Born 1976 in Tréguier, France
Lives and works in Brussels
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Recent Paintings, BEIGE, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Tenir le silence (curator : Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre), Musée d'art de Joliette, Québec, Canada
The Carpenter of Spring (curator : Els Vermang), Société, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Untitled Ceremony #16, Tlön Projects, Rozenstraat – a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019
Béatrice Balcou (curated by Eva Wittocx), M Museum, Leuven, Belgium
2018
L'économie des apostrophes (curated by Julie Pellegrin), La Ferme du Buisson Contemporary Art Center, Noisiel/Paris, France
Beatrice Balcou x Yuki Okumura : Double Suicide at Kumagusuku, Kyoto Art Hostel kumagusuku, Kyoto, Japan
2017
Kazuko Miyamoto <> Béatrice Balcou, Exile, Berlin, Germany
2016
Béatrice Balcou - Kazuko Miyamoto (curated by Florence Cheval), L’iselp, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Walk In Beauty (curated by Kevin Muhlen and Christine Walentiny), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Calme, Luxe et Volupté (curated by Keren Detton), Le Quartier Contemporary Art Center, Quimper, France
2013
Chaque Chose En Son temps, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
PERFORMANCES
2022
Untitled Ceremony #11, FRAC Corsica, Corte, France
Untitled Ceremony #20, Musée d'art de Joliette, Québec, Canada
Untitled Ceremony #18, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2021
Untitled Ceremony #16, ROZENSTRAAT - a rose is a rose is a rose , Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Untitled Ceremony #04, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Untitled Ceremony #17, Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Untitled Ceremony #10 and Untitled Ceremony #05, Playground Festival, M Museum, Leuven, Belgium
The Bridegroom Suites II (originated by Émilie Renard and Hugues Decointet), in Performance Day #4, La Ferme du Buisson Art Center, Noisiel/Paris, France
2018
Untitled Ceremony #14, in Attention Fragile Festival, MAC VAL Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Untitled Ceremony #14, La Ferme du Buisson Contemporary Art Center, Noisiel/Paris, France
Untitled Ceremony #10, in La Nouvelle Adresse, CNAP, Pantin/Paris, France
Untitled Ceremony #10, in Sculpter (faire à l’atelier) exhibition, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Untitled Ceremony #12, Été 78, Brussels, Belgium
Untitled Ceremony #07, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
2017
Untitled Ceremony #11, in Collectionner, le désir inachevé exhibition, Museum of Fine arts, Angers, France
Untitled Ceremony #10, in Performance Day #2, La Ferme du Buisson Contemporary Art Center, Noisiel/Paris, France
Not yet titled, in In the echoes of my room - Ane Mette Hol exhibition, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
Untitled Ceremony #10, La Galerie Contemporary Art Center, Noisy-le-Sec/Paris, France
2016
Untitled Ceremony #09, Amsterdam Art Weekend, The Absence of Work, Oudekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Untitled Ceremony #08, L’Iselp, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Untitled Ceremony #06, in Un-Scene III exhibition, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Untitled Performance #03, in Plateforme de jeux, Un Nouveau Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Untitled Performance #03, in Se prendre au jeu : rêves, répétitions et autres détours (The artist is a mysterious entertainer), FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Untitled Ceremony #05, Performatik, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Untitled Performance #02, in Autour d'un geste, Théâtre de Privas, France
2014
Untitled Ceremony #04, Playground Festival, cur. Eva Wittocx et Steven Vandervelden, M Museum, Leuven, Belgium
Computer Performance, in Art/Temps/Performance: décaler les gestes, Le Laboratoire du geste, University La Sorbonne, Paris, France
Untitled Performance #02, in Des Choses en moins, des choses en plus, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Computer Performance, in Fata Morgana, Ikob, Eupen, Belgium
Untitled Ceremony #03, Forum d'art contemporain Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Untitled Ceremony #02, Centre d'art le Quartier, Quimper, France
2013
Untitled Performance #02, in Chaque Chose En Son Temps, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Untitled Ceremony #01, Brasserie Haecht (251 Nord), Liège, Belgium
2012
Untitled Performance #02, in Temps libre, Partitions (performances), Fondation d'entreprise Pernod Ricard, Paris, France
2011
Opening performance, in David Dubois & guests, Elaine Levy gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Small-scale performance, in Other Possible Worlds, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Cardboard Performance, Komplot, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Computer Performance, Artconnexion, Lille, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
Rang d'oignons, FRAC Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Embed, (cur: Fabrice Gallis & Sophie Lapalu), Galerie Raymond Hains, Saint-Brieuc, France
2022
Different than it seems (cur: Nico Anklam),
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
La Beauté du diable (cur: Benjamin Bianciotto & Sylvie Zavatta), FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Janelas (cur: Marc Buchy & Tiago de Abreu Pinto), Jean Laude Library of the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Étienne
Les nouvelles acquisitions de l'Artothèque, Musée des Beaux-arts, Brest, France
La seconde main - L'art de la citation (in collaboration with the FRAC Franche-Comté), Musée Courbet, Flagey, France
Fata Morgana (curated by Béatrice Gross with Katinka Bock), Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Aller contre le Vent - Performances, actions et autres rituels (curated by Sylvie Zavatta), FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Austerlitz was his name (curated by Sam Steverlynck with Tlön Projects), A Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (curated by René Block with Nico Anklam), RIBOCA3, Riga, Latvia
2021
Insideout (curated by Els Vermang), Société, Brussels, Belgium
Monts Analogues (curated by Boris Bergmann and Marie Griffay), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Structures of Radical Will (curated by Béatrice Gross), Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
The Constant Glitch, M Museum, Leuven, Belgium
Structures of Radical Will (curated by Béatrice Gross), Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium
With Salle Principale, FIAC, Paris
L'usage des richesses (curated by Maryline Brustolin), Salle Principale gallery, Paris, France
2020
En mouvement (Nuit Blanche Kyoto), Villa kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan
2019
De la Lenteur et de la Mesure (curated by Emmanuel Lambion), Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium
It boils down (curated by Tom Lowe), Pure Propaganda, Rotterdam, Nederlands
Some of Us (curated by Jérôme Cotinet-Alphaize with Marianne Derrien), Nordart, Büdelsdorf, Germany
Article 132-75 (conceived by Gallien Déjean, Emmanuel Guy, Juliette Pollet and Fanny Schulmann, with Reynaldo Gomez and Sif Jeppesen), kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
2018
Viva Villa (curated by Cécile Debray and Federico Nicolao), Villa Méditerranée, Marseille, France
La Nouvelle Adresse (curated by Juliette Pollet with Pascal Beausse, Philippe Bettinelli, Pascale Cassagnau, Sandra Cattini and Max-Louis Raugel), CNAP, Pantin/Paris, France
Déclassement (curated by Barbara Sirieix), Château d'Oiron, France
Sculpter (faire à l’atelier) (curated by Anne Dary, Catherine Elkar and Sophie Kaplan), FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
La Norme Idéale (curated by Florent Delval), Levy-Delval Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Le Secret (curated by Françoise Docquiert, Paul-Antoine Parot, Corinne Le Neün, Christophe Viart, Nayla Tamraz, Tatiana Nedelskaya), Ensapc Ygrec, Paris, France
Grotto Capital, Exile, Berlin, Germany
Wrapped - Unwrapped (curated by Patrice Joly), Zoo Gallery, Nantes, France
Tes mains dans mes chaussures, La Galerie Contemporary Art Center, Noisy-le-Sec/Paris, France
2016
Tes mains dans mes chaussures (curated by Émilie Renard and Vanessa Desclaux), La Galerie Contemporary Art Center, Noisy-le-Sec/Paris, France
Architropismes (curated by Rozenn Canevet and Marlise van der Jagt), Les Moulins de Paillard, Poncé-sur-le-Loir, France
2015
Un-Scene III (curated by Devrim Bayar and Zoë Gray), WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Se prendre au jeu : rêves, répétitions et autres détours (The artist is a mysterious entertainer) (curated by Vanessa Desclaux), FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
2014
Des choses en moins, des choses en plus (curated by Agnes Violeau and Sébastien Faucon), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Fata Morgana (curated by Maïté Vissault), IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
2012
Cinémathèque de Tanger (curated by Olga Rozenblum), Maroc
2011
Other Possible Worlds (curated by Dorothee Albrecht, Berit Fischer and Paul di Felice), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
COLLECTIONS
2023
MNAM - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (FR)
2022
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (DE)
FRAC Normandie, Rouen (FR)
FRAC Lorraine, Metz (FR)
2021
Cera - M Museum Collection, Leuven (BE)
Fondation CAB, Brussels (BE)
FRAC Ile-de-France - Le Plateau, Paris (FR)
FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (FR)
2020
CIRVA, Marseille (FR)
2019
FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (FR)
FRAC Ile-de-France - Le Plateau, Paris (FR)
2017
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, CNAP, Paris (FR)
FRAC Ile-de-France - Le Plateau, Paris (FR)
2016
FRAC Corsica, Corte (FR)
Artothèque - Musée des Beaux-arts, Brest (FR)
2015
FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (FR)
2014
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, CNAP, Paris (FR)
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS
2022
Support for an artistic project, CNAP, Paris, France
Aide à la création, Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, Belgium
2021
Residency at Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Residency, International Centre of Research on Glass and Visual Arts (CIRVA), Marseille, France
2019
Grant for publication with MER. paper Kunsthalle and La Ferme du Buisson, CNAP, Paris, France
Residency, International Centre of Research on Glass and Visual Arts (CIRVA), Marseille, France
Grant for research and production (Bridegroom Project) from Guy de Cointet Society, Paris, France
2018
Grant "Connexion" from ADAGP for the exhibition "L'économie des apostrophes" at La Ferme du Buisson Contemporary Art Center, France
Grant for publication with Captures Éditions and La Ferme du Buisson, CNAP, Paris, France
Residency (with Yuki Okumura), at Villa Kujoyama (Institut Français), Kyoto, Japan
2014
Residency, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2013
Residency, Ateliers Vivegnis International, Liège, Belgium
2011
Residency Air Nord Est, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
International art workshop, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2009
Residency, Institut Français hors-les-murs, Japan
2008
Residency « COAL » supported by Artconnexion, France/Poland/Germany
2005
Aide individuelle à la créationn, DRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCES / TEACHING
2022
Performative reading "Ceremonies" (Art Brussels program), Société, Brussels, Belgium
Guest artist, National School of Architecture of Versailles (ENSA-V), France
Launch of the book Les Flâneuses by Francesca Zappia, Le BAL, Paris, France
Conference (invited by Armelle Pradalier), National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA) of Paris, France
2021
Performative lecture, "The Trembling Body" seminar organized by Paul Hendrikse, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
Le corps non performant, conversation with Julie Pellegrin, Betonsalon, Paris, France
Artistic coach (master STUDIOS), P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios), Brussels, Belgium
Guest artist, National School of Architecture of Versailles (ENSA-V), France
Member of the Jury, Master Sculpture, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts (Arba-Esa), Brussels, Belgium
2020
Guest artist, National School of Architecture of Versailles (ENSA-V), France
Workshop and conference, Villa Arson, National School of Art, Nice, France
2019
Member of the Jury blanc, École supérieure d’art et de design (TALM), Angers, France
Workshop and conférence, École supérieure d’art et de design (TALM), Angers, France
Conference, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Linazay, France
2018
Conversation with Yaël Kreplak (sociologist), Contemporary art center of La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, France
Guest artist, Jokerweek, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium
2017
Workshop, The art of discretion, École supérieure des Arts l'ERG, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Look Who’s Talking Series (Helena Almeida), WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Workshop with Raphaële Jeune, Dispositifs attentionnels, Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR), Strasbourg, France
Workshop, Department of Visual Arts, Rennes II University, France
Workshop and conference, Des gestes de l'attention, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts (Arba-Esa), Brussels, Belgium
Member of the Jury, Master Care, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts (Arba-Esa), Brussels, Belgium
By, conversation with Yuki Okumura, L’Iselp, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Conversation with Christophe Gallois, École Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine (ESAL), Metz, France
Performance, Ritual, Communauty, conversation with Ulla von Brandenburg, Joachim Saxenborn and Karel Vanhaesebrouck (moderator), Kaaistudio, Brussels, Belgium
Conversation, Look Who’s Talking Series with Zoë Gray, Yuki Okumura and Hedwig Houben, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Workshop, Protocoles pour une communauté éphémère, L'École supérieure d'art et de design (ESAD), Reims, France
Workshop with Florence Cheval, Performer l'exposition d'architecture, L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture/Paris La Villette (ENSAPLV), France
Workshop, Gestes au Travail, lycée Jules Haag, Besançon, France
Conference, Des gestes de l'attention, colloque Saillances du geste, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
2011
Workshop and conference, Institut Supérieur des Beaux-arts (ISBA), Besançon, France
Conference, DU Art, Danse, Performance, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Conference, Centre Chorégraphique National de Franche-Comté, Belfort, France
2008
Lecturer, Department of Performing Arts, Lille University, France
Workshop, Department of Performing Arts, Lille University, France
Conference, Colloque L'art Surpris par le social, Department of Visual Arts, Rennes II University, France
2006 - 2000
Professor of visual arts in secondary schools, Paris and Lille, France