Maroesjka Lavigne
ABOUT IMAGES
bio
Maroesjka Lavigne gained her Masters in Photography at KASK Ghent in Belgium. Her work has been shown internationally at the Foam Talent exhibition in Amsterdam, The Robert Mann Gallery in New York, Galerie Hug in Paris, and many others. She self-published a book, island, in 2012 that sold out. Her latest monograph book, Someone, Somewhere, Sometime, contains her 4 previous projects and is co-published by Radius Books and Robert Mann Gallery.
In the summer of 2025 she gained her Masters in Textile Design at KASK Ghent she is currently working on a project combining photography and textile techniques. She is currently working in Ghent, Belgium.
BIRTHPLACE
Belgium, 1989
EDUCATION
MFA, Textile Design, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2012
MFA, Photography, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2012
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Lost Lands, Cultuurcentrum De Factorij, Zaventem, Belgium
2019
Lost Lands, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Land of Nothingness, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Ísland, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France
2014
Ísland, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Flanders Centre, Osaka, Japan
With Annelie Vandendael, Vander Weyden Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
VOC Hasselt, Belgium
2013
Expo Rome, Rome, Italy
2012
44 Gallery, Bruges, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Zomersalon, Kunsthal, Ghent Belgium
2024
Unkown Masterpieces, Cultuur Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2022
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
2018
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene, Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida
Antwerp Photo, Loodswezen Antwerpen
2017
Floating Japan, Kasteeltuinen Arcen, Nederland
Brassage Photographique, Villers-la-ville, Belgium
2016
Jeonju International Photography Festival, Seoul Korea
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, London, Somerset House
2015
Harry Penningsprijs, Harry Pennings Gallery, Eindhoven
Facing Japan, Guislain Museum, Gent, Belgium
Galerie Catherine & André Hug, Paris, France
BEELDSCHOON, WTC Art Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Brugge Photo - Asia Express
2014
Fotojaarproject, CC Strombeek, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
Summer of Photography, Bozar, CC Strombeek, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
Unknown Masterpieces, Knokke, Belgium
2013
IMAGINE 2, Flanders Centre, Osaka, Japan
40 Year Anniversary, CC Strombeek/Fotojaarproject, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
2012
Affordable Art Fair, Tour & Taxis, Belgium
The Photo Academy Award, Rondreizend, Netherlands
UNSEEN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AWARDS & HONORS
2017
Finalist Magnum Photography Awards
2016
Sony World Photography Awards - 1st prize landscape category, London
2015
Harry Penningsprijs - Not seeing is a Flower, Netherlands
2014
Emerging Talent Lens Culture - You are more than beautiful, US
2013
Winner, Lens Culture Photography Award, US
2012
Nomination, The Photo Academy Award, Netherlands
Finalist Talent Call, Fotomuseum Amsterdam (FOAM), Netherlands
COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2019
Maroesjka Lavigne: Someone, Somewhere, Sometime
co-published by Radius Books and Robert Mann Gallery
2014
Postcard set Ísland
Pf Magazine, Netherlands
2013
L'Officiel: Multiple commissions including Almine Rech, Brussels and Dries van Noten, Antwerp
Brochure, CC Strombeek 40 Year Anniversary
The New York Times Style Magazine
Aesthetica Magazine, UK
Monthly Photo, Korea
2012
Book Ísland
De Standaard, Belgium
FOAM Magazine, Talent Issue, Netherlands
The Reykjavik Grapevine, Iceland