BIOGRAPHY

I trained in contemporary dance at the Rencontres Internationales de Danse Contemporaine in Paris and at the Junior Ballet d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux. I completed my studies at Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels, where I graduated in 2006. In 2017, I also obtained a diploma in contemporary jewelry at the RHOK Academy of Arts in Brussels, while continuing to pursue my dance career.

In addition to my work as a dancer, I have also been a movement director and artistic collaborator for the opera stage directors Clarac-Deloeuil>Le Lab for the past 14 years.

Since 2019, I have been a critic for the performing arts platform Pzazz. My articles extend from 7 years of giving dance lectures in theaters in Belgium and abroad.

As a visual artist, my creations, which range from jewelry to sculpture, installation and performance, draw on my multi-disciplinary training and professional experience in the applied and performing arts. Several art events have featured my work, including the Paris, Mons, and Stockholm European triennial for contemporary jewelry as well as jewelry weeks in Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, and Brussels, Strasbourg and Melbourne art galleries, the Z33 museum in Hasselt, and Beijing Design Week.

ARTISTIC STATEMENT

I call on all of my multiple vocations to produce a unique style. As a jewelry designer, I question notions of intimacy, care and social value. As a movement director for opera, I bring out emotions that stir the soul through the living. My experience as a critic of contemporary dance and performance art allows me to reflect on societal issues concerning creators.

My work integrates creative processes from various artistic fields. I harness the unique qualities of each medium to inspire ideas, open perspectives, and elicit emotions.

Taking many forms - wearables, spatial wanderings, large-scale performative jewelry, interactive installations - I give equal attention to how I display my work as its content.

I enjoy designing pieces that encourage the audience to engage in a kinaesthetic relationship with the work and make them actors in the work, as I believe that the body is the embodiment of contemporary culture. Personal physical experience serves as a springboard for the mind to examine societal issues.

My artwork intends to prompt introspection and conversations extending beyond the piece itself.

CV

Solo exhibitions

2022
In Fieri / Brussels Jewelry Week, Belgium (BE)– Sleeping Beauty (+)
2019
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– A Jewelry Piece
2018
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– Joya Prize winner during AJW 18– Curiosity

Group exhibitions

2022
Creative Nature / BeCraft, Mons (BE)– A Jewelry Piece
2021
Designers' Showcase / BeCraft, Mons (BE)– Curiosity
2020
Hope & Future / Beijing Design Week, Beijing (CN)– A Jewelry Piece
2020
Athens Jewelry Week, Athens (GR)– Oxytocin (Red is the color of love)
2020
Budapest Jewelry Week, Budapest (HU)– Oxytocin (Red is the color of love)
2019
Lié-e-s / French Institute of Barcelona - Joya Barcelona, Barcelona (ES)– A Jewelry Piece
2019
Radical Pavlova / TempContemp Gallery, Melbourne (AUS)– A Jewelry Piece
2019
Lié-e-s / Galerie Art’Course, Strasbourg (FR)– A Jewelry Piece
2018
Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects / Joya Barcelona, Barcelona (ES)– Curiosity
2018
Designers' Showcase / BeCraft, Mons (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes
2017
European triennial for contemporary jewelry, Mons (BE), Stockholm (SE), Paris (FR)– Curiosity
2017
Common Ground / Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen (BE)– Common Ground
2017
Year-end exhibition / RHOK, Brussels (BE)– Curiosity
2016
Year-end exhibition / RHOK, Brussels (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes
2015
Jewelmania / Vander A Gallery, Brussels (BE)– Memories of Urban Routes

Professional experience

2022-Now
Rehearsal director for dance companies
2019-Now
Reviewer for Pzazz
2017-Now
Independent jewelry maker
2014-Now
Movement director for opera
2012-2020
Performing arts and dance lecturer
2017-2019
Artistic coordinator of P.A.R.T.S. Summer School
2012
Artistic coordinator of the Museum Night Fever for the Jewish museum of Belgium
2006-2015
Contemporary dancer

Artistic education

2011-2017
RHOK academy of arts, Brussels (BE)–Jewelry design certificate
2004-2006
Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.), Brussels (BE)– Training cycle certificate
2002-2004
Junior Ballet d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux (FR)– Graduation certificate with high distinction, certificate in modern jazz dance
2001-2002
Rencontres Internationales de Danse Contemporaine (R.I.D.C), Paris (FR)– Certificate in contemporary dance, anatomy, dance history and music history
2000-2001
Centre Irène Popard, Paris (FR)– First year certificate