Nelu Wolfensohn is a professor with the School of Design of the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), founder and director of the Concepts For All project — the first free of charge Internet image bank dedicated to humanitarian causes (conceptsforall.uqam.ca), and director of CRIN, a digital images research centre (crin.uqam.ca).

A poster artist of international reputation, his work is well known and received many awards in Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City, Moscow, Paris, Jerusalem, Seoul, Toyama, Warsaw and Zurich. His posters are part of various museums, libraries and private collections.