Julie Doucet was born in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal in 1965. In 1987, she obtains a certificate in printmaking (université du Québec à Montréal) but then branched into comic books. In 1988, she creates the fanzine Dirty Plotte, which featured graphic stories about her own life, dreams, and anxieties.The title is taken up in 1990 by Chris Oliveros, founder of Drawn & Quarterly, who publishes it in the American comic book format. This is the starting point of significant recognition for Julie Doucet. That same year, her work is published in France by l’Association, and in 1991 she receives the Harvey Award for Best New Talent.
She emigrates to New York and then Seattle for a time, before returning to Montreal. She then lives in Berlin for a few years before returning home once again.
Julie Doucet gives up comics in 1999 to return to printmaking. She becomes a member of the Graff studio and devotes herself to engraving, screen printing, writing, collages and the production of small publications as well.However, she doesn’t abandon drawing and among other things, creates a journal composed of a year’s worth of day-to-day autobiographical drawings. In 2022, Julie Doucet receives the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
She now lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal.
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She has participated in numerous international exhibitions.
Several retrospectives have been dedicated to her: at the Tomi Ungerer Museum (Strasbourg) and the Fumetto-International Comix-Festival Lucerne (Switzerland).
2023 – ALCUIN BOOK DESIGN AWARDS: Second prize in the comics category for Time Zone J (Drawn & Quarterly).
2022 – GRAND PRIX DE LA VILLE D’ANGOULÊME: 49th Angoulême International Comics Festival.
2022 – PRIX PATRIMOINE: Nomination for the comic anthology Maxiplotte (L’Association). Angoulême International Comics Festival.
2021 – PRIX HOMMAGE ALBERT-CHARTIER: Québec BD 34th edition. For her complete body of work and the mark she has left on the world of Quebec comics.
2007 – 48TH ANNUAL DESIGN EXHIBITION: Award of Excellence. New York, (USA). Cover illustration for the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Penguin Books USA).
2007 – THE ANNUAL TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB EXHIBITION: Citation for Typographic Excellence. New York, (U.S.). Cover illustration for the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Penguin Books USA).
1998 – FIRECRACKER ALTERNATIVE BOOK AWARD: Recipient of the “Best Graphic Novel Award” for My New York Diary, New York (U.S.).
1997 – ALPH’ART: Nomination for the Best Translation Award for Ciboire de criss, Angoulême (France).
1990 – HARVEY AWARD: Recipient of the “Best New Talent” Award, San Diego (U.S.).