Natalie Malisse (°1998) is a Belgian photographer based in Brussels. She graduated from ESA "le 75" in Belgium and holds a MA from KASK, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Through images and texts, her practice explores the vulnerabilities and layers that shape our identities, navigating traumatic memory, mental health, disability, and gender inequalities.
Malisse is the recipient of the residency awarded by the Friends of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Etienne Métropole (MAMC+). Her work has been exhibited in Belgium and in France, including at the Photography Museum in Charleroi, Festival OFF Arles, Circulation(s) Festival, the Centre Photographique Hôtel Fontfreyde, and Prix Médiatine. Her pictures will be presented in 2026 at FOMU (BE), Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE), and the Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse (FR).
"La grande maison", published by les Editions du Caïd, is her first book.
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 |
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| 2026 | TIFF, FOMU, Antwerp, BE Bruissement, Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse, FR Contours/Contouren, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (CCHA), BE |
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| 2025 | Pour Gaza, Centre culturel Les Chiroux, Liège, BE Au pluriel, 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 |
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| 2026 | Nominated – FUTURES, European Photography Platform, FUTURES Foundation, EU |
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| 2025 | Selected – Reflexions 2.0 Masterclass Selected – Rencontre professionnelle, Wallonie-Bruxelles International + Flanders Arts Institute + Kultur | lx Arts Council Luxembourg, 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-Etienne, 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 Musée de la Photographie de Charleroi (library), Charleroi, BE 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 – ESA LE «le 75» |
| 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 |
2026 | Talk – Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse, BE |
| 2025 | Teaching – INRACI, Brussels, BE |
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| 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 – ESA « le 75 », 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 | MA 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 | BA in Visual Arts – Photography – ESA « le 75 », Brussels, BE |