Julie Alary Lavallée

Julie Alary Lavallée is currently preparing her doctoral thesis in Art History at Concordia University on contemporary art from India, with a focus on the art market and the fields of museum, diaspora and global studies. She is the communications and archives coordinator of the artists-run centre OPTICA and publishes on a regular basis for art galleries based in Montréal, while also presenting her academic research locally and abroad. Julie Alary Lavallée sits on the Board of Directors of Studio XX as vice-president and is a member of the centre's programming committee since 2012. She won esse arts + opinions magazine’s Young Art Critic award in 2011 and is the 2015 recipient of the Concordia University Graduate Doctoral Fellowship - FOFA.