With a transdisciplinary approach to creation, Daniel Fortin is a leader of award-winning visual, brand and live performance design.

Daniel Fortin currently holds the position of Vice-President of Creation of global live entertainment leader Cirque du Soleil, where he oversees all new creations. Since arriving at Cirque du Soleil in 2014 as the Creative Director of 45 Degrees, his strong visual sensibility and dedication to putting the right teams together have had a significant impact on the range and reach of Cirque du Soleil’s projects.

Recognized for his unusual ability to work seamlessly between the worlds of stage, fine art, film and brand experience design, his signature is one of sophisticated visuals backed by strong narrative intention.

This was the driving force behind Epoxy, the Creative Agency founded by Daniel Fortin in 1992 which quickly grew to become an international powerhouse with offices in Montreal, Paris and Tokyo. Selling the agency after 14 years to pursue new projects, Fortin went on to work as an independent Creative Director with various organisations including Moment Factory, PHI Center (Vice-President Creation), taking on a diverse range of projects from the re-design of Montreal’s Olympic Tower to the global rebranding of Aeroplan, while also creating award-winning stage, set and exhibit design for clients including the Just For Laughs festival.

Always loyal to his roots in the Fine Arts and his early years under the mentorship of artist Michael Snow, Fortin has been a lecturer and guest speaker at many universities across Canada and has been an executive member of the board of the innovative ELEKTRA festival of new digital art since its inception. His work with Michael Snow is included in the permanent collection of the Musée des Beaux Arts du Québec and has been exhibited in museums including the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, The Australian Center for the Moving Image and the Centre Pompidou.

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PROJECTS
• HANOVER expo2000 Foodculture Exibit
• Title Design and Scene Art Direction for the Feature film STAY by Marc Forster
• Design research for the feature film ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Julie Taymor
• Design research for the feature film STRANGER THAN FICTION by Marc Forster
• DIsney / Advertising Creation and Directing
• Coca Cola / Advertising Creation and Directing
• Washington DC Tourism / Advertising Creation and Directing
• Microsoft / Softimage / Communications
• Lacroix Skis / France / Branding and Ski Design
• The creation of Art Against War
• THE CONTENT AND APPLICATION LABORATORY OF SONY TOKYO / JAPAN / Technology Development and Art Direction
• Collaboration with the Canadian Artist Michael Snow in the creation of the Art Piece Anarchive2:digitalSnow
Achieving over twenty-seven international awards, this DVD is part of the permanent collections and has been exhibited in :
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES BEAUX ARTS DU QUÉBEC, CANADA
ZKM of KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
THE KIASMA MUSEUM OF HELSINKI,
THE INTERCOMMUNICATION CENTER OF TOKYO, JAPAN
THE AUSTALIAN CENTER FOR THE MOVING IMAGE OF MELBOURNE.

Board member of the International Digital Arts Festival ELEKTRA.
www.danielfortin.com