Émilie Magnan is a Belgian visual artist who graduated from the Drawing department at La Cambre in Brussels.
From the very beginning, her practice has been drawn to the human body. Overall, her works convey a sense of restrained softness and suggest intimate narratives. Through her portraits, she explores themes such as motherhood, childhood, and human solidarity, capturing moments imbued with comfort and calm, while subtle unsettling elements—such as ambiguous settings or the equivocal play of gazes—deepen the potential readings of the drawings.
Her collective portraits highlight solidarity and tenderness between figures, while sensuality emerges on an individual level.
(1)EXHIBITIONS
2025
Baron Pierre Paulus Art Biennial, Town Hall, Châtelet.
Liens, Le Totem, Libramont.
Group exhibition of the Nivelles Visual Arts Competition, Nivelles.
Animals, with the Les Chatons collective, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels.
Ecotone, CACLB, Montauban.
Saul Fia, Moonens Foundation, Brussels.
2024
Drawing From Where We Are, ELEVEN STEENS, Brussels.
Large-format drawing, Autonomie Centre d’arts pluriels, Brussels.
Group exhibition for the Wallonia Arts Commission Prize, Delta, Namur.
Solo exhibition, Espace Marguerite Brouhon, Virton.
Summer exhibition with the Risorvoir Dogs collective, Atelier Bardaf, Brussels.
Is this what you're proposing?, Maison des Arts de Schaerbeek, Brussels.
Group exhibition for the Luxembourg Prize, CACLB, Montauban.
End of lease, Nova Cinema, Brussels.
2023
Some Body Strange, Gare Maritime (Tour & Taxi), Brussels.
Group exhibition of Master's students in Drawing and Urban Space from ENSAV La Cambre, La Vallée, Brussels.
(2)RESIDENCIES
2026
Vivegnis International (RAVI) residencies-workshops, Liège (BE).
2023
Residency organised by VAF in collaboration with ENSAV La Cambre and supervised by Emilio López-Menchero in Birzeit, West Bank.
(3)PRIZES & COMPETITIONS
2025
Constant Montald Prize of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Louise Dehem Prize of the Royal Academy of Belgium
First Prize of the Visual Arts Competition, Nivelles
2024
Luxembourg Prize (winner), Montauban
(4)PRESS
May 2024
September 2024
(5)EDUCATION
2024-2025
AESS at ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2022-2024
Master's degree at ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Erasmus exchange program for one semester in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London, England
2029-2022
Bachelor's degree in Drawing at ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium