Helena Vallée-Dallaire is a visual artist trained in the classical tradition of the Old Masters. She studied at the Art Students League of New York, the Studio Escalier in France, the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, and the Grand Central Atelier in New York, before completing her MFA at the New York Academy of Art in 2018. She works as a cultural mediator and drawing teacher at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and has taught painting internationally, notably at Southfest in Thailand and at Atelier Mesones in Mexico City. She is a recipient of various prizes and honours, including three grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Her work can be found in public and private collections around the world.