Valérie is a PhD researcher investigating “Performativity, Materiality and Laboratory Practices in Artistic Wearables” at Concordia University where she teaches in the Department of Design & Computation Arts. She has curated design and media arts exhibitions and events for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics; V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam; New Museum, New York; and the Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec. Her design and media works have been featured internationally at festivals, galleries and museums including: ISEA (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008); SXSW (2010); Siggraph (2010, 2006); San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles (2008); Museum of Science, Boston (2008); Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Ghent (2006); Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York (2005); and FILE Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004).