born in 1996 (Montréal, Canada)
based in Brussels (Belgium)
Camille Poitevin is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels. Her practice unfolds within the field of expanded photography. Spanning image, installation, and sound,she draws upon ordinary situations and marginal forms to reveal how the norms governing our social, emotional, and visual constructs are articulated.
Rejecting the image-as-spectacle and passive contemplation, she conceives immersive setups that physically engage the senses. In the face of capitalist acceleration and the commodification of the living, her focus shifts toward unstable zones and threshold states : micro-gestures, moments of letting go, discarded or decommissioned objects...where control begins to fracture. Her work embodies a pervasive tension: the alienation of a human being conditioned to perform, caught within power dynamics that infiltrate affects, relationships, and self-representations. The intimate thus becomes a territory to reclaim.
Attentive to the reverse side of representational tools, the artist scrutinizes the modes of production and circulation of images. Through deliberate, slow gestures of collecting and subverting, her practice disrupts the fabric of the visible,exposing its fragility and uncertainty. By reaffirming the value of process, experimentation, and collaboration, the image ceases to be a product: it becomes a space for shared experience, a lever for shifting perspective, and a form of sensory resistance.
Camille Poitevin holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Concordia University (Montreal, 2018) and a Master’s degree in Photography from the École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (Brussels, 2022). Her work has been shown across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Italy, with exhibitions at FOMU, Musée Botanique, Beursschouwburg, BPS22, Hangar Art Center, De Brakke Grond, Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, FRAC Franche-Comté, and Fondazione Sant’Elia. In 2025, she was selected for the .tiff Emerging Belgian Photography programme (FOMU FotoMuseum, Antwerp) and was awarded the Prix des Collectionneurs at the Art Contest (Musée Botanique, Brussels).
Rejecting the image-as-spectacle and passive contemplation, she conceives immersive setups that physically engage the senses. In the face of capitalist acceleration and the commodification of the living, her focus shifts toward unstable zones and threshold states : micro-gestures, moments of letting go, discarded or decommissioned objects...where control begins to fracture. Her work embodies a pervasive tension: the alienation of a human being conditioned to perform, caught within power dynamics that infiltrate affects, relationships, and self-representations. The intimate thus becomes a territory to reclaim.
Attentive to the reverse side of representational tools, the artist scrutinizes the modes of production and circulation of images. Through deliberate, slow gestures of collecting and subverting, her practice disrupts the fabric of the visible,exposing its fragility and uncertainty. By reaffirming the value of process, experimentation, and collaboration, the image ceases to be a product: it becomes a space for shared experience, a lever for shifting perspective, and a form of sensory resistance.
Camille Poitevin holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Concordia University (Montreal, 2018) and a Master’s degree in Photography from the École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (Brussels, 2022). Her work has been shown across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Italy, with exhibitions at FOMU, Musée Botanique, Beursschouwburg, BPS22, Hangar Art Center, De Brakke Grond, Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, FRAC Franche-Comté, and Fondazione Sant’Elia. In 2025, she was selected for the .tiff Emerging Belgian Photography programme (FOMU FotoMuseum, Antwerp) and was awarded the Prix des Collectionneurs at the Art Contest (Musée Botanique, Brussels).
awards, grants & selections
2026, Grant SOFAM (BE)
2025, Laureate of Collector’s Price, Art Contest 2025 (BE)
2025, Member of FUTURES Photography (EUR)
2024, Program .tiff2025, FOMU, Anvers (BE)
2023, Program Currents#10, Marres, Maastricht (NL)
2022, Laureate Prix Servix (BE)
2022, King Baudouin Foundation Grant (BE)
2022, Finalist of Laurent Moonens Price (BE)
press & publication
2026, Article “In Statu Nascendi”, Marion Cambrier, L’art même 98 (BE)
2025, Article by Kyra Johnson, Focus Magazine (NL)
2025, .TIFF Magazine, FOMU Fotomuseum (BE)
2025, Annual Publication, FUTURES Photography (NL)
2025, Article “Wat vinden we het berschermen waard?”, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool (NL)
collective shows
2027, Biennale NOVA_XX, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris (FR)
2026, Fête de l’éléphant, Parc de la Fonderie, Molenbeek (BE)
2026, Koekelhouse Open Studio, Bruxelles (BE)
2025, Welcome to Our Table, Museumnacht, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
2025, .tiff exhibition, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2025, Fissare l’arcipelago, Fondazione Sant’Elia, Palerme (IT)
2025, Art Contest exhibition, Botanique Museum, Brussels, BE
2025, .tiff exhibition, FOMU, Anvers, BE
2025, Art au centre, Liège, BE
2024, FRIENDSHIP, Beursschouwburg, Bruxelles, BE
2024 Habité·e·x·s, 150ans des Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles (BE)
2023, 24h à vie, solo show, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Are you still in one piece or are you already dissolved ?, Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Currents#10, Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, NL
2022, Qui veu, qui sap, solo show, InCadaqués OFF, Cadaqués, ES
2022, Colloque Fixer l’archipel, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (FR)
12.2022, Contreplongées#1, Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Graduation Show, Abbaye de la Cambre, Bruxelles, BE
2022, F.r.ictions, BPS22 Musée d’Art de la province de Hainaut, Charleroi, BE
2022, Tell Me Louder, HISK Gosset Site, Bruxelles, BE
2022, Le chant des sirènes, CAL, Charleroi, BE
2021, S’exposer, Hangar Art Photo Center, Bruxelles, BE
co-curation & co-coordination
2022 & 2023, Contreplongées, co-curation avec a02 Collective, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Brussels, BE
2022-... Membre du Conseil d’Administration et du Comité de gestion des évènementsde l’ASBL Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles (BE)
education
2022, Master in Photography with Distinctions, ENSAV La Cambre, Bruxelles, BE
2018, Bachelor in Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, CA
2017, Section Film and Video, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, IN
residencies
2023, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Brussels, BE
2021, Research program Fixer l’Archipel, Tompazi mansion, Artistic Annex of Athens School of Fine Arts, Hydra, GR
2026, Grant SOFAM (BE)
2025, Laureate of Collector’s Price, Art Contest 2025 (BE)
2025, Member of FUTURES Photography (EUR)
2024, Program .tiff2025, FOMU, Anvers (BE)
2023, Program Currents#10, Marres, Maastricht (NL)
2022, Laureate Prix Servix (BE)
2022, King Baudouin Foundation Grant (BE)
2022, Finalist of Laurent Moonens Price (BE)
press & publication
2026, Article “In Statu Nascendi”, Marion Cambrier, L’art même 98 (BE)
2025, Article by Kyra Johnson, Focus Magazine (NL)
2025, .TIFF Magazine, FOMU Fotomuseum (BE)
2025, Annual Publication, FUTURES Photography (NL)
2025, Article “Wat vinden we het berschermen waard?”, Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Parool (NL)
collective shows
2027, Biennale NOVA_XX, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris (FR)
2026, Fête de l’éléphant, Parc de la Fonderie, Molenbeek (BE)
2026, Koekelhouse Open Studio, Bruxelles (BE)
2025, Welcome to Our Table, Museumnacht, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
2025, .tiff exhibition, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2025, Fissare l’arcipelago, Fondazione Sant’Elia, Palerme (IT)
2025, Art Contest exhibition, Botanique Museum, Brussels, BE
2025, .tiff exhibition, FOMU, Anvers, BE
2025, Art au centre, Liège, BE
2024, FRIENDSHIP, Beursschouwburg, Bruxelles, BE
2024 Habité·e·x·s, 150ans des Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles (BE)
2023, 24h à vie, solo show, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Are you still in one piece or are you already dissolved ?, Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Currents#10, Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, NL
2022, Qui veu, qui sap, solo show, InCadaqués OFF, Cadaqués, ES
2022, Colloque Fixer l’archipel, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon (FR)
12.2022, Contreplongées#1, Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles, BE
2023, Graduation Show, Abbaye de la Cambre, Bruxelles, BE
2022, F.r.ictions, BPS22 Musée d’Art de la province de Hainaut, Charleroi, BE
2022, Tell Me Louder, HISK Gosset Site, Bruxelles, BE
2022, Le chant des sirènes, CAL, Charleroi, BE
2021, S’exposer, Hangar Art Photo Center, Bruxelles, BE
co-curation & co-coordination
2022 & 2023, Contreplongées, co-curation avec a02 Collective, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Brussels, BE
2022-... Membre du Conseil d’Administration et du Comité de gestion des évènementsde l’ASBL Ateliers Mommen, Bruxelles (BE)
education
2022, Master in Photography with Distinctions, ENSAV La Cambre, Bruxelles, BE
2018, Bachelor in Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, CA
2017, Section Film and Video, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, IN
residencies
2023, Salon des Ateliers Mommen, Brussels, BE
2021, Research program Fixer l’Archipel, Tompazi mansion, Artistic Annex of Athens School of Fine Arts, Hydra, GR