ABOUT

Elise Guillaume (b. 1996) is an artist and filmmaker based in Brussels. Her interdisciplinary practice includes film, video, sound, photography and sculpture—sometimes presented as immersive installations. The body is a central element in her work: it becomes a vessel for interpreting the interconnections between the beings that make up our world. Interested in the relationships between psychological states and environmental change, Elise Guillaume’s work blends scientific research with personal introspection. She translates intimacy into environmental forms to explore the possibilities of a renewed relationship with the earth and one-another.

Her work has been presented internationally, including La Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc Contemporary Art Centre (FR), Espace Croisé Contemporary Art Centre (FR), Arsenale of Venice (IT), Friche la Belle de Mai (FR), LMNO Gallery (BE), Gasworks (UK), PAF Olomouc (CZ), Centrale for Contemporary Art (BE), Guardian Art Centre (CN), Imagine Science Film Festival (USA), CICA Museum (KR), KIKK Festival (BE), VIDEOFORMES Festival (FR), argos centre for audiovisual arts (BE), among others. 

Elise Guillaume’s practice has been supported by public grants from Arts Council England and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. In 2024, she was selected for the European Marine Board’s EMBracing the Ocean residency to develop her project Waves of Resonance (2025-ongoing) in collaboration with marine acoustic scientists from the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). She continues these interdisciplinary collaborations in her upcoming short film WITHIN, FROM BELOW (in production), which was awarded the Science New Wave Film Fund and developed through the Sound Image Culture Filmmaker’s Lab.

Guillaume has undertaken residencies in remote environments, including the Atacama Desert and the Svalbard archipelago. In 2026, she was selected for the Tara Coral 2026-2027 Art for the Ocean residency with the Tara Ocean Foundation, and will join the expedition in Mindoro, Philippines.

Her film Hybrid Terrains (2021) was a finalist for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2022, received the Art Nova Prize from the ArteLaguna Art Prize and was shortlisted for the Prix de L’Œuvre Expérimentale de la Scam. In 2023, her film Eventual Horizon was shortlisted for the “Talents Contemporains 13” prize by the Fondation François Schneider and has been part of argos centre for audiovisual arts’ collection since 2025. 

Guillaume extends her practice through talks and workshops, using her collaborative and research-led approach as a framework for dialogue. She has worked with organisations including The Sustainable Darkroom and the Royal College of Art, among others.

She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins (2015), Goldsmiths University (2018) and the Royal College of Art (2022). 

Full CV and portfolio available on request, in English and in French. Please get in touch: eliseguillaume.studio@gmail.com