BIOGRAPHY
Born in Belgium. I quickly developed a deep interest in music and painting (my father was a painter), and later on in photography, but also in physics and computer sciences. I first obtained a degree in computer science at the University of Liège, in Belgium, worked in different research laboratories, in Belgium, and abroad, then moved to the industry. During these years, I discovered that my creativity was very often stimulated by the exploration of the boundaries between fields. Besides my interest in photography and painting, I also studied musical harmony and composition. After fruitful professional years, I had the chance to be able to start a second life and passionately devote myself to photography.
Exploring the boundaries between fields is one of my main sources of inspiration. It became a common thread in the most of my series, not because the borders separate, but on the contrary because they are the place where the differences coexist. I assemble opposites, dim light emerges from deep darkness, order emerges from chaos, blur enlarges sharpness, shadows take on color, abstraction enlarges reality. Multiple exposures (in the camera) when shooting and the use of homemade filters that distort light and lines are the basis of my technique. By exploring the borders between photography and painting, I superimpose on the same image different moments, foreign tones, … I introduce a certain confusion, which opens the door to the perception of other realities.
CV
Art education:
2016: Graduated from the Leuven Academy of Art.
2017: Worked in a multidisciplinary atelier with photographs, painters, sculptors, ceramists.
2018: Turned Professional Art photographer.
2019: Completed a specialization in Art Photography at the Leuven Academy of Art.
Main exhibitions (for more details: https://www.dominiquegenin.com/exhibitions-awards)
– Gallery Merged, Mechelen (Belgium) Nov-Dec 2022
– Cultural Center De borre, Bierbeek (Belgium) Oct-Nov 2022
– Gallery VOUS, Isle-sur-Sorgue (France) Aug 2022
– Chapelle St Roch Cavaillon (France) Jun 2022
– Castle Borluut Sint-Denijs Westrem (Belgium) 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
– Ghent Palmarium (Belgium) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022
– Luxembourg Art (Luxembourg) Dec 2019
– Art Touquet (France) Oct 2019
– Salon International d’Art Mulhouse (France) Nov 2019
– Visual Art Conference Leuven (Belgium) 2019
– Gallery “Au fond du bois » Tervuren (Belgium) Dec 2018
– Moment, Tongeren (Belgium) Oct 2018
– Gallery ‘t Oogenblik & Photo Circuit Leuven (Belgium) Sept 2018
– Biennial Photo Festival Knokke (Belgium) Mar-May 2018
Awards:
Graduation project awarded with a Gold Award at Tzipac International Photography & Art Community in 2016.
Invited to the Knokke Biennial Photo Festival in 2018.
“1x” Awarded photographer.
Winner, finalist and nominee in International Color Awards, Zebra Awards, Fine Arts Photography Awards, Spider Awards ,..
(for more details: https://www.dominiquegenin.com/exhibitions-awards)
STATEMENT
My work diverts photography from its specificity, the capture of the moment. I express feelings without freezing the impression of the moment by exposing certain forms of ambiguity, instability and dynamics in the picture. I reject a fixed monocular vision, while our eyes are in perpetual motion, while reality is a permanent construction of sensations.
The exploration of the boundaries between domains is one of my main sources of inspiration, not because the borders separate, but on the contrary because they are the place where differences coexist.
