Valérie Belin

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) in 1964, Valérie Belin lives and works in Paris (France).

She graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Bourges (1983-88) and gained a DEA (the equivalent of a Master of Advanced Studies) in Philosophy of Art at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris (1989).

In 2024, Valérie Belin receives an important retrospective at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux (France). She also participated in numerous significant solo exhibitions including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (UK, 2019), the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, the SCôP in Shanghai and the Chengdu Museum (China, 2017) as part of a touring exhibition, the Centre Pompidou in Paris (France, 2015, 2009), the DHC/ART in Montreal (Canada, 2014), the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow (Russia, 2014), Casa Franca-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 2011), FotoMuseum Provincie, Antwerp (Belgium, 2011), Musée d'Orsay, Paris (France, 2008), Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne (Switzerland, 2008), Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (France, 2008), Huis Marseille - Museeum voor fotografie, Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2007).

She has also participated in numerous significant group exhibitions especially at the Musée du Louvre in Paris (France, 2022), the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (France, 2016), the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (France, 2016), Huis Marseille - Museeum voor fotografie in Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2015), Maison Particulière in Brussels (Belgium, 2015), MOMA - Museum of Modern Art of New York (USA, 2014), Center de la Photographie, Geneva (Switzerland, 2013), Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (France, 2013), Seattle Art Museum (USA, 2012), Mori Art Museum (Japan, 2011), National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul (South Korea, 2011), Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur- Saône (France, 2010), Peabody Essex Museum, Essex (USA, 2009), International Center of Photography, New York (USA, 2009).

Her work can be found in such prestigious private and public collections as the Centre Pompidou - Musée National d'Art Moderne (France), MOMA - Museum of Modern Art (USA), Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (France), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA), Kunsthaus Zurich (Switzerland), Maison Européenne de la Photographie (France), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (USA), National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea (South Korea), Musée de l'Élysée (Switzerland), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (France), MUDAM - Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Luxembourg), MAC/VAL (France), International Center for Photography (USA), Fond National d'Art Contemporain (France), JP Morgan Chase Art Program (USA), Groupe Lhoist (Belgium), CCF (HSBC) Fondation pour la photographie (France), UBS Art Collection (Luxembourg).

Valérie Belin won the Prix Pictet in 2015 for her project Disorder. The travelling exhibition of which it is a part is being presented between 2015 and 2017 at Somerset House (UK), the MAXXI in Rome (Italy), the CAB Art Center in Brussels (Belgium), the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva (Switzerland).