CARESS TO THE EVIL SPELL
CARESS TO THE EVIL SPELL
CARESS TO THE EVIL SPELL
CARESSE AU MALÉFICE
2020
CARESSE AU MALÉFICE
CARESSE AU MALÉFICE
2020
CARESS TO THE EVIL SPELL
2020
CARESSE AU MALÉFICE
2020
Born in France in 1995 and based in Brussels, Ethel Lilienfeld’s work examines the growing impact of the virtual body on reality and everyday life. She creates uncanny images that exacerbate the tension between fantasy and madness. Ethel Lilienfeld’s work explores issues of social norms, aesthetic standards and concepts of identity and gender. The body plays an important role in most of the artist’s proposals. By combining technology with traditional filmmaking techniques, Ethel crafts singular visual environments. Although she uses photography, video installation and film, her works are nonetheless related to sculpture, and the relationship with space is crucial in her oeuvre. In her videos, Ethel Lilienfeld works with actors, sets and objects, sometimes drawing on fiction, sometimes on reality.
After completing a master’s degree in visual arts at La Cambre (Brussels) in 2020, Ethel Lilienfeld obtained a post-graduate degree at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in 2023. She has won a number of awards: Villa Albertine Grant / Étant Donnés Contemporary Art (2023); PrixFintroPrijs / Audience award and second jury prize (BE, 2023); Production grant of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (BE, 2022); Audience award, Brussels Videonline Festival #2 at LA CENTRALE (BE, 2021); Cocof Award (French Community Commission) at Médiatine (BE, 2021); Prix des Amis de La Cambre (BE, 2020).
Ethel’s work has been presented at such venues as the FotoFest Biennial (Houston, US); Ars Electronica (Linz, AT); MEET – Digital Culture Centre (Milan, IT); Alan Kadıköy _ Noise Media Art (Istanbul, TR); Le Botanique (Brussels, BE); Opéra de Lille (Lille, FR); Les Safra’Numériques (Amiens, FR); Le Cube (Garges, FR); Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (Paris, FR); KANAL - Centre Pompidou (Brussels, BE); Z33 Museum (Hasselt, BE); La CENTRALE pour l’art contemporain (Brussels, BE); etc.
AWARDS/GRANTS
2025 EXTRA - The French Embassy in Belgium, with the support of the Institut français
2023 Villa Albertine Grant / Étant Donnés Contemporary Art
2023 PrixFintroPrijs / Audience Award
2023 PrixFintroPrijs / Jury's Second Prize
2022 Aide à la production, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (laureate)
2021 Prix COCOF (Commission communautaire française), La Médiatine (laureate)
2021 Audience Award, Brussels Videonline Festival #2, LA CENTRALE (laureate)
2020 Prix Coup de coeur, Les amis de La Cambre group (laureate)
2020 Art Contest, "Female" October 2020 on Artjobs (selected)
2020 Prix Laurent Moonens (shortlisted)
EDUCATION
2021/2023 Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, FR.
2020/2021 AESS (teaching graduation) at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, in collaboration with the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, BE.
2015/2020 Bachelor and Master in the Sculpture department directed by Johan Muyle at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, BE.
2018/2019 Six-month exchange in Kuvataideakatemia, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI.
2014/2015 La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, Paris, FR.
2013/2014 Les Ateliers de Sèvres, Paris, FR.
SOLO SHOWS
2025 EMI (BRUSSELS, BE)
13/02/2025 - 06/04/2025
Curated by Grégory Thirion. With the support of EXTRA - French Embassy in Belgium and Institut Français. At the Botanique Galerie in Brussels.
2024 L'ETREINTE DES CRAPAUDS (BRUSSELS, BE)
20/12/2024 - 26/01/2025
Curated by Grégory Thirion at the Botanique Museum in Brussels.
GROUP SHOWS
2025 BIENNALE CHRONIQUES (AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR)
07/11 - 19/01/2025
The Biennial of Digital Imaginaries, 21, bis Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence.
2024 OVNi FESTIVAL COSMOPOLIS PRIZE (NICE, FR)
29/11 - 01/12/2024
International Video Art Festival, at Hôtel West-End.
2024 INSTANTS VIDEO (MARSEILLE, FR)
07/11 - 25/11/2024
The festival unfolds from Marseille to an international stage: video art, installations, performances, electronic poetry, music.
2024 Casablanca International Video Art Festival (CASABLANCA, MA)
25/11 - 30/11/2024
The FIAV is a multidisciplinary event that has become a key meeting point for video and digital arts.
2024 FINAL GIRL (PARIS, FR)
24/10/2024
An evening of artists' films at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris.
Curators: Inès Geoffroy and Mathilda Portoghese
2024 ARS ELECTRONICA (LINZ, AT)
04/09 - 08/09/2024
Ars Electronica Animation Festival, AI&Human.
2024 I'M SORRY THAT YOU FEEL THAT WAY (BRNO, CZ)
10/07 - 25/08/2024
Curator: Barbora Trnková. At the G99 Gallery in the House of Arts in Brno.
2024 EMI (CHARLEROI, BE)
01/06 - 29/09/2024
"EMI" film screened in the Black Box from at the Photography Museum of Charleroi.
2024 FOTOFEST BIENNIAL (HOUSTON, US)
09/03 - 21/04/2024
Critical Geography: FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition.
Curator: Steven Evans.
2024 FOREVER YOUNG: THE DORIAN GRAY SYNDROME (MILAN, IT)
12/03 - 02/06/24
The exhibition inaugurates the Milan Longevity Summit – Rewriting Time,
at MEET Digital Culture Center.
Curators: Maria Grazia Mattei and Clément Thibault.
2024 SAFRA'NUMERIQUES (AMIENS, FR)
19/03 - 23/03/2024
Festival of Digital Arts and New Technologies, at Le Safran.
2024 NOISE_MEDIA ART (ISTANBUL, TR)
16/01 - 21/01/2024
Noise, Turkey's newest art fair at Alan Kadıköy Museum.
2023 THE FUTURE OF LIVING (with AI) (BRUSSELS, BE)
08/12 - 09/12/2023
Lecture series delve into the profound intersections of artificial intelligence, human creativity, and culture at IMAL - Center for digital cultures and technology.
2023 LES HEURES SAUVAGES (PARIS, FR)
13/10 - 29/10/2023
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris.
2023 PANORAMA 25 (TOURCOING, FR)
22/09/2023 - 07/01/2024
The annual meeting of the creation made in Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains. Curator : Chris Dercon. Set Designer : Christophe Boulanger.
2023 HORS LES MURS - DON GIOVANNI (Lille, FR)
05/10 - 15/10/2023
Exhibition echoing the opera "Don Giovanni" by Guy Cassiers at Opéra de Lille.
2023 VOLTA - KULT XL (BRUSSELS, BE)
12/10 - 15/10/2023
Artists in residency at KULT XL Ateliers.
2023 LE MIROIR D'UN MOMENT (GARGES-LES-GONESSE, FR)
24/01/2023 - 01/08/2023
At Le Cube Garges.
2022 PANORAMA 24, L'AUTRE CÔTÉ (TOURCOING, FR)
30/09/2022 - 31/12/2022
The annual meeting of the creation made in Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains.
Curators : Marie Lavandier, Pascale Pronnier. Set Designer : Christophe Boulanger.
2022 BORDERLESS
13/10 - 27/10/2022
A decentralized Metaverse exhibition powered by Art From Future DAO in partnership with Protoworld.
2022 NFT & DAO (HELSINKI, FI)
27/10/2022
At Finland French Institute of Helsinki, powered by Art From Future DAO.
2022 CENDAR BRUSSELS (BRUSSELS, BE)
28/04 - 30/04/2022
Initiated by Galerie Zotto at KBK, Boulevard d'Ypres, 20, 1000 Brussels, BE.
2022 LE CHANT DES SIRENES (CHARLEROI, BE)
05/03 - 26/03/2022
At the CAL, Charleroi.
2021 25 ARTS SECOND (PARIS, FR)
24/06 - 30/06/2021
Cycle of artists' films and exhibition at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris.
2021 LET’S CHANGE, DON’T CHANGE (HASSELT, BE)
30/06 - 18/07/2021
Group Show at Z33, Museum for Contemporary Art and Architecture in Hasselt, initiated by Stephanie de Bakker, Milan Gillard, Anne-Lore Thijssen, Mirthe Tibos and indra Wouters.
2021 PRIX MÉDIATINE 2021 (BRUSSELS, BE)
28/05 - 27/06/2021
La Médiatine welcomes the laureates of the Prize: the competition for young visual artists from Belgium or residing in Belgium, all disciplines included.
2021 BRUSSELS VIDEONLINE FESTIVAL #2, LA CENTRALE (BRUSSELS, BE)
22/02 - 28/02/21
A new project initiated by CENTRALE, presenting Brussels-based emerging artists, in partnership with Brussels Art Schools.
2021 FIL (BRUSSELS, BE)
20/02 - 25/04/21
Group exhibition at The House of Arts (Hélène de Gottal, Maren Dubnick, Alice Leens, Ethel Lilienfeld, Erwan Mahéo, Asia Nyembo, Elise Peroi, Chiharu Shiota & José Maria Sicilia).
2021 L'ADRET ET L'UBAC (BRUSSELS, BE)
05/03 - 21/03/21
Exhibition of works by former students graduating in 2019 and 2020.
Works noticed and selected by an independent jury led by the non-profit organization Les Amis de La Cambre. Curator: Lola Meotti.
2020 LA CAMBRE GRADUATION SHOW (BRUSSELS, BE)
11/09 - 13/09/2020
Exhibition of Master's degree projects in the Espace Vanderborght.
2019 HE STANDS IN AN IN-BETWEEN PLACE WHERE HE CAN BE SEEN (LIMOGES, FR)
03/11 - 10/11 , 2019
Exhibition in the gallery of ENSA LIMOGES - Ecole nationale supérieure d’art.
2019 NONA. DECIMA. MORTA (BRUSSELS, BE)
25/10 - 13/10/2019
Group exhibition in Island, a contemporary art space based in Brussels.
2019 ALL IN ONE (BRUSSELS, BE)
14/06 - 30/06/2019
Group exhibition at KANAL Centre Pompidou, museum of modern and contemporary art in Brussels.
2019 THE SHAPE OF THINGS (HELSINKI, FI and VIRGINIA, US)
Photo exhibition curated by Hannah Altman and Shia Conlon
Tasku Gallery, Elimäenkatu 25 A, Helsinki.
Anderson Gallery, 07 1/2 W Franklin St, Richmond, Virginia.
2019 NOT TO BE SEEN (CHARLEROI, BE)
Group exhibition and residency at BPS22, Musée d'Art de la province du Hainaut.
2019 SHARING NOTES (feminist gathering) (HELSINKI, FI)
Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki.
2018 OF WHAT MATERIAL IS THE INTANGIBLE MADE? (HELSINKI, FI)
Sound installations, Satamakatu 5 Gallery, Helsinki.
2018 ARS (EST) CELARE ARTEM (BRUSSELS, BE)
An exhibition of GreyLight Project student work.
2017 LE PARASITISME DE COUVEE 2 (SARTENES, FR)
Workshop and exhibition of student works at the Museum of Art and History of Sartènes.
2017 THE GREATEST PIECE OF ADVICE I CAN’T GIVE (BRUSSELS,BE)
An exhibition of student work Ancienne Brasserie Atlas
2017 UN DISCOURS, UN DISCOURS (BRUSSELS, BE)
On the initiative of Juan d'Oultremont (with the complicity of the artists Lieven Segers & Michaël Dans) an exhibition of ERG and La Cambre bachelor students in the exhibition hall of the ERG.
2016 OUT OF OFFICE (BRUSSELS, BE)
An exhibition of student work at 186 avenue Louise, Brussels.
2015 EREWHON (BRUSSELS, BE)
Workshop and exhibition initiated by the artist Erwan Mahéo at CANAL WHARF.