Born in Paris in 1957, Eric Mattson now lives and works in Montréal. In 1993, he completed a Master's degree in Communications at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His thesis work, Fuite, Point de fuite, consisted of an interactive computer installation. In 1990, he co-produced, with Alain Mongeau, Vision infogothique, a computer animated videotape that received a prize at the Festival of Video and Electronic Arts (Locarno, Switzerland), and the the Yorkton Festival (Saskatchewan) in 1991.