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 conceives of the intimate as environmental forms to explore the possibilities of a renewed relationship with the earth and one-another.

Elise Guillaume’s 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 de la belle de Mai (FR), LMNO Gallery (BE), Gasworks (UK), Paf Olomouc (CZ), Centrale for Contemporary Art (BE), Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (FR), Guardian Art Centre (CN), Imagine Science Film Festival (USA), CICA Museum (KR), KIKK Festival (BE), VIDEOFORMES Festival (FR), Argos centre for audiovisual arts (BE), amongst others. Elise Guillaume has received support for her work, including funding from Arts Council England, the Science New Wave Film Fund, and the European Marine Board through the EMBracing the Ocean residency to develop her project Waves of Resonance in collaboration with scientists. She has also been part of residency programmes in remote environments like La Wayaka Current (2018) in the Atacama desert and the Arctic Circle (2023) in the Svalbard archipelago. She is currently a participant of Sound Image Culture 2025. 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’Oeuvre Expérimentale De La Scam. In 2023, her film Eventual Horizon was shortlisted for the “Talents Contemporains 13” prize by the Fondation François Schneider. She has given talks and workshops, including at the Sustainable Darkroom, the Royal College of Art, Espace Croisé, and ESA Dunkerque–Tourcoing amongst others. Elise Guillaume is a graduate of Central Saint Martins (2015), Goldsmiths University (2018) and the Royal College of Art (2022). 

A video interview of Elise Guillaume with Espace Croisé, Contemporary Art Centre is available to watch here.

Full CV & portfolio available on request.
CV, textes et portfolio disponibles en Français sur demande : eliseguillaume.studio@gmail.com

Education
2020 - 22    MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015 - 18    BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
2014 - 15    Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions
2025 - Par le corps, La Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc Contemporary Art Centre, Thouars, FR (ongoing until september 21st)
2023 - Émotions Terranaissantes, curated by Marie de Ganay, L’Espace Croisé Contemporary Art Centre, Roubaix, FR
2019 - Le Silence De La Terre, L’Artichaut, Brussels, BE
2019 - The Driest Place On Earth, curated by Hattie Godfrey, Testbed1, London, UK

Duo Exhibitions
2023 Lieux Empruntés, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, BE
2023 Blue Space, Gasworks, London, UK
2016 Off - Cell, Studio 1.1, London, UK

Selected group exhibitions, screenings and festivals
2024
Hosting, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels
Oxfam & Argos: Courageous Conversations on Ecofeminism and Nature, Argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels
ACinema Place, Woodland Patterns, Milwaukee, USA 2021
PAF Olomouc – Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art, Olomouc, CZ
Science New Wave Festival, New York, USA
Photo Brussels Festival, LMNO Gallery, Brussels, BE

2023
Atlas Chimérique, curated by Sara Anneda, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles / Paris, Galerie Talmart, Paris, FR
Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Centre, Beijing, CN
Arte Laguna Art Prize, Arsenale, Venice, IT
Stroud Film Festival, Stroud, UK

2022
Artist Film Nights: Earthing, Cloud Seven, Brussels, BE
Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA
Aesthetica Art Prize 2022, York Art Gallery, York, UK
RCA 2022, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Symbiocène, curated by Marie de Ganay, L’été Des Serpents, Arles, FR
25 Arts Seconde, curated by Mathilde Roman, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles / Paris, Online
VIDEOFORMES Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Innovating For A Shared Future, curated by the Royal College of Art for the UK pavilion, Expo 2020, Dubai, UAE
Hybrid Terrains, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, BE

2021
KIKK Festival, curated by Marie du Chastel, Namur, BE
Ars Electronica: A New Digital Deal, Atacama Garden, collaboration with Samuel Dominguez, Online 
Alchemy Film & Arts Festival, Shorts Programme: Stout Footwear Advised, Online 
VIDEOFORMES Festival, Online
The Self And The Other, ISMIS, a partnership between CALARTS, Ravensbourne & Saatchi Gallery, Online
Aesthetica Art Prize 2021, York Art Gallery, York, UK
The Value, CICA Museum, Gimpo-Si, KR

2020 After Hours Project, Centrum Berlin, DE
2020 Aesthetica Art Prize 2020, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2019 Aesthetica Art Prize 2019, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2018 Goldsmiths University Degree Show, London, UK
2017 Los Almendros De Ibiza, Es Martell, Ibiza, ES
2016 Elements Of Now, Zandberg, Gent, BE

Residencies & programmes
2025 Sound Image Culture, Brussels, Belgium
2024 Embracing the Ocean residency, European Marine Board, Belgium
2023 The Arctic Circle, Art & Science residency, Svalbard, Norway
2021 Silence Awareness Existence, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland
2018 Desert 23°S, La Wayaka Current, Atacama Desert, Chile

Awards
2025 Wallonia-Brussels Federation (grant recipient for Waves of Resonance)
2024 Science New Wave Film Fund (finalist)
2024 European Marine Board: EMBracing the Ocean (residency and grant recipient)
2024 Talents Contemporains 13, Fondation François Schneider (shortlisted)
2022 Arts Council England - Developing Your Creative Practice (grant recipient)
2022 Aesthetica Art Prize 2022 (shortlisted)
2022 Arte Laguna Prize 21.22 (Finalist & winner of Art Nova 100)
2022 Prix De L’Oeuvre Expérimentale De La Scam (shortlisted)
2021 London Art Biennale 2021 (finalist)
2021 Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 (longlisted)
2021 Signature Art Prize 2021 (shortlisted)

Selected workshops and talks
2025 Listening to the Ocean, La Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc Contemporary Art Centre, Thouars, FR (upcoming)
2024 Listening to the Ocean, Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, BE
2024 Listening to the Ocean, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
2024 Pitching & Planning for Sustainable Filmmaking, The Sustainable Darkroom, UK
2023 Écouter, sentir, écrire, ESÄ & University of Lille, Tourcoing, FR
2023 Listening to the Bees, Three Rivers Bexley, UK