SHORT BIOGRAPHY.

I studied fine arts in Quebec and built a career as an art director and filmmaker in cinema and advertising before embarking on a transition toward the visual arts through experimentation in fabrication, design, and object-making. This trajectory led me to explore collaborative creative processes and to develop a mastery of new technologies. Over the past few years I have developed a singular artistic practice in sculpture and kinetic installation based on the circularity of materials and energy autonomy.

I grew up in a small village in Quebec, and have lived and worked in Spain for more than 30 years, in New York and in Haiti. I am a self-taught person, curious and passionate about new learning. I have a professional conscience and extensive experience in the creative process. My view of the world is broad and open, and I never tire of experimenting with life.

ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ART / DESIGNER / SCENOGRAPHER

2026

• Autour du Moulin (in progress) Model and prototype of a simulated kinetic sculpture made from recycled materials and energy autonomous. Recipient of a Creation and Exploration Grant from the CALQ (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec)

2025

• Perpétuelle, 3 kinetic sculptures/installations, found materials and natural energies
  • Derrière le ruisseau, water
  • Le vent souffle toujours, wind
  • La coïncidence des opposés, plant

Recipient of a creation grant from the CALQ as part of the territorial partnership program of the Bas St-Laurent region. The project was realized thanks to the collaboration of the Cirque de la Pointe Sèche, Le Festival Archipel, La Société des plantes, the City of Saint-Pascal and FabBulles of the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup.

2024

• Bouées de Vent, conception and creation of scenographic elements for the Festival Archipel of the Centre d’Art de Kamouraska
• Les Argiles, furniture design and fabrication
• Moi à l’oeuvre, concept and realization of sets and scenographic elements, Centre d’Art de Kamouraska
• De la Vie au lit, fabrication of architectural elements and exhibition installation, Galerie de l’UQAM

2023

• Le Roman de Remort, realization of a sculpture in recycled cardboard, Marion Lessard, Momenta/Galerie UQAM
• À temps, scenography and sets for the trail at Cirque de la Pointe Sèche, Kamouraska
• Charkoal, scenography, sets and props for Cirque de la Pointe Sèche, Kamouraska

2022

• L’oeuf et la Poule, realization of an architectural installation, Marion Lessard. Galerie B312 Montréal.
• Roulotte Atelier, design and fabrication of a mobile artist studio, Isabelle Massey.

2021

• Mi-sauvage, concept, design and realization of a corrugated metal installation, La société des plantes / Centre d’art de Kamouraska
• C2 International21, 3D design, modelling of two ephemeral pavilions (director Nico Fonseca)

2020-2017

• Twistab - MOi Lamp - Beautiful Monster - Open Shoe, Concept, design, prototype and production

2020-2014

• CURTIDOS, open art space Barcelona, Co-founder and curator of the artist residency program.

CINEMA

2014-1995 - DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

• Troya, Short fiction film, 13 min. (2014)
• Felix y Nati, Co-director with Lydia Zimmermann, documentary, Haro Botsanova (2010)
• Aro Tolbukhin, En la mente del Assesino, Co-director & co-screenwriter with Lydia Zimmermann and Augustin Villaronga, Oberon Spain/Lestes Films Mexico. (2002). Official selection Berlinale and San Sebastián International Film Festival 2003
• Remedios, fiction, 52 min., CineQuaNon Films (Canada) and Lateco Producciones (Spain)
• Odisea visual de Marcelli Antunez, Documentary, Barcelona TV. (Spain 1998)
• Don the Stain, Short fiction film, 16 mm., 15 min. (1995)
• Art Attack, Video installation, 26 min. Documenta/Art Attack (1994)
• No Title Until the End, short fiction film, 16 mm., 8 min. (1993) Official selection Oberhausen Short Film Festival

2010 - 2016 - ART DIRECTOR — FEATURE FILMS

• Cerca de tu casa, Eduard Cortés, Bausan Films (Spain)
• El ultimo baile de Carmen Amaya, Judith Colell, Bat A Bat Productions (Spain)
• Dictado, Antonio Chavarrias, Oberon Cinematografica (Spain)
• Elisa K., Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena, Oberon Cinematografica (Spain)
• Tu vida en 65 dias, Maria Ripoll, Messidor Films (Spain)
• Durutti, portrait d’un anarchiste, Jean Louis Comolli, Mallerich Films (Spain)

OTHER (cinema)

2012-2010

• Cine Institute, Jacmel Haiti, pedagogical director and professor of photography, editing, art direction, production

2015-1998

• Advertising Cinema & Music Videos, art director on international campaigns shot in Spain for clients including: U2, Shakira, Nike, Adidas, Sony, H&M, Nokia, BMW, Lexus, Nissan, Mercedes, Renault, Saab, Fiat, O2, Vodafone, JimBeam and many others.

1992-1987

• Assistant art director for Antxon Gomez (Barcelona, Spain)
• Assistant art director, prop master on numerous short films, music videos and advertising films for Marc-André Coulombe and Luc Béland.
• Histoire à dormir debout, art direction of 3 short films
  • Le secret d’Anémone, Bernar Hébert, CineQuaNon Films
  • Croix de bois, Manon Briand, CineQuaNon Films
  • Modulation de fréquence

SKILLS

• Digital: Rhino, Sketchup, Fusion 360, Openscad, Inkscape, Adobe, Resolve, Word, Excel, Git, Arduino, Processing, bash, markdown, Windows, Mac, Linux, Laser cutting, CNC, 3D printing
• Analog: carpentry, cabinetmaking, masonry, welding, mechanics, horticulture
• Spoken and written languages: French, English, Spanish, Catalan, Creole

EDUCATION

• 2016 - Diploma in Digital Fabrication / Fab Academy, Institute for Bits and Atoms (MIT/Fablab Barcelona, Spain)
• 1987 - Bachelor’s degree (Major Fine Arts + Minor Aesthetics of Films) Concordia University, Montréal, Qc (not completed)
• 1984 - DEC in Social Sciences, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Qc (not completed)