Elise Peroi
Born in Nantes (FR) in 1990, Élise Peroi lives and works in Brussels (BE). She graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels with a Master's degree in Textile Design in 2015.
In 2016, supported by Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, she began developing performances that feed off weaving.
The artist has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2015, Un lac inconnu, Bally Foundation (CH) ; Roma, a portrait, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (IT) ; House of Dreamers, Fondation Boghossian (BE) ; The Sowers, Fondation Thalie, (BE) ; Là où se trouve la forêt, Botanique (BE) ; Foresta, Le Bel Ordinaire (FR) ; Inspire, Iselp (BE) , etc. She is regularly invited to take up residencies as part of her work as a visual artist or performer: Academia Belgica (IT); La Serre - arts vivants (CA); Hong Kong Arts Centre (HK); La Bellone (BE); Fédération Wallonie- Bruxelles, Île de Comacina (IT), etc.
She has collaborated with various choreographers, Mui Cheuk Yin, Louise Vanneste; playwrights, Emmanuelle Nizou, Camille Louis, Émilie Martz-Kuhn and musicians, Roel Dieltiens, Marine Falque-Vert, thomas jean henri.
In 2020, she presented her first solo exhibition, Proche du Soleil, at the Maria Lund gallery in Paris.
In autumn 2022, at the CACC in Clamart, following her residency at the Academia Belgica in Rome, she will present a solo exhibition entitled Peut-être ce jardin n'existe-t-il qu'à l'ombre de nos paupières baissées.
© Andrea Rossetti
