992

Chef de publicité junior/Junior account executive
Léo Burnett Paris
September 1989 – December 1990

EDUCATION
Université du Québec à Montréal
Ph.D, Semiology
2013

Université du Québec en Outaouais
Bac es arts, Graphic Design
2001

Université du Québec à Montréal
Master es Arts in Communication
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