Elise Peroi
Presentation
Born in Nantes in 1990, Élise Peroi lives and works between Brussels (Belgium) and Arles (France). She graduated with a Master's degree in Textile Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels in 2015.
Élise Peroi's work with weaving and emptiness seeks to convey what passes through, the breath, the atmosphere. Inspired by François Jullien's book Vivre de paysage ou L'impensé de la Raison, she seeks to convey an all-encompassing vision of the world, where everything around us ‘is no longer a matter of “seeing”, but of living'. Her work, which reveals suspended spaces, also refers to the notion of time, the workshop and the tool. Translating what precedes the creation of a work refers to Paul Valéry's text, La philosophie de la danse, and leads to an awareness of the poetic aspect of gestures. In 2016, with the support of the Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, she began to develop performances based on weaving.
Élise Peroi has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2015, including Un lac inconnu, Bally Foundation (CH); Roma, a portrait, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (IT); House of Dreamers, Fondation Boghossian (BE); The Sowers, Fondation Thalie (BE); Là où se trouve la forêt, Botanique (BE); Foresta, Le Bel Ordinaire (FR); Inspire, Iselp (BE), and more. She is regularly invited for residencies: Fondation Thalie (FR) Academia Belgica (IT); La Serre - arts vivants (CA); The Hong Kong Arts Centre (HK); La Bellone (BE); Fédération Wallonie- Bruxelles, Île de Comacina (IT), etc.
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Formation
2010-2015
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, Master in Textile Design
2009
EESAB Lorient, France
SOLO SHOWS (selection)
2025
Soon, Anne-Sarah Bénichou Gallery
2024
Crystal houses, Hermès' window display, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Le langage des oiseaux, Wallonia Brussels Delegation, Paris, France
2023
Art-o-rama, Thalie Foundation, Marseille
Soie, Maria Lund Gallery, Paris
2022
Peut -être ce jardin n'existe-t -il qu'à l'ombre de nos paupières baissées, CACC, Clamart, France
Artefact, Eleven Steens, Brussels, BelgiumAnachorèse, Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy
2021
Là où se trouve la forêt, Botanique Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Faire Sillons, Centre Tour à Plomb, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Proche du soleil, Maria Lund Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Moment de Provenance, Fashion and Lace Museum, Brussels, Belgium
GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2024
Fil et nature, Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
Comme sur du velour, Maison Horta, Brussels, Belgium
Fondation Thalie - Residency feedback, Arles, France
2023
Young Belgium, La Patinoire/Valerie Bach Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Roma, a portrait, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Symbiosium, Fiminco Foundation, Romainville, France
Un Lac Inconnu, Bally Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland
House of Dreamers, Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Finis Terrae, Anvers, Belgium
Nul homme que la lune n'ait vu, L'Ancienne Nonciature, Brussels, Belgium
La Vie Enchevêtrée, L'Accolade Foundation, Paris, France
2021
The Sowers, Thalie Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Fil, Maison des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Inspire, Iselp, Brussels, Belgium
Islend' ish, Academia Belgica, Rome
Private Foundation of the Carrefour des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Vitrine Horta, KBC Brussel, kunst in huis, Brussels, Belgium
Brussel Gallery Weekend show, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Watch this space Biennial, 50°Nord, La chambre d'eau, Favril, France)
Atla, Kunstfestivaldesarts, piece by Louise Vanneste, monumental monolith and performance, Belgium and France
2018
Islend'ish, Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussels, Belgium
Semer, Rivoli Gallery, LPDO, Brussels, Belgium
Foresta, Bel Ordinaire, Pau, France
Paysage croisés, Abbaye de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
2017
Friche, Le hangar de la senne, Brussels, Belgium
Vision, Halles de Scharebeek, Digital installation creation, Brussels, Belgium
2015
FAP, Fondazion Aurelio Petroni, Salerne, Italy
PERFORMANCES
2021
Seuil, Fondation Thalie, Brussels, Belgium
Seuil, l'H de Siège, Cabaret de curiosité Phénix scène Nationale, Valenciennes
2019
Seuil, Maison Van Buuren, Brussels, Belgium
Artonov Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2018
îlot, El badi Palace, Marrakech
îlot, Assemblée d'avril, Halles de Scharebeeck, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Du métronome aux rythmes des vagues, Maison Flagey, Antonov Festival (Belgium)
Diem, Maison Autrique, Brussels, Belgium
Rhythm and Breath, Hong Kong Arts Center, Collaboration with choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong
2016
Rhythm and Breath, Halles de Scharebeeck, Collaboration with choreographer Mui Cheuk Yin, Brussels
Foire attraction, Déjouer l'espace, Halles de Scharebeek, Brussels
RESIDENCIES AND PRICES
2023
Thalie Foundation, Arles, France
2022
Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy
2020
Carrefour des arts private Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
L'Escaut Recidency, Brussels, Belgium
2019
LA SERRE, arts vivants, Montréal, Canada
La Bellone, maison du spectacle, dramaturgy residency, Brussels, Belgium
La chambre d'eau, Favril, France
2018
Charles Oulmont Foundation Prize, Paris, France
Comacina, Walloon Federation Brussels, Belgium
Isola Comacina, Italy
2017
TAMAT, Tournai, Belgium
Prix Young Belgium Talents, The Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Belgium
2015
Fondazione Aurelio Petroni, Salerme, Italy
Award for excellence from the City of Brussels, Belgium
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Ce qu'il reste de gestes, Elise Peroi, CFC éditions, Brussels, Belgium
2020
L'art même numéro 82, Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Belgium
Danse & Arts visuels : gestes, échos, passages, Young researchers conference, CND, Paris, France
2018
Bo numéro 11, Le Bel Ordinaire, Pau, France
Paysage croisés, Exhibition catalogue Abbaye mauriste de Saint-Florent-le-Viril, France
ISLAND-ISH, selection of contemporary Italian and Belgian artists living on the island of Comacina, Belgium
2017
Recherches 17, Exhibition catalogue TAMAT residence Tournai, Belgium
FRICHE, Collective exhibition catalogue, Belgium
Collections (Selection)
Neon Foundation - Athens, Greece
National Bank of Belgium
Mobilier national et manufactures nationales - Paris, France
Thalie Foundation
Private collections