Stephane Noel is a Belgian artist renowned for his photographs made with gum bichromate, a multi-layer process dating from the 19th century.
His works are long term projects where he fully assimilates with his subjects over a period of several months, even years, before a single photo is taken.
During many years, he worked on Los Ultimos Carboneros, a tribute to the charcoals burners in Cuba. His work has been exhibited in differents international museums and cultural centers, as Museo de Bellas Artes de Valparaiso, Muzeum Narodowe, or Corporacion Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago de Chile.
Solo Exhibitions
2020
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - Museum of Talca’s University, Chile, Curating by Veronica Besnier
- Retrospective - Kunstraum, Brussels Belgium
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - at the Museo Pinacoteca, Concepcion, Chile, Curating by Veronica Besnier
2019
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - Corporacion Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago de Chile, Chile, Curating by Veronica Besnier
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - Museo de Bellas Artes, Palacio Baburizza, Valparaiso, Chile, Curating by Veronica Besnier
2017
- Retrospective - Durbuy, Belgium (Louise Gallery)
2016
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - European Festival of Photography, Milano, Italy (Pygmaphore Gallery)
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - Warsaw, Poland (Apteka Sztuki Gallery)
2015
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - La Place des photographes, Rencontres d’Arles (off) - Arles, France
2014
- Los Ultimos Carboneros - Köln Paper Art, Germany (Artco Gallery)
2012
- Searching For - 5th Festival ‘Vagabondages Photographiques’, Fort Napoléon, La Seine sur Mer, France
2011
- Searching For - Auxipress, Bruxelles, Belgium - Curating by Joachim Von Beust
Other Exhibitions
2020
- Duo exhibition with Isabelle Ha Eav - Goethe Institut - 12th Yangon Photo Festival, Yangon, Myanmar
2019
- Group exhibition in the collection of Louise Gallery, Durbuy, Belgium
- Group exhibition in Kunst RAI Art fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Louise Gallery)
2018
- Group exhibition in the collection of Louise Gallery, Durbuy, Belgium
- Group exhibition in Kunst RAI Art fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Louise Gallery)
- Duo exhibition with Magda Fokt, projection, lectures and workshop in Muzeum Gornictwa Weglowego W Zabrzu, Poland
2017
- Group exhibition at Position Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany (Apteka Sztuki Gallery, Poland)
- Duo exhibition with Magda Fokt, Art Budapest, Hungary (Apteka Sztuki Gallery, Poland)
2016
- Duo exhibition with Patrick Leclerc, La Place des Photographes, Rencontres d’Arles (off), Arles, France
- Duo exhibition with Magda Fokt, Art Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (Apteka Sztuki Gallery)
2015
- Group exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles (off), Arles, France (Omnius Gallery)
- Collective exhibition Troubled Water - 10th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennal, National Contemporary Art Museum of Szczecin (Muzeum Narodowe), Poland
- Fotofever, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France (Pygmaphore Gallery)
2014
- Group exhibition at the Art 14 London, London, England (Artco Gallery, Germany)
- Group exhibition at the Affordable Art Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands (Artco Gallery, Germany)
- Collective exhibition ‘Hommage à Roland Castro’ - Centre Wallon d’Art Contemporain, Belgium
- Group exhibition at Art The Hague Art Fair, Den Haag, Netherlands (Project 2.0 Gallery)
- Group exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles (off), Arles, France (Omnius Gallery)
- Collective exhibition ‘Bouteilles à la mer’, Hasselt Cultural Center, Hasselt, Belgium
2013
- Collective exhibition ‘Bouteilles à la mer’ at the Châtaigneraie (Centre Wallon d’Art Contemporain), Flémalle, Belgium
2011
- Group exhibition, Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, Spain (Es Moli Gallery)
Lectures
2020 - Life Story - Kunstraum and B19 - Brussels Belgium
2019 - Los Ultimos Carboneros - Conversation with Luis Poirot, Corporacion Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2018 - Fotograf-humanista - Muzeum Gornictwa Weglowego W Zabrzu, Poland