natalie malisse (°1998) is a belgian photographer based in brussels. she graduated from "le 75" school of arts and holds a master’s degree from the royal academy of fine arts in ghent (kask).
through images and texts, she questions topics related to domestic space, traumatic memory, disability and gender inequalities.
her work, shown in belgium and in france, was selected as part of circulation(s) (centquatre-paris et centre photographique hôtel fontfreyde, 2023), the prix national photographie ouverte (photography museum of charleroi, 2024), and the prix médiatine (centre culturel wolubilis, 2025).
in 2024, natalie malisse is the laureate of the residency of the friends of the museum of modern and contemporary art of saint-étienne métropole (mamc+) and nominated for the Fintro Prize.
"la grande maison", published by les éditions du caïd, is her first book.
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portfolio and full resume available upon request.
malissenatalie[at]gmail[dot]com
| books | 2023 | la grande maison – les éditions du caïd, be |
| solo exhibitions | ||
| 2024 | accrocher la poussière – les cimaises, saint-etienne, fr le coeur à même la peau (with camille seilles) – galerie du soir, charleroi, be |
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| 2023 | la grande maison – l'image sans nom, liège, be les vertiges familiers – galerie satellite, liège, be |
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| 2022 | la danseuse – la vénerie, centre culturel de watermael-boitsfort, brussels, be | |
| 2021 | persisterhood – pointculture, louvain-la-neuve, be | |
| selected group shows | ||
| 2025 | biennale de la photographie en condroz – oyou culture, marchin, be focus (festival impulse) – festival off arles, arles, fr prix médiatine - centre culturel wolubilis, brussels, be |
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| 2024 | pop-up - contretype, brussels, be prix national photographie ouverte – musée de la photographie, charleroi, be |
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| 2023 | circulation(s) (off the walls) – hôtel fontfreyde, clermont-ferrand, fr circulation(s) – le 104, paris, fr ah l'amour! – l'orangerie, bastogne, be |
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| 2022 | labo_demo #4 – centre wallonie-bruxelles | paris (off the walls), paris, fr collection baleine blanche – maison pelgrims, brussels, be |
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| 2021 | phototwens – cc romaanse poort, leuven, be and all is always now – ontsteking, ghent, be |
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| 2020 | phototwens – cc romaanse poort, leuven, be | |
| 2019 | 75 première – palace, brussels, be | |
| grants, awards, selections | ||
| 2025 | selected – rencontre professionnelle, wallonie-bruxelles international + flanders arts institute + kultur | lx arts council luxembourg + fédération wallonie-bruxelles, arles, fr selected – prix médiatine, centre culturel wolubilis, brussels, be |
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| 2024 | finalist – fintro prize, brussels, be winner – fotocircuit vlaanderen prize, musée de la photographie, charleroi, be selected – prix national photographie ouverte, musée de la photographie, charleroi, be winner – residency of the friends of the museum, mamc+, saint-étienne, fr |
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| 2023 | granted – grant for the promotion of visual arts, sabam, be selected – circulation(s), le 104, paris, fr |
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| 2021 | selected – pitch your photo project, de donkere kamer #22, ostend, be granted – karoo podcast grant, indications asbl, brussels, be selected – phototwens, unexposed, leuven, be |
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| 2020 | winner – concours d'images numériques, centre de la gravure, la louvière, be selected – phototwens, unexposed, leuven, be |
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| collections |
musée d'art moderne et contemporain de saint-etienne métropole (mamc+), saint-etienne, fr getty research institute, los angeles, usa maison européenne de la photographie (library), paris, fr private collections, saint-etienne, fr private collections, brussels, be |
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| publications | 2022 | untitled – ducktape edition(s) un lit en pierre et des pierres qui deviennent des lits – centre wallonie-bruxelles |
2021 | chacun chez soi – «le 75» school of arts |
| press (to be updated) |
2024 | Le Soir Konbini + La Libre L'Intervalle + L'Oeil de la Photographie + |
| 2023 | Fisheye Magazine + |
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| 2022 | La Montagne + |
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| teaching, talks, lectures & workshops |
2025 | teaching – inraci, brussels, be |
| 2024 | talk – museum of modern and contemporary art of saint-etienne métropole (mamc+), fr talk – librairie lune et l'autre, saint-etienne, fr lecture – faculty of arts, jean monnet university, saint-etienne, fr lecture – stedelijke academie brugge, koninklijke academie kortrijk, l'image sans nom, be |
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| 2022 | workshop – collège georges pompidou, condat, fr workshop – « le 75 » school of arts, brussels, be (w/ flavio montrone) workshop – kask/conservatorium, ghent, be (w/ giada cicchetti & lisa gautama) workshop – hoger technisch instituut sint-antonius, be (w/ lisa gautama & laura smekens) |
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| writing, curation & artistic direction | 2017-2023 | writer – karoo, indications asbl, brussels, be |
| 2023 | guest co-curator – "(dé)nicher", karoo, indications asbl, brussels, be | |
| 2021-2022 | curatorial assistant – "teen spirit" exhibition, bps22, charleroi, be | |
| 2021-2022 | studio assistant – vincen beeckman, brussels, be | |
| 2021-2022 | co-founder & curator – f/75 platform for FLINTA+ photographers | |
| 2019 | co-curator – guru-tej exhibition by photographer camille seilles, l'l asbl, brussels, be | |
| education | 2021-2023 | master in visual arts – photography, kask/conservatorium, ghent, be |
| 2020-2021 | bridging programme in visual arts – photography, kask/conservatorium, ghent, be | |
| 2019-2020 | academic certificate in gender and sexuality – université libre de bruxelles, brussels, be | |
| 2017-2020 | bachelor in visual arts - photography – « le 75 » school of arts, brussels, be |