Born in 1982 in Sainte-Foy-l\u00e8s-Lyon, France, Am\u00e9lie Viale studied applied art and interior design in Lyon. During this education, she specialised in computer graphics. Until 2019, she worked as graphic designer. At the same time, she further developed her artistic oeuvre and started to expose her works. Since then, she dedicates herself completely to visual art with a focus on photography, performance and installation.<\/p>\n
In her work, Am\u00e9lie reflects on her personal experience. Thus, she is often the main protagonist in her oeuvres. A starting point for this strategy is the series \u201cHolidays\u201d from 2014, where she photographed herself with an iron at the marshalling yard of Fos Coussoul in Fos-sur-Mer, France. In doing so, she questions the influence of domestic work on the female emancipation. The photo \u201cAllez viens ! on part en vacances<\/span>.<\/a>\u201d (Come on! we are going on holiday.) from this series is our artwork of the month in January 2022<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Subsequently, Am\u00e9lie inquired inter alia about her feelings after a passed relationship, motherhood and her efforts to do unpleasant tasks. Her travels and residencies influence her research about the significance of femininity for herself and in the society. Travelling alone through Poland, she photographed herself in the hotel rooms where she stayed. The outcome of her investigation \u201cVous Voyagez seule ?\u201d (Are you traveling alone?) was on view in many personal and group exhibitions.<\/p>\n With her investigation \u201cL\u2019art de gu\u00e9rir<\/a><\/span>\u201d (The Art of Healing) about the invisible in caring, Am\u00e9lie tried to detect hidden energetic connections between therapist and patient using an infrared camera. With her \u201cLaboratoire de soins artistiques\u201d (Laboratory of artistic care), founded in 2022, she invites the public to participate and gives space for co-creations. For example, she encouraged people to collect water to fill it in a roll-on stick in order to use it for individually specified care. This indicates her further research for bridges between art and spirituality.<\/p>\n However, Am\u00e9lie also focusses on more rooted to soil subjects, for example architecture. For her series \u201cJeux Utopistes\u201d (Utopian Games), she reviewed building ensembles by utopian architects. On a journey to Spain, where she studied works by Ricardo Bofill<\/a><\/span> and his studio, she also made photos beside the official series, but with the same unusual companion: a latter. One of these pictures, \u201cMarcher sur l\u2019eau\u201d (Walking on Water), is our Artwork of the Month \/ November 2024<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Since 2010, Am\u00e9lie\u2019s works were on view in many solo and group exhibitions, mainly in France, but also in Italy, Belgium, Canada and Chile. She made several artist-in-residencies and published some micro-editions about her artistic project. Additionally, she is founding member of the \u201cCollectif 867<\/a><\/span>\u201d, an artist residence in Saint-\u00c9tienne-des-Oulli\u00e8res, France. In October 2024, the \u201cCollectif 867\u201d showed the outcome of their common work in the exhibition \u201cPassage-des-Serments\u201d. From 1st to 3rd of November 2024 Am\u00e9lie organises the virtual happening \u201cReliques Cryptiques\u201d on Instagram https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amelie_viale\/<\/a><\/span>, where she opened her archive to make the invisible tangible. On Friday 13th December, the artist proposes a performance in Paris as invitation to discover her oeuvre and to enable a form of healing to the spectators (32 rue Saint-Paul, district The Marais).<\/p>\n Am\u00e9lie lives and works in Lissieu, France.<\/p>\n www.amelie-viale.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Artwork of the Month \/ November 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n