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Maëlle Dufour


Maëlle DUFOUR (1994, Belgium) is a visual artist living and working in Brussels, Belgium. She is laureate of the HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts) Ghent 2022-23. She graduated from ENSAV - La Cambre (Brussels) in Sculpture and did a student exchange at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, in Helsinki.​ Since 2014, her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad. She was part of the Triennale Art Public (BE), Biennale de Mulhouse (FR), Artagon III (chaired by Hans Ulrich Obrist in Paris, FR), Biennale Artour (BE), Free Space for Arts (Helsinki, FI) and Sartene Cultural Centre (FR).

 Her work is regularly showcased in art institutions such as the BPS22 (BE), Kunsthal Extra City (BE), Kanal Centre Pompidou (BE), Centre Wallonie Bruxelles de Paris (FR), Universidad de Conception (CL) and Delta (BE). In 2019, she presented two solo exhibitions in Les Brasseurs and L'ISELP (BE). In 2021, she presented a duo exhibition at the MAAC, Maison des Arts Actuel des Chartreux (BE). Maëlle Dufour was also invited as an artist in residence at RAVI (Liège, BE), MAAC (Brussels, BE), Shake Résidence Nomade (Tunis, TU), Drugstore Beograd (Belgrade, SR), Cinema Mele (Pizzo, IT), BPS22 (Charleroi, BE) and Alumi Startwell (Amsterdam, NL). In 2022, She will realize a permanent art integration project for Haren Prison.

 Her work has been awarded prizes and grants, including « Prix Sofam, 2019 », « Prix de la Commission des Arts de Wallonie, 2018 », «Prix du public de la Jeune Sculpture de la FWB, 2020 », « Prix Macors, 2021 », « Le Prix d'encouragement de Sculpture, 2021 » the Institute of France , « Aide à la création, 2019 », « Un Futur pour la Culture, 2021 » and « Cocof, 2021» grants, as well as « Prix du Hainaut, 2018 », through which she published a book "Construire la ruine" in November 2021 with the CFC publisher 



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