Series: Clouds - La pluie, 2009 - 250 x 210 x 190 cm - Feathers, thin wire - 2010 - MuBE, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Carole Solvay's work engages in a subtle, continuous dialogue with the invisible forces of nature : wind, light, silence, and movement. She's drawn to fragile, unpredictable materials, which she treats as both physical elements and poetic symbols of impermanence, memory, and lightness. The feathers are used as raw material that needs fragmenting, decomposing, and cutting. Only then, metamorphosed and often unrecognizable, can they participate in drawing the space. Her creative process is instinctive and slow, guided by rhythm rather than concept, by intuition rather than structure. She allows each sculpture to unfold organically, often suspending them delicately in space so they come to float, quivering under the faintest breeze. Her pieces blur the boundary between drawing and sculpture. Solvay's installations invite contemplation, breathing more than they declare.
Through minimal gestures and delicate compositions, she creates a visual poetry that speaks softly, offering viewers a space of quiet introspection and wonder.
Solo Shows
2026 "Nymphose" - Marion Hawecker et Carole Solvay - Manoir des Renardière, Carquefou, France
2025 “As I Shed My Skin” - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Bruxelles
2025 ““Sentinelles” et “Sporées”” - Saison d’Art 2025, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
2023 Scénographie du spectacle “The Nature of Intimacy”, d'Agostina d'Alessandro
- Les Brigittines, Bruxelles - la Raffinerie, Bruxelles - le Ballet National de Marseille, France
2022 “Le Temps d’un Instant” - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Bruxelles
2021 “Saison d’Art 2021” - Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
2021 “Carole Solvay” - Fondation Ghisla Art Collection, Locarno, Suisse
2020 “Mémoires de formes” - Eleven Steens, Bruxelles
2019 “Émouvoir sans bruit” - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2016 “Le dard de la douceur” - Sofronis Arts gallery, Grand Duché du Luxembourg
2015 “Cnidaires” - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2014 “Rêve d'olivier” - Ecomusée de l'Olivier, Volx , France
2013 "Tensions/Vibrations” - Espace Temporaire, Bruxelles
2012 “Tensions/Vibrations” - Médiatine, Bruxelles
2011 “Apesanteur” - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE), São Paulo, Brésil
2010 “Apesanteur” - Fondation Folon, La Hulpe
2009 “From the Beginning of Times to the Present” (BRUNEAF) - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2008 “Captures” - Espace Temporaire, Bruxelles
2007 “Frémissements” - DS Galerie, Bruxelles
2005 “Carole Solvay” - Galerie Its.art.ist - Waterloo
2005 “Carole Solvay” - Centre Culturel de Delémont, Suisse
Group Shows
2026 "Peaux fragiles” - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Bruxelles
2025 "Luxembourg Art Week" - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Luxembourg
2025 SAFFCA Fall Salon - Abbaye de La Cambre, Bruxelles
2024 Yeoju Art Museum - RYEO. - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Yeoju, South Korea
2024 "Luxembourg Art Week" - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Luxembourg
2024 "Art on Paper"- Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Bruxelles
2024 "Pick Your Way: A Collective Exhibition" - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, Bruxelles
2023 “Lee Bauwens Gallery, 10 Years, Already” - Lee-Bauwens Gallery, De Beir Huis, Knokke-Heist
2021 “Road to Korea” - KOTE, Séoul, Corée
2021 “Road to Korea” - Centre Culturel Coréen, Bruxelles
2020 BRAFA - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2019 BRAFA - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2018 Biennale “De Mains de Maîtres”, BCEE, Luxembourg
2018 BRAFA - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2017 BRAFA - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2016 Biennale “De Mains de Maîtres”, Galerie Deletaille/ Ambassade du Luxembourg, Bruxelles
2016 Biennale “De Mains de Maîtres”, BCEE, Luxembourg
2016 BRAFA - Galerie Deletaille, Bruxelles
2012 “Le Fil d’Arachnée” - Médiatine, Bruxelles
2012 “L’Illusoire qui nous habille” - Centre Culturel d'Eghezée
2011 “L’Illusoire qui nous habille” - Centre Culturel de Beauraing
2010 “L’Illusoire qui nous habille” - Centre Culturel de Marche-en-Famenne
2009 “Transparences : écritures de plumes et de papiers” - Chapelle St Ferréol, Viens, France
2009 “Sfeerbeelden textieltentoonstelling” - Oude Kerk, Vichte
2009 “Le Cube au Carré” - Musée Ianchelevici, La Louvière
2008 “Le Cube au Carré” - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Verviers & Musée F. De Boeck, Drogenbos
2006 “Wonderful” (Natura Naturans) Gruppo 78 - Trieste, Italie
2005 “L’Œuvre au bout des doigts” - Galerie de Prêts d’Œuvres d’Art, Bruxelles
2004 Art Brussels - Galerie Bastien, Bruxelles
Books