Genevieve Moisan

Geneviève spent many years training as a Jacquard weaver and has a strong technical background in both fibres structures and printing and dyeing techniques. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts from UQAM University and an MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia, in the Fibres and Material Practices concentration, as well as a graduate diploma in higher education pedagogy from UQAM. Furthermore, she is involved in many different collaborative research projects covering her vast interests, ranging from creating textile antennas for video communication, Jacquard weaving, soft speaker and circuits laying, to culturing bacteria to develop a sustainable cloth dyeing protocol. She is also the Equipment Support Specialist at Milieux, Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology where she gets the opportunity to teach a wide variety of digital weaving and embroidery workshops.