Elise Peroi

Biography

Born in 1990 in Nantes, France.
Lives and works in Belgium.

Elise Peroi grew up in France and subsequently moved to Brussels to study at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts from where she graduated with a Masters in textile design in 2015. Since then has been living in the Belgian capital where she has her studio.

In 2018, her work was featured in a personal exhibition at the Fashion and Lace Museum in Brussels. The artist has been part of numerous group shows in France, Belgium and Italy since 2015 and is regularly invited for residencies for her woven work as well as for her performances (Fondation privée Carrefour des arts, Brussels ; La Serre – arts vivant, Montreal ; Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Comacina Island, Italy ; etc.). With the support of the Halles de Schaerbeek since 2016, she develops textile performances that feed from weaving. Her collaboration with Hong-Kong dancer and choreographer Mui Cheuk-yin led to performances in Brussels as well as Hong-Kong.

Elise Peroi was awarded the Prix d’excellence de la ville de Bruxelles in 2015, the Young Belgium Talents Prize of The Affordable Art Fair Brussels in 2017 and the Prix de la fondation Charles Oulmont (Paris) in 2018. Le Botanique (Brussels) will dedicate a solo exhibition to Elise Peroi in 2021. Close to the sun (Proche du soleil), is her first solo show at the galerie Maria Lund.

Some artworks

Elise Peroi

Hélios

Elise Peroi

Soulever le voile

Elise Peroi

Tisseuses

Elise Peroi

Monolithe

Elise Peroi

Paysage poétique

Private collection

Elise Peroi

Paysage fragment

Private collection, Paris

Exhibitions

Proche du soleil

11. 09 – 10. 10. 2020

Undone sketches

Peter Martensen

17. 06. – 23. 07. 2016

Intentions, idées, notes, projets, plans, journaux intimes, mémoires, registres, archives ou simples feuillets… Notre vie, nos pensées, nos rêves prennent souvent – et parfois seulement – la forme de traces écrites… Tiroirs et autres rangements en sont emplis. Ajoutons à cela les tentatives, les projets avortés, les impossibilités… La confrontation avec une réalité qui ne veut pas émerger ou qui se heurte à ce temps dont on manque toujours. Pour ne pas mentionner les documents aux informations si sensibles qu’elles vivent intensément mais dans l’ombre… jusqu’au jour où…

Off site

L’ISELP, Bruxelles

Inspire

Participation : Elise Peroi

18. 09 – 28. 11. 2020

What other temporalities can artworks offer us? The works presented in this exhibition, which come from an inspiration unique to the artists, enable us to appreciate the passing of time in its proper light and to fully grasp its intensity [excerpt from iselp.be].

La Maison des Arts, Bruxelles

Fil

Participation : Elise Peroi

20. 02 – 25. 04. 2020

The Maison des Arts is a place of history and memory, initially used by drapers. The thread theme offers a subtle dialogue with the listed decorations of the place, its tapestries and old fabrics. Each of the nine invited artists works with thread/rope/textile in a unique way: installation, lace, weaving, tapestry, embroidery, video… Erwan Mahéo and Elise Peroi have been invited to present a work created especially for the site. [Extract from text on the site of La Maison des Arts]

Maison du Danemark, Paris

Ravage

Peter Martensen

06. 09 – 29. 10. 2017

Première exposition de l’artiste sur la scène institutionnelle parisienne, Ravage rassemble peintures, dessins, sculpture et vidéos témoignant de la cohérence de la démarche de l’artiste. Loin d’une rétrospective de l’œuvre de Peter Martensen, cette exposition intervient dans une période de création particulièrement riche et innovante dans sa carrière dont elle se veut l’écho [extrait du communiqué de presse].

Press

Élise Peroi : Au fil du paysage (in french)

Flux News Magazine

February 2021

N° 84

Pascale Viscardy