Julie Trudel holds a Masters degree in Visual and Media arts from Université du Québec à Montréal. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in France, Germany, the United States, and throughout Canada. Venues include NARS Foundation, Brooklyn (2018) ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics, Berlin (2015); Anna Leonowens Gallery at NSCAD University, Halifax (2015); Galerie des Étables, in Bordeaux, France (2014); Galerie Colline at Université de Moncton, Edmundston (2013); Centre Optica, Montreal (2012); and Hors-les-murs, Marseilles, France (2012). Trudel was also included in two important surveys of contemporary Canadian painting: Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting, at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2017) and The Painting Project, at Galerie de l’UQAM (2013). As well, her work was exhibited at the Power Plant, Toronto (2012, 2011), the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2011), and the Art Gallery of Hamilton (2011), as part of the annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

In addition to being awarded numerous research and creation grants and artist residencies across Canada and abroad, Trudel was a two-time finalist in the RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2011, 2012), and winner of the Joseph Plaskett Award in painting (2013). Her work is kept in several collections, including the Prêt d’oeuvres d’art of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; Global Affairs Canada; the Ville de Montréal; RBC Bank and TD Bank. Julie Trudel lives and works in Montreal, Canada, where she works as associate professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal and founding member of the Labo lumière [créations + recherches interdisciplinaire]. She is represented by Galerie Hugues Charbonneau in Montreal.