Françoise Sullivan (born in 1925) is a co-signatory of the Refus Global (1948). The manifesto was supported by a group of artists in Montreal who sought liberty from religious and academic authorities. Theirs was a pursuit guided by passion for an art that was to be spontaneous, unpredictable and compulsive. Sullivan contributed to the Refus Global her 'declaration' on contemporary dance: "Dance and Hope." She is well-known as a multi-media artist, poet and dancer. During the 1940s she was active as a dancer in New York and Montreal. Photographs of this period show her dancing in works such as Black and Tan Fantasy (costumes designed by co-signatory Jean-Paul Mousseau) and Dualité. Other photos show her as a "Dancer in the Snow," in St. Hilaire, Québec. In 1972, she wrote poems for Japanese books such as Spacial poem No.1. No.4. More recent art includes abstract paintings of an exquisite lushness of colour. Since 1977, she has been teaching at Concordia University's Fine Arts Department in Montréal.

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