Born in 1971 in Montréal, where she lives and works, Emmanuelle Léonard is a graduate of Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions: Kunsthaus Dresden, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Germany); Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Optica, Vox (Montréal); Mercer Union, Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto); L'Œil de Poisson (Québec City); Expression in Saint-Hyacinthe. She also took part in the 2011 Québec Triennial, in the 2014 Biennale de Montréal, and her work was included in the exhibition <em>À Montréal, quand l'image rôde</em>, at Le Fresnoy (France) in 2013. She has been awarded residencies at Villa Arson France; the Christoph Merian Foundation, Switzerland; and the Finnish Artists' Studio Foundation, Finland. Recipient of the 2005 Prix Pierre-Ayot, Léonard was nominated for the Grange Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario (2012) and finalist for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec's first Contemporary Art Award (2013) and for the Prix Louis-Comtois (2014).<strong> </strong>She was selected for the Canadian Forces Artists Program for a residency in 2017.