Marie Zolamian (b. 1975, Beirut) is a Belgo-Lebanese multidisciplinary artist of Armenian descent, who grew up in Lebanon until age of fifteen, currently living in Liège, where she teaches at the Fine arts of Liège.
She has exhibited e.g., at Bombon projects gallery, Barcelona (2024) ; Jester/CIAP, Genk (2022) ; galerie Nadja Vilenne (2019 and 2016) ; Mu.ZEE Oostende (2018) ; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2013) and in group shows at BPS22, Charleroi (2023) and at Wiels, Brussels (2021). Her work is included in many private and public collections ; among others in BPS22 (Charleroi, BE), MACS (Grand Hornu, BE), Mu-ZEE (Oostende, BE), M Leuven (BE), Flemish community collection, Nationale Bank of Belgium, Ministry of foreign affairs (BE), La Boverie (Liège, BE), Space collection (Liège, BE), Province of Liège (BE), MUMC (Maastricht, NL), EF Education First (CH & GB).
One of her major public works is a 76m2 mosaic for the peristyle of KMSKA (Antwerpen , 2022).
In 2023, she was awarded the Ianchelevici prize for her architectural integration.

1975
Belgian, born in Beirut (Lebanon)
Lives and works in Belgium

Solo shows

2024
SA MUE, Bombon projects Gallery, Barcelone, Es
2023
Some movements in the tree of life, UZ Jette, Brussels, Be
2022
Droomland, Jester, Genk, Be
Permanent integration, Welkom - Bienvenue - Welcome - Willkommen, KMSKA, Antwerp, Be
2020
Arco Madrid (with Aglaia Konrad), Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Madrid, Es
2019
Untitled, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Be
2018
Bienvenue, Mu-Zee, Ostende, Be
2017
Paroles à Boire, Musée le Carroi, Chinon, Fr
2016
Memento, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Be
2015
Ne pas confondre la réalité des images, City Hall of Chênée, Liège, Be
2014
Permanent integration, Sans Titre (Lignes de vie), First WW commemorations, Flémalle, Be
2013
I am a man now, what do you want more?, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, De
2012
The disoriented, Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Liège, Be
2011
Untitled, La Châtaigneraie, Flémalle, Be
2010
Aux Arts etc., 16 artists intervene in 16 town halls Liège, curator J. Charlier, Flémalle, Be
The empty house, Flux Gallery, Liège, Be
2009
Liège-NY, NY-Liège, Mamac, Liège, Be
2008
One minute left - one minute right, Hedah, Maastricht, Nl
we everywhere, Placard à Balais, Liège, Be
2007
A hole in the rain, installation in a glasshouse, Warringer Platz, Dusseldorf, De
Anonymous album, Placard à Balais in the Festival of Liège, Be
2006
M’installer, Cultural Center of Marchin, Be
2005
Volcanoes as metaphor, Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Liège, Be

Group shows (selection)

2024
Full house collection, Mu.ZEE, Ostende, Be
Enghien Biennial-Miroirs 5/Précieux, Enghien, Be
Enlaire by Bombon projects & Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Girona, Es
Le monde a changé, Rossicontemporary, Brussels, Be
Rappaccini's Daughter, Yoko Uhoda Gallery, Liège, Be
2023
Tageldimde/Middlegate 2023, Cultuurcentrum de Werft, Geel, Be
Focus 2023, Collection artistique Province de Liège, Be
Private views, La Boverie, Liège, Be
Peindre la couleur, Le regard des collectionneurs, La Châtaigneraie, Flémalle, Be
STAYIN' ALIVE. Discover the Collections, BPS22, Charleroi, Be
La Châtaigneraie 1979-2023, La Châtaigneraie, Flémalle, Be
2021
Regenerate, Wiels, Brussels, Be
2019
On the road, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Be
Les Mesures du monde, Tourinnes-la-Grosse, Be
2018
Le Jardin du Paradoxe, Musée de la Vie wallonne, Liège, Be
2017
Résonances, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Be
La leçon d’anatomie, Musée La Boverie, Liège, Be
en Piste!, with Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Musée La Boverie, Liège, Be
2016
What else?, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Be
Open Studio, Air Antwerp, Anvers, Be
2015
Grandchildren, Depo, Istanbul, Tr
De burgemeester van Veurne, EMERGENTgalerie, Veurne, Be
Voix de Femmes, Caserne Fonck, Liège, Be
2014
Listen your eyes, Contemporary art Biennal of Dakar, Sn
When I were small... in 2013, Arts at school, Grivegnée, Be
The interior castle, Biennal of Jehay, Be
Addenda, Hôpital Notre Dame à la Rose, Lessines, Be
2013
Here is always somewhere else, Château de Oud Rekem, Lanaken, Be
Repeat/repeat, Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Liège, Be
Home stories, Villa 102, Frankfurt on the Main, De
Echo, croxhapox, Ghent, Be
2012
Qalandiya International, Birzeit & Abwein, Palestine
The man who..., Mamac, Liège, Be
Irreverence, Apollonia, Strasbourg, Fr
2011
NowBelgiumNow, LLS 387, Antwerp, Be
A corps perdu, FRAC Bourgogne show, Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, Dijon, Fr
Irreverence, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, Fr
Ars Justitia, Justice Hall, Liège, Be
2010
Département des Coqs, collaboration Nadja Vilenne Gallery/CC Turnhout, Be
Art Brussels 2010, Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Bruxelles, Be
2009
Contemporary art biennal 2009, Parallel events, Istanbul, Tr
Jeux de la Francophonie 2009, Beirut, Lb
Penser la résistance, Biennal of contemporary art of Senones, Fr
Le(s) moi(s) de Lizène, MuHKA, Antwerp, Be
Brainbox 2, croxhapox, Ghent, Be
2008
FIAC 2008, Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Paris, Fr
Quartiers d’hiver 08, Espace Nord, Liège, Be
Intercultural armenian-belgian dialogue, Yerevan, Am
2007
crox project n°218, croxhapox, Ghent, Be
Concours Godecharle, Fine Arts Academy of Brussels, Be
2006
Où vous sentez-vous chez vous ?, Dusseldorf, De

Education

2008
Aggregation in Visual Arts, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Be
2005
License in Visual Arts, Fine Arts Academy of Liège, Be
1999
Bachelor in Marketing, Institut supérieur Sainte-Marie, Liège, Be

Collections

Private collections + Institutions:
- BPS22, Charleroi, Be
- MACS Grand Hornu, Mons, Be
- Mu-Zee, Ostende, Be
- Cera Foundation, M Museum, Leuven, Be
- Flemish Community Collection
- National Bank of Belgium, Be
- Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Be
- La Boverie museum, Liège, Be
- Space Collection, Liège, Be
- Province of Liège, Be
- MUMC, Maastricht, Nl
- EF Education First, CH & GB