Léa Belooussovitch
Léa Belooussovitch's works on textile felt have as their source a violent photograph, an objective account of visible reality. She chooses images of scenes of human suffering that, if we were to see them, would evoke rejection and empathy.
Belooussovitch strips the individual elements of these images of their contours and sharpness so that the original image becomes indistinguishable. What was once a photograph of women wearing scarves anxiously huddled together in tears is now an abstract scene of colour and form.
She is like the optician who shows us an image and then asks us if different lenses make the image more or less clear, in an attempt to perfect our vision. But his intention is not to leave us with a sharper image, but one that we cannot be sure of. With photographs of suffering, there is a basic and understandable correspondence between what we see and what we feel. However, Belooussovitch has changed what we see but maintained our emotional response. His abstract works manage to maintain the pathos of the original scene.
Artworks
Curriculum vitae
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Feelingsonfelt - MAMC - Saint-Etienne, Fr
2019
Perpwalk - Le Botanique - Brussels
Eidôlon“Before my gazethy soul’seidolon stands - Galerie Paris-Beijing- Paris
Purple Blanket, Centre d’art d'Orthez , Fr
Percepts, ArtConcepts- Brussels,
Eidôlon“Before my gazethy soul’seidolon stands - Galerie Paris-Beijing- Paris
Purple Blanket, Centre d’art d'Orthez , Fr
Percepts, ArtConcepts- Brussels,
2018
Sous l'image, galerie Les Drapiers - Liège, Be
2017
Rémanences, galerie Paris-Beijing- PB Project - Paris
Face palm, Maac-Maisond'art actuel des chartreux - Brussels
Face palm, Maac-Maisond'art actuel des chartreux - Brussels
2015
Léa Belooussovitch: Public View, SoloShow, Platform102 - Brussels
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2020
Young Belgium - Opus 1 - Ineffable, La Patinoire Royale - Brussels
Art cares covid, Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts - Brussels
What you’ve missed, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
Art cares covid, Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts - Brussels
What you’ve missed, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
2019
Women underexposed, Belfius Collection, Brussels
Prix Médiatine 15#1, Manifeste pour une création visuelle actuelle, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles de Paris
Le bien, le mal et le très mal, curated by Michael Dans , SPACE Collection- Liège Le réel dispose de son invention, Centre d’Art Contemporain Les Tanneries, France
Prix Médiatine 15#1, Manifeste pour une création visuelle actuelle, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles de Paris
Le bien, le mal et le très mal, curated by Michael Dans , SPACE Collection- Liège Le réel dispose de son invention, Centre d’Art Contemporain Les Tanneries, France
2018
Sans tambour ni trompette, group show curated by Julie Crenn, Centre d’art Faux Mouvement- Metz
Dans l’intimité des crinolines - prix du Parlement - Parlement de la FWB, Brussels
Summer group show, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris I still believe in miracles - Penthouse Art Residency, Hotel Bloom - Brussels
Dans l’intimité des crinolines - prix du Parlement - Parlement de la FWB, Brussels
Summer group show, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris I still believe in miracles - Penthouse Art Residency, Hotel Bloom - Brussels
2017
Newwwar, it's just a game ? curated by Marion Zilio - Bandjoun Station , Cameroun
Espace Vanderborght - Brussels
Sans Tambour ni Trompette, cent ans de guerres - Le Parvis - Tarbes
Tremblements, with Matthieu Boucherit and Coraline de Chiara, galerie Valérie Delaunay - Paris Session#6 : Système, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
The birth of tragedy, group show, Frederic Collier/contemporary , Brussels
Friche, le hangar de la Senne, group show, Le Hangar de la Senne, Brussels
Mediatine Prize, exhibition with the laureates, La Médiatine Brussels
L'art pour l' Accueil, exhibition & charity event, H18 - Brussels
Espace Vanderborght - Brussels
Sans Tambour ni Trompette, cent ans de guerres - Le Parvis - Tarbes
Tremblements, with Matthieu Boucherit and Coraline de Chiara, galerie Valérie Delaunay - Paris Session#6 : Système, Galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
The birth of tragedy, group show, Frederic Collier/contemporary , Brussels
Friche, le hangar de la Senne, group show, Le Hangar de la Senne, Brussels
Mediatine Prize, exhibition with the laureates, La Médiatine Brussels
L'art pour l' Accueil, exhibition & charity event, H18 - Brussels
2016
Une inconnue d'avance, Bourse Révélations Emerige, group show - Villa Emerige, Paris
Déformation Professionnelle, group show, galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
Collecting, 5 ans de soutien à la création, Maison des Arts Anderlecht - Brussels
De la lumière, group show, Francis Carrette gallery - Brussels
S.Balleux, L.Belooussovitch, S.Bonin, H.Prinz, group show, D+T Project gallery - Brussels
Learning how to see again, WYA’s European Arts Forum - Brussels
5/5, end of residency show, Fondation privée du Carrefour des Arts- Brussels
Paperworks, group show, Antena gallery- Chicago, USA
Somewhere over the rainbow- HD gallery - Brussels
Friche, group show, PIAS Anderlecht - Brussels
Spatial Sublation, 4 solos shows project WIELS - Brussel
Nevertheless, a two-part project with João Freitas, Musumeci Contemporary - Brussels
Déformation Professionnelle, group show, galerie Paris-Beijing - Paris
Collecting, 5 ans de soutien à la création, Maison des Arts Anderlecht - Brussels
De la lumière, group show, Francis Carrette gallery - Brussels
S.Balleux, L.Belooussovitch, S.Bonin, H.Prinz, group show, D+T Project gallery - Brussels
Learning how to see again, WYA’s European Arts Forum - Brussels
5/5, end of residency show, Fondation privée du Carrefour des Arts- Brussels
Paperworks, group show, Antena gallery- Chicago, USA
Somewhere over the rainbow- HD gallery - Brussels
Friche, group show, PIAS Anderlecht - Brussels
Spatial Sublation, 4 solos shows project WIELS - Brussel
Nevertheless, a two-part project with João Freitas, Musumeci Contemporary - Brussels
2015
The Waste Land, group show, galerie Nadine Feront - Brussels
Contemporary Multiples and editions, Platform 102 - Brussels
Not an opening...just a peek, Fondation Moonens - Brussels
Friche, group show, LaVallée - Brussels
2014
Autrement dit, Trade Mart - Brussels
Friche, open house in Anderlecht - Brussels
Carte de visite, group show, Espace Vanderborght - Brussels
2013
Not ordinary view, group show, Galerie Artecontemporanea - Brussels
Color rooms , group show, Galerie Starter, Neuilly-sur-Seine- France
Désorienté(s), group show, ISELP, Brussels
2012
L’inquiétante étrangeté, group show, Galerie Oberkampf - Paris
Emergences Numériques, group show, Festival Transnumériques - Brussels
2011
Museomix, collective projet with Mosquito Agency, Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Paris
Zapping, in-situ installation of drawings, RTBF - Brussels
RESIDENCIES
2017
Residency at Bandjoun Station, Fondation Barthélémy Toguo - Cameroun
Residency at MAAC (january - june) : Maison d'Art Actuel des Chartreux - Brussels
2015-2016
Residency at Fondation Carrefour des Arts - Brussels
2014-2015
Residency at Fondation Moonens - Brussels
PRICES & CONTESTS
2017-2020
Bourses annuelles d'aide à la création de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium
2018
Laureate of Prix du Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium
2017
Selected for Art Contest 2017, Brussels, Belgium
Laureate of Prix COCOF, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
Laureate of Bourse COCOF Maac 2017, Belgium
Laureate of Prix COCOF, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
Laureate of Bourse COCOF Maac 2017, Belgium
2016
Selected for Bourse Revelations EMERIGE, Paris, France
2014
Laureate of the MOONENS prize 2014, Belgium
PUBLICATIONS
Léa Belooussovitch, edition of Galerie Paris-Beijing
Facepalm, edition of Maac Brussels
COLLECTIONS
Frac Auvergne, France
Le Bel Ordinaire, Pau, France
Belfius Art Collection, Belgium
Thalie Lab Foundation, Belgium
Collection d’entreprise Picard Vins & Spiritueux, France
Collection Ömer Mehmet Koç, Turquie
Collection Dassault, France
Fondation Privée du Carrefour des Arts, Belgium
Private collections in Belgium, England, Luxembourg and France
Belfius Art Collection, Belgium
Thalie Lab Foundation, Belgium
Collection d’entreprise Picard Vins & Spiritueux, France
Collection Ömer Mehmet Koç, Turquie
Collection Dassault, France
Fondation Privée du Carrefour des Arts, Belgium
Private collections in Belgium, England, Luxembourg and France
EDUCATIONNAL BACKGROUND
2009 - 2014
ENSAV La Cambre, Bachelor and Master’s degree: Drawing, Brussels
2008 - 2009
Preparatory course in Arts, Atelier de Sèvres, Paris
2007 - 2008
École supérieure Estienne, MANAA, Paris
1998 - 2007
Ateliers du Carrousel du Louvre (UCAD), Paris
Contact
lea.beloou@gmail.com
Credits
© Léa Belooussovitch