Born in 1992, Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. She is an artist-researcher whose practice combines photography, film, installation, and performance.
Within her ecofeminist laboratory “J'ai rêvé l'obscur” (I dreamed of darkness), she develops a multifaceted artistic and political approach, driven by the idea that in order to inhabit the world differently, we must describe it differently. Drawing on cross-disciplinary research in history, sociology, and philosophy through the lens of gender, she explores the links between the body and the earth through collective and sensory forms: performances, encounters, and participatory devices inspired by ecofeminist thought.
A graduate of ESA Saint-Luc in Liège and ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, where she obtained a master's degree in photography with high distinction and the Boghossian Foundation Prize in 2022, her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions in Europe and North America.
She is currently pursuing a master's degree specializing in gender studies and is furthering her research on the intersections between spirituality, ecofeminism, and political engagement.
(1)EXHIBITIONS
2026
Archipel, Contretype Photo Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
Tournai Cultural Center x Lille Institute for Photography, Tournai, Belgium
2025
Address, curated by Sophie Delhasse & Thibaud Leplat, Former Language House of the Province of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Uncharted, curated by Camilla Colombo (Ohme), ISELP, Brussels, Belgium
Fissare l’arcipelago, Fondazione Sant’Elia, Palermo, Italy
Living Earth Festival, La Cambre Abbey, Brussels, Belgium
De-constructed, PEP - Photographic Exploration Project, Loop-raum, Berlin, Germany
For Gaza / Pour Gaza / لغزة, Les Chiroux Cultural Center, Liège, Belgium
Mutamorphosis, Vaux-Hall Summer x Jewish Museum of Belgium, Royal Park, Brussels, Belgium
International Performing Arts Festival #25, Manège Fonck, Liège, Belgium
2024
Down to Where the Water Is Deep, solo show, Bang Centre, Chicoutimi, QC
Heirs, solo show, LAB-AN/Hotel van Eetvelde, Brussels, BE
Laboratory of Rituals, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels, BE
On Stage!, La Boverie, Liège, BE
10 Years of the Art Library, B3 Resource and Creativity Centre of the Province of Liège, Liège, BE
Inhabitants, 150 Years of the Mommen Workshops, Brussels, BE
2023
Storytellers, solo show, Galerie Sattelite, Biennale de l’Image Possible, Liège, Belgium
Heirs, Museum Night Fever, Halles Saint Géry, Brussels, Belgium
The Laboratory of New Mythologies, ISELP, Brussels, Belgium
Stayin’ Alive - Discover The Collections, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium
CAVE, curated by Nikolaos Akriditis, Fondations 312, Brussels, Belgium
GRAY ZONES, Ateliers Mommen, Brussels, Belgium
Chapel of Sorrows for the World, live performance, Trouble Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Witches, Gender and Power, Centre Placet, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Reliefs: Evidence, curated by Coryse Mwape Dolin, Visual Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Above the Bones, Fixing the Archipelago Symposium, FRAC Franche-Comté FR
The Sea Has Its Reasons, Mommen Workshops, Brussels BE
Mark Grosset Prize - SAIF, Photographic Walks, Vendôme FR
Graduation Show, La Cambre Abbey, Brussels BE
F(r)ictions, BPS22, Charleroi BE
Survival Mask, Pianofabriek, Brussels BE
Art Open Kunst, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels BE
2021
EXPOSE YOURSELF, Hangar Center, Brussels, Belgium
Original Sin, live performance, Trouble Festival, Studio Thor, Brussels, Belgium
2021
ACTE8, Espace Saint-Mengold, Cultural Center, Huy, Belgium
Popolare, L’Asilo, Naples, Italy
One last shot, darling?, University of Liège, Belgium
2019
Les Trois Grâces, solo show, Espace 7, Liège BE
Torse à nu, solo show, L’Aquilone, Liège BE
2017
BAM Festival, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium
2016
Mottin Castle Art Gallery, Hannut, BE
2013
Voies OFF photographic encounters, Arles FR
(2)RESIDENCIES
2026
Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels BE
2024
Bang Contemporary Art Centre, Chicoutimi QC
2023
Villa Irene, Poros Πόρος GR
2021
Fixing the Archipelago Research Program, Tompazi Manor - Annex of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Hydra GR
(3)PRIZES & COMPETITIONS
2026
Archipel 2026 Laureate, Contretype Photo Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
2025
Openfolio #5 Laureate, Institute for Photography, Lille, France
2024
WBI Residency Grant, L'Internationale, Belgium
Mini SOFAM Grant, Brussels, Belgium
2023
FintroPrijs Prize Laureate, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Boghossian Foundation Prize Laureate, Brussels, Belgium
Mark Grosset Prize Finalist - SAIF, Vendôme, France
(4)PRESS
2025
Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer : sous mes pieds et entre ses mains rêve la rivière, Claire Moeder, Zone Occupée #29 Écoumènes QC
Non-cartographié, Sève I.V. Janssen, L’Art même #97 BE
Living Earth, Véronique Bergen, L’Art même #97 BE
2024
Les femmes qui ont fait l’Art nouveau et leurs héritières, mises en lumières dans une exposition au LAB-AN, Tania Markovic, RTBF Actus BE
L’Art nouveau au LAB-AN x Hôtel van Eetvelde : de l’art moderne au patrimoine, Martin Hullebroeck, L’Écho BE
2023
Festival Trouble Troublant, Salomé Martin, Culturius Magazine BE
Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer rêve l’obscur, Daisy Vansteene, Culture Hainaut BE
Museum’s not dead, Michel Verlinden, Focus Vif n°8 BE
2021
SHEGAZES 6, artzine par Caroline Ruffault FR
Trois photographes belges à suivre, Marie Honnay, GAEL BE
À contre-courant, Sirop #2 de Boulettes Magazine BE
Sexisme dans l’industrie musicale : Biche de ville combat les injonctions, interview, Les Grenades RTBF BE
Art et féminisme, Naomi Bussaglia, Quatremille Magazine BE
2020
Les Trois Grâces, élisabeth Thise, ACTE8 BE
2019
Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer : une photographe pleine de grâce, Virginie Dupont, ELLE BE
Le combat d’une fille, Naomi Bussaglia, Quatremille Magazine BE
L’eau à la bouche, Collectif Junon, Hystérique #2 FR
Selfies, Justine Montagner, BrowniE BE
Une expo carrément décomplexante à voir à Liège, Marie Honnay, GAEL BE
Plongée dans le sein du sein sous l’objectif de Barbara S. Felgenhauer, Jehanne Moll, Boulettes à la Liégeoise BE
Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer : la photographe qui conjugue l’amour de soi au masculin, Virginie Dupont, Trends Le Vif BE
(5)EDUCATION
2025
Practitioner in Eco-Rituals® BE
2023-2026
Specialized Master's in Gender Studies, ULB/UCL, Brussels BE
2019-2022
Master's in Photography, with High Distinction, Visual Arts, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels BE
2018-2020
Business Creation Training, Job'in Design, Liège BE
2010-2013
Bachelor's in Photography, Visual Arts, ESA Saint-Luc, Liège BE