Émilie Grew up in Montreal, Saint-Lambert, Mont-Tremblant, San Francisco and the south shore of Montréal before moving to Aix-en-Provence for her master's degree.
,[3] Gervais attended Collège Charles-Lemoyne in Ste-Catherine, the Lycée Français in San Francisco, and different public schools.
Feminist artists have found a unique venue for free expression in the internet and Gervais is at the leading edge of that movement.
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[11] In 2015, she showcased Pizzasexual (2015), in the group exhibition Porn to Pizza, curated by Tina Sauerländer at the DAM Gallery in Berlin.
The sculpture featured an iPhone displaying 3d rendered porn characters having a threesome in front of a pizza textured wall.
[12] Gervais' sensitivity to the physical object is further evidenced in the piece, Not Sure if Art or Copyright Infringement (2015), a digital painting based on an image of Princess Peach.