Gérard DuBois

DuBois, an only child, grew up in Argenteuil, a suburban town north of Paris.[4] No member of his family was artistic.[5] The idea of art as a career option was introduced to DuBois at age fourteen, when the headmistress of his public school, having become aware of his drawings in notebooks, encouraged him to apply for advanced study at an art school in Paris. DuBois passed the aptitude tests required for admission and entered the school, a century-old institute in St. Germain des Prés, known to most as Rue Madame. Upon completion of his studies at Rue Madame, he enrolled for an advanced degree at École Supérieure des Arts Estienne, also in Paris.[4] After completing his studies at École Estienne, and obliged to serve France for two years, in 1989 he would arrive in the Maritimes provinces of Canada to serve as a graphic designer for the French Ministry of Cooperation where he worked at various magazines in Petit Rocher, New Brunswick, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Caraquet, New Brunswick and Summerside, Prince Edward Island.[5]

DuBois would receive his first freelance illustration assignment after moving to Montreal in 1991 at the age of 23.[5] The assignment would come from Jocelyne Fournel at Montreal Magazine. Fournel would go on to hire DuBois at other publications such as L'Actualité.[6]

Although primarily noted for his extensive work as a book illustrator, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Le Monde, The Guardian, Playboy, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Harper's, The Atlantic and others.[7] DuBois also illustrated an ongoing column for Time magazine by the editor Nancy Gibbs.[8] as well as a weekly column called Gray Matter,[9] a weekly opinion column for The New York Times Sunday Review by Mark R. Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl.[10]

In April 2018, Canada Post released the Gérard DuBois stamp as one of five in the Great Canadian Illustrators series.[11] The illustration selected for the stamp was titled It's Not a Stream of Consciousness[12] and was originally published by The New York Times, in a Gray Matter opinion column under the same title by Gregory Hickok, May 8, 2015.[13]

DuBois teaches at the University of Quebec.[5]

DuBois lives in Montreal with his wife Stephanie. The couple have had two children, Thomas and Nathan.[4]

• Official website
• Additional collection of the artist's work at illoz