Laure Forêt
BIOGRAPHY
Laure Forêt (1984 FR) is in search for who we are, how we feel ourselves, what defines us and how we respond physically to different impulses. With different techniques such as textiles, tiffany and ceramics she explores the frontier of our being and what lays beneath. Our skin is the organ that separates our inner and outer world, the porosity establishes the contact in both directions. That fragility, that vulnerability forms the main message of her work. Her work is a poetic tribute to our own physical limitation.
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Exhibitions
2023
SKIN IN THE GAME, group show, Black Swan Gallery, Bruges (BE)
4 mains, 1 Equipe, group show, Galerie Vertige, Brussels (BE)
Something Beautiful, group show, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
Etoffes, Centre de la laine et de la mode, group show, Verviers (BE)
10 years, what a surprise, group show, Eva Steynen. Deviations Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
De kamers van Zé, group show, in situ space, Antwerp (BE)
2022
Art au Centre #8, art walk in Liège City (BE)
Perspectives, group show, Galerie Martine Ehmer, Brussels (BE)
Un été à Fontevraud, group show, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud (FR)
Fragments, group show, Galerie Vertige, Brussels (BE)
2021
Tout connaître, rien comprendre, group show, Lien Bonte gallery (BE)
Légendes botanniques, group show, Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard (FR)
A soft Gentle Breeze, group show, Villa les Zéphyrs, Middelkerke (BE)
Transparence, group show, Galerie Vertige, Brussels (BE)
Romanesque, group show, Festival d’art contemporain en Brionnais, Bourgogne (FR)
Une baie au port, group show, Altitude 2028, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Inclinations, group show, Atelier des Capucins, Mons (BE)
Passie / Obsessie, group show, CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Something beautiful, group show, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
Etoffe(s), group show, Wool and fashion museum, Verviers (BE)
Hidden Structures, group show, Streetview Anderlecht, Brussels (BE)
2020
M-A-L-M, group show, Collectif d’en face, Rouen (FR)
Post Covid, group show, Latuvu, Bages (FR)
En campagne, solo show, Fort Saint Héribert, Namur (BE)
20 ans de résidences, group show, Centre d’art de Pontmain (FR)
Paravent, solo show, Ophelia Lingerie (BE)
Inside out, group show curated by Art Cares Covid, Musées Royaux des beaux Arts de Belgique (BE)
Survive, group show, Fort 5, Edegem (BE)
Me, Myself and I, group show, Black Swan Gallery, Bruges (BE)
Beestig?, group show, Stadsfestival Damme (BE)
2019
Inner / Outer, group show, De Ververij Culture center, Ronse (BE)
Larguer les amarres, group show, Chapelle des Calvairiennes Art center – Le Kiosque, Mayenne (FR)
Lijf & Beeld, group show, Ten Bogaerde Art center, Koksijde (BE)
Le voyage à Xhignesse, group show curated by Lieux Communs, Xhignesse chapel (BE)
Crossings, group show, Third art biennale of Mountados (GR)
Lagunes, solo show, Latuvu, Bages (FR)
Entre le sommeil et le songe, group show, Black Swan Gallery, Bruges (BE)
2018
Soft?, group show, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (BE)
2angles fête ses 15 ans, group show, 2angles, Flers (FR)
Objet textile, group show, Manufacture de Roubaix (FR)
Speed dating, La mariée se dévoile, performances, Musée de la vie wallonne, Liège (BE)
Erosion, duo show with Colette Schenk, Cultural Center of Chênée, Liège (BE)
Á fleur, solo show, ESPE and BU, University of Alençon, Damigny campus (FR)
Duo show with Myriam Hornard, curated by Dorothée Van Biesen, L’Usine Galerie, Liège (BE)
ORGAN_ICON, group show, B.A.R. (Bureau d’Art et de Recherche), Roubaix (FR)
2017
BYPASS, group show, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp (BE)
PEAU, group show, Fabrica114, Paris (FR)
Ce qui demeure, duo show with Denis Cantiteau, 2angles, Flers (FR)
À corps ouvert, duo show with Douce Mirabaud, Musée du Vieux-Château, Laval (FR)
Ombilic, solo show, ZAN Gallery (FR)
Inner Nature I, group show, Kasteelstraat 1 gallery, Watou (BE)
Le Kabinet de la sculpture, group show, Le Kabinet, Brussels (BE)
De visu, group show, Abbatiale Saint Ouen, Rouen (FR)
2016
La peau, group show, Cultural center of Chênée, Liège (BE)
ITHAKA Anatomé, Visual arts festival, group show, LOKO Cultuur, Louvain (BE)
Rencontres Traverse Vidéo 2016, group show, Toulouse (FR)
Ce qu’il y a de plus profond, solo show, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp (BE)
Maagdenvlies, solo show, P37 gallery, Liège (BE)
No comment, group show by P.R.E.S.T.I.G.E., Studio F., Ghent (BE)
Kunstwedstrijd Klein Sculptuur, CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg (BE)
2015
A belgian politician, group show, Marion de Cannière Art Space, Antwerp (BE)
Duo show with Cédric Guillermo, Art Center of Pontmain (FR)
Group show curated by Jolien Dirix, DE Brandweer Kantine – Kunsttour Maastricht (NL)
Parcours, group show, Pôle muséal de Mons – Magasin de Papier, Mons (BE)
Dessin Quotidien #1, group show, La Manicle/Satellite Brindeau, Le Havre (FR)
Touch-lines #2, group show, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp (BE)
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2019 Residency at Latuvu, Bages (FR)
2019 Résidence at contemporary center Le Kiosque – Chapelle des Calvairiennes (FR)
2018 Residency at Isola Comacina, Lake Como, supported by the Flemish Government (IT)
2017 Residency at 2angles, Flers (FR)
2016 Nominee for the Kunstwedstrijd Klein Sculptuur, CC Zwanenberg (BE)
2016 Winner of the aid of Laval (FR)
2015 Residency at Art center of Pontmain (FR)
2009 Aid for an exhibition from the Ambassade de France en Belgique (BE)
2007 Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Larguer les amarres, Le Kiosque – Chapelle des Calvairiennes, text from Mathias Courtet
2017 Ce qui demeure, 2angles, texts from Christine Lapostolle and Jérôme Letinturier
2016 Très cher, galerie Eva Steynen. Deviation(s), text from Eva Steynen
2016 L’atypique trouble, Traverse Vidéo 2016, text from Simone Dompeyre
2016 Ithaka Anatomé, Ithaka – Loko Cultuur, text from Sarah Verplancke
2016 Dessin quotidien #1, La Manicle/Satellite Brindeau, filmed interview by Jérôme le Goff(> video)
2016 Touch-lines #2, Eva Steynen. Deviation(s), text from Eva Steynen
2015 Parcours, Pôle Muséal de Mons
2015 Résidences 2015 – Laure Forêt, Art Center of Pontmain, text from Eva Prouteau
2015 Laure Forêt, Editions Derrière La Salle De Bains, Red Box collection
2014 Mon chéri, Editions Derrière La Salle De Bains, Pickpocket collection
2014 D!NG #8, online magazine by Jolien Dirix
2010 [Don’t] Mind the Body, texts from Eva Steynen
2009 Touch-Line, Laure Foret, Etienne Fouchet, Nina Vanhee, texts from Eva Steynen
STUDIES
2002 – 2007 : Studies in the European School of Arts of Bretagne, Quimper (FR)
2007 : DNSEP art option with magna cum laude (Master)
2005 – 2006 : Studies stay in Sint Lucas University College of Art, Antwerp (BE)
2005 : DNAP art option with magna cum laude (Licence)