Sylvie Cotton is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Montreal. She has studied literature, arts and museology. Her work, which includes installation/situation and performance, focuses on the relation between social and individual identities, and between public and private spheres. Her projects take place in the street or other public spaces, including galleries and festivals. Sylvie Cotton is also an author of narrative texts and critical articles. She has a column in esse Arts + Opinions, a Quebec art magazine.