We are pleased to invite you to discover the final creations of our cohort of ten 2025 graduates from the Arts and Crafts Techniques – Jewellery program, a collegial formation offered by L’École de joaillerie de Montréal in partnership with Cégep du Vieux Montréal.
This year, the Métal Morphose exhibition will take place from May 29th to June 1st at WIP Gallery, located at 3487 Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Montreal. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 29th, starting at 6:00 PM. The gallery opening hours will be on : Thursday 12PM-8PM, Friday 12PM-9PM and Saturday & Sunday 10AM-5PM.
In the meantime, we invite you to delve into their creative worlds, where metal transforms, comes alive, and takes shape under their skilled hands.
Come celebrate their journey, passion, and growth. Each graduate has developed a distinct artistic identity, exploring materials and forms with sensitivity and originality to present a personal and contemporary vision of jewellery.
Aurélien Evrard
Graduating in 2010 with a master’s degree in cultural project management, Aurélien Evrard balances his jewelry practice with his role as a coordinator at Fierté Montréal. Committed and socially conscious, his work is deeply influenced by LGBTQIA+ rights advocacy, social acceptance, and civil rights movements.
My practice lies at the crossroads of craft, art, and jewelry. For me, jewerly is more than an simple object : it’s a protective talisman, a vessel for memories, and a witness to the past. Designed to be worn by all, it transcends gender norms. I draw inspiration from art history and the perpetual quest of beauty, constantly reinvented accross the ages. I challenge conventions by questioning our perceptions of beauty and perfection, exploring organic forms, contrasts between rough and polished stones, and the dialogue between the precious and the ordinary.
Biaggio Carnevale
Biaggio Carnevale was born in Montreal, at Mile-End’s heart, in a generational triplex. He comes from an Italian and Canadian-Quebec immigrant family, and his bicultural identity nourishes his artistic vision. It was at L’École de Joaillerie de Montréal, that he discovered the means to express his fascination with history by crafting his own ornamental and identity-related artifacts.
My creations draw inspiration from motifs and techniques of Antiquity, Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo eras. I use ornamental patterns as referential tools, intertwining them with my hometown. The city’s décor fuels me : every detail holds meaning and nothing is mundane to my eyes. This astuteness, developed on my daily walks, ignites my imagination. My preferred jewelry-making techniques are construction and assembly. These traditional jewelry methods respond to my need to highlight ancestral time-honored skills.
Camille Gagné
Originally from Longueuil, Camille Gagné moved to Montreal in the summer of 2016 to pursue her studies. After obtaining her DEC in visual arts, she continued her studies in art education before enrolling at L’École de joaillerie de Montréal. In spring 2025, she obtained her diploma after three years of study. Driven by a interest for knowledge-sharing, Camille aims to blend her jewelry practice with teaching jewelry to share her passion with others.
My inspiration springs from the people around me : my friends, my family, my lover, even strangers encountered in daily basis. An exchange, a conversation, or a simple gesture is likely to inspire a movement or a transformation in metal. I’m interested in the human capacity to adapt, change, evolve or blend into an environment, and I transpose this fluidity into metal, a material equally capable of metamorphosis.
Claude Larivée
Originally from Montreal, Claude is attached to this culturally rich city. Interested in art, she completed a DEC in visual arts in 2020 at Cégep du Vieux Montréal. After a period of reflection and self-questioning, she felt drawn working with the material. Claude enrolled in the jewelry DEC program in 2022. During the courses she took, she realized that she was passionate about researching and discovering new forms and materials.
My work interrogates the ecological impact embedded in every facet of the jewelry world. It’s a concern that has been with me since the beginning of my career. It’s through the exploration of recycled materials and the learning of innovative techniques, that I indulge my drive for research and discovering new spatial forms. By playing with these elements, I blur boundaries between jewelry and sculpture, and between discarded materials and precious metals.
Laury Béliveau
Born in 2001, Laury Béliveau grew up in Victoriaville’s region, where she developed a deep attraction to art, especially during her secondary studies in visual arts and multimedia. Based in Montreal since 2018, she completed the Arts and Crafts Techniques – Jewellery program at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, in partnership with L’École de joaillerie de Montréal, from which she graduated in 2025.
My practice revolves around massive geometric forms that occupy space without heaviness. I play with contrasts, exploiting positive and negative space, shifting thicknesses, and the interplay between shadow, light, textured and polished surfaces. Inspired by modern architecture, particularly Brutalism, I design jewelry that highlights metal’s raw materiality. Rather than masking it under ornamentation, I sculpt its forms and surfaces to reveal its essence.
Léa Dubois
Léa Dubois is originally from Chibougamau. Based in Montréal, she graduated from L’École de joaillerie de Montréal in 2025, after studying social sciences. Despite her passion for psychology and sexology, Léa turned to a more tangible medium to create pieces that bridge the physical and psychic realms. She aims to perfect the art of stone setting while continuing to design both collections and custom pieces.
I draw my inspiration from curved, delicate shapes, flowers and textures, to create jewelry imbued with a romantic, refined, and feminine atmosphere. I like crafting pieces with fine lines that harmoniously blend pearls and pastel-hued gemstones. Working primarily with gold and silver, I employ various techniques to create meticulously detailed designs inspired by nature’s organic forms and romantic aesthetic.
Léa Marotte
Native of Montreal’s South Shore, Léa Marotte discovered her creative voice in jewelry after briefly exploring multimedia studies at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit. Her practice stands out through bold, organic designs. For the past two years, she has refined her skills as a jewelry apprentice at Bijouteries Lavigueur’s repair workshop.
My artistic practice is a quest of equilibrium between boldness and subtlety, and between uniqueness and simplicity. I create pieces that emanate quiet strength, jewelry that stands out without being provocative and that intrigues without extravagance. Through my creations, I aim above all to instill a sense of confidence in those who wear them. In this way, my jewelry becomes an extension of its wearer’s personality. My intention is to craft memorable jewels that illuminates those wear them.
Milane Otani-Frigon
Montreal South Shore native, jeweler Milane Otani-Frigon has always loved working with her hands. Growing up between Quebec and Japan, she quiclky developed an interest with both Eastern and Western aesthetics and symbolism, which she frequently references in her creations.
The natural world and the messages it conceals endlessly spark my curiosity. The vast universe of iconographic symbols often rests on universal principles whose manifestations surround us. These symbols hold the power to reveal profound truths about ourselves, if only we learn to decipher them.
I wonder about the bequeathed by yesterday’s humanity, the wisdom they sought to preserve through time, and the essence we might extract to shape tomorrow’s world. This dialogue between past and present nourishes my worldview and influences my creative practice.
Valérie St-Denis
Born in the Lower Laurentians, Valérie St-Denis is a lover of the outdoors and wide-open spaces. In 2022, inspired by manual craftsmanship and seeking a creative outlet, she enrolled in the jewelry DEC program at Cégep du Vieux Montréal. Now based in Montreal, Valérie continues to draw inspiration from nature during her escapes from the city.
My jewelry work is a celebration of nature, a way of highlighting its grandeur through the material transformation. The plant and mineral worlds are integrated into my creations through precious metals and gemstones. Drawing inspiration from ephemeral organic elements, I transcend them into refined, enduring objects. My creative process begins immersed in nature, whether atop a mountain or in the heart of the forest. I photograph or draw elements that speak to me, that later influence me in the studio. The result is handcrafted jewelry that captures nature’s beauty, the preciousness of flora, and the vastness of the land.
Viviane Jodoin-Gravel
Viviane Jodoin-Gravel lives in Beauharnois and claims to be from nowhere, after countless moves throughout her life. After graduating from high school in 2005, she spent a few years trying various college programs, uncertain of her path. Finally, she enrolled in jewelry-making, and it became her revelation !
At the core of my practice lies mental health. Our psychological state is ever-fluctuating : there are moments of inner peace, trust in life, and lightness, the good days. There are also darker moments when grief, fear, and insecurity are present. These emotional states often coexist within brief time spans. When creating, I ask myself this question : How do I feel right now, in this moment ?
Photo credits : Anthony Mclean ©
