Ariane Loze, Belgium 1988. Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
Since 2008 Ariane Loze researches the coming to life of a story out of seemingly unrelated images with her camera. In these series of videos she takes on all the parts: she is at the same time the actress, the camerawoman and the director. Through the editing of the images she develops a relation between two (or more) characters and the architecture. The videos of Ariane Loze put the spectator in the active role of creating his/her own story out of the basic principles of film editing: shot and counter-shot, the presumed continuity of movement, and the psychological suggestion of a narrative. The filming of these videos has been made public as a ongoing performance.
Ariane Loze studied theatre direction at the RITCS Brussels, and took part in a.pass (Advanced Performance And Scenography Studies) in Antwerp. She is laureate of the HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts) Ghent 2016-17.
In 2024, oeuvre of Ariane Loze was the focus of a retrospective exhibition at MAC’s Grand Hornu. The accompanying catalogue provided a detailed look at the 46 videos she has created.
Her works have been exhibited at various prestigious venues including Fondazione MAST in Bologna and Droog in Amsterdam (2024); Duke Hall Gallery at James Madison University, CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel, and Garage in Mechelen (2023); EMΣΤ, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens (2022); and with the support of the Fondation Hermès at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (2021). From 2016 to 2021, her work was displayed at Emergent in Veurne, and she also exhibited at CACC Chanot in Clamart (2019); KANAL Centre Pompidou in Brussels (2018); Moscow Biennial of Young Art (2018); RIBOCA Riga Biennial of Contemporary Art (2018); Salon de Montrouge (2018); Tempelhof in Berlin (2017); Watch This Space Biennale #9 Lille-Bruxelles (2017); New York Anthologie Film Archive AXW projection (2017); Fondation Boghossian in Brussels (2016); S.M.A.K. in Ghent (2016); Medienwerkstatt in Berlin (2016); Traverse Vidéo – FRAC Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse (2015); and Videoformes in Clermont-Ferrand (2015).
Ariane Loze won the 1% Marché de l’Art Prize in Paris, France (2022). She received the Salomon Foundation Residency Award (2019) and won the Haut-de-Seine Department Prize at the well-known Salon de Montrouge (2018). Additionally, her videos were awarded at the Côté Court Festival in Pantin (2017) and at the Space Biennale #9 of Lille-Brussels (2017).