Yann Pocreau was born in Quebec City in 1980. He lives and works in Montreal. In his recent research, he is interested in light as a living subject and its effect on the narrative of images. He has participated in several Canadian, American and European exhibitions, including Quebec Gold, presented in Reims, France; Exercises of empathy, at Espace Bortier in Brussels; Out of Grace, at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery; the New Visionaries and Paperwork in New York; L’image rôde (Louise Déry curator) at Le Fresnoy, France and the 5th Bienniale of Sinop in Turkey. His work has been reviewed in various magazines and his work can be found in the collections of the National Bank of Canada, Hydro-Québec, the City of Montreal, the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in the Collection Prêt d’Oeuvres d’Art at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. His recent notable exhibitions include The Lapse in Between (2025) and Towards the Light (2025).