CAMILLE LEVEQUEb.1987

lev.camille@gmail.com
www.thelivewildcollective.com
www.camilleleveque.com

Since 2014 - Founder and artistic director of Live Wild collective
Since 2014 - Co-founder of publishing house Orpheus Standing Alone
2011 - Project assistant / Bongo Fever by Chien-Chi Chang
2010 - Editorial assistant / Magnum Photos, Paris
2009 - Intern / Tendance Floue agency, Paris
2007 / 2008 - Photography Instructor, SPFA, Armenia   

COMPETITIONS, PRIZES, RESIDENCIES
2024 - ADAGP artistic research Grant - Laureate
2024 - Research residency ECPAD x ADAGP - Winner
2023 - Ph Museum Grant, 3rd Prize - Winner
2023 - Publishing Grant (sociocultural project of publication), Partir en Livre, Centre National du Livre - Laureate
2022 - Star Photobook Dummy Award - Nominated
2022 - MEP x SPBH Residency - Laureate
2021 - Star Photobook Dummy Award - Nominated
2020 - The Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography - Nominated
2020 - Paul Huf Award - Nominated
2020 - Fotomuseum Winterthur ‘Plaforms’ - Participant
2020 - HSBC photography prize - Nominated
2019 - Prix de Vence pour la Photographie Contemporaine - Winner
2019 - C/O Berlin Talent Award - Nominated / Shortlist
2019 - Paul Huf Award - Nominated    
2018 - Magenta Flash Forward - Winner
2018 - Debuts, Emerging Photographers - Winner
2018 - Guernsey Photo Competition - Shortlisted
2018 - Lucie Foundation Fine Art Scholarship - Shortlisted
2017 - Emerging Talents, MACRO - Finalist
2017 - Prix Tribew, Paris - Nominated
2017 - Prix Maison Blanche - Laureate
2017 - Lucie Foundation Award - Shortlisted
2017 - Live Studio Award , Metronom Gallery, Modena - Winner

TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL POSITION
2024 - Invited artist, Elles Font la Culture x The Eyes Podcast
2024 - Artist Talk with Gaze Magazine,  Female Gaze : l'envers du décor, Festival Empow’Her, Le 104, Paris, France
2023 - 2024 - Le Grand Tour, Workshop with a SEGPA class (Sédar Senghor secondary school in Corbeil Essonnes) in collaboration with Le Louvre and Le Bal, Paris, France
2024 - Workshop Les Couleurs de Matisse, Centre Social Nelson Mandela, with Art en Partage association, Romainville, France
2024 - Workshop, Raconter son histoire, Roger Viollet x Le service de protection judiciaire de la jeunesse, Montreuil, France
2024 - Workshop at Centre Social Espace 19 with La Source association, Paris, France
2024 - Workshop at MECS Manin with La Source association, Paris, France
2023 - VIP Tour, Studio visit with PARIS PHOTO, Paris, France
2023 - Artist Talk, Photographie en migration : images et récits personnels, MUCEM, Marseille, France
2023 - Workshop at Maison de Quartier de Bourg-La-Reine with La Source association, Bourg-la-Reine, France
2023 -  Workshop at Centre communal d'action sociale of Cachan with La Source association, Cachan, France
2022 - Artist Talk MEP x SPBH, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
2022 - Journée d’Etudes ‘Accompagner les artistes’ Fondation de France, Paris, France
2022 - Masterclass ‘Photographie et mémoires’, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
2022 - Artist Talk, ‘Waiting for my Big Break’, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts, Tourcoing, France
2022 - Artist Talk, Journée d’études ‘Image(s), enfance(s), archive(s)’, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing
2022 - Workshop, ‘Mémoire photographique’, Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France, Douchy-les-Mines, France
2022 - Workshop ‘Photos de famille : réinventer son histoire’, Le Labo de l’Univers, Lille
2022 - Workshop ‘Mini Club Photo’, Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France, Douchy-les-Mines, France
2021 / 2022  - Workshop in an Ulys class program with Orange Rouge organization, Daniel Meyer secondary school, Paris, France
2020 / 2021- Mentoring position HKU University of the Arts for the Keep an Eye Foundation program,  Utrecht, The Netherlands
2021 - Talk at RedEye Lightbox, Manchester, England
2020 - Workshop ‘La Fabrique du regard’ with Le Bal, Paris, France
2020 - Talk at IED Milano, Italy
2019 - The Eyes Artist Talks / Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2019 - Meeting Point #3 'Traversées', MEP, Paris, France
2019 - Conseil Scientifique "Chercheurs/Artistes", CPA, Valence, France
2018 - Talk with curator Christian Gattinoni, Si Fest, Savignano, Italy
2017 - Talk with curator Lars Willumeit, Unseen, The Netherlands
2016 - Talk with curator Ilaria Speri, Fotopub, Slovenia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Tsavt Tanem, Abri Mémoire, Uffholtz, France
2022 - Familiar Gestures, l’Atelier, Quinzaine Photographique Nantais, Nantes, France
2022 - Tsvat Tanem, Centre Régional de la Photographie, Douchy-les-Mines, France
2021 - Summit Meeting, Maison de Internationale, Grenoble, France
2021 - The Makeable Mind / Noordelicht festival, Pictura gallery, Groening, The Netherlands
2020 - Summit Meeting, Patara Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2019 - Chapelle des pénitents blancs, L’image Satellite, Vence, France
2019 - Centre du Patrimoine Arménien, Valence, France
2018 - Familiar Gestures - Mucho Mas Gallery, Torino, Italy
2018 - Menq Enq Mer Sarere - Playground Studio, London, England
2015 - Menq Enq Mer Sarere - Ofr Gallery, Paris, France
2008 - Refugees’s day UN Center - Erevan, Armenia
2008 - Naregatsi cultural center - Erevan, Armenia
2008 - Woman’s day French Embassy - Erevan, Armenia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Les Arts Arméniens / Regards Croisés, ARP, Paris, France
2023 - Œuvres en résidence, Espace des Arts de Pavillons-sous-Bois, France (dans le cadre du programme de la Collection départementale d'art contemporain de Seine-Saint-Denis)
2022 - Le CRP Hors les Murs, Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France
2022 - Menk, Center For Contemporary Art, Mont de Marsan, France
2022 - Imagining A Land Far Away, traveling show, SPAM collective, Paris / Istanbul
2021 - Biennale de L’image Tangible, Floréal Belleville, Paris, France
2020 - VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
2020 - Armenian Art Fair, Yerevan, Armenia
2020 - Zapping the archive, PHROOM / GetxoPhoto, Gexto, Spain
2020 - GOETHE EXIL, Lumix Photo Festival, Hannover, Germany
2019 - Gibellina Festival (screenings), Gibellina, Italy
2019 - Das Vierte Haus, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenstoop, Germany
2019 - Zurich Photo Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
2018 - Tiff Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
2018 - Self reflection, NIDA Synopsium, Vilnus, Latvia
2018 - Obscura Photo Festival, George Town, Malaysia
2018 - Debuts, Miejskie Centrum Kultury, Bydgoszczy, Poland
2018 - Debuts, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland
2018 - Momentum, Comodo64, Torino, Italy
2018 - Thessaloniki Photo Biennale, Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019 - Plovdiv Photo Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2018 - Motus Operandi, Manifesta, Miminum Gallery, Palermo, Italy
2018 - Dong Gang Photo Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2018 - Debuts, Lodz Photo Festival, Lodz, Poland
2018 - Galerie Blanc, Montréal, Canada
2018 - Momemtum, Minimum Gallery, Palermo, Italy
2018 - SKG Bridge Photo Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 - Circulation(s) le 104, Paris, France
2017 - Prix Maison Blanche - Marseille, France
2017 - Unseen - Co-Op, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 - Universal Truth - Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 - Still Searching - Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2017 - In Search Of The Father - Fondazione Fabbri, Treviso, Italy
2017 - Open Studios - Metronom Gallery, Modena, Italy
2016 - Botanica - Dock Art Fair, Lyon, France
2016 - Fotopub, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
2016 - A Process 2.0, Der Greif at Krakow PhotoMonth, Krakow, Poland
2016 - Paint By Number, Leeds, England
2016 - Hard Lines, Doomed Gallery, London, England
2015 - London Pinhole Festival 2015 - Doomed Gallery, London, England
2010 - Group show, The Airliner - Los Angeles, USA
2010 - One night stand, Soundbite studios - Los Angeles, USA
2010 - Group Show, Godo Gallery - Los Angeles, USA    
2010 - Art Walk Group Show, Cigars & 2nd Gallery - Los Angeles, USA
2008 - To Foster, cultural center - Vichy, France
2007 - Orthodoxie en France, Eglise de la Madeleine - Paris, France

SCREENINGS  
2023 - Tsavt Tanem, PhMuseum Days (Italy), Verzasca Foto (Switzerland) and Jakarta International Photography Festival (Indonesia)
2022 - ‘Where Rude Boys Never Think To Look’, Accident(s) Art Fair, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2022 - ‘Where Rude Boys Never Think To Look’, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
2020 - Zapping the archive, PHROOM / GetxoPhoto, Gexto, Spain
2020 - GOETHE EXIL, Lumix Photo Festival, Hannover, Germany
2019 - Gibellina Festival, Gibellina, Italy
2019 - Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
2019 - Photo Schweiz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
2018 - Tiff Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
2017 - Voies OFF/Circulations, Arles, France    

LIVRES / CATALOGUES
2025 - (upcoming) In Search Of The Father, Delpire & Co
2023 - Natsumi et le Papillon Magique, La Source, France
2021 - Biennale de l’Image Tangible, Plateforme Editions, France
2019 - Fisheye Photobook, Fisheye editions, France
2018 - Circulations, Le Bec en l’air, France 
2018 - Debuts, Blow Up Press, Poland 
2018 - DongGang Intentional Photo Festival, South Korea
2018 - On Being Now, Pazzani Editore, Italy
2017 - Familiar Gestures, Self Published
2015 - Menq Enq Mer Sarere (We Are Our Mountains), Orpheus Standing Alone

SELECTED PUBLICATION
S
2024 - The Eyes - Libération
2023 - Marie Claire - Quotidien de l’Art
2022 - Télérama - Gaze Magazine
2021 - OVER Journal - The Wild Ones - Destinations Magazine 
2020 - M le Monde
2019 - Télérama - Objektiv Magazine - C/O Berlin Newspaper
2018 - Ordinary magazine - FOAM Magazine - 39Null - Vostok - Paper Journal - Freitag - Photography is Art
Carnet d’Art - Nouvelles D’Arménie - M Le Monde - Freq Magazine
2017 - Unseen Magazine - Glamcult - Adult, Sova Magazine
2016 - Fotopub Catalogue - Fisheye Magazine - Luxury Briefing Magazine - The Steidz - Recens Paper - Banshee
Tough Luck, Meanwhile Press - Le Branché - Modern Weekly - Croco Magazine - Locals, Meanwhile Press
La Chose, Michel Lafon - Issue 9, Der Greif - Paint By Number - Issue 1, Free Lunch Cartel
2015 - WOMEN, Issue 13, Musée Magazine - Esquire - Total Trash #2, Jet Black Press - Issue 12, Hastag Photography
2008 - Armenews - Ashkhar

SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS / FEATURES / INTERVIEWS

Photoworks - PhMuseum - Artsy - Fantom - Der Grief - Artwort - Yogurt Magazine
The Red List Filet Magazine Collateral - Osso Magazine - Metal Magazine - For Exemple
Fisheye Magazine  Yet Magazine - Aint Bad - Der Greif - Sora Magazine - Lenscratch
Generazione Critica - TRIP  WhiteLies Magazine - Dazed and Confused - The Calvert Journal
Croco Magazine - GUP Magazine - Format Magazine - Musée Magazine - The Editorial Magazine
Phosmag - PhotoArt Magazine - Strant - Plateforme Magazine - Ding Magazine - Steadfast Arte
PHROOM Magazine Analog Magazine - Errr Magazine - Stolen Ground - L’Oeil De La Photographie
Pryme Magazine  Despite The Illusion - Contemporiste - The 405 - Heaps - It’s Nice That
Hunger Magazine  Another Magazine - Inside Art - Noisey World - Spectrum Photo - Edicola - Salto - Latent Image

COMMISIONS
Télérama - FR / M Le Monde - FR / La Chose - FR / Le Branché - FR 
Women’s day, French Embassy -  Erevan - AM / Style - UK / Esquire - RU / Armenews - FR
UNHCR - AM / Artshakh - FR

COLLECTIONS
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France
Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France, France
Fondazione Orestiadi, Italy
Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise, France
PhotoMuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Collection départementale d'art contemporain, Saint Denis, France