BIOGRAPHY

 

My art has been at the crossroads of different practices like sculpture, sound work and performance. Experimentation with different materials is an ongoing source of inspiration, leading me to make sculptures in marble and wood as well as carpets, clay, concrete and soap. Collaboration and exchange play an important role in my work, which is why I often collaborate with other artists and organize workshops in sound and performance for children and adults.

 

Cartography and architecture keep finding their way into my practice. Because of this, I have sometimes seen my work as a way of speculative mapping: finding different ways to conceptualise the world around us. At the crossroads of different fields, scientific and artistic, I’m developing new form of storytelling : a «potential map» of a territory where different energy technologies, landscapes and architectures come together, an interior design environment where tales dialog with our living spaces, where contemporary problematics appear by means of a new visual language. Many of my compositions are taken from descriptions of real or imagined places. Through models, sculptures, textiles and videos, the stories I tell first appear in the form of maps, plans and annotations before developing in space.

 

Aval.jules@gmail.com

Education :

 

2013/2015 : Master's degree, École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux

2010/2013 : Bachelor's degree, École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux

 

Residencies :

 

- L'Escaut Architecture, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles, 2024

- Ubiškė3, Telšiai, Lithuania, 2023

- Le Delta, Namur, Belgium 2022

- Zonnekloper, Forest, Belgium, 2022

- Performing Art Forum, Saint Erme, France, 2022

- UP, Saint-Gilles, Belgium, 2021

- Tour à Plomb, Brussels, Belgium, 2021

- Brass, Forest, Belgium, 2021

- DSXL, Pantin, France, 2020

- Door Residency, Magazijn De Dood, Zaandam, Netherlands

- Area 42, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

- "Aldilladelemura", Sotto la ­tangenziale, Rome, Italy, 2016

- "Stop City, Mimar Sinan", ­Istanbul, Turkey, 2015

- "Visual Mark", University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece, 2015

- « Woodpecker », Le bol d’art, La Force, France, 2014

- Pont des arts, Marcillac Vallon, France, 2013

 

Exhibitions :

 

- Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2025

- Public commission, city of Talant, France, 2025

- Public commission, city of Melun, France, 2024

- L'Escaut Architecture, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2024

- Elypsis Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2023

- Sans vue 100 perceptions, Le Delta, Namur, Belgium, 2022-2023

- Summer University, PAF, Saint Erme, France 2022

- Spread zinefest, Het resort / SIGN, Groningen, Netherlands, 2021

- Iron John, Magazijn De Dood, Zaandam, Netherlands, 2021

- Danse Aveugle, Tour à Plomb, Brussels, Belgium, 2021

- Mur en suspens et autres ­météores, Galerie Sainte-Catherine, Rodez, France, 2019

- Départ pour Iter, Area 42, ­Brussels, Belgium, 2018

- Début de saison, Le Faire, Brussels, Belgium, 2017

- Le Tapis la coquille la dame et l’étoile, Saloon, Brussels, Belgium, 2017

- Stop City, Gallery Lafayette, Bordeaux, France, 2015

- The Man Who Sold The World, Fête du Fleuve, Bordeaux, France, 2015

- Le Profusionnisme, l’Asile, Bordeaux, France, 2013

- Zone limite: l’embuscade, le Garage Moderne, Bordeaux, France, 2012

 

Workshops :

 

- Crazy Fiction, Labolobo, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

- Real Motion, Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 2019

- Classe patrimoine, Collège Paul Esquinance, La Réole, France, 2018

- Stage d’été, Atelier 34zéro Muzeum, Brussels, Belgium, 2018

 

Prix, Bourses :

 

- Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Netherlands, 2025

- Un Futur pour la culture, Belgium, 2022

- Aide Individuelle à la Création, France, 2021

- Un Futur pour la culture, Belgium, 2021