In the years following the completion of her Bachelor of Arts degree in visual arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal(UQAM),
Renée Chevalier completed a Master’s degree in visual arts
under the direction of the late Pierre Ayot.
Since then, she has presented no less than eleven solo exhibits while participating in another fourty group exhibits.
She has received many grants for her works, a number of which have found their way into private
and public collections, such as: the Loto-Québec collection, the SNC-Lavalin collection at the Musée d'art contemporain
de Montréal,
the Musée des beaux-arts national du Québec Prêt d'oeuvres d'art collection and the Canada Council for the arts Art Bank collection.
As a visual artist, she is an active member of Diagonale, centre des arts et des fibres du Québec and member of the RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en art visuel).
Moreover, she works as an agent in Public Art at the Direction
de la culture et de la mise en valeur du patrimoine for the City of Montréal.