Valerian Mazataud

Valerian Mazataud is a Montreal based documentary photographer. He works as a photo-reporter for Canadian and international medias and also pursues an artistic career using documentary and conceptual photography. A self taught photographer since 2009, he owns a Msc in agronomy with a specialty in marine biology. His projects allowed him to travel in around fifty countries. He has had exhibitions in various artist-run centers around Canada, as well as during different art festivals. He has won photography awards, including grants from the Canadian Arts Council. He was an artist in residency in Wales as well as at the DAÏMÔN artist-run centre in Gatineau. Since 2015 he shares his time between Canada and Central-America. Since 2012 he documents daily life in Montreal-Nord, one of Canada's poorest neighborhood.

Maxime Rheault

Maxime Rheault is a graphic designer and artistic director who lives in Québec City. His practice is at the intersection of many disciplines, from creating visual identities to conceptualizing artists’ books. Typography is a central element of his graphic work, which is characterized by a strong conceptual approach. Parallel to his work in design, he is a self-taught photographer. Influenced notably by new Japanese photography, most of his photographs are black and white, and show an interest for public spaces, light and the presence of identity codes. Cofounder of the design studio CRITERIUM in 2013, he also leads an exhibition space that presents the work of established and emerging artists. He received many national and international recognition (Lux, Communication Arts, Advertising and Design club of Canada, Coupe, Grafika and Applied Arts) and his work has been presented in Québec, Percé, Montréal, Toronto, Berlin and Hong Kong.