Through her work based on weaving and opening up spaces, Elise Peroi seeks to translate 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 suggests suspended spaces, also refers to the notion of time, of the workshop and the tool.
Translating what precedes the creation of a work of art refers to Paul Valéry’s text, La philosophie de la danse, and leads to an awareness of the poetic aspect of gestures.
Elise Peroi has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2015, including Fondation Bally (CH), Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome (IT), Fondation Boghossian (BE), Fondation Thalie, (BE), le Botanique (BE), Le Bel Ordinaire (FR), and Iselp (BE). She is regularly invited for residencies as part of her work as a visual artist and performer: Academia Belgica (IT), La Serre – arts vivants (CA), Le Hong Kong Arts Centre (HK), La Bellone (BE) and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Île de Comacina (IT). In autumn 2022, following her residency at the Academia Belgica in Rome, she presented a solo show at the CACC in Clamart. She has been in residence at the Fondation Thalie in Arles since autumn 2023.
Soie, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris (FR)
Peut-être ce jardin n’existe-t-il qu’à l’ombre de nos paupières baissées, cur. Jean-Marc Dimanche, CACC, Clamart (FR)
Anachorèse, Academia Belgica, Rome (IT)
Artefact, Eleven Steens, Brussels (BE)
Là où se trouve la forêt, cur. Grégory Thirion, Botanique Galerie, Brussels (BE)
Faire Sillons, Centre Culturel de La Tour à Plomb, Brussels (BE)
Proche du Soleil, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris (FR)
Moment de Provenance, Musée Mode & Dentelle, Brussels (BE)
Gardening the Forest, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)
House of Dreamers, cur. Anne-Laure Lestage, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels (BE)
Young Belgium Opus II: Fiction(s), cur. Jean-Marc Dimanche, La Patinoire Royale Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels (BE)
Symbiosium, cur. Christopher Yggdr and Stéphanie Pécourt, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville (FR)
Un Lac Inconnu, cur. Vittoria Matarrese, Bally Foundation, Lugano (CH)
Roma, a portrait, cur. Cecilia Canziani, Francesca Campana and Giulia Gaibisso, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (IT)
Finis Terrae, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp (BE)
La Vie Enchevêtrée, Fondation l’Accolade, Paris (FR)
The Sowers, Fondation Thalie, Brussels (BE)
Fil, La Maison des Arts, Brussels (BE)
MAGMA, 10e Triennale d’art contemporain d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Inspire, cur. Catherine Henkinet, ISELP, Brussels (BE)
Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Brussels (BE)
Vitrine Horta, KBC Brussel, kunst in huis, Brussels (BE)
Brussels Gallery Weekend, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels (BE)
Biennale Watch this space, 50° Nord, La chambre d’eau, Le Favril (FR)
Foresta, cur. Lola Meotti, Le Bel Ordinaire, Pau (FR)
Paysages Croisés, Abbaye de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (FR)
Semer, LPDO Galerie Rivoli, Brussels (BE)
Island’ish, cur. Emmanuel Lambion, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
Radieuse, cur. Emmanuel Lambion, Brussels (BE)
Friche, Le Hangar de la Senne, Brussels (BE)
Vision, Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels (BE)
Fondazione Aurelio Petroni, Salerno (IT)
Fondation Thalie, Arles (FR)
Academia Belgica, Rome (IT)
L’Escaut, Brussels (BE)
Fondation privée Carrefour des arts, Brussels (BE)
LA SERRE, Montreal (CA)
La chambre d’eau, Le Favril (FR)
La Bellone, Brussels (BE)
Comacina, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Isola Comacina (IT)
TAMAT, Tournai (FR)
Fondazione Aurelio Petroni, Salerno (IT)
Prix de la Fondation Charles Oulmont, Paris
Young Belgium Talents Prize, The Affordable Art Fair, Brussels (BE)
Prix d’excellence de la Ville de Bruxelles (BE)